One Tree Buffet is a premium all-you-can-eat restaurant on Green Lane West in Epsom, Auckland, serving dinner Wednesday to Sunday from 5:00pm to 9:15pm and a dedicated brunch buffet every Sunday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. It is a lively, family-friendly spot built around variety — freshly prepared dishes spanning seafood, sushi, teppanyaki, hot foods and desserts, with guests welcome to go back for as many rounds as their booking slot allows.
The buffet leans seafood-first: fresh Pacific oysters, Argentinian sweet prawns and New Zealand scampi at dinner, plus king salmon and fish-of-the-day sashimi, a long sushi and rolls list, and cooked seafood like grilled salmon with red wine jus and baked mussels with garlic yum yum sauce. A teppanyaki station handles premium steaks, prawns, scallops and chicken, the noodle station builds bowls on an OTB-style beef pho base, and the hot line runs from Peking duck, lamb chops and rendang beef to dim sum, pizzas and fried rice. Dessert covers Portuguese egg tarts, Basque cheesecake, crème brûlée, mango sago and soft serve. Sunday brunch runs its own separate menu — think dim sum, teppanyaki pork belly, calamari and a pho-or-tonkatsu noodle station — so it is worth checking before booking.
Reservations work on set table time slots, drinks are sold separately from the buffet, and kids under four eat free with discounts for ages 4–12 and 65+. With space for up to 100 guests, the venue also offers exclusive hire for birthdays, corporate events and celebrations, with customisable menus and packages to suit different budgets; groups of nine or more book by email.
One Tree Buffet has built its name on a simple promise: unlimited plates, serious variety and a level of quality that surprises people when they hear the word buffet. 'Savor the variety. Love every bite' is the motto, and the format backs it up. You'll find the restaurant on Green Lane West in Epsom, Auckland, serving dinner Wednesday through Sunday from 5:00pm to 9:15pm, plus a dedicated brunch buffet every Sunday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. Doors stay shut on public holidays, and every table books a set time slot — so a visit feels less like a queue-up-and-graze and more like an occasion you plan for.
The seafood bench is the headline act. Dinner opens with fresh Pacific oysters, Argentinian sweet prawns and New Zealand scampi, then moves through sashimi of NZ king salmon, tuna and a fish-of-the-day rotation that can feature trevally, snapper or kingfish. Cooked seafood holds its own: grilled salmon with red wine jus, mussels baked with garlic yum yum sauce, and a Chinese-style stir-fried blue swimming crab.
The sushi selection runs genuinely deep — salmon cream cheese rolls, king salmon nigiri, California and crab mayo rolls, spicy tuna, tempura maki, teriyaki chicken rolls and a Japanese kani salad. If raw isn't your thing, the teppanyaki station cooks premium steaks, prawns, scallops and chicken on the hot plate.
The hot line-up runs long: Angus beef over mash — with wagyu taking over on weekends — lamb chops, Peking duck, rendang beef, salt and chilli market fish, barbecue pork, sweet and sour chicken, ebi-fry prawns, dumplings, sliders, pizzas and fried rice, with steamed ginseng chicken soup and chicken and corn soup in between. A rotating dim sum selection adds another layer.
The noodle station lets you build your own bowl: pick ramen, rice or egg noodles, ladle over the OTB-style beef pho broth, then add quail eggs, crab stick, prawns or fish balls. Leave room for dessert — Portuguese egg tarts, Basque cheesecake, crème brûlée, mango sago, tiramisu in classic, mango and strawberry, soft serve and puddings from matcha to mango. Birthday cakes can be pre-ordered.
Don't assume brunch is dinner in daylight. The team is upfront that Sunday brunch carries a different menu, and the premium items — oysters, king salmon, scampi — are held back for evening service. In their place: teppanyaki teriyaki chicken and Korean-style pork belly, a proper dim sum line-up of har gow, siumai, BBQ pork buns and sweet custard buns, calamari, bacon and sausages, hash browns, pizzas and a noodle station offering pho beef or tonkatsu broth. Check the brunch menu before booking so you know which feast you're signing up for.
With a maximum capacity of 100 guests, the room converts to exclusive hire for birthdays, corporate events and family celebrations, with customisable menus and packages pitched at different budgets. Groups of nine or more book by email, deposits are fully refundable with two weeks' notice, and seasonal specials — like a piece of uni per adult to start on weekends — pop up from time to time.
Families get a friendly deal: kids under four eat free, ages four to twelve pay half price and guests 65 and over receive a discount. Drinks sit outside the buffet and are ordered separately from the drinks menu. Two house rules matter most: arrive on time for your slot, and plan to finish within it. Menu items can vary from time to time, so it's worth contacting the team about current selections before a milestone dinner.
Come hungry, pace yourself and work the stations in order — raw bar first, teppanyaki and noodles mid-way, dessert last. One Tree Buffet makes a convincing case that buffet dining in Auckland has grown up.