COSMO World Buffet Restaurant | Reading

35-38 Friar St, Reading
0118 959 5588

Recent Reviews

Murad Sheikh

great food and atmosphere with friendly and curteous staff

Aron Jerome

Amazing food, clean restaurant & great service well worth the money I would recommend it to anyone!

corinnegM902IL

Great selection of food, all fresh and delicious. Not too busy at all, we went at Sunday lunch time and was quite quiet. Was my sons birthday so they gave him a free meal and also brought out cake and candles and all sang to him! Was a lovely family meal, would defo return. Five stars from us.

laurahH1219CM

Food was amazing, fresh and hot. Service was very good and the serving staff were efficient even though the restaurant was packed. Nothing bad at all to say about our visit but a suggestion would be to maybe put a one way system in place as when it was at its busiest it was extremely chaotic with people walking here there and everywhere.

535amies

I went here for a first date, the best first date ever! We stuffed our faces and looked like right old fatties together. Or maybe I was the bigger fatty because I ate an extra couple of plates more. But who’s counting aye. We got an hour train to visit, we drank some bevs in the train and proceeded to make our way to COSMO!!!!!! Let the night begin. The chicken satays are not chicken satays. More like rubbber in sauce. Although I did eat a few of them hehe. I’ll feel them in the morning I’m sure. The food was good other than that, I did enjoy my 6 plates of food. I forgot to try the pineapple though, I heard it makes you taste nice (if you know you know). The staff were very attentive and stood waiting for us to finish so they could take our plates. No dirty dishes on their watch! I’d definitely go again although I was kicked out for drinking with my head under the chocolate fountain and shouting ‘screw revolution de cuba’ lol. Whilst my head was under, there was this guy pushing in front of all the kids wanting to put chocolate all over his Yorkshire puddings. Strange thing to do, you do you. One kid was left crying because a chocolate Yorkshire was dropped on his head on the way back through the crowd. Think his wife left after that because I heard her call him a greedy man after he said he wouldn’t pay for his kids to eat. I would have offered to pay for them but I only get so much money from universal credit per month. I would also like to say that Revolution de Cuba has nothing on Cosmo! No drugged up staff :)

TheChickenSkewerRevi

Where do I blooming start?! More choice in here than a rich man in the red light district. I ate 4 plates to myself, and even had a little food too, hehe only joking, but seriously this place is great. Any new comers, brace yourself for fun and food as you weave your way through the crowds to find flavours far and wide. Don’t get me started on how nice the toilets are, that’s a whole other review. Personally my favourite was the chocolate fountain, hadn’t tried it on Yorkshire puddings before, but talk about yuuuumeeeeee I would have paid double if the wife hadn’t ran off with all my money and taken the kids (Cleopatra if you’re reading this please answer) For all this and more, I give it a 4/5, it would be 5/5 if I could have stayed longer, but they practically had to drag me away (something about “we’ve been closed for 20 minutes”) Saw some random bint drinking straight from under the chocolate fountain and then screaming “SCREW REVOLUTION DE CUBA”… bit weird, think she was on a first date, poor bloke.

Departure09355296869

Great customer service from yana and management I would recommend this restaurant for all visit even if your taking a partner on a first date

MADTourers

Went for our marriage Anniversary with my wife and little one as I've been here multiple times with my friends and have done some office dinner as well but this time super disappointed as the food was not up to the mark e.g NAAN was almost sticking to the serving tray (no refill). Thai food was way below standard. My little one enjoyed dessert and a chocolate fountain hence a bit of consolation prize. Big disappointment this time, especially on our special occasion!

Robert Boccaccio

The good the bad and the uglyThe GoodWonderful lively atmosphereAwesome variety of mostly Asian foods.. It's ethnic tapas on steroidsThe turkey and beef carvery were pretty good tooIt's all you can eat..and eat all I could I definitely did.Great variety of desertsThe badIt costs £20 a head and the drinks are expensive so go there when your hungry and prepared to eat.It's tight for space with tables close togetherThe uglyThere wasn't any. All the staff are pretty good looking too.Would highly recommend

logas2022

Yesterday, group of 4 of us as a family went there after 1 year, but the whole atmosphere seems changed for bad, sorry 1/ less number of choices for buffet meals, 2/ quality, taste were severely deteriorated, low, compared to our previous visits 3/ only 1hours 30minutes was allowed to complete everything, with a clock placed in front of us,, after paying nearly £20 per person. The time is calculated from booking time, not from sitting time (there was a delay in sitting time) 4/ waiter came every few minutes , from 30minutes before the end time, to remind us to say they need the table at 7pm with no reason , nevertheless it was not busy

91pippaw

The food was very nice and a great selection although some dishes were a bit lukewarm so may have been there a bit too long

MLVReading

Pretty poor experience. Most of the Asian food consisted of various badly cooked lumps of meat swimming is some kind of unpleasant sauce. A lot of the food was cold, having been left out for too long. Very noisy and chaotic environment, with people constantly running into you in the hunt for food. Desserts were extremely poor, very little choice other than ice cream and a few small cakes. At £45 for two I will definitely NOT be visiting again soon!

462TonyJ

18 April 2022 Had a great meal here today, been to a few "world buffet" restaurants over the years & this one has outdone all of them. massive selection, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, sushi, British, plus loads more & decent deserts. Friendly, helpful staff. Will definitely be back here.

ZedA07

I thought the oriental food was good, the Indian not so much, nor the other foods. I think it would be nicer if they stuck with the Far Eastern food. However, that said, good value for money.

Danah Alru

Great place for family celebrations. We celebrated my mums birthday here✨ the staff were very accommodating where they helped us choose a quite table and they prepared the birthday candles ? that was soo kind from them!The food was delicious and they had a halal options which was great ?? the verity was amazing where there was something for each member of our family to enjoy there was eastern food, Asian dishes and many more.The desserts ? area was very nice and they were delicious.The interior is also beautiful and the lighting and decor gives a nice calming vibe and the seats are very comfortable. Service is also very fast ?.Overall it’s an amazing place here in Reading and I recommend making a reservation a head so you won’t have to wait!

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COSMO World Buffet Restaurant | Reading

35-38 Friar St, Reading, Berkshire RG1 1DX
0118 959 5588