HOURS:  Catering for Lunch, Dinner, and Special Affairs; Tuesday through Sunday (They can accommodate 20 to 150 people); Office hours Tuesday through Sunday noon to 9 p.m.

CREDIT CARDS:  All major

HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE:  Yes

If it’s good food, music, dancing and family-style fun you’re looking for, Villa Marcello is the place to be on Thursday’s — an International Night Buffet where friends and family meet for fun and good conversation.

Classic décor, dressed tables and uniformed waiters are the setting for over 100 diners who gather at the Villa from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. for special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, club parties, or just a night out.

My dining companion and I were escorted to a table where a lively group of Thursday night regulars were passing around the bread and cold antipasto, and had no problem telling us to “dig in.” The group from Brooklyn dines at the Villa at least once a month or more because, “it’s a family-like atmosphere, music, dance, and great food,” said Anthony West, “and you can’t beat it for the money,” his friend Robert Nicholas chimed in.

Talk about food, there were 11 different dishes on the buffet through the evening, plus a carving table of a “cooked to perfection,” ham.

The continuous buffet that varies weekly includes a special pasta selection, mussels in tomato sauce, a veal, chicken, and fish dish, and eggplant parmesan, all prepared in northern Italian and Continental style.

There’s something for everyone at $20 per adult and $10 per child including tax and tip, with unlimited soda, beer and wine on the table.

Pat Hayler of Howard Beach was surprised when 45 friends, relatives and her seven grandchildren showed up for her 70th birthday party.

But she’s a regular at the Villa and wouldn’t have wanted a party anyplace else.

Partygoers were just getting ready for an evening of dancing to the international and current sounds of D.J Jimmy V while disco lights swirled around crystal chandeliers when my friend and I said good night to our newfound friends.