Five-star Galaxy Macau, Cotai, Cotai
Hotel Okura Macau
Macau's first Japanese luxury hotel, 488 rooms in pale wood, silk and paper light at Galaxy Macau, with kaiseki at Yamazato.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Forbes Travel Guide
- Five stars, 2026
- Rooms
- 488 rooms and suites
- Opened
- May 2011
- From the airport
- 5 to 9 minutes from Macau International
The hotel
Japanese hospitality in Cotai.
Hotel Okura Macau opened on 15 May 2011, on the day Galaxy Macau first opened its doors, and was the first luxury hotel from Japan in the city. It rises twenty-nine floors, with 488 rooms and suites. Rooms on the inner side look down on the Grand Resort Deck and its wave pool; those on the outer side face Hengqin and mainland China.
The house idea is what Okura calls Japanese hospitality: traditional Japanese service with the comforts of a large modern hotel. Rooms use Japanese screens, rugs hand-tufted in a bamboo pattern, paper lamps, light wood, silk and stone. Most bathrooms have a deep tub with a separate rain shower, and the suites add a sauna, a steam room and a Jacuzzi. In 2026 Forbes Travel Guide rated the hotel five stars for the fifth year running.
- Yamazato The hotel's Japanese restaurant, for kaiseki, sushi and a daily grill menu, beside a Japanese garden.
- Suites with a sauna Okura suites come with their own sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi, and a Japanese heated toilet.
- Indoor pool A heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi looking across to Hengqin, with Galaxy Macau's wave pool outside.
Rooms & suites
Screens, silk and light wood.
Rooms face either the resort's pools or the mainland, and most bathrooms have a deep tub and a separate rain shower.
- Rooms Deluxe Room 46 to 52 square metres, in Japanese style with modern fittings.
- Suites Okura suites A private sauna, a steam room and a Jacuzzi, with a Nespresso machine.
Dining
Kaiseki and afternoon tea.
Restaurants as listed by Forbes Travel Guide. Shown for information.
- Yamazato Japanese, kaiseki and sushi The hotel's signature restaurant
- Terrace Restaurant All-day, seafood Sixth floor
- Nagomi Lobby Bar & Lounge Afternoon tea In the lobby
Recognition
Five stars, five years.
- Forbes Travel Guide Five stars, 2026, the fifth year running
- Forbes Responsible Hospitality Verified
Good to know
Before you go.
- Next door The Galaxy Macau resort deck, with its wave pool and white sand beach, is open to guests.
- Views Ask for an inner room to look over the resort pools, or an outer one for Hengqin and the mainland.
Getting there
Flying to Cotai.
Macau International is five to nine minutes away by car. Private jets use the same airport, where the Macau Business Aviation Center is open around the clock with customs and immigration on site.
- 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.
- Does Hotel Okura Macau have MICHELIN Keys?
- No. It is not in the 2026 MICHELIN Key selection; Forbes Travel Guide rates it five stars.
- Can guests use the Galaxy Macau wave pool?
- Yes. Guests have access to the Grand Resort Deck, with its wave pool, in addition to the hotel's own indoor pool.
- How far is Hotel Okura Macau from the airport?
- Five to nine minutes by car from Macau International, which also handles private jets.
- 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.
- Emerald Tower at MGM Cotai A lobby of emerald and ivory marble, hung with works from the MGM Cotai Art Collection.
- 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 Hotel Okura Macau?
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.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.