Which Hotels Offer the Best Buffets Around Metro Manila?
Indulging in food has got to be one of the grandest things Filipino foodies love. Whether it's to celebrate an important milestone or event or simply pig out with our loved ones, eating at a buffet restaurant is a no-brainer for most of us. Price is not that much of an issue when we could have so many options to satisfy all our cravings in one sitting.
So, to say it's a shame that we’re losing one of the most loved buffets—Spiral at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila—is an understatement. The decades-old hotel, as you may have seen in the news, is halting its operations effective July 1. Heartbreaking, but fret not. We rounded up a list of all the other top-rated hotel buffets, in no particular order. Here's your ultimate guide for your next pig-out session around the metro.
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1| Café Ilang-Ilang at The Manila Hotel
The Manila Hotel is legendary for a reason. Its very own buffet restaurant, Café Ilang-Ilang, houses eight live cooking stations to spoil you with whatever it is you're craving. You can feast on Asian, Pan-Asian, Mediterranean, Italian, European, and Western dishes, to name a few.
For dinner, Café Ilang-Ilang specifically features different cuisines for guests to enjoy. The themes include: International Sunday and Monday, Mediterranean Tuesday, Asian Wednesday, Surf & Turf Thursday, Seafood Friday, and American Saturday.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast is P1,950 per person. Lunch costs P3,295 on Mondays to Saturdays and P3,445 on Sundays. For themed nights, rates are at P3,445 from Sunday to Wednesday, and P4,090 from Thursday to Saturday.
1 Rizal Park, Roxas Boulevard, Ermita, Manila; manila-hotel.com.ph/cafe-ilang-ilang
2| Marriott Café at Manila Marriott Hotel
The best thing about this buffet is its open theater kitchen. Their accommodating chefs serve dishes à la minute, offering a vast range of palatable choices including Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese food.
What’s more interesting is Marriott Café has days dedicated for meat lovers, while the rest are for those in the mood to stuff themselves with seafood.
Buffet Notes:
Lunch is P3,500 from Mondays to Sundays. Same rates apply for dinner except on Fridays when customers are charged P3,700 each.
Resort Drive, Pasay City; marriott.com/dining
3| Corniche at Diamond Hotel
Diamond Hotel’s Corniche exudes elegance in every way—from its plush interior to its meticulously curated selection of Asian and Western cuisines. If you’re looking for a satisfying finale to your eat-all-you-can experience, their desserts will have you drooling, especially their house-made ice cream. (A must try!)
Corniche has themed dinners, too. Thursday is for Chinese food; Friday is for seafood lovers; and Saturday is steak night.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast is P1,430 per head. Lunch costs P2,990 on weekdays, P3,180 on Saturdays, and P3,500 on Sundays; while dinner is P3,180 from Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and P3,880 on Friday and Saturday.
Corniche also offers an all-day à la carte menu for those who are not in the mood to pig out.
Malate, Manila; diamondhotel.com/dining/corniche
4| Escolta at The Peninsula Manila
Featuring a variety of international food is common among buffets. While Escolta has those, what makes it stand out is its farm-to-table section—putting the spotlight on Filipino produce.
The Peninsula Manila’s buffet also hosts live cooking stations for those who prefer freshly served food. Plus, you can always expect something new on the table, as their menu changes every day.
Buffet Notes:
Customers are charged P1,890 for breakfast and P2,990 for lunch. Corniche also serves brunch for P4,290 per pax on Sundays. Dinner, meanwhile, is P3,490 from Tuesday to Saturday.
Makati Avenue, Makati City; peninsula.com/escolta
5| Brasserie on 3 at Conrad Manila
Not only are its dishes flavorful, but Brasserie on 3 takes pride in crafting its meals with sustainably sourced seasonal ingredients, too. So, yes, you can expect different takes on Filipino and Western cuisines at this buffet. Its themed dinners include Italian Monday, Thai Wednesday, BBQ Friday, and Seafood Saturday.
