Question on Dinner Buffets

My wife and I would like to go to a nice dinner buffet while in Hong Kong. I read that both the Island Shangrila and the Kowloon Shangrila have nice dinner buffets. Would appreciate any comments on these two possible choices or another alternative if there is a better one. Thank you.

Question on Dinner Buffets

Buffets are Hong Kong people%26#39;s favour. Nearly all hotels have nice good buffets, and again, depends on what you want.

The two Shangrilas have buffets of large varieties of food. The draw back is if you go on any evening before/of the holidays, the cafes could be very crowded. Make sure you have a table at a better location.

Alternatively you can go for the more expensive ones. Intercontiential has a nice one and it has a wonderful harbour view.

In terms of environment, Harbour Plaza in Whampao is nice. But my last visit the food was a big disappointment.

Another Harbour Plaza Hotel called Metropolis next to Hung Hom train station offers nice buffets too. The coffee shop has a high ceiling and the tables are reasonably apart from each other.

Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel next to Star Ferry is a popular buffet spot.

Over at the island side, Grand Hyatt Hotel is nice. The nearby Convention Centre also has a big buffet feast every night!

Question on Dinner Buffets

Island Shangri-la and Intercontinental are a must try.

Grand Hyatt is really awesome, don%26#39;t know if they are still doing the ';dessert'; buffet too ... I haven%26#39;t been there for a long time. But the last time I had the experience, was quite an awesome one.

However, Island Shangri-la and Intercontinental%26#39;s buffet will have to be reserved quite in advance.

Longest one I heard was 1 month. (That was during December though). Usually, 1-2 weeks (for weekends) will be alright.

We were just guests at the Grand Hyatt last week. We tried their buffet. It was very good. They didn%26#39;t have a dessert buffet. But they did have a line of desserts served at the buffet dinner. They had a sushi chef, a noodle station, a prime rib carving station and a crepe station. It was all very well done. The price was about $650HKD (? forgot the exact amount). We didn%26#39;t make reservations, but we managed to get a table when we wanted it. However, it was busy, and many tables were reserved -- so beware, you may want to make reservations.

thank you everyone for your suggestions.

We went to the Kowloon Shangri-La and we thought it was pretty good. As I think is mentioned above, you should make a reservation - days in advance if possible.

We tried to make reservations on the same day on a Monday (think it would be slowest day) and there were no places at many. We got KSL - and this was 80-100% filled throughout the night.

We dined in January this year at Cafe Too at the Island Shangri-la and it was wonderful. Such variety.

We booked the day before and got the last table!

Drinks are pricey ($60 soft drink %26amp; $65 beer), but the food is well worth the visit. Around 7 stations with food made to order!

For 3 adults (with one beer and 2 soft drinks) it was $1500 HKD.

Can%26#39;t recommend it enough, can%26#39;t wait to go back. No view though.

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Dessert buffet at the Grand Hyatt isn%26#39;t part of the dinner buffet. It%26#39;s also (as I recalled) NOT every night. Will find out whether they still do it.

In my opinion, the Kowloon Shangri-la%26#39;s buffet is SLIGHTLY under Island shangri-la%26#39;s. However, both are scrumptious, and lots of variety. Definitely a real treat. And for us locals, with HSBC cards ... and other credit cards, we often get discounts off their regular per head price. It%26#39;s pretty good deal.