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Dining The guide was updated: 2024-06-04

Macau's restaurants offer a spicy blend of Portuguese, Chinese, Malay, Indian, and African cuisines. Alongside delicious dim sum and pork chop buns, you can enjoy excellent Portuguese coffee, known as 'bica', as well as wine, Goanese chicken, and fresh Chinese vegetables.

Traditional Portuguese dishes to look out for include 'bacalhau,' caldo verde, and sopa à alentejana. Additionally, famed Chinese-Portuguese fusion dishes such as stir-fried curry crab and jagra de ovos are must-tries.

A Lorcha

A Lorcha

A Lorchais one of the best places for Portuguese food in Macau. Enjoy a great variety of mouth-watering cuisine ranging from pork-ear salad, bacalhau cakes, grilled king prawns and baked mince-beef potato pie. Given its popularity, it's advisable to make a reservation prior to your visit.

Boa Mesa

Boa Mesa

Located near Saint Dominic's Church, Boa Mesa offers fine cuisine in a Portuguese setting. Some of their star dishes include creamy codfish, grilled sardines, and luscious desserts like chocolate mousse and creamy flan pudding. Don’t forget to enjoy a glass of Portuguese wine or a cup of their famous bica.

Fernando's Restaurant

Fernando's Restaurant

If you want to get away from the centre to Hac Sa Beach, Fernando's Restaurant is your number one choice. It serves Portuguese cuisine including suckling pig, grilled chicken, codfish, stewed beef, and pork ribs.

Seng Cheong Restaurant

Seng Cheong Restaurant

If you want to step away from Portuguese cuisine and try something more Macanese, Seng Cheong Restaurant in Taipa Village is the place to go. Located on the colonial promenade, it offers a variety of Chinese dishes such as fried fish balls, deep-fried squid, steamed eel, and their speciality, crab porridge.

Pizzeria Toscana

Pizzeria Toscana

Pizzeria Toscana is located on Calçada da Barra, right in front of the historical Moorish Barracks. This popular Italian restaurant, serves great Italian food in a typical Italian setting with wine barrels and photo-adorned walls. The menu features a variety of pizzas, pasta and salads, complemented by a decent wine menu and some of the richest desserts, including tiramisu.

IFT Educational Restaurant

IFT Educational Restaurant

IFT Educational Restaurant is a culinary trainee school that has earned a strong reputation among locals and tourists. They grow most of the vegetables themselves in order to ensure freshness. Enjoy high-quality European and Portuguese cuisine including crept Suzette and ravioli with spiced cream cheese.

The 8 Restaurant

The 8 Restaurant

Located inside the Grand Lisboa Hotel, the Eight is the first Chinese restaurant in Macau awarded three Michelin stars for four consecutive years. Enjoy its contemporary Cantonese cuisine in a lavish setting. You can choose from over forty kinds of dim sum at lunch and experience classic dining with an elegant and creative touch.

Zi Yat Heen

Zi Yat Heen

Located inside the Four Seasons Hotel Macau, Zi Yat Heen offers a relaxed yet elegant dining atmosphere where you can enjoy their authentic Cantonese cuisine. The restaurant puts emphasis on exquisite ingredients and fresh seafood, accompanied by an extensive dim sum menu. Make sure you also try their selection of the finest Chinese teas.

A Petisqueira

A Petisqueira

A Petisqueira is an excellent Portuguese restaurant, where you can enjoy fabulous dishes ranging from two-colour gazpacho with shrimps, octopus carpaccio with caviar sauce and their special sausage rocket. If there's room for a dessert, top it all off with their rich chocolate mousse.

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