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All you can eat

The assorted tasting plate, grilled at the table.

‘All-in fun’: It’s always barbecue weather at this DIY, group-friendly Japanese spot

Grab your pals for a night of DIY charcoal grilling - smoke-free - at a spot specialising in Japanese yakiniku, with cuts galore to choose from.

  • Emma Breheny
A divided hotpot with spicy mala broth (left) and mild, milky, beef-bone broth.
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This rollicking all-you-can-eat restaurant is Melbourne’s only hatted hot pot spot

Hot pot places are bubbling up everywhere, but BiZu’s broth is brilliant, and the dipping ingredients are high-quality and beautifully prepared.

  • Dani Valent
Hopper set at Hopper Joint.
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Hopper Joint

A richly detailed homage to a culture of hands-on eating.

Citrus buffet
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Citrus

A help-yourself curry hotspot.

Ceylon Spicy Foods owner Rajika Bandara.

Ceylon Spicy Foods is an all-you-can-eat flavour extravaganza

The friendly suburban restaurant excels at complex curries, crisp hoppers and the kind of Sri Lankan food “your mother would give you at home”.

  • Sanka Amadoru
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Grill your own all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue at BBQ King.

BBQ King

All-you-can-eat Korean barbecue with a sushi bar and an instant noodle station.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Jumee Lee cooks Korean BBQ for lunch at BBQ King on King Street.

BBQ King

All-you-can-eat Korean barbecue with a sushi bar and an instant noodle station.

  • Tomas Telegramma
The seafood tower at the Collins Kitchen buffet at Grand Hyatt.

Collins Kitchen at Grand Hyatt

Home to one of the most expensive, extravagant buffets in Melbourne.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Thali on a banana leaf.
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‘The flavours are alive’: Roll up your sleeves for this $30 all-you-can-eat weekend special

Sri Lankans will often tell you that food tastes better when eaten with the fingers. Dani Valent tests the theory at Prince of Yazh.

  • Dani Valent

Spicy Wicket

Roomy restaurant for great-value lunch set and more.