"Do you offer buffets today?"

[Maybo]

I asked a staff member in a hotel, "Do you offer buffets today?"
The hotel doesn't have buffets everyday.

Is it correct to use "offer" in the above sentence?

 

[emsr2d2]

It's not natural.

Are you doing buffets/a buffet today?
Is there a buffet today?

 

[GoesStation]

Most places have a single buffet. You should ask whether it's open today.

 

[Maybo]

Most places have a single buffet. You should ask whether it's open today.

Do you mean "Is the restaurant open today"? The one I visited has lunch, tea and dinner buffets. When they don't do a buffet, they would let customers to order food and have waiters to serve. So the restaurant is still open but just don't do the buffet.

 

[Skrej]

I might also ask "Do you have a/the buffet today?"

 

[emsr2d2]

I assume the OP is referring to the kind of restaurant that has tables with a standard menu and table service, but sometimes does a buffet. There are a lot of pubs in the UK that do that. Monday to Saturday, they have a standard menu but on a Sunday they do a Sunday roast buffet.

 

[Tarheel]

Do you mean "Is the restaurant open today?"? The one I visited has lunch, tea and dinner buffets. When they don't do a buffet, they have table service. So the restaurant is still open, but they just don't do the buffet.

See above.

 

[GoesStation]

Do you mean "Is the restaurant open today"? The one I visited has lunch, tea and dinner buffets. When they don't do a buffet, they would let customers [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] order food and have waiters [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] serve it. So the restaurant is still open but just don't do the buffet.

No. If you want to know about the buffet, ask "Is the lunch/tea/dinner buffet open today?"

See above. You let someone do something or allow someone to do it.

 

[Tarheel]

To say they "let" the people order food makes it seem like they are doing them a favor. Instead, the whole purpose of a restaurant is to serve food.