Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Macau
Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards are the basis for this list of 34 restaurants in Macau, including 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Macau), Chef Tam's Seasons and Jade Dragon. These awards come from Wine Spectator. Several venues are in Cotai, Taipa and Macau Peninsula, and many of the restaurants hold Michelin stars.
We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order, so you can browse by name. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.
How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana (Macau)
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The Macau outpost of Umberto Bombana's celebrated Italian fine-dining group, 8½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana sits inside Galaxy Macau and holds a Black Pearl Diamond (2025) alongside La Liste recognition at 85 points (2026). The kitchen runs Wednesday through Sunday for dinner, with Thursday to Sunday lunch service added. Wine programme recognition from Star Wine List underlines the depth of the cellar.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Aji
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Aji sits on the second floor of MGM Cotai, where Singaporean chef Sihui Pan works a format built around Nikkei principles: Japanese produce, French technique, and a current of Southeast Asian flavour memory. Recognised with a Michelin star since 2024 and ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top restaurants in Asia, it operates six evenings a week with a wine list running to 1,290 selections and a dedicated counter for tasting-menu guests.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Opinionated About Dining, The Best Chef, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Alain Ducasse at Morpheus
Macau, Macau
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Alain Ducasse at Morpheus occupies a 45-seat room inside Zaha Hadid's architectural centrepiece at City of Dreams, holding two Michelin stars and a 2025 Black Pearl Diamond. The wine programme runs to 1,645 selections and 20,000 bottles, with a particular depth in Burgundy and Bordeaux.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Aurora
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On the tenth floor of Altira Macau in Taipa, Aurora serves Italian cooking rooted in traditional technique, refined with contemporary presentation and driven by a wine list of around 600 selections spanning Bordeaux, Burgundy, Italy, and Australia. The room seats up to 120 diners around floor-to-ceiling windows, with outdoor terrace access and a glass-encased wine cellar as the dining room's focal point. Pricing sits at the upper end of Macau's non-Michelin Italian tier.
Also recognized by Forbes
Aux Beaux Arts
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Grand Award
Aux Beaux Arts at MGM Macau brings classic brasserie-style French dining to the NAPE waterfront, with an open terrace that opens onto the hotel's central plaza. The wine program, ranked No. 1 by Star Wine List in 2025, carries 1,585 selections across 11,000 bottles, with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Portugal, and California. Lunch and dinner service makes it one of Macau's more versatile French addresses for milestone occasions.
Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Casa Don Alfonso
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Grand Award
Casa Don Alfonso sits on the third floor of the Grand Lisboa Macau, bringing the Campania tradition of Don Alfonso 1890 to southern China's casino capital. Ranked #63 in Opinionated About Dining's Top Restaurants in Asia (2024), it pairs a serious Italian kitchen under Chef Francesco Magni with one of Macau's deeper wine programs — 500,000 bottles, 17,400 selections — in a room that runs warmer and less formal than the building around it.
Also recognized by Gambero Rosso, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Chef Tam's Seasons
Macau, Macau
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Chef Tam's Seasons brings Cantonese cooking into Macau's luxury-hotel dining tier through a seasonal format built around the 24 solar terms. The room signals ceremony, but the more serious story is speed, heat and timing: wok technique, wood-fired barbecue, live seafood and a fast-changing degustation structure backed by major regional and global recognition.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, Forbes, La Liste
Chiado
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Chiado, the first international venture from acclaimed Portuguese chef Henrique Sá Pessoa, invites informed diners to experience Portugal through a lens of modern luxury. In a warm, contemporary room, classics are refined with precision, restraint, and purpose—each plate balancing deep, soulful flavors with polished elegance. Opt for the six-course degustation to journey through the chef’s signatures, culminating in the well-known boneless suckling pig: slow-cooked then grilled to a glassy crackle, revealing silk-soft meat beneath. With attentive, intuitive service and a quietly exclusive ambiance, Chiado offers a transporting, Lisbon-meets-metropolis dining escape for those who seek craft without compromise.
Also recognized by Forbes
Chun
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Chún at MGM Cotai brings refined Cantonese cooking under a record-setting glass roof, pairing live seafood and dim sum with a wine list that earned a World of Fine Wine 3-Star Accreditation and Asia Regional Winner status. It occupies the upper tier of Macau's Cantonese dining scene, where integrated-resort ambition meets classical southern Chinese culinary tradition.
Also recognized by Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Don Alfonso 1890
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Two prix-fixe formats — including a white truffle menu — make the $$$-tier pricing a considered entry point into Southern Italian cuisine at this scale.
Also recognized by Forbes, Gambero Rosso
Drunken Fish
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Michelin Plate-recognised seafood restaurant inside Wynn Resorts Macau, Drunken Fish pairs a focused catch-driven menu with one of the territory's more serious wine programs — 870 selections across 21,500 bottles, with particular depth in France, Italy, Spain, and California. Chef Zhang Zhicheng leads the kitchen, with sommelier Dave Chan and wine director Just Wong overseeing a cellar priced at the $$$ tier.
