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16 Dinner Buffets in Brisbane: Places for All You Can Eat!

In this article, you will learn about the best dinner buffets in Brisbane and where you can enjoy an all-you-can-eat dinner option with your family.

Do you know about your huge variety of local dinner buffet Brisbane style? You butter believe it, baby! They offer some of the most delicious and well priced options to grab a meal out with your family or friends and all of our suggestions offer a huge range of food… that never ends. They truly are all you can eat in Brisbane.

Here’s where to go to chow down…

Dinner buffet Brisbane

From all you can eat Korean BBQ to the classic Pizza Hut or your local club there are so many options for those looking to feed a big family – or just a big appetite! Its an All. You. Can. Eat smorgasbord and we are here for it!!

Dinners: all-you-can-eat Brisbane

We have compiled the most comprehensive list of all-you-can-eat Brisbane that is updated regularly to ensure all the best dinner buffets in Brisbane (and discounts where we know them) are included!

1. NEW Seoul Bistro

Inspired by Korean and Japanese cuisines, Seoul Bistro is known for its crispy fried chicken inspired by Korean and Japanese flavours. They create their dishes using the freshest Australian ingredients and all of their sauces are made in-house by their executive chef.

Address: 152 Turton Street, Sunnybank

Website: Read up on their buffet here.

2. Pizza Hut: Browns Plains

Pizza Hut is a family favourite (well, it is at my house!) You’ll find their stores all over Brisbane, but only one of them in Brisbane offers the all-you-can-eat buffet!

Savoury dishes include pizzas, garlic bread, pasta, and oodles of salads. Follow it with all-you-can-eat ice cream and yummy treats and you may need to roll yourself home.

Address: Grand Plaza Shopping Centre, 1-25 Brown Plains Road, Brown Plains

Website: Pizza Hut

3. GGOGI HOUSE: Korean BBQ

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Enjoy your buffet dinner in Brisbane

GGOGI HOUSE offers Korean charcoal grilling experiences. Guests can have fun cooking their own meals and enjoying flavour combinations with a selection of freshly​ made salads. There are also other options on the menu including traditional Korean hot pots and noodles.

Address: 3/14 Annerley Road, Woolloongabba

Website: GGOGI HOUSE

4. Maru Korean

Got a family of foodies on your hands? Salad bar jelly just not cutting it for your Masterchef-obsessed teen? Venture into the city for a family night of all you can eat at Maru Korean! With a variety of Korean dishes available, the whole family will be sure to love the experience. Older kids will get a real kick out of helping Mum or Dad fry the platter of Korean BBQ meats on the DIY grill! Conveniently located in the city, public transport options abound so you can roll on home after you stuff yourselves silly. 

Address: 157 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City 

Website: Maru Koean

5. Hotel Richlands

Hotel Richlands is the home of an all-you-can-eat buffet that the whole family can enjoy. Ranging from Asian cuisines to Mediterranean dishes, the buffet options are consistently growing and changing.

  • Weekday lunches: kids 3 – 10 years old eat for $13.95, kids 11 – 15 years old eat for $19.95, adults eat for $27.95 and seniors eat for $19.95.
  • Prices for dinners Monday to Thursday:  kids 3 – 10 years old eat for $13.95, kids 11 – 15 years old eat for $19.95, adults eat for $33.95 and older people eat for $27.95.
  • Prices for weekend dinners and lunches is a little higher than the weekday alternative. Check the site for full list of prices.

Score on all fronts and a fantastic Brisbane buffet dinner choice! 

Address: 132 Government Road, Richlands 

Website: Hotel Richlands

6. Springwood Hotel

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Feast buffet

The Springwood Hotel’s Feast Buffet hosts a generous range that everyone can appreciate. The buffet offers soups, roasted meats, pizza, pasta, Asian dishes, fresh salads, and desserts. The Feast is open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner. Children 4 – 12 years cost $15. Kids under 3 years eat free. Adults $39. Older people $22.

Address: Corner of Springwood and Rochedale Roads, Springwood 

Website: Springwood Hotel

It’s really handy to find places where kids eat for free – have you checked our monster list?

7. The Sofitel: Suzette Buffet

All-you-can-eat buffet meets fine international cuisine at The Sofitel’s Suzette Buffet. Think internationally-inspired range of hot dishes, inclusive of a varied mix of much-loved classics and more adventurous offerings. Paired with a diverse selection of fresh, inventive salads, dips, cold cuts, Australian cheeses, and breads. The pièce de résistance for many though is undeniably the island laden with fresh local seafood. Savour Mooloolaba cooked prawns, marinated green-lipped mussels, Sydney Rock oysters, bugs, and whole-baked salmon.

