Shameless All-You-Can-Eat Feasts

by Christine Liu - Citysearch Editor - 63 Reviews - 102 Lists

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Updated: April 02, 2009

Unlimited food is a titillating concept--liberated loin-girding for a fixed cost, sign me up! But when going all-you-can-eat, we expect really good food and a lot of it. (No gloppy unlimited quesadillas or $80 omelet bar here.) These picks in Boston fit squarely in the sweet spot, offering a generous, fabulous meal that satisfies the palate and calls for your most tasteful stretchy pants.

Feeding Frenzy

  1. 1 4 Star Rating: Recommended Cafe Fleuri
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    250 Franklin St (Langham Hotel), Boston, MA 02110 (map)

    Who hasn't had a dream about swimming through oceans of chocolate, or living in a chocolate castle or ... wait, where were we? The choco-cloaked fantasy truly comes alive at the Langham's legendary Chocolate Bar, where a $38 orgiastic all-you-can-eat mega-meal includes made-to-order chocolate crepes, milk chocolate passion fruit tarts, chocolate cotton candy, tiny opera cakes, decadent ganache truffles, chocolate bread pudding, dainty macaroons and the piece de resistance, a flowing chocolate fountain. Dip everything, from fruit to confections to an outstretched tongue if you dare. Just kidding--that's a boundary you probably don't want to cross.

  2. 2 4 Star Rating: Recommended Summer Shack
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    10 Scotia St, Boston, MA 02127 (map)

    An announcement of crabs isn't usually worth celebrating--but Tuesdays at the Shack are headline-worthy, in the best way. Plunk down $35 for the weekly all-you-can-eat crab day, and find yourself at the mercy of unstoppable renditions on the cantankerous crustacean, including crab chowder, crab fritters, snow crab, Alaskan king crab and Dungeness crab. Throw on a bib and get crackin', because this kind of deal is Old Bay-flecked ecstasy for the seafood obsessed.

  3. 3 3 Star Rating: Average M Bar & Lounge
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    776 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02199 (map)

    Indian buffets 'round these parts are a dime-a-dozen, but for a mid-day meal full of warm spices and more chutneys than you can shake a lassi at, it's possible to climb to a classier tier without sacrificing the moolah. M's $16 curry buffet, held weekdays from 12pm to 2pm, takes cues from Japan (pickled vegetables), Thailand (aromatic with lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves) and India (turmeric and cumin). Together with saffron basmati rice, naan, papadums and dessert, lunch shall curry your favor.

  4. 4 3.5 Star Rating: Average Uni
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    370A Commonwealth Ave (Eliot Hotel), Boston, MA 02215 (map)

    It's usually a red flag to read "sushi" and "all-you-can-eat" in the same sentence. However, this isn't just any usual joint, but Ken Oringer's posh signature sashimi bar nestled in the not-so-shabby Eliot Hotel. On Maki Mondays, a cool $32 snags you unlimited maki (a relatively rarity in these parts, where the usual menu offerings are exclusively sashimi, not sushi), with the likes of foie gras and eel, bluefin and jalapeno, giant clam and hamachi. Just make sure your chopstick skills can keep up with your accelerating appetite.

  5. 5 3.5 Star Rating: Average KO Prime
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    90 Tremont St (Nine Zero Hotel), Boston, MA 02108 (map)

    We say "unlimited prime rib," and you say? What's that ... a little slice of heaven? Somehow, the impossible is possible on Mondays and Tuesdays, when it's $25 for honest-to-goodness steak, cooked and sliced to order, until the cows come home. Beef? It's definitely what's for--urp!--dinner.