Yes its a buffet but staff in charge of each section will get the food for you. They have I think 6 live stations for egg preparation, cold buffet, cereals station, fresh juices & water, pastries and coffee machines stations.Such a huge restaurant but there are enough of staff to assist and serve you too.

This restaurant was amazing. There is something for everyones palate, and the food was so delicious, we had breakfast, lunch and dinner. My grandson has food allergies and the amazing Chef was able to cater to his needs.

Manava Restaurant is the all-day-dining venue in Sofitel The Palm. We visited them for breakfast. The buffet offers breads, bakery items, egg station etc. They don’t offer much variety. The service is excellent.

Located in the Five Star Sofitel the Palm Dubai, one of the signature and iconic restaurant in the Palm.We went for Italian theme Buffet night , Restaurant was spacious with good environment that you can totally feel relaxation here. The service was extremely well and fast, the food quality is above PAR, pricing is reasonable, not that super expensive!

Exemplary breakfast buffet - very organized and efficient with multiple stations for busy items like omelets. Sarath was taking care of us at our table and did a great job 👏

Best service, very helpful staff. Buffet was really excellent.

Worst buffet experience ever! Why? Here you go:1. They are charging you AED 200 per person and the food options are very limited you would say you are in a 3 stars hotel restaurant.2. No grill or barbecue options3. Can you imagine there is no lamb kabab or kofta 😂4. No drinks are covered within the buffet price. I mean NONE!!!! Even if you choke and you want water they will charge you 20 AED FOR THE SMALL BOTTLE OF WATER!5. Food taste is mediocre !!Please dont go there!!

Amazing Restaurant...Buffet Option was superb, so many options to choose from. I wld recommend anyday and time

I had a lovely weekend breakfast today. You feel so much safe as the staff practice the covid protocol. The team were very attentive and the food was delicious. Though there were not that much option like the previous year. But that is totally understandable.Rosalie at the reception was very helpful and cheerful. Chetan was very friendly and accommodating! I will definitely comeback soon! Kudos! To the team!

Beautiful breakfast selection and very nice service!! Would definitely go again!

They have a very nice buffet. Its AED 185/person, just the food, no drinks included. The water is kind of expensive: AED 30 for 1,5l of local water.

Great breakfast with lots to choose 👌🏻

Nice place to have dinner. Good food and service.

Early in the morning it is quiet and calm. Later of course a little bit more crowded and busy.

Special thanks to Arka for his extraordinary nice and professional attitude he paid to us !

Great place for breakfast, just it seems more satisfying for an Eggetarian... Food is overall Awesome as well as the service... Accor 5 start standard

We loved the easter lunch , my daughter had a blast and the buffet was Amazing ,Thank you to all the staff 👍

Great services from Jagath from the Maui restaurant. Very friendly and professional guy.

Very good environment of food eateries, nice restaurant

This buffet restaurant is below expectations. The place is nice and the service is good but the food leaves a lot to be desired.

Very friendly staff especially Chetan and Rosalie. The bfast buffet was amazing, deffo will come back.

At Christmas Brunch Christmas Day right now, just a delicious delight, kids loving it, we’re loving it, ambiance is high, service is good... having a great time

Great food & awesome waiters! loved it!

The Manava is an excellent buffet restaurant at the Sofitel Palm Resort & Spa. The breakfast and dinner selection is vast and despite the large size of this restaurant the service and access to the buffet is excellent. My two children,aged 10 and 7 love the Manava which is very child friendly with a great atmosphere.

I get what i paid for, the Breakfast was wonderful! Wide array of food choices with fresh ingredients, spacious space and attention to details are standout. Not to mention how the staffs are gonna treat you with kindness and hospitality especially to Ms. Nina for helping us out with everything we need. She’s the best.👍🏻

An enjoyable buffet evening meal, great selection. Something for all the family.

The worst buffet I’ve ever been to... the staff, bless them worked very hard to be accommodating but the food choices were very limited and really didn’t taste good at all... it looked like a 2 3rds of the buffet were missing... a very sad experience and also felt ripped off for paying AED 200 each.

I had lunch. Not enough warm food and everything so greasy. Definitely a better cold buffet. There were no juices or drinks to pour. I had to ask the waitress. My friend was unhappy about the lack of hot meals without lactose and gluten.. A big plus for gluten-free bread. Generally 8/10

Amazing breakfast buffet! A lot of choices and options to choose from (even for a vegetarian!) the eggs were fluffy and nice. The coffee was fresh. The staff were very sweet and welcoming. The dessert section always has fresh waffles with every topping you can think off! Last but not least it’s a massive restaurant and had a lovely outdoor view with a lot of greenery and sunshine.

We visited the place for breakfast with my friendWe really like the foods. The service is good especially Nina is very thoughtful and very polite.Ive love to visit the place again.

Brilliant food, wide variety of food on the international days. In addition themed nights are amazing with vast traditional flavours.

Good food

I would like to start with the very comfortable and relaxing atmosphere - the snug interior, yet allowing plenty daylight coming in from the big windows and the indoor waterfall-like fountains adding up extra to the harmonious vibe. The buffet is presented with a very creative and organized layout, making clear differentiation between the different sections but still keeping all in one central area so you do not have to wander from one end of the restaurant to the other. From the point of my own diet and taste, I was impressed by the cold/fresh/salad sections, and the range of organic products, followed by delicious vegan choices from the hot items. Apart from that, many other veg/non-veg items were available to suit everybodys needs and requirements. Food allergens tags were appreciated.