Also recognized by SCMP 100 Top Tables
Five Foot Road
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Michelin-starred Five Foot Road at MGM COTAI transports diners to 1940s Chengdu through Executive Sous Chef Yang Dengquan's masterful interpretation of sophisticated Sichuan cuisine. This cultural dining destination showcases the region's well-known 24 flavor profiles in an elegant mansion-inspired setting adorned with contemporary Chinese art.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Fontana
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Fontana at Wynn Palace brings Italian cooking to Macau's Cotai Strip with a wine program that punches well above its surroundings — 870 selections and 21,500 bottles in inventory, anchored in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône. For a resort Italian in this market, the cellar depth is the defining argument for a booking.
Guincho a Galera
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Guincho a Galera brings Portuguese fine dining into Macau’s hotel dining culture, with Chef Simon Li attached and recognition from the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2026 and Opinionated About Dining’s 2026 Asia recommendations. The interest here is not nostalgia alone, but how Portuguese cooking is being interpreted in a city where Lusophone history, casino-era luxury, and high-spend dining sit unusually close together.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Imperial Court
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Imperial Court at MGM Macau holds a 3-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine & Leaders Awards, placing it among Macau's most formally recognised Chinese dining rooms. The restaurant operates from the second level of the MGM Macau on Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, within a property that has shaped the city's integrated-resort dining tier since opening.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Jade Dragon
Macau, Macau
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Jade Dragon sits at the formal end of Macau's Cantonese dining culture, where high-heat technique, tonic soups and banquet-room polish meet casino-era luxury. Its recognition includes three Michelin stars, three Black Pearl diamonds, La Liste scoring and a 2026 Opinionated About Dining Asia ranking, placing it in the city's narrow upper tier for Cantonese fine dining.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Chinese Restaurant Awards, Forbes, La Liste
L'Attitude
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
L'Attitude occupies Level 3 of Morpheus at City of Dreams, positioning itself within one of Macau's most architecturally striking hotel towers. Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation since December 2021, the restaurant operates in a dining tier defined by serious wine programming and a setting that earns its place among Macau's more considered fine-dining addresses.
Also recognized by Star Wine List
Lakeview Palace
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Set inside Wynn Palace on Cotai, Lakeview Palace arrives with a entrance defined by golden chandeliers, emerald-green tassels, and oversized floral arrangements that signal the register before a single dish appears. The restaurant occupies a tier of Macau dining where theatrical presentation and formal Cantonese tradition intersect, placing it alongside the city's most formally dressed Chinese dining rooms.
Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining
Mesa by José Avillez
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Mesa by José Avillez brings Michelin-starred Portuguese cooking to Macau's Cotai strip inside the Karl Lagerfeld-designed Grand Lisboa Palace. The wine program has earned consecutive Star Wine List recognition, including top-three rankings in both 2023 and 2026. For visitors planning Macau's higher-end restaurant circuit, Mesa sits at the intersection of European fine dining ambition and the city's long Portuguese culinary inheritance.
Also recognized by Forbes, Star Wine List, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Mizumi
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Inside Wynn Palace on Cotai, Mizumi divides across three distinct cooking zones — tempura, teppanyaki, and sushi — each with dedicated set menus and an à la carte option for the main dining room. The wine list runs to 870 selections and 21,500 bottles in inventory, anchored by Champagne, Burgundy, and Bordeaux. Ranked #254 among Asia's restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it operates on a sourcing discipline that brings ingredients directly from Japan five times weekly.
Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Palace Garden
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Palace Garden operates at the upper tier of Macau's fine-dining Cantonese scene, set within the Grand Lisboa Palace on Cotai and recognised by both Michelin (Plate, 2025) and La Liste (87 points, 2026). Chef Ken Chong's approach draws on classical imperial technique while integrating premium imported ingredients. A cellar of 35,000 bottles and five private dining rooms position it as one of the city's most formally appointed Chinese restaurants.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Pearl Dragon
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Pearl Dragon holds a Michelin star and a La Liste score of 91 points (2025) at Studio City Macau, placing it among the territory's more decorated Cantonese addresses. Chef Otto Wong Wai Ho works within a format that pairs refined Cantonese cooking with a wine list of 6,000 bottles and a tea programme spanning over 50 premium selections, including aged pu'er. Lunch dim sum and à la carte dinners run seven days a week.
Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Pin Yue Xuan
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Pin Yue Xuan holds a Michelin Plate and operates from the first level of the Venetian Macao, where Cantonese tradition meets a wine program of 2,590 bottles spanning France, Italy, and California. Chef Darren Cheung and Wine Director Arnaud Echalier lead a kitchen and cellar combination uncommon at this price tier in Macau. Lunch and dinner service runs at the $$$ price point, with corkage available at $50.
