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Buffet 101 Robinsons Magnolia

Restaurant Buffet restaurant

· Dine-in · Delivery People often mention buffet, staff, service, good, dishes, time, variety, great, lunch, reservation,


Address

Level 2, Robinsons Magnolia, Aurora Blvd, Corner Doña Hemady St, Quezon City, 1111 Metro Manila, Philippines

Website

m.facebook.com

Contact

+63 917 845 9989

Price rating

$$$ $

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (950 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Saturday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Sunday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Monday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am
  • Thursday: 11 am to 3 pm, 5 pm to 12 am

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: buffet (15) staff (14) service (11) good (10) dishes (8) time (8) variety (7) great (6) lunch (6) reservation (6)
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  • 2/5 Micah Cerise De G. 1 year ago on Google
    All of their dishes didn't taste great. They were all just okay. This may be our most disliked buffet. Other buffets are better. For the quality of the taste of their food, their rates are also expensive. They offer a wide variety of dishes, which is great. They even offered dishes that you will not find at other buffets, but they failed in making all their dishes taste good. A lot of their dishes were also difficult to chew and were already hard. There were even small cockroaches on the wall beside our seat, and they sometimes even crawl on our seat. The only thing that we loved with this restaurant is their various teas that are also good for your health.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Katherine M. 1 year ago on Google
    It has went super downhill from how it was before. Food weren't getting refilled as fast as they should, waited for plain rice and kept going back to check but after an hour of waiting it never came out after my first catch. There was even a small cockroach crawling on our table. It's expensive price isn't worth the food quality. We just basically tried to get our money's worth. Never going back here again.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Archie Noel C. 11 months ago on Google
    Came here to celebrate a tita's birthday, had lunch food was good selection of food is great. Staff are friendly. Even though the selection is not as much as in vikings but it was worth it Pirce₱₱₱₱
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 JC Y. 1 year ago on Google
    I used to enjoy and look forward going to buffet 101 but over the years the quality of their food has drastically decreased. Today, I waited for a long time for the tempura to be refilled. When it came out it was already cold. The quantity of their food selection has also decreased significantly. There are other buffet for the same price that are far better than buffet 101 such a disappointment. Takes too long to refill high demand orders. Bad quality of food and service.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Patricia P. 1 year ago on Google
    I have been going back and fort to this buffet... and it never disappointa me... From wide variety of food, from pasta, rice, dumplings, sashimi and maki, roast meats, desserts... They have so much ro offer... It also comes with unli fruit smoothie, soda, juices and beer... 😍😍😍... Worth every penny... Also the staff are very attentive and respectful...
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Russel D. 1 year ago on Google
    Slow service, slow food refills, unfriendly staff. We have to wait for almost two hours to be seated in and once inside we only have about an hour to eat as they will be closing and preparing for the dinner shift. Food is okay as well as the price, but nothing out of the extraordinary. And please do not bother to contact their numbers for a reservation. You won’t get an answer. You just walk-in to their resto and hope for the best. Certainly Dad’s World buffet wins on this one.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Gian E. 1 year ago on Google
    Refill was too long.. ran out of tempura., only 1 flavor of ice cream. Place was too tight. My family had to eat at 2 separate tables (we had a reservation). Only 2 types of softdrinks. Coffee maker was broken.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Pasky P. 1 year ago on Google
