Unlimited paella and seafood are available here!
Strategically located in Ortigas, one of the main business districts in Metro Manila, Marco Polo Ortigas is a 5-star hotel with 316 well-designed rooms and suites, two Continental Club floors, spa, fitness centre, swimming pool and four luxurious dining destinations.
Cucina – Marco Polo Ortigas
One of these four is Cucina, an all-day dining restaurant located on the 24th floor Sky Lobby known for its exquisite buffet and a la carte menu of continental and Asian dishes.
Cucina (coo-chee-na) is Italian for 'kitchen' and it also refers to a manner or style of cooking.
The design of the interiors is minimalist and comfortable. The key elements injected by national Filipino artist, Jinggoy Buensuceso, are wood, glass and earth tones.
Cucina features several live action stations with open kitchens that feature worldly cuisines. While most buffet restaurants are big on the quantity, Cucina focuses on quality. The chefs are very hands-on and keen on always bringing out something new and unique to the table.
Fun Fact: Every month or season, they have a theme wherein they set up an individual station to highlight a particular country's cuisine or set of dishes. Last August until September 4, their theme was 'All Things Swiss: Food Festival 2016'.
Check out these beautiful devil eggs.
This restaurant boasts of 12 different food stations. Here’s a walk-through on what they have to offer.
Bread and Cheese Station
This station features assorted breads, croissants, and different kinds of cheese, dips, and jams.
Cold Cuts and Salad Station
Start off with some of their assorted cold cuts and fresh vegetables from this section.
Asian Station
The Asians know how to do it right especially with some fresh sushi, sashimi and maki rolls that are all available here.
Seafood Station
This station is loaded with different types of seafood: elephant clams, shrimps, crabs, mussels. Booky Tip: Call them ahead to check if they have lobster on their daily selection.
Insider tip: Advise the chef how you want your seafood prepared (steamed, szechuan, garlic and butter, etc); you can also ask them for recommendations.
Filipino Station
Filipino favorites like Pork Liempo, Chicken Inasal and Adobo are available here.
Pasta Station
Insider tip: You can customize your own pasta from the type of pasta, sauce, and toppings.
Paella Station
Paella is a Spanish rice dish mixed with meat, seafood and vegetables. Some foodies say that Cucina’s paella may be the best one they’ve tried in Metro Manila. Available flavors: Seafood, Negra, Mixta
Watch the chefs in action as they prepare you a feast of paella from scratch! They’ll serve it to you in a mini pan.
Noodle Bar Station
Currently, there are three types of noodles available: egg noodles, hofan and vermicelli. They also have different toppings and spices that you can freely mix and match.
Insider tip: Don't be shy to ask the chef for recommendations on their bestselling combinations.
Carving Station
Their carving stations boasts of huge servings of roast beef, conchinillo, prime ribs, and roasted vegetables and potatoes for your sides.
Grill Station
Grill-all-you-can and try their assorted marinated kebabs. They also have different types of sauces that you may want to use to spice up your meat.
Dessert and Pastry Station
Some of the desserts they offer are green tea mousse cake, apple tarts, moist chocolate cake, sansrival and brazo de mercedes. They also have a small ice cream and creperie section on the side.
Beverages Station
For an additional P180, you may enjoy their unlimited selection of iced teas. They have Thai iced tea, apple iced tea and guava iced tea. You can also purchase their healthy smoothie bottles for only P300!
Wine Selection
Fancy a glass of wine? Go for unlimited for an additional P1,100 only.
A la Carte Mains
Here are some of their bestselling a la carte dishes.
Crispy Pata
Deep-fried pig trotters or knuckles served with a side of pickled papaya
Sisig
Savory Filipino dish using chopped pork belly served with steamed rice
If you plan to visit them any time soon, you may want to check out their weekly schedule and rates for your reference!
BUFFET SCHEDULE Breakfast Buffet: 6:00 am - 10:00 am Lunch Buffet: 12:00 nn - 2:30pm A la carte: 12:00 nn - 10:30 pm Dinner Buffet: 6:00 pm - 10:30 pm BUFFET RATES Monday to Sunday Breakfast: 1,400 Monday to Friday Lunch: 1,500 | Dinner: 1,800 Saturday Lunch: 2,300 | Dinner: 2,650 Sunday Lunch: 2,650 | Dinner: 2,300
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24/F Marco Polo, Meralco Ave, Ortigas, Pasig
(02) 720-7777