Finish by filling your plate with the tempting array of sweet treats, all made in-house. From ice-creams, sorbets, decadent desserts, and a chocolate fountain with marshmallows and strawberries, you’ll want to make sure you leave plenty of room.

Lunch is available Saturdays and Sundays 12pm – 2.30pm. Prices: Adults $119, children $52. Dinner is available 5.30pm – 10pm Fridays and Saturdays. Prices: Adults: $119, children $52. (Prices differ on public holidays and over the festive season so check for current pricing.) 

Of course, with these prices, this is our pick for very special occasion dining – but hey it’s cheaper than flights to Paris! We absolutely love The Sofitel all year round – they’re always putting on special events. 

Address: 249 Turbot Street, Brisbane City 

Website: The Sofitel

8. Ariala’s Restaurant

Open from Tuesday to Sunday, Kippa-Ring’s Ariala Restaurant is a must-experience buffet of Brisbane. Now they even have a restaurant open at Springwood too!

Two visits are never the same as the menu is always changing and evolving. You can expect salads, seafood, curry, pasta, roasted meats, vegetables, steak, and dessert. Prices are as follows: 3 – 5 year old $17.50, 6-8 year old $21.50, 9-12 year old $27.50, 13 – 15 year old $32.50, adults eat for $42.50.

Families tip: This is probably the best dinner buffet in Brisbane! We know because we go! That is my son in the photo above at the chocolate buffet.

Address:

  • 246 Anzac Ave, Kippa-Ring 
  • 2/1-15 Lexington Road, Underwood

Website: Ariala’s Restaurant

9. Jayliano’s Steak and Seafood Restaurant

Jaylianos Brookside
Jaylianos buffet

The partner restaurant to Ariala’s, Jayliano’s is another great option for a delicious Brisbane all-you-can-eat buffet. Serving a wide range of international food, steaks, seafood, pastas, salads and more. Prices are as follows: 3-5 yo eat for $15.50, 6-8 yo eat for $19.50, 9-12 yo eat for $25.50, 13-15 yo eat for $30.50, adults eat for $40.50, older people eat for $37.50. AND they have two locations!!

This is one of our favourite dinner buffets in Brisbane – try it, you won’t be disappointed!

Address:

  • 107 Osborne Rd, Mitchelton
  • 306 Gympie Road, Strathpine

Website: Jayliano’s Steak and Seafood

10. Kai Kai Chicken

If you love fried chicken, you need to take a trip to the Kai Kai Chicken Buffet! You can enjoy 12 flavours of fried chicken and six flavours of loaded fries served with mash, gravy, bread rolls and steamed rice for $27.90pp! Finished off with all-you-can-eat cinnamon jelly doughnut sandwiches! Also available is a buffet with an alcohol package for $75pp. 

Address:

  • 225 Hawken Drive, St Lucia
  • 25 Watland Street, Springwood

Website: Kai Kai Chicken

11. Shabuhouse

Shabuhouse Shabu & Sushi Buffet
Shabuhouse Sushi Buffet

Why not try this Japanese fusion buffet and sample fresh sushi, the highest quality meats and vegetables for Japanese Shabu shabu, and delicious hot foods. Dinner is available Mon – Thurs for $53 per adult, and Friday – Sunday for $56 per adult, children aged 4 – 7 yo eat for $20 and 8 – 11 yo eat for $35. The buffet is also available at lunchtimes 12 – 3pm.

Address: Level 1, 70 Mary Street, Brisbane

Website: Shabuhouse

12. The Cube Hot Pot

The Cube Hot Pot is the all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant that lets you delve into a choose-your-own hot pot dinner and add some BBQ food to the mix too. For $32.90 you can enjoy a hot pot plus BBQ + kebab ($35.90 if you include a can of drink). You choose your soup broth and then order from over 100 ingredients wagyu beef, scallops, chunks of Chinese cabbage, quail eggs, fish dumplings, whole prawns and so much more. Then you add sauces to taste. Delicious! Add this all-you-can-eat Chinese to your list!

Address: Shop 90C, Sunnybank Plaza

Website: The Cube 

13. Seafood Hot Pot Buffet Sunnybank

If you’re looking for a fun Chinese hot pot experience, this is it! Decked out with contemporary interiors with colourful booths and ocean-inspired adornments, Seafood Hot Pot Buffet is a bright and modern eatery as you simmer your dinner. It’s a great Brisbane seafood buffet well worth trying.

