Macau Restaurants: the 56 Best Places to Eat in Macau

Macau restaurants run from three-star Cantonese dining rooms in the casino towers to Portuguese tascas that have been serving the same bacalhau for decades. Between those two sits Macanese food, the Portuguese and Cantonese hybrid you will not find cooked properly anywhere else. This guide lists 56 of the best restaurants in Macau, grouped by cuisine, each with an address. The casino resorts reshuffle their restaurant floors constantly, and the list below has been pruned to the rooms still operating. If you find one that is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

What to eat in Macau

UNESCO named Macau a Creative City of Gastronomy in 2017, and the reason is Macanese cooking: Portuguese technique, Cantonese ingredients and spices carried in from Portugal’s trading posts in Africa, India and Southeast Asia. Most of it started as home cooking in Macanese families, which is why it tastes better in a small room than a buffet. Six things carry the city.

Egg tarts. The Macau egg tart is a cousin of the Lisbon pastel de nata, not a copy. Andrew Stow opened Lord Stow’s Bakery in Coloane Village in 1989 and created his own recipe the following year. When the franchises opened from 1997, that tart set off an egg-tart craze across Asia. The original shop is still on Coloane’s town square at 1 Rua do Tassara. Buy them hot.

Pork chop bun. A bone-in pork chop, marinated and fried, stuffed into a crusty bun that is mostly air. No sauce, no salad. Tai Lei Loi Kei at 35 Rua Correia da Silva in Taipa Village is the name everyone queues at. Eat it with milk tea.

Minchi. Minced pork or beef fried with diced potato, onion and soy, usually topped with a fried egg and eaten over rice. Everyday Macanese home cooking, and the plainest test of a Macanese kitchen.

African chicken (galinha a africana). Grilled chicken in a thick, spicy sauce of chili, garlic, coconut and peanut. Most Portuguese and Macanese menus in town carry a version.

Serradura. “Sawdust” in Portuguese: crushed biscuit layered with sweetened cream and served cold. The usual dessert after a Portuguese meal here.

Almond cakes. Crumbly almond cookies pressed in wooden molds and sold by the bag on Rua do Cunha in Taipa and around Senado Square. The edible souvenir.

Curried crab, bacalhau (salt cod) cooked a dozen ways and pato de cabidela (duck in blood sauce) round out the Macanese table.

How to find the best restaurants in Macau

Macau splits into three eating zones. The old peninsula, around Senado Square, St. Lazarus and the streets running down toward the A-Ma Temple, holds the old Portuguese and Macanese rooms and the Cantonese canteens. Taipa Village, across the bridge, packs more good food per street than anywhere else in Macau: pork chop buns, egg tarts and Portuguese lunches within a five-minute walk. Cotai is the casino strip, and that is where the money is, along with many of the stars. Coloane, at the southern tip, is beach and village, and worth the trip for Fernando’s and Lord Stow’s alone.

The 2026 Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macau recognizes 59 Macau restaurants: two at three stars, six at two and thirteen at one. Every three- and two-star room is on this list, and each entry below gives its 2026 rating. Starred rooms want booking weeks ahead. The Portuguese tascas, noodle shops and bun counters take no bookings at all, and even Fernando’s, a full sit-down restaurant, does not take them.

Money: the pataca (MOP) is pegged at MOP 1.03 to HK$1, and Hong Kong dollars are generally taken at par. Paying in HKD costs you about 3 percent, which matters on a big dinner and not on a pork chop bun.

Portuguese and Macanese restaurants in Macau

Portugal ran Macau until 1999, and Portuguese cooking is still the city’s second home cuisine. Most of the best rooms are small, family-run and nowhere near a casino. Here are 13 of them.

