Restaurant in Macau, China
Two Michelin stars, $$ price tag. Book early.
Feng Wei Ju is Macau's only two-Michelin-star Hunan-Sichuan restaurant, operating at a $$ price tier that makes its award credentials — Black Pearl Diamond, La Liste recognition, OAD Asia top 250 — a strong value proposition. The kitchen delivers genuine regional Chinese cooking without softening for hotel-guest tastes. Book as far ahead as possible: this is Near Impossible to secure at short notice.
Feng Wei Ju is not a novelty act capitalising on Macau's casino hotel circuit. With two Michelin stars (2025), a Black Pearl Diamond, and consistent placement in both La Liste and Opinionated About Dining's Asia rankings, it is one of the most decorated Chinese restaurants in the territory — and it earns those credentials on the plate, not on atmosphere alone. If Hunan-Sichuan cooking is what you are after in Macau, this is the clearest yes in the city. The only reason to hesitate is logistics: at $$, the price is accessible, but getting a table is anything but.
The common misconception about Feng Wei Ju is that it is a standard hotel Chinese restaurant riding on its Star World Hotel address. It is not. Chef Chan Chak-keong runs a focused Hunan-Sichuan menu in a room that leans into formal Chinese ceremony — gold and red decor, the festive palette of Chinese tradition , without tipping into kitsch. The space signals occasion dining, which matters when you are deciding whether this is a Tuesday dinner or a trip-defining meal. It is the latter.
The menu navigates two distinct culinary traditions. Sichuan classics such as sautéed chicken with peanuts and chilli sit alongside Hunanese fare like steamed carp fish head with chilli. These are not fusion compromises , they are two separate lineages on one menu, and the kitchen executes both with precision. The boiled mandarin fish fillets in chilli oil arrive in portions generous enough for a table to share, which is relevant if you are planning a group booking. Hand-pulled noodles are made in a display kitchen visible from the dining room, which adds a performance element that makes timing your visit around the kitchen in action worth considering.
Aroma profile here is built on chilli, doubanjiang, and the faintly smoky depth of dried Sichuan peppercorn , the kind of kitchen scent that arrives before the food does and tells you immediately that the cooking is not dialled back for hotel-guest tastes. That is a meaningful signal. Many hotel Chinese restaurants soften their chilli heat for an international audience. Feng Wei Ju does not.
Given the editorial angle here: no. The dishes at Feng Wei Ju are built for the table, not a takeaway container. Boiled fish fillets in chilli oil, hand-pulled noodles, and steamed fish head with chilli are all formats that degrade quickly once removed from the kitchen's timing and temperature control. The noodle dish in particular loses its textural point within minutes of being pulled. If you are considering Feng Wei Ju as an off-premise option, redirect that impulse toward dining in and booking a longer lunch rather than an early dinner. The experience is table-dependent. This is emphatically not the kind of restaurant where delivery adds value.
Lunch on a weekday is your leading entry point if you want a calmer room and a slightly easier booking window. Weekend evenings fill fast, and the room's festive character , which works in your favour on a celebratory dinner , can tip toward overwhelming if the dining room is at full tilt. For a special occasion, a Friday or Saturday dinner makes sense and matches the room's energy. For a first visit where you want to focus on the food without the noise, a midweek lunch is the smarter call. Avoid major Chinese public holidays unless you have booked well in advance; demand spikes sharply during Lunar New Year and Golden Week, when the festive gold-and-red room becomes a particularly sought-after setting.
Feng Wei Ju holds two Michelin stars (2025) and a Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), the latter being China's domestic fine dining recognition system with meaningful weight in the mainland market. La Liste placed it at 80.5 points in 2025 (dropping marginally to 77 points in the 2026 edition), and Opinionated About Dining ranks it #231 in Asia for 2025, up from #269 in 2024 , a meaningful trajectory. Google reviews sit at 4.5 across 104 ratings, which is a reliable signal of consistent execution rather than occasional brilliance. For context on the regional Hunan-Sichuan category, comparable cooking depth in mainland China can be found at Xin Rong Ji in Chengdu and Ru Yuan in Hangzhou, though neither operates at the formal hotel-dining register that Feng Wei Ju maintains.
