
Best restaurants in Macau
Counters, dining rooms and neighbourhood favourites, chosen for the way they actually eat — not for how loudly they market.


Cantonese • $$$$
Jade Dragon
City of Dreams' dark-lacquer flagship: barbecue pork, abalone, and precise tea pairings.
Best for: Special Occasion

Bakery • $
Lord Stow's Bakery
Coloane's original Portuguese egg tart, still baked to Andrew Stow's 1989 recipe.
Best for: Breakfast / Family

Fine Dining • $$$$
Robuchon au Dôme
Three stars on the 43rd floor of Grand Lisboa, with a wine list the size of a phone book.
Best for: Special Occasion


Cantonese • $$$$
Wing Lei Palace
Wynn Palace's lakeside Cantonese room — three stars, and the dim sum service to prove it.
Best for: Special Occasion / Family

Portuguese • $$
Fernando's
A brick shack on Hác Sá beach: suckling pig, house red in jugs, cash only, no air conditioning.
Best for: Groups / Lunch

Noodles • $
Loi Kei Noodles
Old-town wonton and shrimp-roe noodles in bowls the size of a fist — the local breakfast.
Best for: Breakfast / Solo Dining

Macanese • $$
Restaurante Litoral
Minchi, curry crab and serradura in a wood-panelled room that predates the casino boom.
Best for: Family / Lunch

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