Also recognized by Forbes, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Robuchon au Dôme
Macau, Macau
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award
Macau's high-altitude French dining tier is defined by ceremony, cellar depth, and imported technique adapted to local supply lines. Robuchon au Dôme sits in that bracket with chef Julien Tongourian, contemporary French cooking, OAD Asia ranking recognition, La Liste 99-point scoring, and a wine program with six-figure inventory scale.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
Sushi Kissho by Miyakawa
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Macau's omakase scene gets a rare Hokkaido pedigree at Sushi Kissho by Miyakawa, the first overseas outpost of chef Masaaki Miyakawa's celebrated Sapporo counter. Set inside Raffles at Galaxy on Cotai, the ten-seat hinoki cypress counter earned a Michelin star in 2024 and holds the Star Wine List top ranking for 2025, pairing Edomae sushi with a 175-selection wine program overseen by Wine Director Hervé Pennequin.
Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining, SCMP 100 Top Tables, Star Wine List
Sushi Mizumi
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Sushi Mizumi occupies a particular position in Macau's Japanese dining tier: linked to Mizumi at Wynn Palace, it assembles a team of sushi masters whose combined credentials place it alongside the territory's most serious omakase counters. For travellers calibrating a Cotai dining itinerary around precision Japanese technique, it belongs in the first conversation.
Also recognized by Forbes
SW Steakhouse
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
SW Steakhouse at Wynn Palace brings the Las Vegas steakhouse format to Cotai with a program that ranges from Japanese wagyu and USDA prime Nebraska beef to live lobster, supported by a 870-selection wine list and a 3D cabaret show that runs alongside dinner. It holds a Michelin Plate, Black Pearl 1 Diamond, and a 2026 La Liste ranking of 77 points.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
The Huaiyang Garden
Macau, Macau
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The Huaiyang Garden brings two Michelin stars and a 94-point La Liste 2026 score to Macau's fine-dining circuit, with chef Zhou Xiaoyan — widely credited as the foremost master of Huaiyang cuisine — steering a 106-seat dining room inside The Londoner Macao. The Jiangnan-inspired interior, a 565-label wine list, and multi-course tasting menus built around seasonal Jiangsu ingredients make this a serious case for pre-booking well in advance.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining
The Kitchen
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The Kitchen at Grand Lisboa Macau occupies a specific position in the territory's dining hierarchy: a Michelin Plate steakhouse with a wine program running to 500,000 bottles across 17,400 selections. Recognized on the Opinionated About Dining Asia rankings in both 2024 and 2025, it serves lunch and dinner at the $$$ price tier, with a corkage fee policy that rewards guests who bring serious bottles.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, SCMP 100 Top Tables, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
The Mews
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The Mews brings Thai cooking to The Londoner Macao's first floor, holding a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025 with a $$$ price point and a wine list stretching to 565 selections and nearly 9,000 bottles in inventory. Chef Nongnuch Nuch Sae-eiw leads the kitchen, while Wine Director Arnaud Echalier oversees a France-weighted list with a $50 corkage fee. Lunch and dinner service are both available.
The Tasting Room
Macau, Macau
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Among Macau's fine-dining tier, The Tasting Room at Nüwa City of Dreams occupies the formal French-contemporary bracket where table planning and advance booking matter more than spontaneity. Positioned against peers like Robuchon au Dôme and Alain Ducasse at Morpheus, it draws a guest profile that treats the reservation itself as part of the evening's architecture.
Wing Lei
Macau, Macau
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Wing Lei at Wynn Macau holds two Michelin stars and consecutive La Liste Top Restaurant scores above 91 points, placing it among Macau's most decorated Cantonese addresses. The dining room announces itself with a flying dragon rendered in 90,000 Swarovski crystals, but the cooking — classical Cantonese technique, premium seasonal ingredients, and considered dim sum — is the real reason the room fills. Under Chef Ming Yu, it earns its place in any serious reckoning of the city's Chinese fine dining tier.
Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Ying
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Perched on the 11th floor of Altira Macau on Taipa Island, Ying holds a Michelin star and a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating, serving Cantonese cuisine that moves between classic dim sum craftsmanship and contemporary interpretations of traditional recipes. The wine list runs to 5,000 bottles with particular depth in Bordeaux and Burgundy. La Liste placed it at 77 points in 2026.
Also recognized by Forbes, La Liste, SCMP 100 Top Tables
Zi Yat Heen
Macau, Macau
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Inside the Four Seasons Hotel Macao on the Cotai Strip, Zi Yat Heen holds a Michelin star and Black Pearl Diamond recognition for Cantonese cooking that prizes ingredient quality over heavy seasoning. The wine list runs to 580 selections across 3,000 bottles, but the tea programme deserves equal attention — a fitting partner to cuisine rooted in the subtler registers of the Pearl River Delta tradition.
Also recognized by Black Pearl, Forbes, La Liste, Opinionated About Dining