Studio City Macau (Macau, CHINA)

I have been quietly looking forward to this day since Jelloman made the booking a few months ago. It was supposed to be a belated celebration for Father's Day. Yes, it was a couple of weeks late but I figured it was better late than never. 

Turns out everyone was all hyped up for this trip. For little nugget, it's his first-ever trip to the "Vegas of the East" and for mom, her first since she first got married (You don't want to know how long!). Finally for me, part of the reason for the hype was the fact that we have not been to Macau since 2015. That's eight years and counting.

We had quite a long journey to get to our final destination via various shuttles. At 8:30am, we took the bus to the stop near Hong Kong International Airport, where we hopped onto the "Golden Bus (金巴)" after crossing the border and another bus ride took us to the Taipa Ferry Terminal (氹仔客運碼頭) shortly after. Then, we managed to catch a complimentary (and final) shuttle to Studio City Macau. By the time we actually arrived at the hotel, it was already 11:47am, 3 hours of bus rides!

But once we got over the run of bus rides, it was all good!

Check-in wasn't what we called efficient but we managed to get our keys in around 20 minutes. I took the time to walk around the shops on the lobby level while everyone was queuing up to check in. It was a pretty big premise that covers a lot of ground.

For a hotel which has been open for 8 years, the interior was relatively new. There was a slight cigarette smell when we got into the room but that's fairly common for hotels in Macau, even for rooms on the non-smoking floor (which we have requested for).

Our room was spotless and we even got a partial view of the 8-shaped roller coaster thing in the middle of the architecture. That was so cool!

View at night right here...

The bathroom was pretty spacious too. My only complaint was the height of the bath tub which had me making a full stretch in order to get comfortably on top.

The complimentary breakfast was definitely the highlight of our stay. Our parents were kind enough to wake up at 8am to get ourselves a table. For those who were less fortunate, it was almost impossible to get in after 10am (breakfast ends at 11am).

I really like the location of Studio City. It was much less crowded than Venetian and Galaxy; yet it wasn't isolated like some of the hotels away from the Strip. Of course, it would have been nice if it's inner-connected with the neighbouring Parisien and The Londoner.

While Studio City Macau is more than a serviceable option for accommodation, would I come back and stay here again, you ask? Well, very unlikely unless I am planning to spend a day at their waterpark. One of the things they must improve on was the variety of shops in their arcade, along with their closing time (9pm-ish?). The Londoner Macao offers a more diversified shopping and dining experience (i.e. The Cheesecake Factory, Shake Shack, Lady M etc.) and the shops there tend to close after 10pm.

Rating: ❤❤❤♡♡

Price: $$$

Address: Estrada do Istmo, Cotai, Macau

Closest LRT Station: Est. F. De Lótus / Studio City

Tel: +853 8865-8888

Website: www.studiocity-macau.com