Raffles at Galaxy Macau
Raffles at Galaxy Macau is the all-suite flagship of Galaxy Macau's non-gaming third phase, two towers dressed by HBA as the house of an imaginary 14th-century Italian merchant who collected art.
- Neighbourhood
- Galaxy Macau, Cotai
- Opened
- August 2023
- Design
- Hirsch Bedner Associates (interiors); Joyce Wang (Long Bar)
Photo: Galaxy Macau
Raffles at Galaxy Macau came out of the third phase of Galaxy Macau, the expansion in which Galaxy Entertainment Group added a convention centre, the 16,000-seat Galaxy Arena and Andaz Macau, and which it presented under Macau's policy of diversifying beyond gaming. Accor and Galaxy announced the hotel in March 2021 and planned to open it that year; Macau's pandemic closure intervened, licensing was completed only in March 2023, and the first Raffles in Macau soft-opened on 16 August 2023 with about 450 suites. Galaxy calls it the largest all-suite Raffles in the world.
It occupies two towers on the resort's east promenade, joined by a glass airbridge on every floor. Their architect is not on record; OKYTO's essay on Macau's hotel architecture looks at the city's other hotel buildings. Hirsch Bedner Associates did the interiors, as, in the firm's words, "an opulent ode to classical Italian architecture while drawing upon Macau's heritage". The story they tell is invented. The hotel is styled as the residence of a 14th-century Italian merchant who collected art, with peacocks carved into the ceilings as a nod to Galaxy Macau's own identity. Its art collection was curated in Singapore, and the lobby works take the four seasons as their theme.
The towers stand beside Old Taipa Village, and the hotel keeps a life of its own inside the larger complex. Its 40-metre infinity pool on the sixth floor connects directly to Galaxy's Grand Resort Deck, while the poolside restaurant is for hotel guests only, and many suites have heated pools and gardens of their own.
Sushi Kissho is the first restaurant outside Japan of Masaaki Miyakawa, the Sapporo sushi chef with three Michelin stars. The Hong Kong designer Joyce Wang built the Long Bar as a cave-like speakeasy, which Galaxy bills as the first Raffles speakeasy to carry the name, and Antonio Lai's opening menu there included an official Macau Sling.
Sources: Galaxy Macau; Galaxy Macau; Accor; HBA; Galaxy Entertainment Group; GGRAsia; AGBrief; Hospitality Net; Accor; Tatler Asia; Raffles at Galaxy Macau
Location
- Address
- Estrada da Baía da Nossa Senhora da Esperança s/n, Cotai, Macau, China
- Website
- Official website
- Reservations
- Check availability
