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Café 1228 is all about the freshest foods, the finest flavors and abundant choice. It’s hard to know where to turn first: One of the five custom cooking stations where chefs prepare to order? The buffet that’s bigger than your eyes and wider than your smile? The dessert spread that makes you want to start there first? We’d love to help, but we have the same problems ourselves. For all-day dining, there’s a full à la carte menu filled with steaks and grills, salads and sandwiches, burgers, pastas, pizzas, wonton noodle soup and local favorites – and a children’s menu that should satisfy the most demanding of young diners. The service is attentive, the atmosphere is casual, and the tastes are
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Vegetarian Friendly
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Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Breakfast
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Japanese, Asian
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Reservations, Buffet, Seating, Parking Available, Serves Alcohol, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Table Service, Validated Parking, Valet Parking, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible
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Reviewed 1 week ago

Ate at cafe 1228 to celebrate my son’s birthday. Food selection was good. Deo our server was really nice and went the extra mile to provide and serve my kids’ favorites to our table instead of getting from the buffet. It was a week night...so there wasn’t much people despite resto promo. Ambiance was nice and chill. Would definitely recommend.More

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Reviewed 4 weeks ago

The buffet was good and the service was great with servers Sky, Jhoe, Rem, and Jeffie. Greatly enjoyed my birthday celebration with my family. There was a fly roaming around the sushi area however!!!

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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

First time to try 128New World Cafe Makati Hotel and we are amazed with the international food selections because everything looks fresh and it also taste really great. We are a traveling couple and had dined to alot of class A restaurants but this particular...restaurant buffet raised the bar in three folds. There is a manager who has been manning all the stations consistently and was making sure the foods looks good all the time. The staff who serves us Mr. Mark ans Jomari was very attentive to all our needs and very polite. Kudos to the excellent service for both of the staff who makes our dining experience more memorable. Highly Recommended. Leian MareeMore

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Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile

Would have been better if there were more food selections, but service is really nice! The food is really delicious too. Our servers, Jhoe, Junel and Rem were very nice too. My boyfriend and I don't regret celebrating our anniversary here.

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Reviewed 5 weeks ago via mobile

Had a lovely post birthday dinner at New World Makati Hotel’s Cafe 1228. Always such a fun experience here with their good food and service. First time to be back after the pandemic. Special thanks to Vhon and Jowie for assisting us.

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Reviewed February 23, 2023 via mobile

The food is, no doubt, amazing. But what sets the bar high is how Deo and Anne were super attentive to our needs. From refilling our tables with nonstop food, to making sure our thirsts were quenched until our bellies were super full until we...told them they had to stop serving. Definitely a must try!More

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Reviewed February 20, 2023

The food at Cafe 1228 is good!! Our waiters Sir Sky, Jeffie and Maam Mimi attended to all pur needs. We recommend that you look for them when you dine at Cafe 1228! Would recommend this to all my friends and relatives! Would definitely dine...here again! Dessert: Sansrival ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️More

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Reviewed February 20, 2023

Exceptional service at cafe 1228 every breakfast. Service crew are very hospitable and helpful especially with little kids. Deo and his crew is very friendly, hospitable and will take care of your needs specially when you have picky kids accompanying you.

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Reviewed February 19, 2023

Celebrated our son's 21st bday in Cafe 1228 in New World Hotel. The spread is not much.but there are dishes that stood out - the sashini are indeed fresh, delectable beef lasagna, nice sauted shirmps and the ribeye was cooked and seasoned nicely. To top...it all, Mark and Kier's service is exceptional, they are very attentive and serve with a smile. It is indeed an experience.More

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Reviewed February 19, 2023

Good food and good service. Mark and Kier provided excellent customer service! They are very attentive with our needs. We are very satisfied with the service. We enjoyed every bit of our dinner. Thank you!

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Reviewed February 19, 2023 via mobile

Dinner with my love at Renaissance New World Hotel Cafe1228 was surely a great experience for us. Seafoods were superb fresh and tasty, fruit drinks were really freshly made, also amazed on the chinese and japanese foods, additional asian foods that were tasted for the...first time and the desserts were fantastic since we are sweet tooths! This cafe is very recommendable and commended. High quality foods and professionally served by chefs and special mention to Mr. Deo & Mr. Timi for the superb service that they have given to us. We will surely comeback to this Cafe1228! Thanks and keep it up!More

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Reviewed February 18, 2023

Staff is very accommodating and attentive. Kudos to Jomari & Manny. Food was great. And has lots of options. This is one of our go-to buffets in Makati. Highly recommend this place. Ambience is good.

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Reviewed February 17, 2023

Servers are attentive and very accommodating. Special mention to Kier, Thin and Vhon! Thanks for offering the promo. Wide food selection and food is great! Will definitely go back! Highly recommended!

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Reviewed February 12, 2023 via mobile

Food is great! Staff are awesome! Place is excellent! Service & cleanliness is superb! Special thanks to Jhoe, Janus and Kier! We are always so happy having dinner here, and we are definitely recommending this to all our friends and family.

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Reviewed February 11, 2023 via mobile

Had a birthday celebration here at New World Hotel Makati! Scrumptious food are being served everyday. I really like the Japanese selection of foods like the ebi pura, vegetable tempuras and other sorts of fried and battered foods. My favorite part of the dinning experience...is the high quality roasted beef and the barbecue foods on a stick, so tasty it feels like you wanna eat them all. I would like to mention those who assisted us, Deo, Timi and Jhoe. They won't let you down even if the place has huge amount of guests. I also observed other guests are smiling seems like they are happy with the service they got here. Thanks again for having us! My mom is really joyful. You surprised us by singing a happy birthday song. Till next time New World Makati!More

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