It isn’t an easy feat to find an affordable all-you-can eat smorgasbord that offers top-quality fare. However, we’ve found five such eateries that offer you a place to stuff your face for less then PHP700. 

International

Cost: PHP395 with additional PHP50 for a glass of iced tea
Where: Terraz (3/F Zuellig Building, Makati Ave cor Paseo de Roxas Ave, Makati City; +63 2 6254832) for the Pay Day Buffet
Highlights: Seasonal salads, pastas, and desserts 
Why visit: Brought to us by the same folks that operate Chelsea Grand Cafe, Stella, and Kabila, Terraz  sure knows how deliver on consistency and quality. Their well-appointed, hotel-esque interiors provide the perfect setting to eat away at your salary by way of scarfing down international favorites. Make sure to call the restaurant first for the monthly schedule.

Filipino

Cost: PHP535
Where: Cafe Juanita (19 West Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo, Pasig. +63 2 6320357) for the Sunday Lunch Buffet 
Highlights: Kare kare, lechon kawali, lumpiang ubud and dinuguan. 
Why visit: Don’t let Cafe Juanita’s eclectic, cluttered, and quirky décor throw you off. The menu, with the buffet included, is sharp and focused on Filipino comfort foods made better. The buffet spread, which is offered for lunch every Sunday, isn’t incredibly expansive, but it includes all the dishes you’ll need to scratch your itch for home-cooked goodness without getting your hands dirty. 

Japanese

Cost: PHP668 for lunch Mon-Fri; PHP868 for lunch Sat-Sun and dinner Mon-Fri; PHP988 for dinner Sat-Sun
Where: Banzai (Building J, SM By the Bay Leisure Park, Seaside Boulevard, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay; +63 2 5527368) for lunch or dinner buffet
Highlights: Various teppanyaki cooked a la minute, a carving station, sushi, freshly-sliced sashimi,  takoyaki, ramen and okonomiyaki. 
Why visit: Although this restaurant is a massive theater of all things Japanese food and the place seats well over 500, the quality of the dishes offered here is actually very good — especially for seafood lovers and carnivores. A trio of Japanese chefs helm three different sections: teppanyaki, sushi, and  ramen. It’s almost impossible to wrap your taste buds around each dish on the buffet line — that’ll take  you several trips. Wash everything down with free-flow beverages from the drinks station which offers  almost any non-alcoholic beverage you can think of. 

Chinese

Cost: PHP688 for breakfast; PHP858 for merienda
Where: Crystal Jade Dining IN (7th Ave, Bonifacio High Steet, BGC, Taguig; +63 2 8085233) for the dim sum breakfast or merienda ala carte buffet
Highlights: Steamed shrimp dumplings, siew mai, steamed custard bun with salted egg yolk, steamed glutinous rice with conpoy wrapped in lotus leaf and steamed rice rolls. 
Why visit: Although their weekend dim sum brunch is no more at this Singaporean chain restaurant, they still offer an unlimited amount of their stellar steamed dumplings during breakfast and merienda. The selection includes some of their best-selling dim sum, and unlike most buffets, everything is made to order here, so there’s no such thing as a soggy lunch. Come for breakfast and you’ll get unlimited bowls of congee to fill you right up.  

Spanish

Cost: PHP695 for lunch; PHP750 for dinner
Where: Alba Restaurante Español (Tomas Morato Ave cor Scout Lozano St, Quezon City; +63 2 4117052, www.alba.com.ph) for lunch or dinner
Highlights: 18 types of paella, charcuterie, suckling pig, lengua Sevillana, and canonigo.
Why visit: For over six decades, Alba has been serving us authentic Spanish eats. They’ve now expanded to a few outlets all over the city and offer a hearty lunch and dinner buffet at several of their outlets. It’s here where you can get a taste of a few of their 18 varieties of paella alongside chafing dishes filled with some of the most comforting and familiar foods that they’ve been cooking up since the 1950s.