#1: UTM Educational Restaurant

The training restaurant of the Macao University of Tourism (formerly IFT), cooking Macanese, Portuguese and Western dishes. It has held a Michelin Bib Gourmand since 2013 and added a Michelin Green Star in 2026. Closed Sundays and public holidays. Address: Colina de Mong-Ha

#2: Mariazinha

A small family-run Portuguese room near the Ruins of St. Paul’s, known locally for francesinha, bacalhau and pica-pau. Address: G/F, 8 Rua de Santa Filomena

#3: Clube Militar de Macau

Portuguese cooking in the flamingo-pink 1870 military club building on Praia Grande, open to the public since 1995. A full page of the menu is bacalhau. Address: 975 Avenida da Praia Grande

#4: O Santos

Two floors on Taipa Village’s main food street, run by a cook from the Alentejo, with football scarves on the walls. Roast octopus, cozido and feijoada. Address: 20 Rua do Cunha, Taipa

#5: A Lorcha

Named for a wooden trading ship and decorated like one, a few steps from the A-Ma Temple. Salt cod fritters, Macanese chicken and serradura. Address: 289A Rua do Almirante Sergio

#6: Fernando’s

On Hac Sa beach in Coloane since 1986. Clams, grilled chicken, homemade sangria and bread rolls. It takes no reservations and is usually packed, so arrive early. Address: 9 Praia de Hac Sa, Coloane

#7: Tomato

A small, cheap Portuguese and Macanese canteen off Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro. Address: Shop 4 and 6, G/F, Edificio Fu On, Travessa de Dom Quixote

#8: Portugalia

The Macau branch of the old Lisbon beer hall, in Taipa Village since 2015. Order the bitoque: steak, fried egg, fries. Address: G/F, 75 Rua dos Clerigos, Taipa

#9: Albergue 1601

Portuguese cooking in the courtyard of the old St. Lazarus quarter, under chef Pedro Almeida. Seafood rice, bacalhau a bras and roast suckling pig. Address: 8 Calcada da Igreja de S. Lazaro

#10: Antonio

A long-running Taipa Village dining room with tablecloths: seafood rice, grilled codfish, suckling pig. Address: 18-A and 18-B Rua dos Clerigos, Taipa

#11: Fado

Contemporary Portuguese on the mezzanine of the Hotel Royal, below Guia Hill. Dinner here is a proper occasion, priced like one. Address: M/F, Hotel Royal, 2-4 Estrada da Vitoria

#12: Guincho a Galera

Portuguese fine dining in the old Hotel Lisboa, the first overseas branch of Portugal’s Fortaleza do Guincho. Address: 3/F, Lisboa Tower, Hotel Lisboa, 2-4 Avenida de Lisboa

#13: Escada

Macanese and Portuguese food on the lane up to the cathedral. Address: 8 Rua da Se

The best Chinese restaurants in Macau

Cantonese cooking is the home cuisine, and Macau’s casino resorts have spent heavily on it: most of the city’s Michelin stars sit in Chinese dining rooms. Huaiyang, Hunan and Sichuan kitchens hold stars too, and northern, Shanghainese and Taiwanese ones fill in the casual end. Here are 18.

#1: Jade Dragon

Three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Cantonese fine dining at City of Dreams and the obvious first booking for a serious Chinese meal in Macau. Address: Level 2, City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#2: The Eight

Two Michelin stars in 2026. Cantonese fine dining in the Grand Lisboa, under the same roof as Robuchon au Dome. Address: 2/F, Grand Lisboa, Avenida de Lisboa

#3: Wing Lei

Two Michelin stars in 2026. Wynn Macau’s Cantonese dining room, and with The Eight one of the two starred Chinese rooms on the peninsula rather than in Cotai. Address: Wynn Macau, Rua Cidade de Sintra, NAPE

#4: Chef Tam’s Seasons

Two Michelin stars in 2026. Cantonese cooking at Wynn Palace, with a menu that turns over through the 24 solar terms of the Chinese calendar. Address: G/F, North Esplanade, Wynn Palace, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Cotai

