Macau Travel | Staying at the world's only Lafayette Hotel
🌟 The Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau houses three hotel buildings, namely the Grand Lisboa Palace Macau, The Versace Hotel Macau, and The Karl Lagerfeld Luxury Hotel Macau. This time, we stayed at The Karl Lagerfeld Luxury Hotel Macau, designed by the fashion icon Mr. Karl Lagerfeld himself. The hotel blends Eastern and Western styles, named after Lafayette, and features elements of Lafayette everywhere. Because he liked looking in mirrors, there are many mirrors along the guest room corridors.
🌟 Guest Rooms
Our deluxe king room had a modern Chinese style, both fashionable and classical. The red sofa and the floor-to-ceiling windows were very photogenic.
🌟 Exhibition Hall
We heard that the hotel's desserts were famous, so on the first day we arrived at the hotel, we went to the Exhibition Hall to try the Versailles-themed afternoon tea. The Exhibition Hall is like a library, very unique. It displays a thousand books, where you can read and enjoy afternoon tea. The smoked salmon waffle, melon with Bayonne ham, mini crab éclair, and lobster with caviar were all delicious and highly recommended.
🌟 Taste Appreciation
Taste Appreciation is also designed by Lafayette, a Portuguese restaurant with a mix of avant-garde and oriental elements in geometric patterns and black, white, and gold lines. Here you can enjoy a variety of classic Portuguese dishes, such as grilled chicken with fries, Caesar salad with Boston lobster, and prawns with seafood coconut milk sauce, all worth recommending.
🌟 Imperial Garden
Entering the Imperial Garden feels like stepping into the Wizard of Oz. I was stunned by the 35-meter-long hand-embroidered Suzhou embroidery. Between the corridor and the main dining area, there is also a set of six double-sided Suzhou embroidered fan screens, with clever and interesting patterns of flowers and birds that come to life on traditional fans, displaying the classical elegance of Chinese style. The restaurant is so beautiful. Looking up, there are crystal chandeliers from a French royal brand, glittering and translucent. The private dining room where we ate was very retro-styled, with a long table and a fireplace, feeling more like being at home. We ordered the executive lunch, which tasted excellent. The golden juice blue angel shrimp dumplings, crab meat and scallop soup dumplings, crispy netted abalone rolls, black pepper and Wagyu snow mountain buns, each dish was a visual treat and a delightful experience for the taste buds.
🌟 Buffet Mountain
We had breakfast at Buffet Mountain, which is larger than other hotel buffets in Macau, with a wide variety of breakfast options, allowing you to taste different Chinese regional cuisines and Southeast Asian food at once. Besides going to Buffet Mountain for breakfast, you can also choose the breakfast room service. After breakfast, I was looking forward to the evening buffet, and it did not disappoint. The restaurant has 12 different themed gourmet areas, and there is an outdoor BBQ on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. After chatting with the chef, I learned that the salmon in the buffet is selected from Norway, and the oysters are from France. The oysters were fresh and sweet, of good quality, and available in unlimited quantities. If you add 180 Macau dollars, you can also enjoy unlimited made-to-order seafood. Lobster, crab, and shrimp can be eaten to your heart's content, and it's said that someone once ate 12 lobsters at once, making it a great value for money. If you want to eat global cuisine, I recommend Buffet Mountain.
🌟 Greenery Garden
Walking through the corridor, the light and shadow cast on the ground, and the warm sunshine sprinkled on me. The fountain in front of Buffet Mountain, the lawns and pavilions on both sides of the garden, the circular dome, and the Instagram-famous European staircase, the Greenery Garden is truly magnificent. No wonder friends who have been there all say it's beautiful, and it's a great place for taking photos.