All-you-can-eat spreads worth traveling for. Updated weekly.
China’s five-star hotels take buffets seriously: live seafood stations, roast meats carved to order, weekend brunches that stretch past noon, and holiday feasts with real discounts. We track subsidized and coupon-backed buffet deals in major cities — Xiamen, Shanghai, Guangzhou and beyond — translate the fine print into English, and verify prices before listing. If a buffet appears here, it’s bookable now at the price shown.
Deal price: 1 adult buffet lunch, Fri–Sun — ¥158 (≈$22, was ¥268, about 41% off) · Valid Nov 7 – Dec 31, 2026 · Each adult brings 1 child under 1.4 m free · Refundable if unreserved, auto-refund on expiry NINE restaurant at W Xiamen is marking the hotel’s 5th anniversary with a buffet deal built around a rotating food theme — and right now that theme is German food, running through November 30. Expect the live grill station (steak, German sausages), a seafood spread (big prawns, mussels, scallops, oysters — the garlic-grilled oysters get singled out), sashimi and sushi cut to order, Chinese and Western hot dishes, fresh soups, and a dessert table that riffs on Xiamen’s dice-game (博饼) tradition. Dinner adds hairy crab and the house “circle sausage”, and an autumn/winter hotpot option has just joined the menu. ...
Deal price: 1 adult + 1 child (under 1.2 m), lunch or weekday dinner — ¥219 (≈$31, was ¥298) · Valid July 15 – December 30, 2026 · Book at least 1 day ahead The Portman Seven Star Bay （佰翔波特曼七星湾酒店） sits on the Tong’an coast in Xiamen, and its Le Wei all-day restaurant runs the hotel buffet: lunch 12:00–14:30 every day, dinner 17:30–21:00 (weekdays on this voucher; weekends need the weekend-dinner tier). The spread rotates with the season, but the shape stays the same — seafood, Chinese and Western dishes, and French-style desserts — and the restaurant will make baby food (steamed egg, white congee) for the smallest diners. One child under 1.2 m eats free with each adult; children 1.2–1.4 m take the child ticket, and anyone over 1.4 m pays the adult price. ...
Deal price: 2-hour cocktail free-flow — ¥138 (≈$19, was ¥446) · HEAT Bar, 35th floor, W Xiamen · Any night 20:00–02:00, any 2 hours · Valid October 28 – December 30, 2026 · ⏰ book by 20:00 the day before HEAT Bar sits on the 35th floor of Xiamen W Hotel, above the neon of the city — a proper skyline bar for a night out rather than a hotel lobby drink. This voucher covers two hours of free-flow designated cocktails, any night of the week: pick any 2-hour window inside the bar’s 20:00–02:00 opening hours. At ¥138 against a ¥446 list price, it is less than a third of the walk-in cost of the same two hours. ...
Deal price: Cantonese dim sum set for 2 — ¥138 (≈$19, was ¥168) · 10 dishes · Weekdays, weekends and holidays at no extra charge · Valid October 22 – December 31, 2026 · ⏰ refundable if unreserved, auto-refunded if expired · Book by 20:00 the day before Le Mei, the Chinese restaurant at Xiamen Le Méridien, does Cantonese dim sum with a Minnan twist — the set for two runs: crispy roast duck, flaky egg tarts, Xiamen taro buns, Le Méridien shrimp dumplings, crab-roe siu mai, garlic steamed pork ribs, red-rice shrimp rice rolls, soy-sauce steamed chicken feet, stir-fried beef rice noodles, and two mango pomelo sago desserts. Served lunch (11:30–14:30) and dinner (17:30–21:00) in a quiet courtyard-garden setting, with a walk through the hotel’s central garden and lawn after the meal. ...
Deal price: 2 slices of signature Napoleon — ¥68 (≈$9, was ¥96) · Self-pickup from the lobby lounge · Valid October 23, 2026 – January 31, 2027 · ⏰ weekends and holidays at no extra charge, refundable if unreserved · Reserve by 17:00 the day before The Napoleon is Marco Polo Oriental’s star dessert — layers of flaky pastry folded with butter and nuts, softening as you bite into a milky, crisp sweetness — and this deal is the cheapest way to take it home: two slices for ¥68, or a whole 1-pound Napoleon cake for ¥208 (was ¥258), a natural pick for birthdays, family gatherings and dates. The pastry is takeaway only; eating it in the lobby lounge seats is charged at the walk-in price. ...
