From sushi to yum cha: The best all-you-can-eat (and drink) deals around Melbourne

Including dumplings of all descriptions, endless fried chicken, and what might just be the most beautiful brunch buffet in town, here’s where to eat to your heart’s content.

In our series helping make your dining dollar go further, this time we’re leaning into Melbourne’s love of an all-you-can-eat experience, from a great buffet to a cracking weekly special. Here are 16 of the best all-you-can-eat (and drink) offers around Melbourne. Hope you’re hungry.

Good Food recently crowned Melbourne the capital of bottomless chips. A new player is Allegro, the restaurant on level one of the five-star Westin hotel. On Tuesdays, the limit does not exist when it comes to shoestring fries; they’re paired with a 250-gram Angus sirloin steak that’s topped with anchovy and confit garlic butter.

Level 1/205 Collins Street, Melbourne, westinmelbournedining.com.au/allegro-restaurant

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Mondays get a little manic at Sydney Road pizza palace Madonna Electric because the team is dishing up all-you-can-eat slices all night long. Book in for a 90-minute session and be treated to a selection of most of the pizzas – and the odd special – for less than $30.

A Good Food Guide Critics’ Pick, Papelon is a beloved Latin American eatery that offers even more to love on Monday and Thursday nights. From 5pm to 9.30pm, it’s all about all-you-can-eat tacos (Mondays) and the filled corn-flour flatbreads arepas (Thursdays). The $45 includes a drink.

190/81 Hopkins Street, Footscray, instagram.com/papelonmelbourne

On Thursday and Friday nights at Sri Lankan diner Colombar, the bowl-shaped, pancake-like plain hoppers keep coming. They’re made throughout service, so they’re hot, fresh and crispy, ready to eat with your curry and sambal of choice. Also included: one egg hopper and one dessert hopper.

With a $35 gnocchi and vino night on Wednesdays – and a $9 weekday aperitivo hour – Prahran bar Rossi is no stranger to a dining deal. Its latest is arguably its best value. Every Monday from 4pm, the “Mangia Mangia Mussels” offer gives you as many saucy molluscs as you can manage, with a serve of fries.

Start your week strong with “Death by Taco” at big north-side brewpub Bodriggy. On Mondays, you’ve got 90 minutes to put your taco tolerance to the test, with a variety of fillings available for a flat $35. Accompanying $10 drink specials include mezcal micheladas, frozen margaritas and select Bodriggy pints. And there’s live jazz.

On the Mornington Peninsula, Greek restaurant Alatonero is making midweek feasting feel a