The best all-you-can-eat (and drink) deals around Melbourne right now

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.

$36 steak and bottomless fries, Allegro, CBD

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

$28.50 bottomless pizza slices, Madonna Electric, Brunswick

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.

833 Sydney Road, Brunswick, madonnaelectric.com.au

$45 all-you-can-eat tacos and arepas, Papelon, Footscray

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

$39.90 all-you-can-eat hoppers, Colombar, Richmond

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.

1 Palmer Street, Richmond, colombar.com.au

$35 bottomless mussels, Rossi, Prahran

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.

162 Greville Street, Prahran, rossi.bar

$35 all-you-can-eat tacos, Bodriggy, Abbotsford

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.

245 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, bodriggy.beer

$49 bottomless Greek feast, Alatonero, McCrae

On the Mornington Peninsula, Greek restaurant Alatonero is making midweek feasting feel a little more manageable for your hip pocket. On Wednesday nights, $49 buys you a free-flowing, family-style meal that starts with house-made dips and pita, moves on to saganaki, and comes to a head with a sizable DIY souvlaki board.

671 Point Nepean Road, McCrae, alatonero.com.au

$59 all-you-can-eat sushi, Token, South Yarra

How much sushi is too much sushi? Find out at south-side spot Token, which at lunchtimes from Friday to Sunday does unlimited sushi for 90-minute sittings. The menu includes nigiri, temaki (cone-shaped hand rolls) and signature creations with salmon, kingfish, tuna and wagyu. Feeling boozy? Go bottomless for an additional $29.

151 Toorak Road, South Yarra, tokenrestaurant.com.au

$69 bottomless barbecue and cocktails, Le Bon Ton, Collingwood

This Collingwood pub is known more for barbecue than boozing. At weekends – from 11.30am to 3.30pm – you can secure a two-hour slot for “Big Easy Bottomless”. Let the good times roll with Mimosa and Bloody Mary carafes, snacks like spicy mac’n’cheese bites, and proteins like southern fried chicken and pulled lamb shoulder.

51 Gipps Street, Collingwood, lebonton.com.au

$159 brunch buffet in the sky, Atria, CBD

This is a special-occasion addition to Specials Board. The hatted Atria ­– on the 80th floor of the Ritz-Carlton hotel – is home to perhaps Melbourne’s fanciest brunch buffet. On Saturdays, it’s seafood central, from oysters and prawns to kingfish and tuna crudo, with all the accoutrements you could ever need. There’s also a roving cheese trolley, made-to-order dishes, and the option to upgrade to bottomless Moet & Chandon champagne for $120.

650 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, atriadining.com.au

$39 bottomless pierogi at Eat Pierogi Make Love, Brunswick East

At Eat Pierogi Make Love – the friendly Lygon Street diner from popular food truck Pierogi Pierogi – Monday nights have been rechristened as Pierogi Infiniti. It’s a chance for you to find out how many Polish dumplings you can down in one sitting. Godspeed.

161 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, eatpierogimakelove.com

$64 unlimited yum cha at David’s, Prahran

Do yum cha and bill shock go hand in hand for you? Go all-you-can-eat on the weekend at David’s, a beacon for Shanghainese cuisine since 1999. Expect all the usual suspects (soupy xiao long bao, prawn-and-pork siu mai) as well as a separate vegan menu. The Chinese restaurant has two lunchtime sittings a day; it’s $64 for adults and $45 for kids aged between four and 12.

4 Cecil Place, Prahran, davidsrestaurant.com.au

$39 endless wings and tenders at Belles Hot Chicken, various locations

Bottomless is available every weekend at fried-chicken specialist Belles Hot Chicken. Spend $39 for an hour-and-a-half of power, working your way through as many wings and tenders as you can (of your preferred spice level) with crinkle-cut fries and slaw. Want bottomless wine, beer and soft drink, too? Add $35. Don’t wing it: come hungry.

150 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy; 147 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne; 727 Collins Street, Docklands; belleshotchicken.com

$77 sip & setto (with bottomless drinks) at Yakimono, CBD

Japanese-inspired Yakimono is really firing up the good times for lunchtime diners. From noon to 3pm Friday to Sunday, the bevs are bottomless (including a vodka-spiked pink-hibiscus spritz, plus beer and wine) alongside a shared selection of menu faves.

80 Collins Street, Melbourne, yakimono.com.au

$29 bottomless dimmies and dumplings at The Hall, Brunswick

Sydney Road’s casual drinking and dining precinct Welcome to Brunswick has another, little-known lure: bottomless dimmies and dumplings in its adjoining events space, The Hall. Tuesday to Friday nights, it’s a roving affair of steamed, pan-fried and deep-fried delights.

408 Sydney Road, Brunswick, thehallbrunswick.com.au

$59 bottomless barbecue and booze at Bluestone American BBQ, Coburg

Yes, barbecue and booze. From 5pm to 10pm Fridays, noon to 3pm Saturdays and noon to 9pm Sundays, this no-frills north-side spot has an all-you-can-eat set menu starring smoked chicken chops, Cuban-style pulled pork and heaps more, with sides like fries and fire-roasted peppers and drinks including a Ginger Paloma cocktail.

470 Sydney Road, Coburg, bluestoneamericanbbq.com