Good news: all-you-can-eat affairs are no longer reserved for ritzy hotel stays. Between bottomless breakfasts, long lunches and dinners that don’t stop, Gold Coast/Kombumerri Country’s best buffets are dishing out unlimited meals for every craving.
Whether you and your crew can’t agree on a feasting locale, are battling cravings no one will back down from, or you’re certain you have an insatiable hunger that no single meal can satisfy, make your own rules at a buffet. Serve yourself a plate (or twenty) at the best buffets on the Gold Coast according to OB真人视讯.
Harvest Buffet
1 Casino Dr, Broadbeach QLD 4218
$39.90 - $99.90 per adult | Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Relive the infamous ‘but they said all you can eat’ Simpsons scene (without actually getting kicked out) at ’s decadent buffets. Choose from a daily breakfast buffet, an oyster and prawn buffet on weekend lunches, a prawn buffet on Monday to Thursday evenings or a seafood buffet on Friday to Sunday evenings.
While menus vary between buffets, your go-to Broadbeach buffet on the Gold Coast layers its seafood delicacies with carvery cuts, fresh pastas, Mediterranean dishes and dessert dishes stacked next to a legitimate chocolate fountain. The seafood buffet starts at $24.90 for kids and $69.90 for adults, so save your spot at The Star’s available seven days a week. .
Akoya
38 Old Burleigh Rd, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
$59 - $145 per adult | Breakfast and dinner
If you’re yet to experience the extravagance that is Surfers Paradise’s tallest Jewel tower, look no further than The Langham as your go-to way in. Set on the shores of the Gold Coast’s iconic coastline, it's Akoya’s mouth watering buffets inside the sophisticated culinary home that’ll have you feeling like a food critic in a tasting store.
With buffet breakfasts for $59 per adult and dinner buffets Saturdays for a neat $145, there’s a plate (or several) with your name on it. dishes up freshly shucked oysters at the seafood bar, top-tier seafood, grilled and smoked meats and a smattering of fragrant curries, making this one of the top Gold Coast buffets not to be missed.
Citrique
158 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
$49.50-$129 | Breakfast and dinner
Like the old saying goes, a Gold Coast buffet breakfast is only as good as its egg chef. And ’s comes with a goodie dedicated to whisking and flipping your eggs to perfection. From piping hot bacon, sausages and crispy hash browns to house-baked pastries, freshly made waffles and Asian breakfast delights, Citrique is undoubtedly one of the Gold Coast’s best buffets, and it’s situated in a beautiful location, too.
Load up on fresh fruits, cold meats and breakfast cheeses—because they are a thing now. They also boast a banging seafood and grilled meats buffet dinner for $129 per adult featuring Moreton Bay bugs, Pacific oysters and wood-fired pizzas. Alternatively, book a decadent Sunday long lunch with mimosas and live jazz music, from $99. .
Brazilian Flame Bar & Grill
Soul Boardwalk, 4 Esplanade, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
$62.95 per adult | Lunch and dinner
Is your mouth salivating already at the thought of an all you can eat ? You’re in luck, because this self-professed ‘flame bar’ dishes up the lot every day from 12pm for $62.95 a pop. Choose from meats like succulent beef ribs, pork belly and fried chicken.
Then make your way through to pasta salads and coleslaw at the salad buffet and onion rings, fries and beef stroganoff in the hot buffet because why not. Did we mention Brazilian delights like cheese fingers and churros or desserts including pineapple with cinnamon are on the menu? You had us at all-you-can-eat ribs. .
Il Barocco
94 Seaworld Drive, Main Beach QLD 4217
$39 - $119 per adult | Breakfast and dinner
's own is touted one of the best Gold Coast buffets in a five-star venue where you can well and truly slide into your fancy pants for. Taste your way around bugs, crab claw and oysters, as well as fresh sashimi while overlooking the dazzling pool area.
There is a daily breakfast buffet for $39 per adult Monday to Friday or $52 on weekends, including a barista-made coffee. Or dine in for dinner Friday and Saturday for one of the tastiest seafood buffets on the Gold Coast, coming in at $119 per adult. .
