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<\/p>\n“The time is right to bring back all-you-can-eat.” So said Rocco Mangel, of Rocco\u2019s Tacos in Huntington Station, where diners can eat as much as they’d like for $34.99 on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n
“People like to feel like they\u2019re getting something for their money,” Mangel said.<\/p>\n
The all-you-can-eat (AYCE) concept has evolved\u00a0from the days where it meant serve-yourself buffets\u00a0or family-style platters. Today’s versions might involve personal service, the most pronounced example being servers grilling meats tableside at some of the Korean barbecue restaurants that have opened across Long Island in recent years.<\/p>\n
“I love all-you-can-eat,\u00a0buffet or otherwise,” said\u00a0Patricia Galasso, of Riverhead, who favors the AYCE barbecue spread at Maple Tree BBQ Smokehouse on Fridays.\u00a0Although she doesn\u2019t eat out as much as she used to, she said “good spots with all-you-can-eat deals are at the top of my list” when she does.<\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re craving a deal, or just feeling\u00a0extraordinarily hungry, the never-ending plate is making a comeback, albeit with some parameters: No doggie bags, the entire table must partake and there could be a penalty if you over-order food and don’t eat it.\u00a0But, overall, AYCE has become a more civilized, rewarding experience.<\/p>\n
Here are the top deals for bottomless meals on every night of the week \u2014 except Sunday, because we need a day to digest.<\/p>\n
Mondays: Endless Pasta at ITA Kitchen in Garden City and Patchogue<\/p>\n
COST $35<\/p>\n
One of the more long-standing, pretheater dinner traditions in Manhattan is at Lidia Bastinach\u2019s restaurant, Becco, which features a roving three-pasta service that has stood the test of time. Servers rotate piping hot portions of pastas scooped directly from the cooking pan onto patrons\u2019 plates. Twirl, slurp, repeat. On Long Island, ITA Kitchen (short for “Italian American”) has a local riff on the promotion at its Patchogue and Garden City locations. It\u2019s called \u2014 what else? \u2014 “Endless Pasta.”<\/p>\n
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Endless cavatappi truffle pesto and burrata ravioli sorrentina at ITA Kitchen in Garden City. Credit: Morgan Campbell<\/p>\n
Opened by Salvatore and Christina Sorrentino in 2019, ITA embodies\u00a0a pasta-centric ethos, with\u00a0featured macaroni dishes that might include pan-seared ricotta gnocchi in a truffle cream sauce or rigatoni Amatriciana with shaved ricotta salata. The all-you-can-eat options\u00a0change weekly but always give diners three saucy pastas that can be sampled, savored\u00a0and sampled again. Past combinations have included carbonara mac-and-cheese, a hybrid penne pesto a la vodka, and rigatoni Caprese with San Marzano tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and cherry tomatoes. <\/p>\n
More info: Served Monday to Thursday at\u00a09 Nassau Blvd., Garden City South (516-485-4848) and\u00a069 E. Main St., Patchogue (631-908-6977), itakitchen.com<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesdays: Taco Tuesday at Rocco\u2019s Tacos at Walt Whitman Shops<\/p>\n COST $34.99<\/p>\n “We really built a brand on all-you-can-eat,” said Mangel, the Hauppauge-born founder of Florida-based Rocco\u2019s Tacos, which recently opened its New York flagship at the mall. “We\u2019ve got a great playlist, we\u00a0turn the music up, we have fun family atmosphere, plus unlimited tacos and tequila.”<\/p>\n Rocco’s Tacos in Huntington Station offers an all-you-can-eat taco deal on Tuesdays. Credit: Morgan Campbell<\/p>\n Every Tuesday, for just under $35, guests can roam the eight tacos on Rocco’s \u201cTacos de Casa\u201d menu, including adobo-spiced chicken, pork-based cochinitas, chorizo, grilled or blackened fish, mushroom or spicy ground beef tacos. The lone outlier are steak tacos, which cost an additional $2.50 each.