Banzai the Great Teppanyaki Theatre ****

Banzai gets it right when it comes to offering buffet - lots of choices, wide stations, food is replenished, food is fresh, and friendly staff.  Banzai is located near Buffet 101 and La Fiesta, completing a trio of buffet restaurants located at the back of SM Mall of Asia.

Buffet prices are popular:
699 for lunch on weekdays
899 for dinner on weekends
1088 for lunch and dinner on weekends
499 Kids price (lunch and dinner)

Stations include: Teppanyaki, Sushi/Sashimi/Maki,  Pizza/Takoyaki , Okonomiyaki, Gyoza, Ramen, Yakitori, Chinese, roastings, entrees, Katsu, Mongolian, cold salads and desserts. A wide variety of delicious stations for your pleasure. Also included are free-flowing drinks like soda, lemonade, iced tea and coffee.

takoyaki with bonito flakes

The prime rib is tender and juicy

sushi/ sashimi station

tempura station

ramen station

different flavors of gyoza

The quality of their beef teppanyaki was surprisingly good, it was juicy, succulent and thicker than others. Do not miss the roast beef, you can ask them to grill. Although I find it weird that they offer some Chinese dishes and roastings together with some Japanese classics. The tempura is so-so but who needs tempura, when you can savor the fresh shrimp teppanyaki, this is cooked with well that the sauce is so good on fried rice.

The place is wide and it has some function rooms to entertain big groups. Staff are friendly, and requests are swiftly acted on.  Restaurant promotions include 5+1 for birthday celebrants (5 paying, one is free) The food here is even more interesting than other hotel's buffets.

When you want a good quality Japanese buffet, scream "Banzai!"
Thanks to Elsie Tan for inviting us here.

Banzai the Great Teppanyaki Theatre 

Building J, SM By The Bay, 

Seaside Boulevard, Mall of Asia Complex (MOA)

+63 9994713597, +63 9163775357

 Reservation is a must, esp. on weekends

Smoking Hot! Tajimaya Yakiniku at SM MOA ***

Rarely can you find eat-all-you-can places that offers quality food at an affordable price.
Some of my favorite buffet places food quality have deteriorated, but somehow Tajimaya still manages to offer great meats you can grill at at the same time retaining low prices.

Well gone is P499, instead the eat-all-you-can buffet is now Php 599 with bottomless iced tea.
The buffet comes with unlimited amounts of beef, chicken, pork, sausages, fresh shrimps, they have now added sliced cuttlefish and cuttlefish nuggets to the mix, plus steamed rice, lettuce to wrap the meat in and side dishes like kimchi and.beansprouts You cook everything in a hot coal grill with a time limit of 90 minutes.

Inside the restaurant is a bit humid because of the bad airconditioning, (MOA should do something about this, so many establishments are suffering from this)  But you'll be surprised that the place is full house on a weekday. Unlike other buffets that you have to stand up, you order what you want from their servers. Initially they serve you a platter of bacon and beef, salad and the sidedishes, then you take it from there. Avoid those cuttlefish rectangular thingies, those are better fried, or in a soup than grilled.

My suggestion?  Load up on bacon (who doesn't love bacon), beef and shrimps. Plus a lot of lettuce to wrap your bounty. Don't let this restaurant's minor hindrances stop you from enjoying a good barbecue. Grill away!

Tajimaya is located at the second floor of the SM MOA
the restaurant rows fronting the bay.
Buffer price is P 599+ per head.
A la carte options are plenty.
They also have ramen.