Why settle for one when you can have many? No, this is not a dating post, but rather a food piece that tries to help you find the best buffet lunches in Sydney! If you’re a foodie, an all-you-can-eat buffet is heaven, allowing you to try food from all over the world in one meal. It’s no surprise that buffets are a very popular dining option, even though they cost more than a regular restaurant meal.

Sydney, being a melting pot, is a great city for good food, which means that the buffets here are well-stocked with dishes from around the world. Seafood lovers will be especially pleased as the buffets offer multiple choices of prawns, calamari, crab and even freshly shucked oysters, all of which you can have to your heart’s content!

So here is a list of popular places in Sydney that serve good lunch buffets. Better stick with toast and coffee for breakfast, if you really want to get your money’s worth!

Cafe Opera

Located in Sydney CBD, Café Opera is part of the InterContinental hotel and is famous for its seafood buffet. With plenty of fresh seafood options, one of the key items on the buffet is the ‘grilled fish of the day’. Other seafood options include salmon, squid, and crab, prepared in various styles of cuisine from around the world. Protein options are also available such as pork and poultry. More seafood options await you in the cold selection with smoked salmon, tiger prawns, rock oysters, mussels, octopus, etc. There are also sashimi and sushi options available. For dessert you get a selection of fruits, chocolates and cheeses. PS: The Sunday lunch buffet is accompanied by live jazz and complimentary sparkling wine.

Magistic Buffet Lunch Cruise

How about a Sydney Harbor Buffet Lunch Cruise? The Magistic Sydney Harbor Lunch Cruise is great value for money. You get a continental selection of dishes with seafood options of fresh prawns and baked fish, and also a range of meat dishes. Vegetarians will not feel left out as there are multiple dining options. No meal is complete without dessert and there’s chocolate cake, tiramisu and more! To further complement the dining experience of this lunch is the cruise site, a million dollar luxury catamaran, from where you can admire the Opera House and the Sydney Harbor Bridge up close.

Harvest Buffet at The Star

A buffet fit for royalty, the Harvest Buffet is a feast for the senses with a selection of continental dishes. From traditional roast beef, pork, chicken and fish fillets to Indian dishes like butter chicken and biryani, Asian meat dishes and Pad Thai and original Italian pizzas and cannelloni, the variety is diverse. Thursday through Sunday, it’s a seafood buffet with an extravagant spread of oysters, shrimp, crab, mussels, fish, sushi, and more. No buffet is complete without dessert and you get not one but three chocolate fountains (for white, milk and dark chocolate) and many other options too. Finish the meal with local and imported fruits and cheeses.