Victoria Huang
Google
There is basically no place to sit down in the lobby. (Spoiler alert, we had to pay 90 MOP just for my elderly grandmother to sit.) There were hoards of us this afternoon just standing/sitting on the ground at the front of the lobby since we had checked out and were waiting for different things. Then an employee came and told us all that we couldn't sit/idle there, and that there was seating in the back. The "seating" ended up being for a bar, where there was a big sign saying "people under 18 can't enter here" at the enterance. I was very obviously with my 10 year old sister (and even I just turned 18 a few months ago), and with my elderly grandmother, so I have no idea why the employee would point us there. We spotted an elevator leading to their round the clock coffee, and assumed we could just buy a cup and sit there. Well, they required everyone sitting down to buy at least one drink, and the cheapest thing there was 1 can of soda for 30 MOP. Even water was more expensive, at 40 MOP. My grandmother couldn't stand much longer so we just had to take the L and spend 90 MOP just to sit. On top of that, we had a takeout box and weren't allowed to open it because it was outside food. I'm not saying "fancy" coffee places aren't allowed to make their own rules and I know Macau is an expensive place to vacation, but can you put more than 1 tiny couch in the lobby that's always occupied so my grandmother doesn't need to go to your damn coffee shop? So PSA - if you're not staying here (why would you when you can stay in the new cotai strip?), there's nothing to see at this hotel, it's not a landmark.
