City of Dreams Macau

City of Dreams at a glance

City of Dreams sits in the heart of Cotai, the reclaimed strip of land between Taipa and Coloane where Macau's biggest integrated resorts are clustered⁶. It is a high-end integrated tourism and leisure resort, not just a casino: the property combines gaming areas, four luxury hotels, retail, a wet stage performance theater and other entertainment venues under one roof⁴.

The resort opened in June 2009. At the time it was reported as a $2.1 billion project and described as Macau's second-largest casino complex, and the first major casino to open in the city in almost two years⁵. That scale has only grown since.

For context on how big that is: an earlier company filing from December 2020 described City of Dreams as offering approximately 2,170 hotel rooms, suites and villas, with an average of approximately 496 gaming tables and approximately 487 gaming machines in operation that year, excluding tables and machines idled by COVID-19 closures⁷. The current table and machine counts reflect the property as it stands today.

If you are comparing Cotai resorts, City of Dreams is one of the larger ones. MGM Cotai, for example, runs approximately 1,400 rooms and suites⁸, and MGM Macau on the peninsula has 582 hotel rooms, suites and villas in a 35-storey building⁹. City of Dreams is a different scale of property, and it is built around a single integrated complex rather than a single tower.

What the casino offers

The casino at City of Dreams spans over 420,000 square feet across two floors¹. That is a large floor by any standard, and it is laid out with separate areas for different game types and player levels.

The table games on offer include the following:

• Baccarat
• Blackjack
• Roulette
• Caribbean Stud Poker
• Fortune 3 Card Poker
• 3 Card Baccarat
• Sic Bo
• Texas Hold'em Poker
• Fa Fa Fa
• Celestial Dragon
• Celestial
• The Fortune Trio
• Duo Fu Duo Cai¹

Baccarat is the dominant game in Macau, and it is the one you will see the most tables for.

Macau casinos are open 24 hours³. There is no entry fee to walk into the gaming floor, and no membership required to play. You will need to be 21 to enter the casino area, which is the standard minimum age across Macau's gaming floors. Bring photo ID, since staff can ask to see it at the entrance.

If you want a sense of how the table games work before you sit down, our guides to Fan-Tan and Sic Bo explain two of the traditional games you will see in Macau. For a broader look at what is legal and what is not across the region, see Can I Gamble in China? and Casinos in China: Who Can Go In.

Hotels on site: Crown Towers, Grand Hyatt and Hard Rock

City of Dreams Macau has four hotels on site: Crown Towers, Grand Hyatt Macau, Hard Rock Hotel and Morpheus¹. Together they provide 2,154 rooms².

Morpheus is the newest of the four. It opened in June 2018 as the third phase of City of Dreams in Cotai⁷. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and is described as the world's first free-form exoskeleton structure⁴. It is the architectural signature of the resort and is hard to miss from the Cotai strip.

Crown Towers is the premium hotel within the complex, and it is booked through the resort alongside the other three properties¹. Grand Hyatt Macau and Hard Rock Hotel round out the on-site accommodation, giving you a choice of price points and styles within the same building complex.

For comparison, City of Dreams Manila has 939 rooms across its three hotels: Nüwa Manila, Nobu Hotel Manila and Hyatt Regency Manila¹⁰. The Macau property is more than twice that size. If you are weighing up the two, our City of Dreams Manila guide covers the Philippine property in detail.

Booking a room at any of the four Macau hotels is done through the resort. There is no separate booking channel for Crown Towers that bypasses the main property.

Shows, dining and entertainment beyond the gaming floor

The House of Dancing Water is the resort's signature show. It is a water-based stage performance staged in a purpose-built wet stage theater inside City of Dreams⁴. It is one of the reasons people visit the property who have no interest in the casino at all.

Beyond the show, the resort brings together Michelin-starred restaurants, contemporary art and international luxury shopping⁴. Macau casinos generally have restaurants where visitors can try international cuisine, and City of Dreams is no exception³. You can eat well without ever stepping onto the gaming floor.

The retail and dining areas are open to everyone, not just hotel guests or casino players. You can walk in, have a meal, see the art and the architecture, and leave without gambling. That is a normal way to spend an afternoon in Cotai.

If you want to see how other Cotai and Macau properties compare on entertainment and dining, our guides to Galaxy Macau, Wynn Palace and MGM Cotai cover the neighboring resorts. On the peninsula, Grand Lisboa and StarWorld Hotel and Casino are the older, more central options.

Contact details for City of Dreams Manila

City of Dreams Macau does not publish a single general phone number in the sources available for this guide. The resort is reached through its official website, and bookings for the four hotels are made through the property.

If you are looking for City of Dreams Manila, that property does publish contact details. General inquiries are handled at (+632) 8800 8080¹¹, and the same number appears on the property's game rules documents¹². The Manila property also lists a fax line at (+632) 8890 8080¹².

For responsible gaming support, City of Dreams Manila runs a 24-hour hotline at +632 8890 0000¹⁴. Guests who want help can speak to any team member, who will introduce an RG Ambassador or take them to the RG service desk for information on exclusion programs and professional counseling¹⁵. The same hotline number appears in the property's responsible gaming brochures¹⁶.

City of Dreams Manila also lists a general inquiries email at guestservices@cityofdreamsmanila.com¹⁰ and a VIP club contact at LiYingVIPClub@cod-manila.com¹⁸. The Manila property is at Aesan Avenue corner Roxas Boulevard, Entertainment City, Parañaque 1701, Manila¹⁹.

For the Macau property, the practical move is to go through the official City of Dreams Macau website for hotel bookings, show tickets and restaurant reservations. If you are planning to visit the casino floor, remember the minimum age is 21 and there is no entry fee.

If you are traveling around the region and want to compare entry rules at other casinos, our guides to Marina Bay Sands Casino and Resorts World Sentosa Casino in Singapore, NagaWorld in Cambodia, and Hoiana Casino in Vietnam cover the practical details for each.