It is open buffet for international foodThey have Asian night in Tuesday and Arabic night every Friday

Really good buffet. Different cuisine theme nights. Food is excellent quality for a buffet!

A very limited spread in this restaurant located at the 5* sofitel the palm. The ambience and decor is fine but the spread is extremely limited. Definitely not worth it.

The whole team is amazing, specially Princess. Very friendly, helpful and professional. Thank you so much Princess and the whole team!

Helpful staff that made to order a steak for me. Not a lot of food options but its adequate. The place is huge and well set up.

Manava restaurant is one of the best buffet I tried. Staff so friendly, food delicious, great atmosphere, and the hotel is amazing.10/10 ....

Went for iftar this week. Great food, very comfortable, nice staff. Prayer room also arranged very conveniently.

I don’t like the food at allIt’s not deliciousAnd the Arabic food it’s not Arabic no tasteDon’t come here i will not recommend this place!

Was nice have to say all restaurants in the hotel are stunning.

Nice place. Good food variety and helpful service...

Keep expectations low to avoid disappointment in the food. If youre shelling out AED 200 and want to enjoy your food, please choose another restaurant within the resort or better yet choose other restaurants around The Palm.

Good ambience but variety seemed more towards western cuisine.

Food was the worst we have ever tasted anywhere. like even spinneys has better hummus! spread was super limited! desserts were hard TO EVEN FIND sad! but staff was amazing! they went out of their way to make things tolerable. will never return for sure. thnx to Janica for superior service

Very nice breakfast buffet, will visit again. International choices of dishes with dominant French style.

Average food and buffet. Not much variety. Atmosphere and cleanliness is good.

Excellent choice and presentation of the various menus available. Particular acknowledgement and credit go to Waqas who looked after my family as if we were his family which made our stay that much more enjoyable. Thanks Waqas from Samir, Mini, Jay and Reeva.The rest of the team were attentive and assisted wherever possible. Look forward to coming back!Samir Mody

Overall a fine dining experience. A more comprehensive dessert menu would have added more value.

Great ambience. Good food but not much to choose from for vegetarians!

Manava is one of many restaurants located within the Sofitel Hotel on Palm Jumeirah. Fabulous and very polite staff, eager to please and fulfill your requests! We had breakfast and most of our half board dinner meals here, where they had a daily theme of cuisines from around the world! Food was of a good standard and satisfying to all family members!

It was a wonderful dinner on last night, good lights and food and the staffs as well, especially Mr. Waqas who served us well.

Great dining experience

Incredible restaurant!Great selection - but the admirable was the staff. The supervisor Manoj and his team were very professional and fulfilled all our wishes. Furthermore, Chef Vaibhor spoiled us with Indian specialities. I recommend to everyone.

I had iftar with friends at Manava. Overall not bad. The food was delicious and the place is spacious

Theyre is an exceptional choice of food here from all ethnic origins

Very nice place and good food for dinner

Very poor food quality, very limited choices.

Great selections of food and friendly service.

The ambiance, beautiful and relaxing. Food/breakfat, not worth the money at all.

I have visited today for Iftar buffet the food was disaster not even hot enough they offered juice which was removed from buffet 30 min after I arrived there was yogurt that is testing like water u test nothing at allThe staff took my spoon 3 times and left me with no spoon half way of my dinning time they have Arabic lady captain when ever I ask for anything she make faces and show an inefficient behavior totally unprofessional , the food was below standard of any restaurant the shawarma was like pieces of chicken not even sliced as usual, the meet screwed were chunky and smelly salad was not testy even no lemon added to taboleh salad soup was finished and never refilledI don’t recommend this restaurant to anyone even I urge Sofitel hotel management to look into this hassle

While it gets a little busy after 9 45, staff are amazing and food variety is very diverse!Thumbs up!

Too crowded most of the time. Not enough staff at breakfast, we had to wait a long time until someone came for the coffee order multiple times. Food diversity is good, food quality is ok but could be better. We preferred all other restaurants in the Sofitel over the Manava including the World Eatery for breakfast. Can not hold the high breakfast standards of other Sofitel like Sofitel Abu Dhabi.

Great value. Good food. Typical buffet restaurant. Lots of children. Different dishes each night.

Very nice place and friendly staff

Excellent service variety in the food

Love breakfasts here with different kinds of meals

Very good all you can eat Buffet. We were invited so ist cant say if it is expensive or not

Good service but poor selection of buffet

An incredible buffet breakfast with so many options, youll want to stay all day eating.

Excellent food and service

Good service and food. By international standard.

For a huge space like that, I would have thought the breakfast buffet would have more variety.

Delicious food and place.

Food and services should be better

Nyc hospitality

Brilliant food and welcoming.

Food was just okayPrice is too high

Good service and nice food

Didnt like the food/very poor buffet

Maybe because it was lunchtime but I felt like the choice of food was limited for a buffet

It s good

International food and you can choose as u like . food was delecious

Best buffet dinner

Expected more from a 5 star hotel

Great service! Thanks you!

Lovely .... tasty food

It was a bit disappointing you would expect more from Sofitel

Food not to the level of 5 star hotel

Nice

Amazing

Ive been here last year and the food was super.But last night however, the dinner was disappointing. It was the Asian night and the food selection nor taste was not up to the mark.

VFM

Good

Amazing

Good food

Variety food

Amazing food

The food wasnt good