
Buffet Island
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About Buffet Island
Buffet Island is a Chinese buffet restaurant in Birmingham, on Tyburn Rd. The buffet offers a wide selection of dishes, including prawns, and a live cooking station adds food prepared at the station itself. Dishes are refilled and replaced regularly during service. A dessert bar has cakes, pancakes and an ice cream machine. Lunch and evening dining are both available, which suits birthday meals. Each sitting is limited to 1.5 hours. The restaurant opens Tuesday to Sunday and is closed on Mondays.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention dessert bar, perfectly cooked prawns, ice cream and pancakes.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention dessert bar, perfectly cooked prawns, ice cream and pancakes.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often praise the wide selection of dishes, with several describing plenty of options and food that stays fresh because it is constantly prepared and replaced. The prawns draw particular mention as succulent enough for seconds and thirds, and the dessert bar earns notes for cakes, creamy ice cream and pancakes that one child loved. Birthdays come up repeatedly, with families describing a tradition of celebrating here and a room of several parties adding to the evening. Staff are called friendly and polite. Variety is also where the complaints gather. One Saturday lunch diner found only a third to a quarter of the full menu available, and another reviewer felt the food was mid for the price, wanted more dessert variety and sauces or sprinkles for the ice cream, and said a man at the live cooking station was rude to their son, who only asked which dish was pork and which was beef. A third noted less choice than on earlier visits, and one found the dining area crowded. Even so, reviewers mention trays being refilled quickly.
Customer Review Summary
Reviewers most often praise the wide selection of dishes, with several describing plenty of options and food that stays fresh because it is constantly prepared and replaced. The prawns draw particular mention as succulent enough for seconds and thirds, and the dessert bar earns notes for cakes, creamy ice cream and pancakes that one child loved. Birthdays come up repeatedly, with families describing a tradition of celebrating here and a room of several parties adding to the evening. Staff are called friendly and polite. Variety is also where the complaints gather. One Saturday lunch diner found only a third to a quarter of the full menu available, and another reviewer felt the food was mid for the price, wanted more dessert variety and sauces or sprinkles for the ice cream, and said a man at the live cooking station was rude to their son, who only asked which dish was pork and which was beef. A third noted less choice than on earlier visits, and one found the dining area crowded. Even so, reviewers mention trays being refilled quickly.
Featured reviews
- Omoze Blessing Aguebor
“I Was there few days ago for my birthday dinner, and I must say my kids and I enjoyed every meal plus the staff are very polite.”
- little_ pete11
“Amazing food , and service. The food was the best , we travelled from Staffordshire, and wasn’t disappointed, we are regular users of cosmo in Wolverhampton, and we won’t be going there again! Buffet island is soo much better. The quality of the food , which was constantly being prepared and replaced . So fresh. The desserts were yummy too . Highly recommended”
- Wanda Harris
“I recently visited Buffet Island with two friends and we had a lovely experience. There was a great variety of food to choose from, with plenty of options to suit everyone, and everything we tried was fresh, tasty, and well presented. The atmosphere was welcoming, and the staff were friendly. It was a really enjoyable meal and a great place to catch up with friends while enjoying a wide selection of dishes. We left impressed and had a wonderful time. We will definitely be back and would happily recommend Buffet Island to others.”
- Joanna Tyler
“Love this place, our family tradition of meal here for birthdays. So many choices of food and always spot on taste amazing. Regardless of lunch or evening meal its always just fabulous. Food is just amazing. Plenty of options. Never have to wait too for more to be brought out.”
- 90sBabyLondoner
“The food options were mid, for the price. I’ll be honest and say I’ve had much better buffets in my lifetime, and much better buffets in my short period of time in Birmingham. Dessert options could have done with more variety. Ice cream machine could do with some sauces/ sprinkles to make it more special. Man at the live cooking station was a bit rude with my son - he just wanted to know which was pork and which was beef.”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
“Exceptional food and fantastic value for money. Buffet Island forms the backbone of the Chinese dining in Birmingham with its highly rated buffet restaurant.”
- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible car park · Wheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating
Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
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- Accessibility· 3
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Location
Chinese restaurants near Buffet Island
- Golden Wok4.4941 mi
chicken chowmein, curry sauce, spare ribs
- Mayflower3.9951.3 mi
salt and pepper ribs, Singapore fried rice, crispy beef with chili sauce
- 1.5 mi
spare ribs, fried rice, hot and sour soup
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffet Island | 4.22,426 | — | dessert bar, perfectly cooked prawns, ice cream |
| Golden Wok | 4.494 | 1 mi | chicken chowmein, curry sauce, spare ribs |
| Mayflower | 3.995 | 1.3 mi | salt and pepper ribs, Singapore fried rice, crispy beef with chili sauce |
| Bamboo Garden Chinese Takeaway | 4.171 | 1.5 mi | spare ribs, fried rice, hot and sour soup |
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