Love Dessert: Dessert Buffet for Dessert Lovers

After a heavy snack in Big Daddy's Flamed Burgers one lazy Saturday afternoon, we decided to not have dinner anymore. Instead, we all agreed to try out a new dessert place in Banawe. Located at the corner of Banawe and Hon Gregorio Roxas (Beside Brunos Barber and near King Chef restaurant), a new concept in buffet dining opened -- Love Dessert is a dessert heaven for dessert lovers. It's an eat-all-you-can dessert place for only Php 199!

The only famous buffet place before was Saisaki. Now, several other buffet restaurants popped up in Manila-- Yakimix (Grill, eat all you can),  Matsuri (Japanese food, Order all you can), Tramway (Chinese food, Low cost buffet) and now, we even get pestered offered by agents offering membership cards in hotel buffets! For desserts, Love Desserts is the first dessert buffet restaurant I've heard of in Manila. Although as per research, there is another one along Swallow Drive near Greenmeadows.

The buffet setup is simple and colorful. I'm assuming that they did this to enhance the dessert place ambiance as the mix of colors make it fun and light. The place is not that big but it can accommodate around 50 to 60pax as per my estimate. If you look at the photo above from left to right, you'll see the Halo Halo station, some cakes, pastries section, empanadas and fresh fruits.

They serve different desserts from time to time. When we arrived, it was around 745pm. The place was almost empty as it was still dinner time for most. Around 8pm, people started to pack the place and by 9pm, it was a full house! They kept on refilling the desserts that were almost finished and they also added new desserts.

Here's some of the food that was served in the buffet line up:

Halo-halo section

Food for the gods, cakes, ecclairs and cookies

Mango sago, sylvannas, fresh fruits, empanadas 

Crepe Section (I remember Banana and Apple. Mango was NOT on the list)

Add-ons for the Ice Cream

Coffee and Milk Tea

Ice Cream tubs from Big Scoop

Available Syrups for mixing wherever you want

Here's some of the desserts I've tried:

Loved this! Milk Shake all-you-can! :)

Tuna and Chicken Empanada - Crunchy crust :)

Ice Cream w/ a stick and sprinkles

Banana Crepe

The banana crepe was dry. I do not recommend that but since it's a dessert buffet, just try it to satisfy your curiosity. Ice cream is from Big Scoop so everyone who has tried it will be familiar with the taste and quality of that ice cream. They served two kinds of empanadas that night, one chicken and the other tuna. The tuna is better than the chicken empanada in my opinion. The empanada, although I think is not a dessert, is a good addition to the line up. You can just eat this first if you are hungry before diving in and indulging in the buffet dessert. Milk shake is also available by request. They will make the milk shake for you using the big scoop ice cream they are serving.

Milk shakes available that night: Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla.
Ice Cream flavors available that night: Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla, Cookies & Cream and Avocado.

Coffee! 

Cappuccino or Latte?

What I liked best among the food that they served was the milk shake, coffee and tuna empanada. The coffee beans used for the coffee was from De'Longhi. That's also the brand of their coffee maker which can make latte and cappuccino.

Don't ask me about the Halo halo because I'm not a fan of it so I didn't even touch the halo halo section. My mom loved the ice cream section though. I'm also not a fan of ice cream. The others were just so-so and what I didn't like was their milk tea, crepe and banana (it was not yet ripe the time they served it in the buffet selection.)

In my opinion, just the coffee, milk shake and empanada is enough to make the 199-peso dessert buffet worth it. A good enough coffee for example, averages around 80 pesos per cup. Milk shakes will average around 90 pesos too and an empanada around 15 to 20 pesos. Add that all up and you'll reach a total of 190 pesos. That's if you have one of those items each.

I hope it's the 199 price is not a promo price because higher than that, people will have second thoughts eating here unless they add a lot more dessert. I'd visit this again with friends or if I want to stay for a while when working or blogging. I wonder if I can stay from morning til night? Like other buffet places, I guess not.

Love Desserts
915 Banawe St., Quezon City
Telephone number: (To follow)
Operating hours: (To follow)

More info:
Love Desserts Foursquare

A section where you can leave comments or what they call "Love Letters".

Have you tried eating here? Let me know your opinion in the comment section below! :)

Cheftonio
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