Through Brasserie on 3's live-action stations, guests can immerse themselves in the savory smells of dishes being prepared by their chefs. They also provide al fresco seating with breathtaking panoramic views of the Manila Bay.
Buffet Notes:
Lunch is P2,750 per person on Mondays to Saturdays, and P3,250 on Sundays. For its Filipino Fiesta-themed Sunday brunch, the price stands at P3,250. Dinner is P3,050 from Sunday to Thursday, and P3,450 on Friday and Saturday.
An à la carte menu is also available.
Seaside Boulevard, Coral Way, Pasay City; hilton.com/conrad-manila/dining
6| Medley Buffet at Okada Manila
Okada Manila’s Medley Buffet boasts specialties from all around the world. Its interior has an open kitchen style, complete with upgraded buffet stations, as well as private dining rooms for exclusive dine-ins.
Cheese enthusiasts are especially in for a treat with Medley Buffet’s Cheese Room, which is reminiscent of the one at Spiral. Another thing you wouldn’t want to miss out on is their dessert selection featuring native delicacies and homemade pastries.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast is P1,700 per pax; whereas lunch is P2,700 on weekdays and P3,788 on weekends. For dinner, rates are at P3,488 from Monday to Thursday, and P3,788 from Friday to Sunday.
New Seaside Drive, Parañaque City; okadamanila.com/medley-buffet
7| Fresh at Solaire Resort
Seafood lovers in the south need not travel far to satisfy their cravings. Fresh at Solaire Resort hosts a generous selection of aquatic food, including unlimited lobsters, cooked in more ways than one. You can opt to balance your palate with their tasty rotisserie carvings, and top it all off with their sumptuous dessert bar.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast starts at P1,300 per head. During lunch and dinner, when unlimited lobsters are served, prices range between P1,999 and P2,999 at the cheapest.
1 Aseana Avenue, Tambo, Parañaque City; solaireresort.com/dining/fresh
8| Seven Corners at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria
This spread is for those who want to binge eat without getting overwhelmed with too many options. Crowne Plaza Ortigas’ Seven Corners literally has seven cooking stations serving globally-inspired dishes. One unique thing about this buffet is that you can make your own Laksa, Singapore’s iconic noodles topped with a deliciously spicy, thick, coconut-y gravy soup.
Buffet Notes:
Lunch costs P2,700 per person, while dinner is P2,900.
Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City; ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/seven-corners
9| Cucina at Marco Polo Ortigas
You can never go wrong with Cucina’s paella. It’s one of the crowd favorites among their menu of fresh delights, along with blue crabs, prawns, mussels, and curacha.
Marco Polo Ortigas’ all-you-can-eat restaurant, however, is not your usual seafood buffet. It offers an innovative mix of Asian and continental cuisines—with many other standout offerings like beef noodle soup, roast pork with crackling skin, and chocolate haven cake.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast is P1,500 daily. As for lunch and dinner, rates are at P2,480 and P2,680, respectively.
Meralco Avenue and Sapphire Road, Ortigas, Pasig City; marcopolohotels.com/dining/cucina
10| Kusina Sea Kitchens at Hilton Manila
Another vibrant kitchen specializing on world-class favorites is Hilton Manila's Kusina. The buffet opens with a rich and wholesome breakfast menu featuring Asian and Western options. Filipino cuisine takes center stage during lunch and dinner, when fresh bounty is among the highlights.
Buffet Notes:
Lunch is at least P2,800 per head, whereas dinner is P3,000.
1 Newport Boulevard, Pasay City; eatdrinkhilton.com/kusina-sea-kitchen
11| The Café at City of Dreams Manila
The Café at City of Dreams is the epitome of how modern buffet restaurants should be. With its interactive show-kitchen and extensive menu, each counter will make you feel like you’re on a flavor trip to different parts of the world.
