Restaurant chain Buzz is to shut three self-service buffets due to lack of trade.

The self-service selections at the firm’s outlets in the Esso City gas station, the Hamilton Pharmacy and Pitts Bay Road in Pembroke will all cease operations today.

Counter service will continue as normal at all three locations.

The buffet service, however, will remain at the Buzz outlet in Pembroke’s Bakery Lane and in the AIG building in Hamilton.

Buzz managing director Holger Eiselt said: “The volumes for the buffet are not strong enough — the food is not turning over fast enough.

“The demand really isn’t there. Our menu is quite extensive and there are a lot of other menu items which are more popular.”

But Mr Eiselt said that there were plans to replace the buffet selection with another service.

He added: “We are going to replace the buffet. There is a new concept that’s going to be implemented — but I can’t discuss it at the moment.”

Buzz opened its first restaurant in October 2005 on the first floor of Washington Mall in Hamilton. It now has a total of 11 restaurants around the Island and employs more than 80 people.

A Buzz at Bermuda College opened in 2010, but later closed due a drop in student numbers.

In 2013, Thomas Mayer, who at the time was general manager, said the firm would focus on consolidation rather than expansion and “refine our concept and offer people a healthier lifestyle, especially the young ones.”