Awards

MGM has once again harvested a total of seven Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Awards for 2024. This distinguished array of accolades manifests MGM’s position as a leader in the hospitality industry and its commitment in offering guests the finest service and resort amenities.

This year marks MGM MACAU and the spa concept Tria at both MGM MACAU and MGM COTAI receiving Forbes Travel Guide’s Five-Star honors for the ninth and fifth consecutive year, respectively. On top of these, MGM won four Five-Star Awards between both properties for three years in a row: the Emerald Tower, the Skylofts and Sichuanese restaurant Five Foot Road at MGM COTAI, and Lingnan restaurant Imperial Court at MGM MACAU.

MGM COTAI is the only mega complex and hotel in Macau to attain three-star certification in both Green Building Design and Operation Label, issued by the China Green Building and Energy Saving (Macau) Association. Such achievements have brought MGM COTAI the glory of being the first hotel in the GBA and second in Greater China to receive the certifications.

The Emerald Tower at MGM COTAI has been distinguished as one of the best in the international hospitality market and is awarded a prestigious place in the TOP 100 Hotels & Resorts of the World 2022 from Luxury Lifestyle Awards.
The TOP 100 list showcases the best Hotels and Resorts worldwide based on reputation, credibility, brand awareness, luxury experience and service excellence, Emerald Tower’s impeccable reputation and professional performance have been recognized and acknowledged.

The Emerald Villa of MGM COTAI is honored to win the 5-star accolade, the highest level of honor, in the category of Best Hotel Interior Macau - Asia Pacific 2022 at the world-renowned International Property Awards, regarded as one of the most important events in the global property industry.

The Emerald Villa of MGM COTAI becomes the first in Macau to be named the Winner for the SBID International Design Awards 2021 in the Hotel Bedroom & Suites Design category, an esteemed global interior design accolade.

A tangible exemplar capturing MGM’s enduring spirit of “Originality + Innovation”, the Emerald Villa of MGM COTAI becomes the Platinum Winner at the 2021 MUSE Design Awards in the Interior Design (Hotels & Resorts) category, also the first in Macau to receive this acclaimed interior design award.

For several years, Tria crowns annual awards from SpaChina, one of the industry’s most anticipated annual award in China, recognizing Tria’s five-star rated services and facilities ranging from spa treatment to fitness.

Imperial Court and Five Foot Road were awarded the One-diamond Restaurant in the Black Pearl Restaurant Guide 2024. Honored for second consecutive year, Imperial Court helmed by Executive Sous Chef Homan Tsui embodies the essence of Cantonese cuisine, while incorporating innovation and creativity into the delicate Lingnan flavors. Five Foot Road made its debut on the list, bringing Chengdu-Sichuanese fine dining experience by Executive Sous Chef Yang Dengquan, it pays homage to the authentic refined Sichuan cuisine beyond fiery and hot with a touch of elegance.

Black Pearl Restaurant Guide is one of the most credible professional restaurant guides in the current Chinese food and beverage industry. The Guide appraises millions of restaurants to select the top ones according to culinary quality, dining experience, and inheritance and innovation, with the aim of creating a restaurant list that appeals to Chinese taste buds.

Five Foot Road achieved One Michelin Star at the “MICHELIN Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2024”.
The MICHELIN Guide is the most recognized benchmark in gourmet dining, this global recognition fully demonstrates MGM provides the best dining experience to guests from all over the world.

Trip.com Global Elite Restaurant List covers more than 10,000 restaurants in 66 domestic cities. The award-winning restaurants are known for their food qualities, service details, environmental features, and distinctive concepts, as being best of the gastronomy industry. Imperial Court is recognized as “Platinum Restaurant”, while Aux Beaux Arts, Rossio and Chún are listed as “Gold Medal Restaurant”.

The Best Restaurant Award for China 2022 - Olive Press, is a national dining award, which endorses mid-to-high-end restaurants, five-star hotels and their chefs. The goal is to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the dining industry, and provide practical guidance for dining consumers. Five Foot Road is listed as “The Best Sichuan Cuisine Restaurant” with 3 years in a row.

Aux Beaux Arts garners its 10th consecutive award from the world’s leading authorities Wine Spectator. With its comprehensive wine list and sophisticated menu pairing, the restaurant has been crowned the pinnacle “Three-Glass Grand Award” since 2016 – only outlets with over a thousand selections of wine of immense depth and breadth of regions, producers, vintages and bottle formats are shortlisted for this prestige list.

Grill 58, Imperial Court and Chún receive the “Two-Glass Best of Award of Excellence” at the Restaurant Award Winners from the world’s leading authorities Wine Spectator.

The World of Fine Wine,a global award program from the U.K. which targets the affluent audience of wine connoisseurs and collectors since 2014, distinguishes Aux Beaux Arts, Imperial Court, Grill 58 and Chún with the world’s most extensive wine lists in its “Three-Star Award”.

Aux Beaux Arts and Imperial Court are awarded with “Best Long Wine List (Asia) 2023”; with the specialism and varieties of wine, Aux Beaux Arts also harvested “Jury Prize 2023” and Imperial Court is on the list with “Best By-the-Glass list without Coravin (Asia) 2023”.

Established in 1994, China’s Wine List of The Year Awards recognizes professional wine investments in skill and resources that go into developing the best quality wine lists for China’s enthusiastic food and wine public among China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Aux Beaux Arts and Grill 58 with Western dining concepts, as well as Imperial Court and Chún with refined Cantonese delights have all taken home the highest honor of “Three-glass Excellent Glass Rating”.

Grill 58, has stood out even further and named as the only winner for three of the highest grading in the scheme, including “China’s Wine List of the Year 2023 – Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan”, “China’s Best Luxury Fine Wine Cellar List” and “Best Wine List – Macau SAR”.

Imperial Court and Five Foot Road have been recognized for the excellence in services and culinary with listings in the prestigious 100 Top Tables 2024 hosted by South China Morning Post.

Five Foot Road and Chún have been awarded "Best Chinese Restaurant of the Year"
Presented by Target Taste and organized by Target magazine, this esteemed award recognizes outstanding and trending Chinese restaurants, judging them by a panel of experts in the arts, gastronomy, and entertainment fields.

For its excellence in culinary offerings, Five Foot Road is the only listed restaurant in Macau to be awarded the Robb Report – Best of the Best 2023: Restaurant List. Robb Report is the leading voice in the global luxury market and is synonymous with affluence and luxury. It is the brand the influential people rely on to discover experiences, observe ideas, opinions and products.

Imperial Court & Five Foot Road have been awarded by the A Big Bite – Best 100 China Restaurant Award. The Award was founded in 2015 by an elite group of expert gourmet judges. It screens the restaurants from multiple dimensions such as restaurant environment, dining service, maturity, stability, innovation, and wine paring with the dishes. Each selected restaurant is a proof of high standard.

Star Wine List of the Year – Red Star

The Star Wine List of the Year is bar and wine restaurant guide created in 2017 that targets the audience of wine connoisseurs and collectors. With extensive wine lists, Five Foot Road, Aux Beaux Arts, Aji and Grill 58 have all received the Red Star grading, the highest grading in the scheme.

Star Wine List of the Year – White Star

Chún received the White Star grading recognition by "Star Wine List," a guide that provides bar and wine restaurant guide for wine enthusiasts worldwide.