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Flower Garden Chinese Restaurant
1168 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach QLD 4221
$30 per adult | Dinner
The clever folk at realise that it's common practice to share a couple of meals with mates at Chinese. So they’ve taken the split bill and awkward ‘who takes the leftovers?’ moment out for you. With buffet dine-in and takeaway options available at Flower Garden, eat ‘til your heart’s content with favourites like chicken and corn soup, steamed dim sims, fried wontons, spring rolls, calamari, beef and black bean, lemon chicken, sweet and sour pork and pork ribs.
The buffet is only available Friday to Sunday and this centrally located Palm Beach buffet hotspot dishes up a mega buffet for just $30 for adults, kids 2 and under free and affordable options for kids 12 and under. .
Catch
6 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise 4217
$45 per adult | Breakfast
If you’ve been on the hunt for the best Gold Coast breakfast buffet for vegetarians, carnivores and kids, look no further than . With walk-ins welcome, drop in and fill your plate with fresh fruits, an extensive bread selection, crisp waffles, fruity muffins and pancakes galore.
If unlimited pancakes isn’t enough to get your tummy rumbling, perhaps the noodle station is. At $45 for adults and $22.50 for kids 13 to 17 years, score complimentary breakfast for kids 12 and under when you book your stay at or chat to staff about walk-in options. .
Southport Sharks
Cnr Olsen and Musgrave Ave, Southport 4215
$30.90 - $58.90 per adult | Breakfast and dinner
is one of the best-known Gold Coast buffets, and for good reason. Build your own burgers, plate up nachos, scoop out salads and gobble down Asian dishes, carvery cuts and cheese platters just for starters.
With all-you-can-eat dishes up for grabs seven nights a week, take your pick from Monday to Thursday’s plentiful feast for $40.90 for members and $50.90 for guests—or opt for Friday to Sunday prawn and mussel buffet at $48.90 for members and $58.90 for guests.
If your next stop at is of the morning variety, you’ll be pleased to know the weekend breakfast buffet’s open 730-10am featuring crispy hashbrowns, fluffy eggs, crispy bacon, flaky cronuts and cinnamon-sprinkled French toast. Need more convincing? There’s acai soft serve. Don’t walk, run.
SkyPoint
Q1, Hamilton Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
$44 per adult | Breakfast
They say breakfast is the meal of champions, so start your day sunny side up with an indulgent buffet breakfast at . Watch the world go by from the top of one of the tallest residential buildings in the world at ’s SkyPoint, 230 metres above the ocean.
Here you'll find a humble buffet of fruits, pastries and continental cereals as well as a hot station of scrambled eggs, hash browns and mushrooms. Get in early by around 7:30am, to beat the crowds and score a seat by the breathtaking view. Book your buffet brekky at the SkyPoint lobby before 10:15am to score all-you-can-eat for just $44 per adult and $30 for kids up to 12. .
Season Buffet
80 Scarborough St, Southport QLD 4217
$37.80 - $42.80 | Lunch and dinner
Cater to your buffet dreams with a Korean feast at , smack bang in the centre of Southport’s city centre. As one of the Gold Coast’s few, and best, buffet options for Korean BBQ and hot pot dishes, fill your belly with an indulgent selection of hot chicken wings, special fried rice and marinated beef as well as lamb rolls, crispy noodles, soups and a whole pot more.
With 100 ingredients, 10 slow cooked soups and catering to all dietary requirements, this is a hidden treasure of the buffet variety. Coming in at $37.80 for weekend lunch buffets and $42.80 per person for dinner, stop in for a flaming hot celebration of flavour at . .
Penguins
122 Ferny Ave, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217
$25 | Breakfast
This all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast offers an array of cold goods. Think fresh salads, fruit and cereals as well as breads, danishes and pastries. For a neat $25 for everyone over 13 and free for those 3 and under, offers the perfect Gold Coast buffet when you’re on the run.
For those keen for a little extra, choose from the add-ons menu for the likes of waffles with soft serve, toasted brekky wraps, smoked salmon and smashed avocado on sourdough or loaded omelettes.
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