We have been to Fortuna many times and are always very impressed.
The food is amazing, always fresh and it changes every now and then with the seasonal menu.
I’m pretty sure you could not find a quality buffet meal with 3 courses (always 2 delicious freshly made soups) and a fantastic cheese plate with the range of selection that fortuna has for the price it offers. Plus the unique DIY salad station is such a great idea.
We have been to valentines in the past and have been utterly disgusted by the food they have on offer and would never dine with them again. So if you are looking for a very reasonably priced buffet in auckland Fortuna should definitely be your pick. Food is great, staff are friendly and helpful and you will have an awesome time.

Fortuna is a restaurant our family goes to a lot when we’re in Auckland. Its a really nice and it’s always got something you want.

I like the service, the environment and the amount of seating it has.

The food is great fun.

Went there last year. Food was yum. The chef made my sister her own fresh cooked fish because she has allergies to lots of foods. Going again soon.

I have been here quite a few times with family and friends. Some days it would be packed bt I found that if you go after 8pm you won’t end up standing in a line queue. However the price is ridiculously expensive I guess the view and surrounding must count for it. With their breads their was a dead insect in their so we stayed well away from it. They have oysters which is what I like their food are delicious but I like their desert especially the choc mousse in the lil cup. They always have two soups on but Im not a soup person I love the pasta.

OK, unlike your usual run at Valentines (needless to say they are so overated now!!!), Fortuna does have a nice, and I mean NICE (not perfect) selection of food… I wont say I dined there as this would be killing it for those fancy people who eat at flash restaurants but I did eat there with my partner, sister and her partner. The seafood was…. well yes they did have it. The OTHER selection of food was nice aswell… I loved the Ice Cream machine which brought back nightmares of working in my sisters cafe truck shop (that’s a good thing), ohh or the runny soup like stuff i got from another ice cream machine at another family buffet restaurant – you don’t need to be a genuis to figure that one out… Overall a nice place if you want to eat and chat loudly over a meal with friends or family…

Really loved Fortuna. The food was nice and hot. If people go I recommend you go on a Sunday because the seafood special is really worth the price. Something I like about this buffet. The atmosphere is nice and modern unlike other buffets , Ive been to VIP Valentines. The food was the best. SO much desserts to choose from the salad bar and even the Hot Chocolate machine although it was a bit to rich and I had to add some milk onto it. The 2 soups, Potato soup I think and the Broccoli. Really good soups I ended up hogging the soups haha

Went here last night for my daughters 21st. Would NEVER go here again. Waited in line for 25mins to find only 7 main meals and it was mostly fried food. No one went back for seconds because we didnt want to wait that long in line again. Not a variety of desserts and all the kids could eat was ice cream. Overall a massive waste of money.Then they tried to charge me $7.50 each for two peaople that didnt turn up.
You can pay less and get more basic variety of food from Valentines…

first time there friendly service.
delicious food!
going again!!!!!

I dined in fortuna over the weekend and have not been able to stop thinking about my experience there.
The staff were so friendly and helpful, it is nice to see people who are generally happy to be providing you with service. The food was ok, a lot better than I was expecting, and very reasonably priced.

Quality is always fine the the price is good, been here a heap of times before and always come away happy.

The food at Fortuna is pretty basic – most of it originally seeming to come from a packet. I was here just a week ago, and saw the chef making the mashed potato from a packet of potato flakes… that’s a typical example.

Valentines is definitely a better option for similar money. In fact, almost any buffet anywhere in Auckland is probably better value in terms of food quality.

I can speak highly of the Seafood Buffet (which has plenty of non-seafood items too) in the Observatory restaurant in the SkyTower – that’s about $50 a head for dinner, but the view and overall food quality make it good value for money.

Fortuna pales in comparison. Saying that they have a very cheap lunch deal for $9.98, and a cheap 5pm-6.30pm buffet dinner for $14.98 until the end of June – phone 0800 skycity to book (essential). This price promotion makes the buffet actually very good value… but only on this temporary basis.

Why have they reduced / almost halved the prices? Probably because the reputation is so poor -because we’re all sick of the packet type buffet fare… maybe this latest promotion is a chance to make things better.

Watch this space!

Food is ok nothing special at all, as I would expect better from this place, food at Valentines Lincoln Rd has far greater variety same quality for the same price….Come on Fortuna

Top service. Food is always lovely. My nephew is allergic to dairy and the chef even made him his own special dairy free meal!