Macau
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A special administrative region of the People's Republic of China on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta; its official languages are Chinese and Portuguese.

**Macau** is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China[^gcs]. China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macau on 20 December 1999, when the Macao Special Administrative Region was established[^basic-law].

It lies on the west bank of the Pearl River Delta next to Guangdong, 60 km from Hong Kong and 145 km from Guangzhou[^gcs], and consists of the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane, joined by the Cotai reclamation[^gcs]. Its population was 688,300 at the end of 2024; the official languages are Chinese and Portuguese[^gcs].

Seventeen Macau restaurants are listed in the [Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2025](https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/black-pearl-guide-2025.html)[^black-pearl-2025].

## MICHELIN Guide: 2026 edition

The MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2026 covers two Special Administrative Regions; this section counts Macau only. The official full list includes 2 restaurants with three stars, 6 with two stars, and 13 with one star in Macau, for 21 starred restaurants. This figure excludes Hong Kong and counts starred restaurants only; the regional edition also lists Bib Gourmand and Selected restaurants. [^guide2026-full-list]

Updated: 2026-10-30

Relations:
- Contains places: 天巢法国餐厅 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-robuchon-au-dome.html
- Contains places: 誉珑轩 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-jade-dragon.html
- Contains places: 8餐厅（新葡京酒店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-the-eight.html
- Contains places: 谭卉（永利皇宫店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-chef-tams-seasons.html
- Contains places: 御花园（上葡京店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-palace-garden.html
- Contains places: 天頤（新濠天地店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-yi.html
- Contains places: 杜卡斯餐厅（新濠天地店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-alain-ducasse-at-morpheus.html
- Contains places: 鮨金悅 Sushi Kinetsu https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-sushi-kinetsu.html
- Contains places: 淮扬晓宴（澳门伦敦人店） https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-the-huaiyang-garden.html
- Contains places: 8½ Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/restaurant-macau-otto-e-mezzo-bombana.html
- Located in: 中国 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/china.html
- Related works: 2025《米其林指南香港／澳门版》三星与二星名单 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2025-starred-list.html
- Related works: 2026《米其林指南香港／澳门版》三星餐厅名单 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2026-three-star.html
- Related works: 2022《米其林指南香港／澳门版》年度概况 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2022-overview.html
- Related works: 2023《米其林指南香港／澳门版》年度概况 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2023-overview.html
- Related works: 2024《米其林指南香港／澳门版》必比登推介概况 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2024-bib-overview.html
- Related works: MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2023: Restaurants Linked in the Announcement https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2023-mentioned-restaurants.html
- Related works: MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2024: New Bib Gourmand Selections https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/works/michelin-guide-hong-kong-macau-2024-bib-new.html

Mentioned in:
- 中国 https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/places/china.html

Sources:
- 澳门便览 https://www.gcs.gov.mo/factSheet/zh-hans
- 中华人民共和国澳门特别行政区基本法 https://www.hmo.gov.cn/zcfg_new/jbf/jbf/jbf_am/201711/t20171114_34879.html 序言；第一百四十五条
- GeoNames: Macau https://www.geonames.org/1821274 GeonameId 1821274
- 2025黑珍珠餐厅指南发布 中外370家餐厅上榜 https://www.jx.chinanews.com.cn/news/2025/0106/108573.html
- The Full List of the MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong & Macau 2026 https://guide.michelin.com/th/en/article/michelin-guide-ceremony/hong-kong-macau-full-list