Kuishin Bo (Suntec City)

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omgosh i was so full after this buffet! i got terrible indigestion and couldn't sleep at night cos of that :( haha but the buffet was GOOD!!! don't get me wrong haha. i thoroughly enjoyed it. just that i think too much of good food just doesnt have a good effect on me. oh wells.

fat juicy prawns! that's the kind of fresh seafood you get at kushin-bo, with all the other stuff like mussles, clams and crab legs. i loved the myriad of sauces that came with the seafood. i drowned my mussels in lime and sweet chili and it was DELICIOUS. and the crab legs were super fun to eat! hahaha. honestly, my sisters HATE crab, but they had a whole lot of fun using the utensil to poke the meat out from one end of the hollow crab leg. when it's so easy to eat, of course it's delicious xD the salad bar was also really interesting, with a whole variety of salads (none of the boring veggies) like smoked duck salad, potato salad, SWEET POTATO salad (this was really interesting!), pumpkin salad, turkey bacon salad (haha so should you feel sinful or healthy i wonder?) and a couple of others.

there was also a teppanyaki counter, where you could order stuff and they'll cook it for you on the spot. i tried this egg wrap thingy which was really delicious! :) and there are also marinated like chicken teriyaki (not really good cos it was pretty dry) and all sorts of tempura (i LOVED the soft shell crab! it was beautifully done).

the sushi too was pretty yummy, with sufficient variety. i must always restrain myself from eating too much carbo at buffets. if not i'll just feel soooo full. there are also dishes around to try, but i wasnt very impressed by any of them. the soba looked goooood! but i was trying to cut down on the carbo so i didnt try it :( sighpie. and i heard that the ginseng scallop porridge was good too! hmm coming from my sis who doesnt really like the taste of ginseng (and she said that it was rather mild), i suppose you can give it a shot even if you dont like ginseng either?

one super interesting feature at this buffet were the little green teapots of soup! it was sooooo cute! :) and the broth inside was really flavourful :)

i also enjoyed the japanese soup in that kind of paper pot (omg i suddenly forgot what it's called!!). it was so healthy :) chock full of ingredients like cabbage, tofu, carrots, fishcake and glass noodles, it was such a wholesome dish.

lastly on to desserts! :D there was such an exciting range of goodies that i just HAD to try everything!!! even though i was super full already >.< i loved the fondue machine - there were quite a number of different cookies to go with it! :D and there were chocolate cakes, mango cakes, peach tarts (loveeee!), creme brulee, tiramisu (DELICiOUS! super rich though! and possibly the cause of my insomnia that night) eclairs, different types of chocolate, cupcakes, jellies, etc. so many to try!!! super awesome :)

and one more thing! the restaurant has this 'special offer' thing every one hour or half an hour or so, where a special dish is introduced, and it's only limited to 20 portions! my family got to eat the cheesy lobster!!!! fastest fingers first! go go go! :)

I enjoyed the salmon, beef and chicken. Especially salmon was good. Tempura here better. it was not soggy, still crunchy and hot and not totally drenched in oil. i liked the prawn, soft shell crab. oh and tried the flower crab. quite good. there was meat in it and not just the shell with little meat. i ate one only as i couldnt be bothered to dirty my fingers.

The sushi was limited to nigiri- salmon, unagi, tamago, and some others. maki was quite intresting, had mango and apple maki items, but i enjoyed the soft shell crab. Chawanmushi was nice and served piping hot and silky and good.pidan tofu tasted like plain tofu to me. 

Overall the experience was good and service was acceptable too.

I went there many years ago, at Suntec branch.  I liked this place alot, as the buffet and the specialty that limited to the first maybe 30 customers. But then I forgotten about it, till my friend told me that she and her family are going to have dinner at there.  Theirs will be at Jurong branch.

Bong bong bong~



Kuishin Bo is a great place for large group dinning. If you are comparing with japanese buffets that could be found in most malls, then Kuishin Bo is the best place for japanese food. If you're paying for $30 for a regular japanese buffet where all you get to eat was sushi sushi and sushi... Why not pay another $20 more for better and wider selection of food?! 

At Kuishin Bo, they offer fresh sashimi, prawns, and crabs! These are the must have! Free flow drinks and ice-cream (there's green tea ice-cream!!!)! They offer quality tea such as, Earl Grey, English Tea, etc, those you get from coffee house!

Another thing special about Kuishin Bo is their hourly deal. Once you heard the song, bong bong bong~~~~, you got to rush to the food area to get exclusive food! Sometimes they give out lobsters, other times they give out desserts. You really got to act fast as you know our typical singaporeans traits - the kiasu-ness!

Kuishin Bo is really the best place for affordable japanese buffet!!!! You just got to try! It is about $52 each pax... Inclusive of GST & service charge!!! They have other great promotions (ladies night, etc) going on as well so you might want to check out their website. 

I love the dessert section.. Yummy.

You can get discount if your birthday falls on Tuesday.

Visited this restaurant for the first time after I heard many people give good comments about it.We had a party of about 8 people and their tables are un-moveable so we had to sit seperate, but next to each other.

Salad options- 1 seafood option, the rest all just common vegetables and fruits. Heavy on the mayonaise. I didn't take a lot, I'm not much of a salad person.

