Five-star MGM Cotai, Cotai
Emerald Tower at MGM Cotai
A hotel tower at MGM Cotai with its own lobby of emerald and ivory marble, 28 Qing dynasty carpets on show, and 28 villas at the top.
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- Forbes Travel Guide
- Five-Star, fifth year in a row in 2026
- Villas
- 28, at the top of the tower
- Opened
- February 2018, with MGM Cotai
- From the airport
- About 10 minutes by car, our estimate
The hotel
Imperial carpets and a crystal chandelier.
MGM Cotai opened to the public on 13 February 2018 with about 1,400 rooms. The Emerald Tower has its own lobby of emerald and ivory marble under a crystal chandelier. Works from the MGM Cotai Art Collection hang throughout, more than three hundred pieces across the resort, among them 28 imperial carpets from the Qing dynasty. Forbes Travel Guide has rated the tower Five-Star five years in a row.
The rooms take their colours from rosewood and mix Chinese taste with Western comfort. Ceilings rise to 3.3 metres. At the top of the tower, 28 villas modelled on Chinese imperial gardens have their own lift and a butler on call day and night. Below sits Spectacle, the resort's central hall, with its walls of LED screens and an indoor garden of more than 100,000 plants, two hundred kinds of orchid among them.
- Emerald Lobby Emerald and ivory marble, a crystal chandelier and the collection's 28 imperial carpets.
- Tria Spa Rated Five-Star by Forbes for a seventh year in 2026. Emerald Tower guests have the wet facilities included.
- Five Foot Road Sichuan cooking at MGM Cotai, a Forbes Five-Star restaurant five years running.
Rooms & suites
Rosewood, marble and high ceilings.
Rooms and suites look over Cotai or the resort's fountains, with marble bathrooms and ceilings of 3.3 metres.
- Rooms Emerald Room About 43 square metres, with a rain shower, a separate bath and twin basins.
- Suites Emerald Suite 87 to 94 square metres, with separate living and dining areas, a steam shower and access to the Emerald Lounge.
- Villas Emerald Villa One to three bedrooms. Some have a massage room or a karaoke room; the three-bedroom villa opens on a diamond-shaped aquarium.
Recognition
Forbes Travel Guide.
- Emerald Tower Five-Star, 2026, the fifth year in a row
- Tria Spa Five-Star, 2026, the seventh year in a row
- Five Foot Road Five-Star restaurant, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Early and late The tower's rooms and suites come with early check-in and late check-out, both at 1 pm. Confirm standard times when booking.
- Villas The 28 villas have a private lift and round-the-clock butler service.
Getting there
Flying to Cotai.
Macau International lies a few kilometres east of Cotai, about 10 minutes by car by our estimate. Private jets land at the same airport and are handled at the Macau Business Aviation Center, open around the clock.
- Shanghai 2 h 00
- Bangkok 2 h 30
- Singapore 3 h 40
- Tokyo 4 h 10
- London 13 h 00 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Is the Emerald Tower a separate hotel from MGM Cotai?
- It is one of the hotel towers of MGM Cotai, with its own lobby, lounge and villas, and its own Forbes Five-Star rating.
- How large are the Emerald Suites?
- Between 87 and 94 square metres, with ceilings of 3.3 metres.
- How many villas are there?
- Twenty-eight, at the top of the tower, with one, two or three bedrooms.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Cotai?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Cotai, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Cotai
Other hotels worth the trip.
- City of Dreams – Morpheus The first hotel in Macau with three MICHELIN Keys, inside Zaha Hadid’s steel exoskeleton.
- Banyan Tree Macau Suites with their own relaxation pools and villas with jacuzzis, raised to two MICHELIN Keys in 2026.
- Grand Lisboa Palace Macau The main tower of a three-hotel resort that took ten Forbes Five-Star awards in 2026.
- Palazzo Versace Macau The first Palazzo Versace in Asia, with two MICHELIN Keys.
- The Karl Lagerfeld Two hundred and seventy-one rooms in a modern chinoiserie, every detail chosen by Lagerfeld himself.
- Four Seasons Hotel Macao Five outdoor pools, and Zi Yat Heen, with a MICHELIN star, on the ground floor.
- The Ritz-Carlton, Macau Forbes Five-Star ten years running, with Lai Heen serving Cantonese food on the 51st floor.
- The St. Regis Macao One MICHELIN Key, and a Forbes Five-Star rating for the first time in 2026.
- Wynn Palace The largest Forbes Five-Star resort in the world, home to Chef Tam’s Seasons, with two MICHELIN stars.
- The Londoner Hotel, Macau A MICHELIN Key hotel and Forbes Five-Star, with the Suites by David Beckham on its top two floors.
- Capella at Galaxy Macau An all-suite hotel, rated Forbes Five-Star in 2026 at the time of its official opening.
- Raffles at Galaxy Macau Forbes Five-Star for a second year, while its Sushi Kissho by Miyakawa won a Five-Star award of its own in 2026.
- Nüwa Macau Its own Nüwa Spa, with Jade Dragon and its three MICHELIN stars under the same City of Dreams roof.
- Skylofts at MGM Cotai Lofts modelled on those of New York at the top of the M Tower, with private concierge service.
- Hotel Okura Macau Five years running as a Forbes Five-Star hotel, with Japanese cooking at Yamazato.
- Altira Macau Three restaurants, Aurora, Tenmasa and Ying, and a spa of its own on the Taipa side.
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Wynn Macau Forbes gave Five-Star ratings in 2026 to the hotel, its spa and the Wing Lei restaurant.
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Encore at Wynn Macau A separate hotel within the Wynn Macau resort, whose Spa at Encore holds its own Five-Star rating.
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MGM Macau About six hundred rooms, Forbes Five-Star eleven years in a row, with Lingnan cooking at Imperial Court.
Staying at Emerald Tower at MGM Cotai?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Cotai, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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