Another fortnight, another Specials board – our new series helping make your dining dollar go further. This time around, we’re finding excellence in excess, collating some of the best all-you-can-eat (and drink) offers across Melbourne. Hope you’re hungry.

$39 bottomless pierogi at Eat Pierogi Make Love, Brunswick East

At Eat Pierogi Make Love – the friendly Lygon Street diner from popular food truck Pierogi Pierogi – Monday nights have been rechristened as Pierogi Infiniti. It’s a chance for you to find out how many Polish dumplings you can down in one sitting. Godspeed.

161 Lygon Street, Brunswick East, eatpierogimakelove.com

$40 bottomless moules frites at Bar Margaux, CBD

Feeling French, but also feeling frugal? Start your week at late-night brasserie Bar Margaux and tick both boxes simultaneously. On Mondays from 5pm, $40 gets you as many mussels as you like – in a garlicky white-wine broth – with a side of fries.

Basement, 111 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, barmargaux.com.au

$69 bottomless brunch buffet at Half Acre, South Melbourne

Every weekend, south-side stunner Half Acre does the brunch buffet of your dreams. Load your plate with vibrant vegie dishes, smoked and maple-glazed salmon and more, plus there are made-to-order dishes. And you can add on free-flowing booze for $29.

112 Munro Street, South Melbourne, halfacre.com.au

$59 endless oysters and fries at Firebird, Prahran

How many oysters is too many oysters? Find out at the Vietnamese-inspired Firebird’s Endless Lunch, only on weekends. The freshly shucked oysters come with house condiments and citrus; the fries, with lemongrass satay, and there are add-ons aplenty.

223 High Street, Prahran, firebirdmelbourne.com.au

$48 all-you-can-eat charcoal chicken at Henrietta, Windsor

Sydney import Henrietta is about as fancy as charcoal-chicken shops get. But finger-lickin’ feasts are still encouraged, especially at lunchtime on weekends and dinner on Mondays, when the chook is unlimited, alongside toum, hummus, fattoush and pickles.

75a Chapel Street, Windsor, henriettachicken.com

$49 non-stop noods at New Quarter, Richmond

What’s better than noodles? Non-stop noodles. That’s the lure at modern Vietnamese spot New Quarter at lunch on weekends. For less than $50, slurp your way through shaking-beef vermicelli, duck-floss egg noodles and more, and get two bite-sized snacks.

79 Swan Street, Richmond, newquarter.com.au

$64 unlimited yum cha at David’s, Prahran

Do yum cha and bill shock go hand in hand for you? Go all-you-can-eat on the weekend at David’s, a beacon for Shanghainese cuisine since 1999. Expect all the usual suspects (soupy xiao long bao, prawn-and-pork shu mai) as well as a separate vegan menu.

4 Cecil Place, Prahran, davidsrestaurant.com.au

$30 endless wings at Belles Hot Chicken, Fitzroy, CBD and Docklands

Bottomless is always available at fried-chicken specialist Belles Hot Chicken. Spend $30 for an hour-and-a-half of power to work your way through as many wings as you can (of your preferred spice level) with crinkle-cut fries and slaw. Don’t wing it: come hungry.

150 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy; 147 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne; belleshotchicken.com

$110 lunch & linger (with endless drinks) at Nomad, CBD

Level up your next long lunch at Flinders Lane favourite Nomad. On weekends, your Euro-leaning share-style feast ($65, food only) comes with bottomless beer, wine and spritzes (one with house-made limoncello and another with Rhubi Mistelle, a local rhubarb aperitif).

Basement, 187 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, nomad.melbourne

$66 sip & setto (with bottomless drinks) at Yakimono, CBD

The Japanese-inspired Yakimono is really firing up the good times for lunchtime diners. From noon to 4pm Friday to Sunday, the bevs are bottomless (including a vodka-spiked pink-hibiscus spritz, plus beer and wine) alongside a shared selection of menu faves.

80 Collins Street, Melbourne, yakimono.com.au

$29 all-you-can-eat Thai at Vivid, Hawthorn

This recently opened inner-east restaurant focuses on spicy southern Thai specialities. But weekend lunches are all about classic Thai dishes, which are all-you-can-eat for 90 minutes for $29. The menu ranges from massaman curry to pad see ew and beyond.

616 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, instagram.com/vividcafelounge

$69 bottomless brunch at Hotel Jesus, Collingwood

Whether your poison is a Tommy’s marg, a grapefruit paloma or a classic sangria, you’re sorted at Mexican joint Hotel Jesus’s boozy brunch on Fridays and Saturdays. The drinks are free-flowing; the food isn’t, but it’s plentiful, featuring tacos and churros.

174 Smith Street, Collingwood, hoteljesus.com.au

$45 bottomless butter chicken at Chapati, Fairfield

Every Sunday in June, Station Street’s vibrant Indian eatery Chapati is making its crowd-pleasing butter chicken even more so. The team has added a limited-time-only bottomless option to the menu, which includes rice. Talk about a winter warmer.

120 Station Street, Fairfield, chapati.au

$29 bottomless dimmies and dumplings at The Hall, Brunswick

Sydney Road’s casual drinking and dining precinct Welcome to Brunswick has a new lure: bottomless dimmies and dumplings in its adjoining events space, The Hall. Tuesday to Friday nights, it’s a roving affair of steamed, pan-fried and deep-fried delights.

408 Sydney Road, Brunswick, thehallbrunswick.com.au

$59 bottomless barbecue and booze at Bluestone American BBQ, Coburg

Yes, barbecue and booze. From noon to 3pm Saturdays and noon to 9pm Sundays, this no-frills north-side spot has an all-you-can-eat set menu starring smoked chicken chops, Cuban-style pulled pork and heaps more, with sides like fries and fire-roasted peppers.

470 Sydney Road, Coburg, bluestoneamericanbbq.com