Ring in the New Year with our top picks of beautiful dining spaces with an appetizing menu to countdown to 2018! Celebrate the new year with your significant other, or just your close friends, but whoever you do it with, do it in style at one of our suggested restaurants.
Banyan Tree Hotel
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Banyan Tree’s fine and fresh take on their festive hotpot delivers enjoyment in equal measures. While considered a simple cooking method highlighted with a special broth, this hotpot is a well-loved dish most especially during winter. A warm comfort food that features the freshest produce makes it a magical gastronomic journey shared by the whole family and leaves truly lasting memories. And that’s the essence of the holiday season passed on from one generation to another. You will truly love the extensive festive hotpot in your private cabana house. The stylish space is ideal for eight persons and priced at MOP $3,888 for eight persons with 10% service charge. Make it a chilled out New Year’s Eve dinner and enjoy the season of sharing at Banyan Tree!
Banyan Tree Galaxy Macau, Estrada da Baia de Nossa da Esperanca, Cotai, +853 8883 6688
The St. Regis, Macao
No one does it better than The Manor’s culinary team. Creating a New Year’s Eve dinner that’s set to impress, indulge in a luxurious four-course set dinner. With dishes representing global cuisines, guests can expect to be taken on a delicious culinary journey. The amaebi sweet shrimp and smoked salmon is inspired by Japanese cuisine, with smooth miso cream against sharp chorizo, and the cauliflower cream and foie gras soup is a creamy intermission between courses. The night is then highlighted by the beef eye fillet and Boston lobster wellington, the perfect blend of flavors from the land and sea. With a rich gateaux marjolaine as the perfect ending, this experience guarantees to deliver exquisite celebratory moments. It is priced at MOP $988 per person with a 10% service charge.
The Manor The St. Regis, Macao Estrada do Istmo, Cotai,+853 2882 8898, www.stresgismacao.com
Grand Coloane Resort
Grand Coloane Resort is the ultimate holiday hideaway for the whole family and the perfect place to spend the New Year’s Eve dinner. Whether the youngsters are adventurous or fussy when it comes to mealtime, Café Panorama has ensured all taste buds are catered to on an extraordinary day. And for the special hours, singer Curtis Scott will be serenading the crowd to a beautiful medley to welcome the new year ahead. For MOP $588* per adult (MOP $688* for an extra glass of champagne) and MOP $288* per child (aged 12-18) for the New Year’s Eve “Crazy Hat” dinner buffet.
For extra MOP $188 join the “Crazy Hat” Party package @Fireplace.
Happy bellies all year round as they say if you start your year right!
*All prices are subject to 10% service charge
Grand Coloane Resort 1918 Estrada de Hac Sa, Coloane, +853 8899 1127, [email protected], www.grandcoloane.com
Grand Lapa Hotel
Grand Lapa’s Café Bela Vista reflects the heartwarming character of a traditional Portuguese family home with dark wood flooring, ceiling fans, chandeliers and beautiful mosaic floors. On the special day of New Year’s Eve, this is where you’d want to be, their New Year’s Eve Seafood Dinner Buffet that includes a lucky draw is priced at MOP $488 per adult and MOP $249 per child with extra MOP $200 each for beverage free-flow.
Grand Lapa Avenida de Amizade, Macau, +853 2856 7888, www.grandlapa.com
The Ritz-Carlton, Macau
A Parisian kind of celebration on New Year’s Eve awaits at The Ritz-Carlton Cafe. Enjoy a six-course dinner of fine quality St. Michel Oysters, caviar with cured seabass, langoustine or Kobe beef. For only MOP $988 per person plus 10 % service charge with free-flowing house wine, select beers and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages. You can also opt to visit on January 1 and sample the set lunch comprised of a three-course menu for MOP $388 or four-course for MOP $488 per person.
The Ritz-Carlton Café Ritz-Carlton, Macau, 3F, Estrada da baia da Nossa Senhora, da Esperanca, Cotai, +853 8886 6868, www.theritzcarlton.com
Hotel Okura
Embark on a chilled out celebration at Hotel Okura’s Terrace restaurant. A mix of Western-style dishes and Asian favorites, it’s guaranteed to be a sumptuous feast. The New Year Full-Buffet Lunch is priced at MOP $258 per person and dinner at Mop $388 per person plus 10% service charge. The promotion is available from December 30 to January 2, 2018.