Macau's fine dining tier is unusually dense for a city of its size. Jade Dragon and Chef Tam's Seasons anchor the Cantonese end of the Chinese fine dining spectrum. Robuchon au Dôme and Alain Ducasse at Morpheus cover French Contemporary at the leading of the market. The Eight sits firmly in the Chinese fine dining category at a higher price point. Feng Wei Ju occupies a specific gap: it is the only two-Michelin-star option in Macau focused on Hunan-Sichuan cooking at a $$ price tier, which is a meaningful differentiator. If you are building a Macau itinerary and want to cover Chinese regional cooking rather than Cantonese or European, Feng Wei Ju is the logical anchor. For broader trip planning, see our full Macau restaurants guide, our full Macau hotels guide, and our full Macau bars guide. Internationally, the combination of technical rigour and regional Chinese specificity at this price tier invites comparison with the ambition (if not the format) of tasting-menu-driven venues like Atomix in New York, though Feng Wei Ju operates in a la carte mode. Le Bernardin is a useful benchmark for what two-star consistency looks like in a hotel-adjacent context , Feng Wei Ju meets that standard of reliability. For other strong regional Chinese cooking across Asia, 102 House in Shanghai, Imperial Treasure Fine Chinese Cuisine in Guangzhou, Dai Yuet Heen in Nanjing, and Xin Rong Ji in Beijing are worth your attention depending on where your itinerary takes you. See also our full Macau wineries guide and our full Macau experiences guide for trip-building context.
Book as far in advance as possible. Feng Wei Ju is rated Near Impossible to secure, which reflects the combination of limited seating, strong local and visitor demand, and its two-Michelin-star profile in a $$ price bracket , an unusual pairing that drives high volume. Weekend evenings and Chinese public holidays are the hardest windows. If you are planning around a specific date in Macau, treat this as the first reservation you make, not the last.
The restaurant can work for groups, and the format suits it: dishes like the boiled mandarin fish fillets in chilli oil are sized for sharing. That said, group bookings at a venue this difficult to secure require even more lead time. Contact the restaurant directly to confirm group capacity and availability. The $$ pricing means the per-head cost is manageable for larger tables compared to Macau's $$$$-tier Chinese options like The Eight.
No dress code is listed in available data, but the room , gold and red, formal Chinese decor, two-Michelin-star context inside a hotel , signals smart casual at minimum. In Macau's hotel dining tier, turning up in resort wear would be out of place. Business casual or above is the practical baseline. If you are coming from a casino floor, take five minutes to change.
No tasting menu format is confirmed in available data. The restaurant appears to operate a la carte, with dishes spanning Sichuan and Hunanese cooking. That format actually works in your favour: you can build a table share across both regional traditions without committing to a single through-line. Order broadly across the menu , the hand-pulled noodles, the fish head, and a Sichuan main , rather than narrowly.
At $$, it is among the best-value two-Michelin-star meals you can book in Macau. The credential stack , two stars, Black Pearl Diamond, OAD Asia top 250 , is comparable to venues that charge significantly more. Against The Eight or Jade Dragon at higher price tiers, Feng Wei Ju offers a different cuisine but comparable critical standing at a lower per-head cost. The value case is strong.
Yes, conditionally. The festive gold-and-red room, the two-star backing, and the occasion-appropriate format make it a natural fit for celebrations. The condition is that you need to book far ahead , securing a table at short notice for a birthday or anniversary is not realistic at this venue. Plan the occasion around the reservation, not the other way around. For a celebration where Cantonese cooking is preferred, Chef Tam's Seasons is the alternative worth considering.
| Venue | Price | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feng Wei Ju | $$ | Near Impossible | — |
| Aji | $$$$ | Unknown | — |
| Five Foot Road | $$ | Unknown | — |
| Lai Heen | $$$ | Unknown | — |
| Robuchon au Dôme | $$$$ | Unknown | — |
| The Eight | $$$$ | Unknown | — |
A quick look at how Feng Wei Ju measures up.
Book as far ahead as possible — ideally several weeks out. The combination of two Michelin stars (2025), a Black Pearl Diamond, and limited seating inside Star World Hotel makes this one of Macau's harder tables to secure. Weekday lunch is your best chance at a shorter lead time than weekend dinner.
Yes, and the format suits it. Dishes like the boiled mandarin fish fillets in chilli oil are portioned for sharing, making the a la carte menu practical for groups of four or more. check the venue's official channels to confirm private dining availability, as no group-specific policy is listed in public data.
No dress code is formally published, but the setting — a gold-and-red formal dining room inside a hotel, holding two Michelin stars — sets a clear expectation. Business casual or better is appropriate; treat it closer to a formal dinner than a casual night out.
No confirmed tasting menu format is documented for Feng Wei Ju. The restaurant operates a la carte across Sichuan and Hunanese cooking, with shareable dishes like boiled mandarin fish fillets and hand-pulled noodles. For a structured omakase-style progression, this is not your venue — but the a la carte spread at $$ pricing is strong value for a two-star room.
At $$, Feng Wei Ju is among the most competitively priced two-Michelin-star meals in Macau. The credential stack — two stars, Black Pearl 1 Diamond (2025), OAD Asia Top 250 (2025) — would justify a higher price point. If you are weighing this against Macau's pricier fine dining options, Feng Wei Ju offers a clear value case for the quality tier.
Yes, with the right expectations. The festive gold-and-red room, two-star credentials, and sharing-friendly dishes make it a natural fit for celebrations. It works best when your group is comfortable with bold Sichuan and Hunanese flavours — chilli heat is central to the menu, not a side note.
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