🍽️Buffet

#36 Buffet in Malaysia · 2026

River View Café, Hilton Kuching

🌶️🌶️🌶️ Berbaloi · Worth the Detour

☪︎ Muslim-friendly

Kuching's grand old riverside hotel puts on the city's most lavish buffet, with oysters, tomahawk and wagyu brisket and a kunafah station at its premium Ramadan edition. Views across the Sarawak River seal it.

⚠️ Last confirmed before 2025 — check it is open before you go.

What to order
Premium buffet with Miyazaki oysters, whole lamb and kunafah station
Address
Hilton Kuching, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, 93100 Kuching, Sarawak
Area
Waterfront, Kuching, Sarawak
Hours
Daily breakfast, lunch & dinner (check before you go)
Halal status
☪︎ Muslim-friendly (no pork/lard; certification not confirmed)

☪︎ Halal status shown here is based on public sources and may change. Please check that the restaurant holds a valid JAKIM (or state religious authority) halal certificate before dining — look for the certificate on display or verify at myehalal.halal.gov.my.

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