    They accept Reservations by phoning the branch of your choice. You will receive a confirmation through text. They said guests will be allowed at exactly 11:15am for lunch but there was a delay of about 20 minutes. Most of my companions were conplaining because they didn't eat breakfast anticipating a hearty lunch. The food is ok but I noticed there is a delay in refilling the chafing dish for popular dishes like ebi tempura, and chinese dumplings. The fruits, although fresh, were either sour or bland. Probably saving the best for dinner buffet because it's more expensive. The staff is very accommodating and even offered a better choice in the billing re senior or regular charge with free for the bday celebrant. All in all, it was a good experience.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Fraulein B. 4 years ago on Google
    A variety of cultured foods. Rate is a bit expensive compared to other buffet that offers much more, but food was great. Buffet during weekdays is not so packed and no long lines, but on weekends expect a lot of people. Also, I purchased a voucher online, but when I called for an advance reservation, they told me that the day I choose was already fully booked, to think that there was only one more Saturday before the voucher expire, so there is no other choice but to choose another time, with additional fee, on top of the voucher purchased. And they are strict with the advance reservation.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Luke Cotterman (. 1 year ago on Google
    I give this place a 2 star for a combination of reasons. The cost to value ratio is too high for me considering I didn't like the flavor of 80% of everything I tried. The buffet is small and lackluster when comparing to vikings or Niu by vikings. I can go to Niu on eatigo on a 30% discount at supper and pay the exact same price as this place. They only have baby cups lol. Seriously they are about a 6oz cup 😏.I want a big boy refreshment cup! They don't allow videos in the buffet area. Maybe it's because the space is small or maybe they don't want you to know what you are getting into before hand 😂. My advice go ahead and skip this one if you are able to get a discount at some other buffet. Color me unimpressed on this one.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Jom C. 1 year ago on Google
    The food is alright. It has East Asian, Western, and Southeast Asian food. The food is either hit or miss. Some taste great while some are just meh. I enjoyed the salad and the fried chicken with dips. The atmosphere is nothing too impressive. Just like any other buffet restaurant. The service is great, though! They will help you all throughout.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 taGâ B. 1 year ago on Google
    This is an ideal place for social gatherings. You'll get stuffed with sumptuous meal from appetizer, to main course and desserts. The service is an A. Servers are friendly.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Jasper T. 1 year ago on Google
    It's 899 for Saturday lunch. The spread was good enough but nothing to rave about. They were a bit too slow in replenishing some of the dishes. Nothing stood out.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 GR X. 1 year ago on Google
    We were so famished because of the all walking and the going around during the afternoon..The food here has DETERIORATED immensely in terms of quality. Most of the items seemed reheated leftovers from the previous day. The dishes and glasses have also not been washed thoroughly. Never going back again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Angela G. 1 year ago on Google
    Not too many options for cuisines. Also, even if you go on a day that's usually not too busy, the staff are still late in refilling food. Good customer service though, but expect requests to take a lot of time before it gets fulfilled.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Melba R. 2 years ago on Google
    The place observes currently existing protocols. Service can be improved,apparently they are short of staff. They have average food choices but as a whole they are relatively cheap than most if Their counterparts. May return to dine again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 MERF 5 years ago on Google
    Eat all you can but of course you can get what you can eat-no left overs. Buffet 101 is one of the best eat all you can restaurants I’ve been. They serve chinese, japanese, korean, filipino, international, all kinds of desserts. Drink all you can with a variety of choices from soda, shakes, fruit juices. Good ambience, clean & accommodating staffs.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Cheryl Ann V. 6 months ago on Google
    Too many staff yet poor customer service skills not welcoming, our celebrant even got dissapointed of how one of their staff interacted with him on his special day. Foods are somewhat bland taste and wasn't able to replenish the entire course. Please do improve your buffet esp the attitude of your staff.