#5: The Huaiyang Garden

Two Michelin stars in 2026. Huaiyang is the light, precise cooking of Jiangsu, long a fixture of state banquets, and this is the place in Macau to try it. Address: The Londoner Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#6: Feng Wei Ju

Two Michelin stars in 2026, a decade running. Hunan and Sichuan cooking, for the night you have had enough Cantonese restraint. Address: 5/F, StarWorld Hotel, Avenida da Amizade

#7: Zi Yat Heen

The Four Seasons’ Cantonese room, one Michelin star in 2026. Address: Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Estrada da Baia de N. Senhora da Esperanca, Cotai

#8: Lai Heen

One Michelin star in 2026. Chinese fine dining on the 51st floor of The Ritz-Carlton, under executive chef Jackie Ho. Address: 51/F, The Ritz-Carlton Macau, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#9: Golden Court

Traditional and contemporary Cantonese in the Sands Macao. Address: 3/F, Sands Macao, 203 Largo de Monte Carlo

#10: Vida Rica

Homemade dim sum and Chinese dishes with Western and Portuguese touches, in the Mandarin Oriental. Address: Mandarin Oriental Macau, Avenida Dr Sun Yat Sen, NAPE

#11: La Chine

Chinese fine dining on the sixth floor of the Parisian’s half-size Eiffel Tower. Address: Level 6, Eiffel Tower, The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#12: Crystal Jade

The Singapore group’s Shanghainese and Cantonese chain: xiao long bao, la mian, dim sum. There is a second branch at the Londoner. Address: Level 1, The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#13: North

Northern Chinese with a show kitchen in the middle of the room, where chefs fold dumplings and knife-cut noodles in front of you. Address: Shop 1015, Level 1, The Venetian Macao, Cotai

#14: Tim Ho Wan

The Hong Kong dim sum chain best known for baked barbecue pork buns. A second Macau branch is at the Londoner. Address: Shop 720, Level 3, The Venetian Macao, Cotai

#15: Sam Un Loja de Canja

A congee shop for an early Cantonese breakfast. Order the meatball congee. Address: G/F, 44 Rua da Caldeira

#16: Beijing Kitchen

Northern Chinese cooking at the Grand Hyatt, dumplings included. Address: Level 1, Grand Hyatt Macau, City of Dreams, Cotai

#17: Din Tai Fung

The Taiwanese soup-dumpling chain’s City of Dreams branch, with a vegetarian-friendly menu. Address: Level 2, SOHO at City of Dreams, Cotai

#18: Le Chinois

The Cantonese restaurant at the Sofitel at Ponte 16, overlooking the Inner Harbor. Address: 18/F, Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16, Rua do Visconde Paco de Arcos

French restaurants in Macau

Macau has two French dining rooms that matter, and both are among the most decorated restaurants in the city.

#1: Robuchon au Dome

Three Michelin stars in 2026. French fine dining under the dome that crowns the Grand Lisboa tower. Book weeks ahead. Address: Grand Lisboa, Avenida de Lisboa

#2: Alain Ducasse at Morpheus

Two Michelin stars in 2026, the eighth year running. Ducasse’s French restaurant in the Zaha Hadid-designed Morpheus tower. Address: Morpheus, City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

Japanese restaurants in Macau

Macau’s serious Japanese cooking lives in the resort hotels, from kaiseki at the old Lisboa to tempura at Altira. Here are 5.

#1: Mizumi

One Michelin star in the 2026 guide. Japanese fine dining at Wynn Palace, with a separate Sushi Mizumi counter in the same resort. Address: Wynn Palace, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Cotai

#2: Yamazato

The Hotel Okura’s Japanese restaurant, on the 28th floor. Address: 28/F, Hotel Okura Macau, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#3: Butao Ramen

The Hong Kong tonkotsu ramen shop’s Galaxy branch. Rich pork broth. Address: Shop G117, G/F, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#4: New Furusato

Kaiseki, sushi and sashimi airfreighted from Japan, in the old Hotel Lisboa. Address: 2/F, Hotel Lisboa, 2-4 Avenida de Lisboa

#5: Tenmasa

A tempura restaurant on the 11th floor of Altira. Address: 11/F, Altira Macau, Avenida de Kwong Tung, Taipa

Steakhouses in Macau

Macau’s steakhouses sit in the casino hotels, and they are priced like it. Here are 5.

