---
title: "Sofitel: Buffet vs Lounge 🦞"
url: "https://loyalty.sarl/en/posts/2026-04-29-sofitel-buffet-vs-lounge/"
date: 2026-04-29
tags: ["Lounge"]
city: "Macau"
hotel: "Sofitel"
price: "$12"
source: "https://t.me/statkarusel/351"
language: en
---

# Sofitel: Buffet vs Lounge 🦞

Instead of the lounge, they offer two options.

Free soups, in two varieties, or a buffet for $12 for loyalty members.

For mere mortals the price is $60. That's roughly the going rate for a seafood buffet elsewhere in Macau.

And it may well be a fine example that could be rolled out across the rest of the chain.

Comparing the lounge of previous years with what you get for $12 is like comparing Zara with haute couture.

The only limit is on lobster. Half a lobster per person. The lobster is exchanged for a token handed out at the door — the most civilised rationing since 1954.

In an ordinary seafood restaurant, a whole lobster is priced by weight.

A rough guide for gourmets in Macau:

- a small live lobster: 400 MOP = $50
- a good big one: 800 MOP = $100
- a premium imported one: higher still

As for mashed potato, you can always make that at home.

P.S. A booze-and-geography saga in five parts is [on my personal channel](https://t.me/vesyolayakarusel/18), for Boosty subscribers only (in Russian).

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