Cold seafood options- sashimis, sushis, snow crab legs, mussels, large shrimp. I liked the sashimi. I think they had about 3 different kinds- salmon, tuna and some white fish thing. They had  nice variety of sushi as well that I really liked. The handroll was the obnoxious kind with plastic wrap around the seaweed so you had to take it out and roll it back yourself. I thought the soy sauce dispenser designed like a water dispenser was cute and smart lol. I also really enjoyed the 2 different kinds of crab legs and shrimp and mussels. Seafood is one of my favorite things. They had 4 or 5 different kinds of sauces that you could try. What I didn't like was that all the seafood was on ice. I think it just enhances the taste of frozen, thawed and cooked foods.

They had Chawamushi which was nice and average. Some cooked foods like noodles, curry, stewed vegetables, all which I tried a little of as they didn't look so appetizing- and tasted the way they looked. There was 2 different kids of soup as I remember- miso and "sharks fin" with of course no fin. The miso was nice (not like its hard), the sharkfin would disgrace the sharks.

They had a table of fried foods. The tempura was nice. Thats all I really liked. The rest was all really cheap foods like hot dogs and mushrooms that were deepfried. The softshell crab looking thing had too much oil. Beef brisket type thing was minced into mush.

The made to order booth was average a well. The smoked duck was nice but they gave us 3 slices the size of half my pinky finger and 3 large pieces of frozen-fried roti prata. 1 duck can probably last them a month at this rate. Beef pieces that looked like a small handful of peas-but brown were overcooked. The scallops were nice as were the grilled salmon- if you were lucky to get a meaty slice :)

They had some noode options. Cold green noodles, hot udon, ramen etc. I had the seafood udon. Not bad, with 1 shrimp, 1 mussle and some vege. I liked the soup pot they had as well. Mostly the soup part, it had alot of vegetables in it.

The dessert spread was wonderful! I loved the tarts and chocolates and cakes. Very nice. The large variety of drinks was also nice. You could choose between maybe 20 types of tea, the regular sodas or italien sodas and cofee.

The thing I REALLY did not like- and hope they do not have in Japan- is the thing where a bell goes off and they announce that the first 20 or so people to go to the counter will get a special dish that apparently they only made some of. People literally run and push and queue for this thing. Absolutely classless.First there has to be some sort of danger with people sprinting around the establishment and second, everyone pays the same price, why must we fight for exclusive food? I suggest they do like sushi tei and quietly approach a table offering a plate per table or something. It is much more polite and dignified. I don't want to have to go through WWIII for a piece of lobster or feel like I'm missing out.

Staff wise on the floor were alright with the picking up used plates. Not fast and efficient, but did their jobs. The ones behind the counter-unsmiling and rude. They act as if they hate their jobs and it was wrong of me to ask if there was squid-which I don't like in some of the sushis.

All in all I think Kushinbo is way overrated. I can eat at much nicer japanese or international buffets for the same price.

Overall, a decent buffet - the food is good, the selection is OK, and there is something for everyone. They have a deal going, buffet for $25 if you stay for under an hour. For lunch this is a pretty good deal, so we gave it a try.

The sushi and sashimi is a bit average - only a few of each, not too much of a range. They do have the largest serving of wasabi I have ever seen, and their other selection of tempura is pretty awesome - like the soft shell crab. In addition, fresh prawns, mussels and some other random shellfish are there to please the hardcore buffet eaters and thankfully the serviettes are free flow.

For the cook to order stuff, I got the garlic prawns, and they were not too bad. They also had sharks fin soup which is disappointing as these poor creatures do not need to be massacred for any "celebration". Finally the desserts were pretty fantastic - a chocolate fountain and lots of marshmallows, also the creme brulee was awesome.

Just a reminder to add the tax and service charge in to the price - but overall a place worth stopping by if you are hungry.

went with 2 other friends for dinner. 

we thought that there was not as much variety as we hoped for an almost $50 buffet. the cooked section was mediocre, the salmon was soggy and the spaghetti was dry and powdery. 

sashimi wasn't that fresh. however i enjoyed the paper soup thingy. the staff there were good though, prompt and courteous.

don't think i will return, it's just too expensive for the variety and quality available.

Had eaten there for a few times already.. Dun mind the price of the buffet usually due to the fresh food serve. However, had a bad experience today. Went in as usual with my wife, cost of buffet $41+++..

Started with cold crab as usual, meat is powdery. Lack sweetness and taste fishy. Told my wife to stop eating immediately as she's pregnant.

Went on with sashimi, tuna is too chewy, slimy and fishy... Another sign of the lack of freshness.

The last straw came when I took the seafood paper steamboat. Guess wat, prawn is powdery too...

Signal to the waitress, in which shepromptly remove without offering an explanation. The supervisor cameo me awhile later and offer to replace me a newone.... "a gesture seemingly insincere as this is a buffet" I could have taken one myself.

Shefurtheradded that I could do a feedback on the quality of food which seems ridiculous tome.

Wat's worst was I was still charge the fullbill for the stale buffet.

Not that I fancy a discount but dun u think that would pacify an unhappy customer who had eATen all the low quality food?

Nevertheless paidand walk away, I swear that this would be the last time I visit this restaurant since the quality of food had gone down the drain

The sashimi is sliced very small and its soft, suitable for smurfs. The ramen and tempura section is ok. The dessert is bad. I ate a chocolate puff which went bad. That ruined my appetitite so I left before they could say dong, dong, dong.