Deal price: Weekend lunch, 1 adult + 1 child (under 1.4 m) — ¥178 (≈$25, was ¥268) · Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00–14:00 · At the hotel’s 2nd-floor “Shan” all-day restaurant · Valid October 22, 2026 – February 28, 2027 · ⏰ refundable if unreserved, auto-refund on expiry · Book by 23:59 the day before A straightforward weekend family buffet in central Xiamen: the voco hotel at SM City Plaza (Jiahe Road, Siming District, served by Metro Line 1) opens its 2nd-floor “Shan” all-day restaurant for a weekend lunch or dinner buffet, with one child under 1.4 m included in every tier. Lunch runs Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 14:00; dinner runs Fridays and Saturdays from 17:30 to 21:00. Dishes follow the restaurant’s daily spread, so the exact stations vary by day. ...
Deal price: breakfast buffet for two — ¥99 (≈$14) (was ¥276) · Single breakfast × 10, splittable — ¥458 (≈$64, was ¥2,760) · Daily: weekdays 6:30–10:00, weekends and holidays 6:30–10:30 · ⏰ valid through Mar 31, 2027 Xiamen Marriott Haicang (厦门泰地万豪酒店) sits on Haicang Avenue in the Haicang CBD, across the water from Xiamen Island. Its ground-floor Gongchu restaurant serves a full breakfast buffet every morning: hot dishes cooked several ways, freshly steamed dim sum and mixed-grain items, crispy youtiao (great dunked in soy milk or noodle soup), a bread corner with European-style loaves, toast and scones, plus congee, soy milk, milk and noodle soup — Chinese and Western tastes both covered, in a bright, spacious dining room with an open kitchen. ...
Deal price: single dinner buffet — ¥158 (≈$22) (was ¥288) · 1 adult + 1 child (under 1.4 m) — ¥188 (≈$26, was ¥432) · 5-meal bundle (splittable) — ¥690 (≈$97, was ¥1,440, about ¥138 per meal) · Thursday–Sunday 17:30–21:00 · ⏰ valid through Mar 31, 2027 (not usable Dec 24–25) Xiamen Marriott Haicang (厦门泰地万豪酒店) sits on Haicang Avenue in the Haicang CBD, across the water from Xiamen Island. Its ground-floor Gongchu buffet restaurant runs an open kitchen serving a rotating seasonal spread: a seafood section with live-caught steamed seafood and crayfish, a sashimi and Japanese counter, a hot-dish range including fragrant clay-pot (啫啫煲) dishes, and a dessert station — with the menu changing by season, so the day’s actual dishes are what the restaurant serves that evening. ...
Deal price: single buffet, lunch or dinner interchangeable — from ¥108 (≈$15) (was ¥198, about 55% of list) · Weekends & holidays included · ⏰ valid through Mar 10, 2027 Xianglu International Hotel’s Four Seasons restaurant has switched its buffet to a Chaoshan beef hotpot theme for autumn and winter — and at ¥108 it’s one of the best-value hotel buffets in Xiamen right now. The star is fresh-cut beef, sliced to order and never held overnight: dip it for seconds in a clear southern-ginger beef-bone broth or a satay-spiced pot, with the classic Chaoshan dips (satay sauce, Puning bean paste, celery bits) ready to go. Alongside the beef: sliced chicken, pork and lamb rolls, mushrooms, tofu and vegetable sides, meatballs and fish balls, and a rotating cast of small eats. ...
Deal price: ¥178 (≈$25, was ¥298 — 40% off) for 1 adult + 1 child · ⏰ Saturday evenings 17:30–21:00 · Valid September 12 – December 31, 2026 · Refundable if unbooked A Saturday-night buffet built for the season: the headline ¥178 tier covers 1 adult + 1 child under 1.4 m at the Renaissance Xiamen’s dinner buffet, with seasonal hairy crab, freshly sliced Hetian chicken, seafood sashimi and unlimited red and white wine among the spreads. Menus rotate with the season, so the exact dishes follow what the restaurant is serving that night. ...