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The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over HKD700)
$$$ (HKD400 to HKD700)
$$ (HKD200 to HKD400)
$ (up to HKD200)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one and include tax, service and half a bottle of house wine or equivalent. Prices are listed in Hong Kong dollars (rather than Macau patacas), as that is how they are usually quoted.

Il Teatro
Fine dining is relatively new to Macau, but Wynn Macau’s Italian restaurant carries off its pioneering status with theatrical grandeur. Excellent southern Italian cuisine and pizzas are dished up in a dining room shaped like an operatic balcony around the grand stage: created by floor to ceiling windows looking out over the performing fountains outside, which spark into life every 15 minutes. Dinner only.

1/F, Wynn Macau, Rua de Sintra
Tel: 986 3663.
Website: http://www.wynnmacau.com/
Price: $$$$

Café Bela Vista
The Mandarin Oriental’s signature restaurant is beautifully designed in the style of a traditional Portuguese family villa. Bright and airy, with large tables, comfy lounge-style chairs and plenty of natural light, it doubles as both a formal venue for business lunches and a relaxing retreat for a romantic evening dinner. The excellent Portuguese and Macanese cuisine is matched by exemplary service.

2/F Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 956-1110 Avenida da Amizade
Tel: 2856 7888.
Website: www.mandarinoriental.com
Price: $$$

Fernando’s
This is a genuine Macanese icon. This beachside bungalow serves hearty Portuguese fare on red-and-white-check tablecloths - with large accompanying jugs of sangria. Portuguese wines are displayed around the dining room and taste especially fine when sipped under the big tree in the courtyard.

9 Praia Hac Sa
Tel: 2888 2264.
Price: $$

Aruna
Friendly and welcoming family-run Indian restaurants down a side road two blocks east of the Landmark hotel. Serves up solid meat, seafood and vegetarian curries and starters in a small, cosy dining room.

G/F Chang Yu Building, 2-0 779B Avenida de Amizade
Tel: 2870 1850.
Price: $

Café Ou Mun
Follow the aroma of roasting coffee beans to this delightful Portuguese café, located down a side lane just off Senado Square (the turning is by McDonald’s). Café Ou Mun serves good value set lunches and freshly-baked pastries and breads, and the fresh-brewed coffee is excellent.

12 Travessa Sao Domingos
Tel: 2837 2207.
Price: $



Nightlife:

Casinos: Gambling fans can choose between an ever-expanding portfolio of sumptuous gaming palaces. Sands (tel: 2888 3388; website: www.sands.com.mo) casino was the first of the of Las Vegas operators to open in Macau in 2004. The luxurious 600-room hotel and casino Wynn Macau (tel: 2888 9966; website: www.wynnmacau.com) features a giant casino, plus a top-floor VIP Sky Casino; its phase two later this year will add a third casino, plus a theater and luxury apartments. Across the street, Stanley Ho’s eccentric Grand Lisboa hotel and casino creation (tel: 2838 2828) dwarfs its sister hotel, and doyen of Macau’s historic gaming industry, The Lisboa (tel: 2837 7666), which is undergoing extensive renovations.

Bars: A crop of bars and music pubs has opened along the waterside Avenida Dr Sun Yat Sen, the most eclectic of which is House Café, which attracts a mixed crowd of foreigners and locals. More traditional is Casablanca, a Portuguese bar located on the same strip. Winner’s Circle on the third floor at the Sands casino is a refined spot for gambler-watching, while the Old Taipa Tavern on Taipa Island has English pub-style ambience and atmosphere by the bucket-load.

Clubs: Macau’s clubbing culture is still in its infant stages. Sky 21 on the 23rd floor of the AIA Tower offers excellent views and international DJs. Fashion Club at Fisherman’s Wharf and Car Club are other late-night dance venues, with more set to open in the city’s upcoming hotels and the waterside nightlife district in the block of streets adjacent to Avenida Dr Sun Yat Sen.

Live Music: A live Filipino cover band rocks into the early hours at Moonwalker, a pulsing music bar on Avenida Dr Sun Yat Sen. Next door, the equally lively MP3 offers everything from pole dancing shows to Russian drag queens. Macanese (and visiting Chinese tourists) like their live music karaoke style: over-sung heart-rending ballads and off-key rock classics are the staple of the private rooms at Empilhar and Arco-Iris.

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