Jasmine Restaurant

Surprisingly really good! Great food at a great price. Buffets are always going to be expensive…read moreunless you binge but the menu is very reasonable and without jeopardizing quality. Also had amazing friendly staff. Absolutely lovely matredee with a cute smile who really made our night. Lastly, they had quite a fun korean music playlist with music videos to match to keep us entertained

Good selection of Japanese and Korean food in a child friendly restaurant! Great atmosphere along…read morewith excellent service! Certainly plan on returning.

Genghis Khan Mongolian Barbeque Restaurant

3.3(4 reviews)

4.1 km•New Lynn

Barbequed meat and vegetables Mongolian style; basically you help yourself to the quantity of meat,…read morequantity of vegetables and your choice of sauce/marinade, take it over to the chef's at the wonderfully spacious flat barbeques and they cook it right there with you alongside them. I personally believe it is a great set up, particularly for fussy eaters and meat lovers. Did I mention it is ALL YOU CAN EAT?! There is also a selection of salads, buffet style, and a few small options for dessert to top off the meal. It is well worth checking out if you have not gone already. Plus If it is your birthday you can eat for free*... *conditions apply...

The service is excellent. Food are very fresh. There are many options for dessert. And I found that…read morethey upgraded hot food machine. Lovely atmosphere and interior design. I will recommend it to my friends. 服务非常好。食物非常新鲜。甜点有很多选择。我发现他们升级了热食机。可爱的氛围和室内设计。我会推荐给我的朋友们。

Paradise Garden BBQ Restaurant

2.3(6 reviews)

5.3 km•Auckland CBD

Buffer style BBQ but not many selection. No lettuce to go with BBQ pork. Meat not marinated. No…read moredessert options.

DELICIOUS! You simply cannot beat $20 for all you can eat Korean food in Auckland. Pricing aside,…read morethe quality of food is really good, especially for a buffet. They have a nice handful of meats for grilling and also several really good pre-cooked meat dishes that are just packed with flavor, as well as some other options including tofu and soup. They also have quite the variety of Korean sides as well. I liked this place so much, I went back again a few weeks later, and would have continued going back had I stayed in NZ longer or heard about it earlier in my stay! Definitely a place you will want to check out!

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Fortuna Buffet Restaurant

3.1(14 reviews)

5.2 km•Auckland CBD

For a tourist attraction location buffet, the prices are actually quite good! Also, usually buffets…read morekind of have mediocre food, and the drawcard is that you can eat as much as you want of it, but we genuinely enjoyed many of the things on the line-up - especially the butter chicken!! For desserts, the caramel slice and the triffle were my favorites.

We really enjoy fortuna buffet every time we go. There is a fantastic variety of food and I like…read morethe selection of seafood. Kids love it also, especially the dessert bar. Very reasonably priced for what you get. We last went 10th June.

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Valentines Dominion Road

1.6(8 reviews)

3.7 km•Balmoral, Mt Eden

I do not like this place. For several reasons. It's not like I've had a terrible experience here or…read moreanything. No food poisoning or rude waiters or anything like that. It is just the set up, the atmosphere, the vibe of the whole place, and the food on offer. So basically everything that matters in a restaurant. It was years ago that I went, but I remember it all clearly. The food is meh, a buffet of the usual, proteins cheeses pastas meats. Not actually appealing at all I do remember as a kid the dessert section was amazing. (but to a kid anything desert is amazing). The decor of the restaurant is so average - with the outdated furniture and stupid ice and butter sculpture - and this brings down the whole vibe of the place. There is no friendly atmosphere. It doesn't feel like a restaurant instead it feels like a massive cafeteria. (shivers). Go here if it is your birthday (free dining) and if you have a love for buffet dining. Dont go here if you care about the food and the experience.

The place looks pretty run down. There's an entrance going up from the bottom car park but it's…read morepermanently blocked and flooded in winter time. The food is average, just the usual buffet type food: Ham, roast, and potatoes. Doesn't have much that really stands out like oysters or selection of sea food except for small prawns. The last time I wanted to come here because of some family function, it was closed because of a poor food grading...

Mrs Korea BBQ

1.8(4 reviews)

6.0 km•Newmarket

Sooo what to say about Mrs Korea ? Well it seems things…read morewent decidedly down hill since the first review some 8 months ago to the next review 5 months ago ! So here's what I think , yes it has a B food grade , yes some of the buffet has a dubious quality and for sure there are a lot of unanswered questions . But let's not all be food snobs out there ! Go for the experience , go with some friends and just go with it . Cause your really not getting any younger whinging about it and let's face it just cause you went to one fancy place doesn't make you a master chef ! It's cheap , it's a bit cheerful and it will certainly pass the time . With good kimchi and a good selection of meats I was happy for what I paid ($25 with a grab one voucher ).

Saw the advert which claim to be another blockbuster for Korean restaurant. Took my wife and…read morein-laws around 8pm on Sunday evening. Smoky is the first impression . Sat down no one servicing us. We had to ask for plates, water, cups etc. They run out of plates, out of pretty much everything. Fruits served as whole. Tables left uncollected. Summing up, the worse ever had in years.

Some interior decor.

Buffet.

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Paradise Indian Food

4.0(46 reviews)

3.4 km

Rich flavors, warm service, and authentic Indian dishes--Indian Paradise is a gem.!!I would highly…read morerecommend this place to food lovers.

$56 for two below average currys without rice... wouldn't order from here again wours save your…read moretime and money

Lollipop chicken

Mixed platter

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Lamb curry

Milse

4.4(82 reviews)

6.0 km•Viaduct

We came here for a dessert after dinner. Had to wait 20 minutes for a table for two, which wasn't…read morebad since we left our number with them so we could wander around. I chose to have the lemon and yoghurt bombe alaska that was fantastic. The right amount of sweetness and tartness. There was a bit of confusion that kind of spoiled our experience as we also ordered the passion fruit and peach chocolate bon bon and was only told after the dish arrived that the passion fruit and peach were only available as shards, which was eight dollars more. We would have appreciated the waitress explaining that some of the chocolates came as shards and the others as bon bons, so we felt like we were tricked into ordering something. The cookie dough macaron was good but didn't remind us of cookie dough, more of a chocolate macaron. We left wanting a lot more from our experience chocolate- and pastry-wise.

The lemon yogurt bomb Alaska is the best "popsicle" ice cream bar I've had. It's not too sweet or…read moretangy and balances our dessert well. It has a crispy lemony coating over a frozen yogurt middle, finished off with stripes of meringue on the top. It all case together so well! The cookies and cream rocher was also very delicious. It was topped with edible gold, had a crunchy cookies and cream outer layer before you hit a velvety chocolate mousse later. Finally, the inside had bits of cookie. It sounds very sweet and sickly but was pleasantly well balanced. I wish they had a Milse where I'm from! Actually maybe not, or else I'd be so broke.

Berry gelato stick

Don't even know, but delicious.

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Chocolate tart

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