| M Greene |
12 May 2001 |
Stayed at Kingsway Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Macau is very different from Hong Kong. Much quieter, less traffic and a little cheaper. My wife and I were amazed at how helpful and friendly everybody was. Mostly we got around in taxis, but we did manage to get on one bus. I have nothing negative to say about getting around. The Museum of Macau is a wonderful exhibit and the Grand Prix museum and Wine museum are pretty good too. The food was very good and there is a nice variety to choose from.
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| K Miyamura |
01 May 2001 |
Stayed at Westin Resort Macau - Macau, Macau.
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For food, I went to the "Flamingo" in Hyatt Regency and "Galo" in Taipa Island. Flamingo was nice. Galo was value for money.
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| J Young |
30 April 2001 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Macau - Macau, Macau.
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We have been to Macau a few times. Do not miss going to Coloane island as there is an awesome restaurant there called "Fernandos". Go there early as you cannot make reservations and there is always a lineup.
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| E Owen |
30 April 2001 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Macau - Macau, Macau.
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We did walk to most places, but anything further afield we took a taxi,as we are rather lazy - but they were still half the price of a Hong Kong taxi.There were plenty of buses for the not-so-lazy people.
Fernandos is a must - but perhaps try lunchtimes, dinner always entails a long wait of at least an hour, sometimes more.
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| E Ferris |
16 April 2001 |
Stayed at Sintra Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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A lovely city very different from Hong Kong-beautiful architecture with a truly Mediterranean flavour- the Rome of the South China Seas!
I recommend a couple of excellent restaurants- Fernandos on the island of Coloane (take a taxi-only 62 dollars from the hotel). You can't book so you must go early and reserve a table. Off Senado square down a side street to the left of McDonalds is a charming Portuguese restaurant called Platao (recommend reservation as it is extremely popular). There is an outside courtyard area which is very romantic and the food is excellent. Saving up for the tours next time as we will certainly be going back.
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| M Taylor |
15 April 2001 |
Stayed at Pousada de Sao Tiago - Macau, Macau.
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We had been warned by friends in Hong Kong that 3 days in Macau were too long - we disagree. We spend 3 days there and need to go back to see the things we didnt see.
An excellent restaurant is the Praida Grande - not suprisingly on the Praida Grande, the Portugese food there is some of the best we've tasted and the staff were friendly and efficient.
If you want to get behind the tourist facade, then walk everywhere - thats what we did. That way you get to visit the back streets and markets that you might not otherwise see.
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| F Bergan |
09 April 2001 |
Stayed at Kingsway Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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We were getting around in Macau with some friends who we knew. Macau hasn't that much to see, but it was quiet interesting to see the for exampel St.Paulo's ruins, museums..etc. You'll get quite good food for little money too in so called fast food restaurants in Macau. When you get to Macau you just have to tast the Portuguese food, it was great. It was kinda special to eat Portuguese food in Macau. We all know Macau was a colony of Portugal. But of course the food costs much more than chinese food. You can get a big protion for one person chinese food for about 20 MOP, but in the Portuguese restaurants you will get for about 80MOP. The bad thing about Macau is people couldn't that much English. So it's best that tourits learn a little bit Cantonese before going to China/ Macau at all.
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| T Meng wah (eddy) |
06 March 2001 |
Stayed at Kingsway Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Macau sight-tours, look around at the Ferry Terminal. Can get HK100 (For two) for 9 place of interest.
For Macanese cuisin, HENRI'S GALLERY is one of the best choose.(a little bit expersive).
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| S Knoef |
02 February 2001 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Macau - Macau, Macau.
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Macau is one of the nicest things about living in HK: just the place to unwind - provided you can steer clear of the snake-pit at the Lisboa!
Check out a wee place called the Bolo de Arroz (sp ?? ) , a great place to eat delicious pastries and meet ex-pat Portugese.
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| J Kung |
28 January 2001 |
Stayed at Lisboa Hotel - Macau, Macau.
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Aside from the throng of hookers in hotels and "saunas," Macau is a lovely town with a plethora of great places to eat - Henri's, Platau, and hole-in-the-walls spring to mind. Come here if you'd like a nice, chill weekend (a week would be too much unless you are a hard-core gambler).
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Traveller's Tales: Restaurants and eating places in Macau
