Looking to indulge in a weekend buffet without stretching your budget? Ikeja, the bustling heart of Lagos, offers a variety of restaurants where you can feast to your fill for less than ₦50,000. These spots bring together the best of good food and great value, from rich Nigerian flavours to a mix of continental dishes, making them perfect for a relaxed outing, a family treat, or simply spoiling yourself without breaking the bank.
Here are 5 buffet spots to check out this weekend
Colossus Hotel – ₦30,000
Every Sunday from 12 noon to 4 pm, Colossus Hotel Ikeja offers a buffet at ₦30,000 per adult, and ₦15,000 for children below ten years old . The spread includes a wide selection of soups such as ofe Nsala, egusi, bitterleaf, fresh tilapia stew, and assorted meat sauce. Rice options range from ofada and jollof to fried and oriental rice. Guests can also enjoy swallows, creamy pasta, tomato egg noodles, and gizdodo. Protein choices include fish, BBQ lamb, peppered cow foot, turkey wings, chicken, goat meat, and beef. The buffet is rounded off with desserts like cakes, parfait, cookies, brownies, and a fruit platter, alongside drinks including a bottle of soft drink, a bottle of water, and unlimited zobo on the rocks. The hotel is located at 4/5 Sheraton Opebi Link Road, Ikeja.
Koriko and Co, Lagos Marriott hotel– ₦38,000–₦42,000
At Koriko and Co. inside Marriott hotel, located at 122 Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja GRA, guests can enjoy buffet options throughout the weekend. The dinner buffet is available every Friday to Sunday at ₦38,000 per person, running from 6 pm to 10 pm. On Sundays, a lunch buffet is served from 12 pm to 3:30 pm at ₦42,000 per person, which includes a welcome drink. Children under 5 eat for free, while those between 5 and 12 are charged half price. The buffet features a wide mix of continental and Nigerian dishes, with offerings such as peppersoup, rice (jollof and ofada), pasta, swallows with various soups, fried yam, salads, pastries, fruits, and assorted proteins.
Wakame, Lagos Marriott hotel – from ₦45,000
Wakame at Lagos Marriott Hotel, located at 122 Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja GRA, offers an Asian-themed buffet every Sunday from 12 pm to 4 pm, with prices starting at ₦45,000 per person. Children under 5 eat for free, while those aged 5 to 12 are charged half price. The buffet features a wide selection including soups, salads, sushi, dumplings, garlic bread, barbecue wings, assorted meat cuts, fried rice, noodles, and pastries.
Ibis hotel – ₦25,000
Ibis hotel, located at 23 Toyin Street, Ikeja, offers a buffet every Sunday from 12 pm to 4 pm at ₦25,000 per person. The package includes a glass of juice and water, while children aged 12 and below eat at half price. The spread features a fruit section, rice dishes, pasta, pastries, tea, beef kebabs, chicken, a salad station with various options, and a dessert section.
Safron hotel – ₦30,000
Safron hotel, located at 57 Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja GRA, offers open buffets every weekend. On Saturdays, dinner is served at the rooftop from 6 pm to 10 pm, while on Sundays guests can enjoy lunch at the restaurant from 1 pm to 4 pm and dinner again at the rooftop from 6 pm to 10 pm. The buffet costs ₦30,000 per person. The menu includes a wide range of dishes such as jollof rice, Chinese rice, bread dough, cakes, chicken pepper soup, fish in rosemary, assorted salads, and proteins like gizzard and turkey. Safron also provides private buffet catering for groups of 25 or more, available on any day of the week upon request.