The buffet can accommodate 345 guests at a time, with two private dining rooms for those who want to binge eat in less crowded spaces.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast is P1,400; lunch is P1,950; and dinner is P3,150 for every person.
The rates are inclusive of free-flowing juices, sodas, local draft beers, and red and white house wines.
Aseana Avenue, corner Roxas Boulevard, Parañaque City; cityofdreamsmanila.com/the-cafe
12| Weekend Brunch Buffet at Nobu Hotel Manila
If you’re all for an authentic Japanese gastronomic journey, Nobu Hotel Manila’s buffet has you covered. You can tell it's real just by looking at the restaurant—from its classic interior to the organic details on its buffet tables, including the sushi bar, Teppanyaki tables, as well as the chef’s kitchen. Their brunch, available exclusively on weekends, showcases world-favorite recipes from renowned chef and restaurateur Nobu Matsuhisa.
While the Nobu-style Japanese cuisine is served in restaurants across the globe, their offerings are not something you can easily find in traditional Asian restaurants. We just know you’ll be coming back for them.
Buffet Notes:
Rates go up depending on which beverage package customers want to avail. The list is as follows:
- P3,499 (inclusive of regular beverages)
- P4,829.71 (inclusive of regular beverages, cocktails, beers, wines and spirits)
- P6,049.54 (inclusive of regular beverages, cocktails, beers, wines and spirits, champagnes, and champagne cocktails)
Customers may also order à la carte.
City of Dreams Manila, Aseana Avenue, corner Roxas Boulevard, Parañaque City; cityofdreamsmanila.com/nobu-manila-weekend-brunch-buffet
13| Jasmine at New World Makati Hotel
Now, this is for the Chinese food enthusiasts. At Jasmine, it’s always an eat-all-the-dim-sum-you-can day. From siomai to hakaw and xiao long bao, not one of the dishes in this spread disappoints. Guests can enjoy their favorite dim sum even more with other Chinese and Cantonese classics, such as fried rice, braised noodles, and congee.
On top of its regular buffet menu, Jasmine also serves hot pot for those who need their fill of the warm and scrumptious bowl.
Buffet Notes:
Lunch is priced at P1,488 per head on weekdays, and P1,688 on weekends. Dinner, on the other hand, is P1,688 from Sunday to Thursday.
Esperanza Street, corner Makati Avenue, Ayala Center, Makati City; manila.newworldhotels.com/jasmine
14| HEAT at EDSA Shangri-La
It isn’t called HEAT for nothing. EDSA Shangri-La’s buffet literally sizzles with specialties from top-ranking chefs like Summer Palace’s Tony Sum. Their menu features signature Asian and continental dishes—which you can request, by the way, to be cooked à la minute for a fuller dinner experience. (Bonus points that you can watch their chefs in action through the open-theater kitchens.)
HEAT hosts themed Friday nights, serving premium surf and turf eats, like slow-roasted beef, suckling pig, and lobster thermidor.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast costs P1,950 per pax daily. Lunch is P2,500, while dinner is P2,700.
Tower Wing, 1 Garden Way, Ortigas Center, Pasig City; shangri-la.com/manila/edsashangrila/heat
15| Spectrum at Fairmont Makati
What better way to end this with a buffet that’s ready to cater to your cravings anytime? Spectrum is the place to be for foodies going on dining adventures even during the most awkward hours of the day.
You can choose from its huge spectrum of dishes from East to West. Among the highlights at Fairmont Makati's buffet are its rotisseries—especially the roasted prime rib—as well as its do-it-yourself (DIY) poke station and wine cellar.
Buffet Notes:
Breakfast starts at P1,800 per person, while lunch ranges between P2,900 and P4,300 at the lowest. The starting rates for dinner are P3,500 on Sundays to Thursdays, and P4,100 on Fridays and Saturdays.
1 Raffles Drive, Makati Avenue, Makati City; fairmont.com/makati