#1: Copa Steakhouse

A Las Vegas-style steakhouse in the Sands Macao: warm lighting, big cuts. Address: 3/F, Sands Macao, 203 Largo de Monte Carlo

#2: SW Steakhouse

Wynn’s steakhouse at Wynn Palace, one of the resort’s signature restaurants. Address: Wynn Palace, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Cotai

#3: The Kitchen

The Grand Lisboa’s steakhouse. Address: Grand Lisboa, Avenida de Lisboa

#4: The Apron

Steak and seafood on the ground floor of Galaxy Macau. Address: Shop G108, G/F, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#5: Grill 58

MGM Cotai’s steak and seafood grill, cooking over wood, with a Himalayan pink salt aging room on display. Address: MGM Cotai, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Cotai

Pan-Asian, Thai and Indian restaurants in Macau

Macau has a large Thai and Southeast Asian community, and the cooking is better and cheaper than the size of the city suggests. The independents worth the trip are in Taipa; the one starred room is in Cotai. Here are 8.

#1: Aji

One Michelin star in 2026, its second year with one. Contemporary pan-Asian cooking at MGM Cotai. Address: MGM Cotai, Avenida da Nave Desportiva, Cotai

#2: Saffron

The Banyan Tree’s Thai restaurant, on the 31st floor at Galaxy Macau. Address: 31/F, Banyan Tree Macau, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#3: Naam

Traditional Thai at the Artyzen Grand Lapa, with tables indoors and out in the hotel’s garden. Address: Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau, 956-1110 Avenida da Amizade

#4: Tuk Tuk Thai Kitchen

A casual Taipa Thai kitchen: cheap, quick and generous. Address: G/F, Chun Fok Village, 275 Rua do Regedor, Taipa

#5: Market Bistro

A 24-hour French-Vietnamese bistro on Level 1 of the Parisian, the reliable late meal after the tables. Address: Level 1, The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#6: Papermoon Thai Cuisine

A neighborhood Thai room in Taipa, a short walk from the Macao Stadium. Address: Shop AP, G/F, 539 Avenida Olimpica, Taipa

#7: Goa Nights

Indian and Goan cooking with serious cocktails. Goa and Macau were both Portuguese, and some dishes cross over. Address: Shop E-G020-G021, G/F, Broadway Food Street, Broadway Macau, Cotai

#8: Indian Spice

Indian cooking with vegetarian and meat menus, in the NAPE district. Address: R/C BG, Vista Magnifica Court, 39 Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpcao

Seafood and hotel dining in Macau

The hotel dining rooms do seafood at scale, and the buffets are where most first-time visitors end up. Here are the 5 worth choosing deliberately.

#1: Belon

Seafood and grill at the Banyan Tree, named for the French oyster it serves. Address: Banyan Tree Macau, Galaxy Macau, Cotai

#2: Le Buffet

The Parisian’s international buffet, heavy on seafood. Address: Level 1, The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

#3: Mezza9 Macau

The Grand Hyatt’s multi-kitchen restaurant, with seafood among its open kitchens. Address: Level 3, Grand Hyatt Macau, City of Dreams, Cotai

#4: Belcancao

The Four Seasons’ buffet, with live stations, seasonal seafood and Macanese dishes, egg tarts included. Address: 1/F, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Estrada da Baia de N. Senhora da Esperanca, Cotai

#5: The Manor

The St. Regis’s all-day dining room. Address: The St. Regis Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai

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