Terrace Restaurant Hotel Okura Estrada da Baia de Senhora de Esperanca, Cotai, +853 8883 5126, www.hotelokuramacau.com
Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel
Sheraton is perfect for family gatherings. Make a booking at Asian hot pot restaurant Xin offering its signature hot pot lunch and dinner throughout the holiday season, with an array of soup bases, meat and seafood, vegetables, and dipping sauces to meet everyone’s preferences. To kick-start a hot, bubbling meal, Xin presents an innovative starter ‘po-pot’, combining the concept of hot pot and clay pot cuisine in one. Another highlight of the meal would be the luxury hot pot sets and supplementary items, including lobster, geoduck clam, and abalone, for an elevated sharing experience. The New Year’s Eve Hotpot Dinner Buffet is priced at MOP $498 per person and MOP $200 per child plus 10% service charge.
Xin Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai, +853 2880 2000, www.sheratongrandmacao.com
JW Marriott Hotel Macau
Urban Kitchen is hosting a tempting New Year’s dinner featuring mouthwatering holiday classics from around the world. Savor delicious Alaskan King Crab legs, turkey with condiments, and slow-cooked prime beef. At the live cooking station, guests can witness the culinary craft of Urban Kitchen’s expert chefs as they prepare made-to-order spicy razor clams with yellow wine. Guests enjoy a free flow of wines, mulled wine, and Beringer Sparkling Rosé, and a full spread of desserts to round off the festive meal. Priced at MOP $788 or MOP $688 per person with 10% service charge.
Urban Kitchen JW Marriott Galaxy Macau, Cotai, +853 8886 6888, www.galaxymacau.com
Mandarin Oriental Macau
Make it a night to remember at Mandarin Oriental’s Vida Rica restaurant. A magical view of Macau and fireworks combined with a lavish seven-course feast at MOP $1,088 per person plus 10% service charge. And if you book before December 15, you only need to pay MOP $888 per person plus 10% service charge.
Vida Rica Restaurant Mandarin Oriental, 945 Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE, Macau, +853 8805 8918, www.mandarinoriental.com
Wynn Palace
Where better to spend your New Year’s Eve than at the opulent surrounding of Wynn Palace? Head to SW Steakhouse
for a five-course New Year’s Eve festive dinner including a glass of champagne on December 31. Priced at MOP $1,600 per person plus 10 % service charge, you’ll be starting the new year in high spirits and fantastic mood.
Fontana Buffet Wynn Palace, Avenida da Nave, Desportiva, Cotai, +853 8889 3663, www.wynnpalace.com
Noite e Dia Café
Noite e Dia Café is one of the best when it comes to buffets in Macau. With a variety of international delicacies including Thai, Japanese, seafood and sashimi, signature Asia hot dishes, Cantonese barbecue, a dim sum as well as Italian pasta, it’s an iconic place to be for celebrations with a cozy atmosphere.
From December 31, 2017, to January 1, 2018, an exquisite array of cuisines especially for guests are available including Sushi, Sashimi, Seafood on ice – Chile Oysters, Snow Crab Leg, Cooked Whole Crab and Blue Mussel, Half Shell Scallop, variety of a la minute Dim Sum and Chinese BBQ, a complimentary set of “Double Boiled Soup with Shark’s fin in Casserole” for each guest upon arrival, Spain Iberico Pork on Mineral Salt Board, Robatayaki, Tempura, Carving station, Roast Australian Rib Eye with Rosemary Sauce, Grilled Prawn with Garlic Sauce, Pan Fried Sea Bass Fillet with Saffron Butter Sauce, Steamed Scallop with Garlic and Glass Noodle, Asia Hot Dish Selection, Japanese Red Bean Taiyaki, Milk Curd with Ginger Juices and Coffee Jelly in Glass. The price per adult is MOP $390 and child or senior citizen is MOP $312. A 10% service charge is applicable to all guests.
Noite e Dia Café Lobby level, Hotel Lisboa, 2-4 Avenida de Lisboa, Macau, +853 8803 3140, www.grandlisboahotels.com
