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Manila is no stranger to good buffets--overflowing, satisfying food that can fill platefuls to satisfy all kinds of cravings. Whether you're on the lookout for variety, value-for-money price tag or novelty, we give you a list of the best buffets you can find in the city (listed in no particular order) without paying five-star-hotel prices:

1. Yakimix Address: 2/F Forum Bldg. 270 Tomas Morato, Quezon City (385-7500, 332-8073); Hobbies of Asia, Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City (387-8120, 387-8112); G/F SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City (385-7500)

How much to shell out: P580 eat-all-you can on Saturdays and Sundays and P499 lunch-all-you-can from Mondays to Fridays; add P55 for drinks; children below 4 feet will be charged P380 only.

A new player in the buffet business, Yakimix, which opened in 2009, gets a nod for its spacious dining area and their variety of Chinese and Japanese dishes on the buffet spread. The place gets extra points for the grilled meat choices and sushi selection, plus smokeless table grills that lets you dine happily without smelling like food.

2. KingOne Rotary Hotpot Address: M2-A Lower Hobbies of Asia, #8 Macapagal Ave., Pasay City (556-1370)

How much to shell out: P479 for an eat-all-you-can and drink-all-you-can from Monday to Saturday; P529 for dinners, Sundays and holidays (without drinks), upgrade to drink-all-you-can for an additional P65

The appeal of KingOne Rotary Hotpot lies in the hotpot ingredients that roll by on a conveyor belt right beside your table. With over 90 ingredients to choose from, and six soup bases available (Satay Soup, Century Egg Wansoy Soup, Spicy Szechuan Soup, Plain Soup, Hong Kong Curry Soup, and Korean Kimchi Soup), hotpot fans will also get a free dish for every two eat-all-you-can meals availed. Choose from their Spare Ribs Salt and Pepper, Yang Chow Fried Rice, and the Oyster Cake to go with your hotpot meal.

Remember: no sharing and no doggie bags, they charge P100 for leftovers.

3. Kamay Kainan Address: West Avenue, Quezon City (371-4659) ; Kalayaan Avenue corner Malamig Street, Quezon City (921-5904 ); Market! Market!, Taguig (889-9883); TriNoma Mall (435-0061, 916-7178)

How much to shell out: P248 per person without drinks/ P295 per person with bottomless iced tea daily

If an all-Pinoy buffet spread is on the agenda, you can't go wrong with the reasonably priced buffet at Kamay Kainan. Their 2-hour maximum stay rule may sway those who like to have leisurely meals, but the place still attracts those who love Filipino food classics: Lechon paksiw, fried bangus, fried tilapia, binagoongang baboy, papaitan, caldereta, menudo, beef steak, kare-kare, pork sinigang, beef nilaga, adobong pusit, inihaw na liempo, and steamed oysters

4. Cabalen

Address: 67 West Avenue, Quezon City (372-3515); 3/L, Bridge way SM Megamall (633-1761); G/L Robinsons Place Manila (536-7987); 3/L Festival Mall, Muntinlupa (809-6698); 2/L TriNoma Mall, Quezon City (901-3602); G/L, Glorietta 3, Makati City (893-9884); G/L SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City (5564874)

How much to shell out: P298 per person for lunch and dinner; P392 per person at the Glorietta, TriNoma Mall and SM Mall of Asia branches (for its Filipino, Chinese, and Japanese buffet)

Appetizing Kapampangan food gets supersized with the daily buffet spread which includes sisig, biringhe (subject to availability), lechong paksiw, bopis, adobo, pancit bihon, grilled catfish and the spicy kind of dinuguan.

5. Brazil! Brazil! Address: Metrowalk, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City (638-6318), 1st level Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Drive cor. Estrella St., Makati City (899-0957); Serendra, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig (856-0671)

How much to shell out: P628 per person from Monday to Thursday; P777 per person from FridaysSundays.

Enjoy a Brazilian meat-all-you can party at Brazil! Brazil! where, oddly, the only thing Brazilian is the barbeque or the churrasco. The slightly pricey buffet charge gets you endless skewers of barbeque which the servers bring to your table until you turn up the red side of the yoyo on your table which indicates "stop."

If you've had enough of the pork belly and tenderloin cuts, head to the central buffet area with appetizers, pasta, rice, and desserts.

6. Cafe Sweet Inspirations Address: 311 Katipunan Ave. Loyola Heights, Quezon City (433-4200)

How much to shell out: P295 per person (available from 10 a.m.-10:45 p.m. daily)

Known more for their pastries, this Katipunan Avenue spot also serves one of the best Mongolian buffets around. The all-day, eat-all-you-can spread indulges those who love to create their own stir-fry bowls. Expect the sauce at Cafe Sweet Inspirations, mixed in with your own concoction of meats, seafood and vegetables, to turn an ordinary hodgepodge of ingredients into a satisfying meal.

7. Dads/ Saisaki/ Kamayan Address: EDSA, San Juan; 2/F Glorietta 3, Ayala Center (892-8908); 4th level SM Megamall, EDSA cor. Julia Vargas Ave., Mandaluyong City (636-3785)

How much to shell out: P520 per person from Mondays to Thursdays for the lunch Crossover buffet (Dads, Saisaki and Kamayan) and P620 from Friday to Sunday; P620 per person for dinner; Saisaki lunch is at P480 from Mondays to Thursdays and P580 from Fridays to Sunday; Kamayan lunch and dinner is P350.