Where: 342 McCullough Street, Sunnybank

Phone: 07 3345 7565

Website: The Barn Restaurant

14. Saltwater Creek Hotel

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Saltwater Creek Hotel buffet options

This amazing, well-stacked buffet includes a selection of succulent meats, seafood, pasta, Asian dishes, salads and desserts. And the best part is it’s on at lunch (Friday – Sunday) and dinner (Friday – Saturday), so you can choose when you prefer to go! Enjoy the relaxed setting with indoor and outdoor dining. Adult dinner costs are $34.90 for members and $32.90 for non-members, and kids are $12.90 (3 – 10 years) and $17.90 (11 – 15 years). Under 3s are free! Find out more about the buffet here.

Where: 40 Siganto Dr, Helensvale

Phone: 07 5529 7566

15. Okami

Okami West End dinner buffets in Brisbane
Okami West End restaurant

My personal favourite!! Head on over to one of their 3 restaurants in greater Brisbane. It is super family friendly all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant where prices start at $39.80 pp. Every dish at Okami is freshly made to order from the menu with 30+ options. Combined with the cosy atmosphere, this makes Okami the perfect meeting place for families. Because there are three restaurants to choose from around Brisbane, you can hopefully find one local to you. (West End is our local and I give it 5 stars – highly recommend!)

Address:

  • Shop 1-5, 18 Fitzgerald Avenue, Springwood Phone: (07) 3012 8899
  • Shop 11, 1 Alma Road, Dakabin Phone: 07 5527 9999
  • 93 Hardgrave Road, West End Phone: 07 3210 0999
  • Shop 3/1401 Gympie Road, Aspley Phone: 07 3210 6888

Website: Okami

16. Bulgogi

If you’re like me and can’t decide between Japanese and Korean cuisine each time, why make the hard decision when you can indulge in both! At Bulgogi, you can choose between the ‘BBQ’ buffet option or the ‘Regular’ option that includes classic Korean dishes such as an assortment of bibimbaps and fish cake soup, as well as delicious Japanese okonomiyakis. BBQ prices for adults are $59.90, 4-8-year-olds are $24.90, 9-12-year-olds are $29.90. Regular prices for adults are $45.90, 4-8-year-olds are $19.90, 9-12-year-olds are $24.90.

Starting on August 8, they’re introducing an all-you-can-eat lunch special of sushi and Korean food for $21.90.

Address: 27 Discovery Drive, North Lakes

Website: Bulgogi

Brisbane dinner buffets that have now closed

The Barn Restaurant

Enjoy a family buffet dinner from Wednesday to Saturday (5pm – 8pm) at The Barn Restaurant and enjoy their dinner smorgasbord! There are lots of yummy options on offer including roast pork, macaroni and cheese, chicken wings and curries and you can also take a wander around their kitchen garden and bird aviary while the kids play in the newly installed playground! Adults dine for $22.50 and kids under 12 for $15 (under 5s free!)  

Kookaburra Showboat Cruises – permanently closed

Sadly Kookaburra Queen has fallen a victim to Covid and the floods so it’s another buffet in Brisbane off the list! 🙁

One of the top buffet dinners Brisbane has to offer and a show?! Perfect for a special occasion such as a birthday or Father’s Day, the Kookaburra offers a memorable dining and entertainment experience while sailing along the Brisbane river. Treat your family to an evening of city lights, live music and a contemporary international buffet – or why not upgrade to the seafood buffet and have a whale of a time! This is an absolutely ‘Brisbane’ experience that we recommend everyone do at least once (maybe twice, okay, maybe more than that!). 

Sizzler – permanently closed

Sadly this buffet in Brisbane is also closed. 🙁

A smorgasbord of choices for the best buffet dinners in Brisbane!

Did your favourite all you can eat buffet Brisbane dinner make the cut? Or do you prefer challenging your appetite with an all you can eat breakfast? See our buffet breakfast guide here!

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Janine Mergler

Janine Mergler is a veteran Queensland teacher, graduating from QUT with a BEd majoring in Social Sciences. After many years in the classroom, Janine moved on to academia. She has proudly trained new generations of teachers in her role as a lecturer at Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Education. She has also worked in the Queensland Government as an education specialist, developing education resources and delivering community awareness programs to help families conserve water. Currently she is the owner and editor of Families Magazine, a publication specifically targeted at parents who value a quality education for children.  Janine leads a team of professionals who write about family lifestyle, early childhood, schools and education information and family-friendly events.

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