Buffets are a common sight within the daily deal industry. However, if we are talking about good quality buffet from reputable restaurant, that would be a pretty rare sight. While searching for a deal to review on today, ADL stumbled upon a Japanese Buffet deal whereby the merchant has a 4.5 stars rating from HungryGoWhere! If you are thinking of heading down for a buffet sometime soon, be sure to check out this deal review

>>> Voucherlicious – Eat All You Can Buffet! 32% OFF Kitagawa Restaurant Ala-Carte Japanese Buffet. Feast on Sashimi, Sushi, Tempura, Teriyaki, Teppanyaki and 80 More Sumptuous Dishes PLUS a Free Glass of Italian Cocktail <<<

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

• Expires Apr 01, 2012 12:00 AM
• Valid everyday for Lunch or Dinner, Including Public Holidays! (Subject to availability, closed on Mondays)
• Ala-Carte eat all you can buffet. Includes 1 free glass of Italian Cocktail per voucher.
• One order limit per dish per voucher. No limit on number of different dishes. Order up to 80 different dishes.
• Purchase as many as you want. Valid for lunch and dinner. One voucher per customer. No limit on no. of voucher used per table.
• Opening hours: 11:15am to 3.00pm (Last Order: 2.30pm) and 6:00pm to 11pm (Last Order 10pm) daily. Closed on Mondays.

Here you go… This Japanese Buffet deal is offered by Voucherlicious in collaboration with Kitagawa Japanese Restaurant. Before we start, we wish to point out one thing about this deal. That is, even though this deal is stated as a Ala-Carte eat all you can buffet, there is actually a one order limit per dish per voucher. That means to say, for a dish on the menu, one person can only order it once. This is definitely unlike other normal buffet whereby one can eat any one dish more than once. Also, do note that no drinks are included in this deal except for a 1 free glass of Italian Cocktail.

Now, lets proceed to do the price check for this deal.

ADL called up the restaurant and found out that Kitagawa just started doing buffet on 1st Jan 2012. In the past, the restaurant itself does not offer any buffet. Same thing, there is a one order limit per dish per paying customer, and no drinks are included in the buffet (except for japanese green tea). The prices for the buffet at Kitagawa is stated below.

Note:
Children above 10 years old will have to pay Adult price.
The restaurant only charges 7% GST.

While talking to the staff over the phone, ADL found out that there is currently no ongoing credit card promotion. However, there is a special in house promotion. Should one make a Kitagawa Membership card  (this card can be made at the restaurant’s cashier counter) which costs $10, one will be entitled to a 20% discount off total bill. The membership card is valid for one year, and it offers 20% discount to drinks purchased in the restaurant (excluding alcoholic drinks). This promotion is in tandem with the launch of Kitagawa buffet, and according to the staff, she is not sure when will this promotion ends.

WHAT ADL SAYS:

Comparing the price of this deal ($35) to the original price of the buffet at the restaurant (shown from the above table), it is clear that other than the child lunch buffet category, this deal does entails one to savings. In fact, for maximum savings, one should go for the dinner buffet session

However, does that means that you should purchase this deal? What about the ongoing in house promotion, does it entails one to more savings?

The above table (pink column) shows the price one has to pay for the buffet should one purchase the membership card that costs $10. In our opinion, one should go for this promotion and make this membership card only if he or she is intending to patronize the restaurant regularly in the future. Of course, without knowing the quality of the food at the restaurant it will be difficult to decide if one should spend the $10 and make the membership card. Our suggestion is this… Buy this deal to try out the food at the restaurant first. If it’s good and to your liking, then proceed to make the membership card!

Other than the savings involved for this deal, we also like the variety of food available. There are over 80+ dishes! Just looking at the menu itself already makes us hungry!

aiyo… stop drooling… table wet already la

There are two particular things that we do not like about this deal. Firstly, is the fact that one dish is only allowed to be ordered once. Which means only one plate of salmon shashimi! Of course, this is the nature of the restaurant’s buffet itself, and should not be really taken as a bad point for this deal. Secondly, the location of the restaurant  is pretty “ulu”. The restaurant is located at Orchid Country Club, and the best way to get there via public transport, is to take a MRT to Yishun, and then hitch on the shuttle bus. Click HERE for the shuttle bus service schedule.

In conclusion, considering all our findings and analysis on this deal, we decide to give it a 3.5 star ratings

Click HERE for HungryGoWhere’s review on the restaurant (88% recommended with 4.5 star ratings!)

Kitagawa Restaurant Pte Ltd
1 Orchid Club Road
Orchid Country Club
#02-02 Driving Range,S(769162)
Tel: 8269 3344

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