For the selection and variety, the "ultimate buffet" by the Triple V group still remains a reliable buffet choice. With over 200 choices with Continental picks (Dads), Japanese food (Saisaki) and Filipino favorites (Kamayan), the place enjoys a steady stream of buffet eaters who love an all-out foodfest.

8. Tramway Tea House Address: 76 Sct. Alcaraz Street corner Banawe Street Quezon City (411-1565); Timog Avenue, Quezon City

How much to shell out: P160 person on weekdays; P195 per person on weekends; P332 per person for Sunday lunch

The bargain buffet destination when it comes to Chinese food, the P160 price tag is relatively cheap for endless trips to the stations which include the staples: dimsum, dumplings, fried chicken, sweet and sour pork and vegetable dishes. The buffet gets an upgrade during Sunday lunch with Peking Duck, shrimp and roasted pork.

9. Somethin' Fishy Address: Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City (421-6412, 421-4757)

How much to shell out: P129 per person for breakfast (12 midnight to 10 a.m. daily); P325 per person for lunch (11 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.); P395 for dinner (5:30 p.m. 11 p.m.)

Their popular breakfast buffet had many call center employees, late-night owls and early risers lining up for their spread of typical breakfast fare. Now, they've extended their buffet time to lunch and dinner for the insatiable eat-all-you-can crowd.

10. Alba Restaurant Address: Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Lozano, Quezon City (925-1912, 411-7052); 38 Polaris St. Bel Air, Makati City (896-6951)

How much to shell out: P595 per person for lunch and P650 person for dinner. The Jupiter and Westgate branch only offers the lunch buffet.

Even just for the moist, saffron-perfumed paella, the buffet Alba should be on every foodie's list. Serving an assortment of Spanish dishes which include callos, chorizo, paella plus appetizers, salad and dessert, this Spanish joint makes it easy to get stuffed with savory Spanish treats.

1. Something fishy, (breakfast time) Eastwood Libis. 12am-10am 2. Kamay Kainan with bottomless Iced Tea, Market Market, 295/head. 3. Chinatown, Banawe QC , 400/head FULL MEAL! 4. Saisaki/DAD' s/Kamayan, 500/head 5. Dragon Prince, BF homes Pque. (Lunch Buffet) P180 per head. (Panalo ang Sashimi nila) 6. Cabalen - all branches, P275/head. forgot kung how much yung eat all you can merienda nila at kung what time... 7. RCBC Plaza Food Center , Makati 95/head (Breakfast) & 65/head merienda. (ok to ah, budget meal talaga!) 8. Blue Bay , Quirino Grandstand, 350/Head. 9. Brazil brazil - Metrowalk & Powerplant Mall (meat all you can 650/head) 10. Dimsun 'N Dumplings @ Shopwise (cubao) - Unlimited Siomai either P99 or P125 lang 11. Sweet Inspirations along katipunan, eat-all-you- can Mongolian Buffet php300/head 12. Seafood Club(Red Crab) Greenbelt3 - dinner 275/head 13. Chubby China ( Greenbelt ) - dimsum(fried & steamed) breakfast at 88/head. with yang chow rice, crisp noodles at single serve iced tea. order all you can lunch - 295, merienda - 88, dimsum all you can w/pancit canton, noodles and congee - sulit na 88 mo! 14. Red Crab ( Greenbelt 3) - alimango-all- you-can 15. Circles, Shangri-la Makati, expensive but very large buffet! 16. Spiral, Westin Philippine Plaza, expensive din but bigger buffet than

Shangri-la 17. Cravings, salad all you can Katipunan infront of Ateneo 18. Tong Yang Hot Pot, Eat all u can 19. Siamese Grill, Pasta all you can, 85/head Bluewave Marquinton, Marikina 20. Tramway, Banawe, Chinese food eat all you can, 160/head 21. Mongolian Stop, OJs Eastwood 22. Popeye's Chicken (seasonal) 23. Don Henricos, Eat all you can Tuesdays and Wednesdays 24. Red Kimono, The Fort, 499++/ head 25. Mandarin Palace , Ongpin, 150/head 26. Tokyo Tokyo, rice all you can (all branches) 27. Yamcha Teahouse in Timog (Lunch/Dinner Buffet Php349) (over 60 chinese dishes to choose from) 28. Aling Nene's BBQ/Ihaw, Eat all you can (Fridays & Saturdays), Magallanes, 200+/head. 29. Alba's Restaurant - Tomas Morato, Libis, Jupiter St. - Spanish cuisine - Php550, but still, it's the food that counts! 30. Jestine's Restaurant, Jupiter Street Makati, Breakfast all you can, from 12AM to 12PM (tapa, tocino, varies) P99.00 31. karate kid (rice and drinks) 32. Cabalen (at the back of stalucia East Cainta ) Eat all you can merienda P88 33. Emperor Villa - ongpin st., binondo - lunch 180-200, dinner is seafood buffet at roastings (asado, lechon de leche) @ 350. 34. Paolo's Resto - - Kalayaan ave. QC... buffet Breakfast nga lang (parang something's fishy) 35. Dad's (Glorietta) - 95 ata (basta below 100) merienda, from 3-5pm 36. Kamayan (Glorietta) - 250-300? 37. Oki-Oki (MOA) - Japanese - 375 - Adult - Weekends 38. Dimsum 'n Dumplings at greenhills - 100 pesos siomai all you can 39. Mongolian Quik-stop Robinsons Ermita, SM MOA - 198 + vat 40. Steak MD, Tomas Morato - Eat all you can Steak (TBone) - 500