Macao

Open for : Dinner, Late NightAlcohol: Full Bar

Know Before You Go: Since the bar is unmarked, search for the glowing red light that announces the entrance.

When to Go: There is no lunch service, but the full menu is served until 3am every night, and brunch is from Sat-Sun 11am-3pm.

Soft lights that are barely visible through lofty grated-metal doors offer the only sign that something abounds beyond Macao Trading Co.’s un-marked entrance. Inside, a diverse urban crowd trades in trendy TriBeCa for a nineteenth-century atmosphere that evokes the cultural contrasts of Macao. At the fully-stocked bar dominating the front of the eatery, a tarnished mirrored backsplash reflects...

Channeling a "1940s" "Macao gambling parlor", this "dazzling", bi-level TriBeCan offers plentiful "eye candy" to go with its Chinese-Portuguese chow; late-night, it turns "club"-like – "loud and crowded" with uneven service – but most are having too much "fun" to care.

Raise the red lantern: this Tribeca gem features high ceilings and stylish post-colonial fixtures in a discrete Church Street location, reflecting a side-street adventure one might have experienced in old Macao. Led by David Waltuck, chef/owner of the defunct but well-loved Chanterelle along with the folks behind Employees Only, you'll find intriguing Macanese specialties such as African...

Call it what you like—we prefer "Asian-fusion-whatever"—but Macao's prospects aren't a gamble. From epicurean dream team behind Employees Only comes this new, wood-lined, vaguely Asian-themed space. Big, beautiful room with mouth-wateringly beautiful bar and a lounge downstairs—nice spot to lay waste to your liver. Emphasis here, though, is on the menu, which there ain't nothin' vague about:...

Macao Trading Co. covers two floors offering both a spacious dining room upstairs and an intimate lounge downstairs. The cuisine represents the blend of Chinese and Portuguese cuisines found in the once independent colony of its namesake. Located on Church St, at the edge of Tribeca, Macao's décor is a dramatic composition of lighting, relics and industrial iron work. The high ceilings and...