  • 5/5 Lorenz De V. 1 year ago on Google
    Very accomodating staff. The food was very tasty. Birthday Promo is outstanding!

  • 3/5 Sebastian R. 1 year ago on Google
    As far as we got to see it, it is clean and pretty there. The atmosphere is good and everything is decently equipped. The food tasted quite good. We were there with 12 people. However, the next day 7 people had diarrhea. Since we didn't eat anything else and were only here, it could very well be that the food was not good.

  • 1/5 MEW 4 months ago on Google
    Went there Dec 24, 2023 lunchtime. Almost all foods they serve are all fried. all are obviously reheat viands from yesterday. Live suahe corner (all shrimps are dead). Makes me sad and masasabi mong laman tyan lang mga pagkain..

  • 4/5 CM “CM” L. 1 year ago on Google
    Foods are tasteful with Mor choices this time around 😋🤗

  • 5/5 Miriam P. 5 months ago on Google
    Quite an elegant place, sumptuos food, friendly staff and love their birthday promo. Only concern about the phone for reservation just keep on ringing. Tried so many times in a day no one answered, had to go there 2 days before the event to make a reservation. Perhaps, there should be one staff just taking care of the phone inquiries.

  • 5/5 Jason D. 5 years ago on Google
    Very cozy place. It has many variety of international food cuisines. Great place for family bonding or events.

  • 2/5 Cristina A. 1 year ago on Google
    Pre-pandemic,buffet 101 was our go-to resto for special celebrations specially for big groups. They had a wide variety of selections our fave being salmon sachimi,roast beef,dimsum specially hakaw & chicken feet. 2022 we visited for the first time after they had re-opened. We were so disappointed with the selections,service. We understood at the time,maybe they were still recovering losses etc. We only returned today for lunch. Again we were disappointed. We came in 11:30am upon opening at the Buffet 101 in Rob Magnolia. 1 hr into the buffet, The roast beef ran out(mind you the first batch of roast beef was so tough & obviously overcooked,left over from the previous nightsbuffet?)We were told to wait 30-40mins for the next batch? We even had to wait for the gravy???! They decided to bring it out before 1pm. The roast chicken I only saw once. No refill. So did the chicken feet & we were told that they had ran out of stock?? On a Sunday,lunch. The fresh cold shrimp we had to wait for another 30mins. & after that no more. There was no calamansi for the sashimi & dimsum! Whaat??They haven’t brought back hakaw on the menu. Needless to say,we won’t be back anytime soon. Waste of money.

  • 5/5 Princess D. 1 year ago on Google
    Sorry no food pics. Forgot to do it 😆 😂. Maybe next time 😅 Pero ok naman sa food. So many options to choose from. Sulit.

  • 1/5 Vina Graciella Lucero (. 1 year ago on Google
    I think they're being selective on which call they would take based on the mobile number. Well, I only use prepaid number as I don't need to apply for a postpaid plan again. So I usually use the said number for all of the transactions I make. I noticed, that my calls were ignored for a plenty of times on separate occasions; left to ring until the line just gets cut on its own. This happened last June, and again yesterday up to this date. I tried calling this branch multiple times, but was not answered. So I asked my Dad, who is a postpaid subscriber, to call the number. And in just a few rings, lo and behold, they answered. Like what's up with that?! Not being so subtle or maybe just plain stupid. I wouldn't have contacted this placed with a service like this if the birthday celebrant, which happens to be my MOM, didn't want to try this place. Keep it up with your selective service. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • 4/5 househusband 0. 1 year ago on Google
    Alot of viands to choose from. Wonderful staff and freshly cooked food. Personal opinion, they are now better than Vikings (Megamall) Kudos to the people behind it. Great job and keep it up!

  • 5/5 benison o. 2 years ago on Google
    Good food before Pandemic .missing this kind of food service

  • 5/5 iStar- Tariray (. 7 years ago on Google
    LIKES:well lighted and ventilated, wide viriety and choices of dessert, viands, soups, salad- name it- they have it, very cozy and inviting interiors, they offer various international cuisine that will make your eyes feast on it as their table presentation were indeed makes you salavitate, variants of fruits can be seen all over, ice cream and gelato were also available. DISLIKES: no reservations/walk-ins means less priority, I asked for a beef medallion which the waiter promised to provide however no beef medallion arrived in our table.

  • 3/5 Gary N. 4 years ago on Google
    Lots of food options of course but I don’t really feel all the foods are tasty. Tried the double boiled chicken soup, it was really salty. Salmon sashimi “top up” speed was really slow and most customers just grab it all. The others meat type of food are really cold and hard when we had our meal at around 8pm. Kind of not worth it in my opinion unless you are extremely hungry and can eat a lot!

  • 5/5 Cris N. 4 years ago on Google
    friendly staff, good service, and good food. a must visit if you have a birthday celebrant with you or senior citizens cause of the discounts. overall a very satisfying time with them.

  • 5/5 Danni U. 2 years ago on Google
    Superb food. A lot of variety to choose from and staff are very courteous.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Kids' menu
    • ✓️ All you can eat
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible lift
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery

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