buffet breakfast

Meaning

A self-service morning meal where guests can choose from a wide variety of hot and cold dishes displayed on tables. You can typically eat as much as you want for a fixed price or as part of your hotel stay.

Examples

• The hotel's buffet breakfast has everything from fresh fruit and yogurt to pancakes and bacon.

  The hotel's buffet breakfast has everything from fresh fruit and yogurt to pancakes and bacon.

• We filled our plates at the buffet breakfast before starting our long day of walking.

  We filled our plates at the buffet breakfast before starting our long day of walking.

• Is the buffet breakfast included in the room price, or do we have to pay extra?

  Is the buffet breakfast included in the room price, or do we have to pay extra?

• I ate way too much at the buffet breakfast this morning.

  I ate way too much at the buffet breakfast this morning.

• They offer a wonderful buffet breakfast with both Western and local Asian dishes.

  They offer a wonderful buffet breakfast with both Western and local Asian dishes.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I had a buffet's breakfast.

  ✓ I had a buffet breakfast.

  Use 'buffet' as a noun adjunct directly modifying 'breakfast' without a possessive apostrophe.

• ✗ We went to the breakfast buffet style.

  ✓ We had a buffet breakfast.

  While 'breakfast buffet' and 'buffet breakfast' are both correct, 'buffet style' is an adjective phrase and should not be tacked on awkwardly here.

Related Expressions

Practice

• I love staying at this resort because their ___ has an omelet station.

  💡 An all-you-can-eat morning meal

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  buffet breakfast

• For an extra ten dollars, you can upgrade to the full ___.

  💡 A self-service morning meal with many options

  Show answer

  buffet breakfast