<\/p>\n Pair your tacos with $7 house margaritas, shaken or stirred, $27 pitchers, or $70 silver tequila bottles. There’s a large, rectangular bar with suspended televisions and a base decorated with colorful cultural images from the 54 cards of loter\u00eda, the Mexican game akin to American bingo, to sit and sip those specials. Twinkly celestial lights hang from the ceilings and lucha libre wrestling masks adorn the walls.<\/p>\n More info: Available Tuesdays at\u00a0160 Walt Whitman Rd., #1170, Huntington Station,\u00a0roccostacos.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wednesdays: Japanese hot pot at Spring Shabu-Shabu in Westbury<\/p>\n COST $23.95<\/p>\n Spring Shabu-Shabu, a sleek, modern spot\u00a0partitioned by blond wood beams and surrounded by stark white walls, is just one example of the all-you-can-eat hot pot trend that\u2019s swept Long Island.<\/p>\n “A few years ago we didn\u2019t have any hot pots, but now they\u2019re opening up everywhere,” managing partner Jonathan Lee told Newsday when the eatery opened in 2024. “It definitely is more popular with the younger generation.” Now open in Boston, and Flushing, Queens, the concept was inspired by a Japanese buffet Lee\u2019s father experienced in California.<\/p>\n Shabu-shabu is a Japanese style of hot pot that translates to “swish-swish,” for the ingredients sloshing around in the boiling dashi soup. The selection here is less than traditional, with everything from sujebi, or hand-torn Korean dough noodles, to a whole wall of Chinese fish cakes. The quality of the buffet is strikingly high for $23.95, which Lee said he’s able to do because the flat rate does not include the thinly sliced meat add-ons, like beef rib-eye and beef top blade, which go for about $5 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n Choose from five broths for individual hot pot crocks, including kimchi broth and spicy pork bone with a Sichuan chili paste. The clean-flavored dashi broth made from bonito flakes and kelp is the most traditional way to go, but the darker vegetarian broth’s strong mushroom flavor is a winner. Then, add your choice of nearly a dozen varieties of plump noodles, plus vegetables, including purple kale, bok choy and chrysanthemum leaves. Dip in some of the sauces on offer, some funky, some mild. Swish-swish-swallow. Pro tip: Don\u2019t miss the unlimited green tea soft-serve ice cream.<\/p>\n More info: Served daily at\u00a01195 Corporate Dr., Westbury,\u00a0516-385-5565, springshabu.com<\/a><\/p>\n Thursdays: Korean BBQ at Won KBBQ in Carle Place and Commack<\/p>\n COST\u00a0$26.95-$29.95 lunch and\u00a0$45.95 dinner ($29.95 vegetarian)<\/p>\n If it feels like everywhere you turn, another Korean BBQ spot has popped up, you\u2019re not wrong; there\u2019s been an onslaught of these restaurants over the last five years. One of the most satisfying hails from Bayside, Queens, the growing empire of a Hong Kong family that now has outposts in Carle Place and Commack.<\/p>\n Won KBBQ in Carle Place is an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ spot. Credit: Randee Daddona<\/p>\n Perhaps it’s the interactive nature of tableside Korean barbecue that appeals to families, or the fact that this style of dining gives budget consumers a way to dip a toe into Korean cuisine, loading up on thin-cut and marinated meats and banchan side dishes. Either way, these two cauldron pot barbecue joints are using extremely high quality meats \u2014 20 varieties of mostly pork and beef cuts, plus a couple of chicken and one spicy squid \u2014 as well as substantial sides, bubbling soups, japchae glass noodles, and steamed custardy eggs. Don’t miss the thick-cut pork belly, which comes in long fat slabs. Another favorite is the kalbi marinated steak. Also make sure to order a side of lettuce so you can roll your ingredients into fresh wraps.<\/p>\n Run by manager Angela Hong and her mother, owner Kelly Im, Won KBBQ\u2019s Commack spot mirrors the Carle Place site\u00a0with its signature black-and-red color scheme and cauldrons on every table that double as Korean barbecue grills. But different from many Korean barbecue spots, at Won KBBQ, it\u2019s not a DIY affair. Here, servers grill diners’ meats tableside, draping meats across the stately, scalding dome and moving them to the sides and top of the grill to rest once done. An all-you-can-eat luxury, certainly.