Macau Entertainment

  1. Casablanca Café

    Next to the famous Moonwalker is this favourite hangout for the Portuguese. It has a long list of cocktails, plays cold jazz in the background, and is considered the best spot to chill out in NAPE.

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  2. Casino Lisboa

    With its garish 1960s exterior and decades of experience catering to Asia's gamblers - both high- and low-rollers - the Lisboa is the best known casino in Asia. Despite a recent makeover it retains much of its old raunchy personality. with the Crazy Paris Show still sending out the dancing girls, and punters still cramming into smoke-filled gaming rooms.

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  3. Crazy Paris Show

    The Crazy Paris Show features a multitude of leggy women onstage strutting around in a couple of beads and a feather or two. Leave the kids at the hotel.

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  4. Crown Macau

    This self-proclaimed six-star hotel-casino has 220 gaming tables and targets high rollers. Ostentatiousness is readily displayed. Not conducive to those of us with mortgages

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  5. D2

    To strut your stuff on the dance floor, head to the latest incarnation of DD, the former (in)famous bar and dance club. It's smaller than its predecessor but more fashionable. It's full of young women dancing by . A place to revel, and to flirt.

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  6. Emperor Palace Casino

    The Emperor Palace is worth a visit, if only for its entrance. The princely concourse, with incantation on the marble columns and pure gold bricks on the floor, is where you'll find deployment of the art of Feng Shui to make fortunes, if not to show off.

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  7. Grand Lisboa Casino

    Connected to the Lisboa Casino by a footbridge is the new, plush Grand Lisboa, with its glowing golden bulb and truly kitschy lotus-shaped towering structure. The interior ventilation works much better here.

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  8. Jai Alai Show Palace

    Come to witness lots of women wannabes (it's a transvestite show) doing what the girls in the Crazy Paris Show do - only much better. Again, leave the kids at the hotel.

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  9. Lisboa Casino

    This once-monopolistic old-timer used to be a bizarre icon in Macau. Those days are gone, but the tightly packed baccarat tables and pungent clouds of smoke live on.

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  10. Mandarin Oriental Casino

    Though the Mandarin cannot compete with the other casinos listed here in terms of size and riches, its gentility earns it a name among those who fancy the games of chance.

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  12. Moonwalker Bar

    Moonwalker features fun live entertainment on most nights (usually Filipina chanteuses), and is considered the most famous (and expensive) one among its neighbours.

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  13. Mp3

    With live shows and music, plus the unbeatable all-you-can-drink at around MOP$100 during happy hour, this has become a popular spot along the strip. DJs spin all kinds of music while drag queens and pose dancers dazzle your eyes.

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  14. Nicole Fashion Club

    This glitzy bar is where partiers dress to impress or be impressed. Resident and visiting DJs host dance parties almost every night, making it the best place on the Wharf.

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  15. Old Taipa Tavern

    Known as 'OTT', its location next to the Pak Tai Temple at Taipa Village makes this bar delightful. A wonderful band plays every Saturday. You can also have a sip while watching ritual performances at the temple.

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  16. Sands Macau

    Run by the consortium from Las Vegas leading Macau's renaissance in gambling business, Sands Macau is the largest casino with 277 gaming tables. It has a spacious atrium allowing natural light together with a fantastic array of crystal lights. Only high rollers with a minimum bet of around US$100 are invited to stay in their hotel.

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  17. Sky 21

    Located in the same building as D2, this three-storey multiplex flashy club has a more distinguished atmosphere, and ambitiously caters to people from all walks of life. DJs from Portugal host dancing parties and Troupe from Amsterdam dances everything from hip hop to salsa. A big plus is its superb view of Nam Van Lake and Macau Tower.

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  18. Vasco

    For a quiet place to drink, the new Vasco lounge in Mandarin Oriental Hotel is populated mostly by beautiful urbanites. In the afternoon it serves tapas -style afternoon tea.

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  19. Whisky Bar

    The tacky Star World casino-hotel somehow has a cheerful bar where you can have a pleasant glimpse of the Guia Lighthouse flashing at night. Get a window seat.

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