Macau's Best Value Fine Dining Restaurants
Macau is home to 19 Michelin-starred restaurants which cement the city’s reputation as a leading culinary destination in the region. Moreover, Macau is also known for being a city where fine dining is relatively more affordable – especially if you opt for the set lunchtime menus. On average, fine dining meals in Macau are said to be 10-30% cheaper than in neighbouring Hong Kong. Here’s some of our favourite spots in Macau to enjoy fine food for a relative bargain…
1. Golden Flower
Restaurant, Chinese
The two-Michelin starred Golden Flower located on the ground floor of Wynn Macau is worthy of all the hype. The opulent setting gives the feeling you are dining like royalty. Here they primarily serve Tan cuisine – named after the master chef who invented it, Tan Zongjun, a Qing dynasty official, it’s a blend of the best northern and southern Chinese cooking. Tan cuisine uses labour-intensive cooking methods to preserve the flavours of the food.
Try the speciality Michelin menu where highlights include braised “three treasures” (abalone, fish maw and matsutake mushroom) in a supreme chicken broth. Another highlight is the juicy, tender broiled beef, served hot inside a crispy, flaky sesame puff – the most authentic way to enjoy this Lu-style dish. Service is exceptional – all staff are attentive and knowledgeable about the origins and history of the dishes. The restaurant’s tea sommelier is also on hand to pair a variety of China’s premium teas with your food. Dining here is a real treat and the reasonable prices (lunch starts from just MOP$250) is a steal for a two-Michelin starred restaurant of this calibre.
2. Wing Lei Palace
Restaurant, Chinese
For restaurants with wow factor, Wing Lei Palace tops the list. Opened last year at the US$4.1 billion Wynn Palace, it’s a stunning setting – a theatrical three-tiered gold and jade green-toned dining room offering excellent views of Wynn Palace’s Performance Lake. You could say that dining here is as much a visual feast as it is a culinary one. However, the food is no less impressive than the aesthetics and they serve up Cantonese cuisine at its finest.
For a limited time, until 21 September 2017, the restaurant offers a one-year anniversary menu for the special price of MOP$1,111. The standout dish is the melt in the mouth barbecued pork with honey, known locally as (char siu). Local delicacies like abalone wrapped in lotus leaf and a delicious main of deep-fried marinated cod fish are worthy of mention. The restaurant also offers an extensive a la carte menu and over 40 different kinds of dim sum (small bite-sized portions of food) starting from just MOP$48. Given the setting, quality of food and impeccable service, dining at this palace is worthy of kings.
3. The Tasting Room
Restaurant, French
5. The Eight
Restaurant, Chinese
Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.
Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.
Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.
Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.
We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.
- Post ID: 1469547
- Sponsored? No
- View Payload