<\/p>\n More info: Offered daily at 125 Old Country Rd., Carle Place (516-226-3282) and\u00a0200 Jericho Tpke., Commack (516-855-0202), wonkbbq.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fridays: Unlimited BBQ at Maple Tree BBQ Smokehouse, Riverhead<\/p>\n COST $33 ($15 ages 12 and younger)<\/p>\n If this smoke-centric spot adheres to any one barbecue style, it’s Texas. “Our hero is Aaron Franklin,” co-owner Dennis O\u2019Leary said, referring to the founder of Austin, Texas’ acclaimed Franklin Barbecue. No surprise that his team excels at brisket, Texas’ signature ‘cue, as well as its cousins pastrami (brisket that’s brined before smoking) and burnt ends (the carbonized tips of the brisket, doused with sauce).<\/p>\n While Maple Tree offers up $1 wings on Wednesdays, it\u2019s Fridays that a bigger prize is on the menu: AYCE barbecue\u00a0including those same wings, ribs, North Carolina pulled pork and sweet chicken sliders, beef brisket and pastrami, and cornbread. Sides like “kallards,” kale that has been briefly braised in pork broth, smoked baked beans, Mac-and-cheese, roasted sweet potatoes, potato salad and cole slaw, round out the offerings. Dessert is brownie bites. For $6, add a craft beer, local wine or sangria.<\/p>\n More info: Served Fridays at\u00a0820 W. Main St., Riverhead,\u00a0631-727-2819, mapletreebbq.com<\/a><\/p>\n Saturdays: Sushi at Cinnabar in Massapequa<\/p>\n COST $34.99 sushi and Japanese hot plates, $54.99 includes\u00a0Cajun seafood ($7.99-$29.99 for kids based on height)<\/p>\n The clubby Cinnabar in Massapequa \u2014 an all-you-eat spot that trades in Asian cuisine \u2014 is paneled with dark red tones and glowing purple lights, human-size\u00a0birdcages over tables in the anteroom and a moody atrium of a dining room, accented by a backlit sushi bar. Within this dramatic landscape, an assortment of specials can be had, from build-your-own Cajun boil to hibachi lunch specials to the main draw: all-you-can-eat sushi.<\/p>\n Nigiri sushi with unique toppings at Cinnabar in Massapequa. Credit: Newsday\/Andi Berlin<\/p>\n Grab a table, snack on the complimentary nuts and pickled radishes while you opt for unlimited Japanese appetizers such as shumai, spicy rock shrimp, gyoza, edamame and tempura pieces. There\u2019s miso and hot and sour soup; green, kani and seaweed salads, and even a selection of hot Japanese dishes like teriyaki and fried rice. However, it\u2019s the second page of the all-you-can-eat selections \u2014 the sushi \u2014 that we\u2019re here\u00a0for.<\/p>\n Choose from Angry Dragon rolls, rice-less Naruto rolls, rainbow rolls, or a simple salmon and avocado roll. California rolls, vegetarian futomaki rolls, even cucumber\u00a0rolls are in the mix, but we suggest going for the biggest and baddest of the bunch, like the Santa or Lobster Lover rolls, both using lobster as an ingredient.\u00a0Sushi and sashimi are served one piece per order, and include\u00a0options from red snapper to crab, eel to tuna. And while the entire table must partake in the same dining experience, each shimmering piece of squid, salmon, tuna and shrimp is worth the investment. The bar even punches above its weight, with an unexpected cocktail like the Open Sesame ($15), which works sesame oil into a sweet citrus vodka drink rimmed with sugar, but giving off savory, nutty aromas.<\/p>\n More info: Offered daily at 45 Carmans Rd., Massapequa,\u00a0516-308-4648, instagram.com\/cinnabar_ny<\/a><\/p>\n This story has been updated to reflect that only certain tacos are included in the all-you-can-eat deal at Rocco’s Tacos in Huntington Station.<\/p>\n \n\tA global freelancer who has checked her suitcase to raise her young daughter on her native Long Island, Marie Elena will always make time for good mezcal, even better tacos\u00a0and killer conversation. Preferably, in a corner bar seat. She can be found on Instagram at @mariesworldeats<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n![\"Rocco's](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772788633_993_image.jpeg\"\/)
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