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“A meal for all senses - the total experience!”

Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet
Ranked #27 of 17,784 Restaurants in Shanghai
Price range: $657 - $1,217
Cuisines: European, French, Contemporary
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Restaurant details
Dining options: Reservations
Neighborhood: Jing'an
Description: Conceived by Paul Pairet since 1996 and opened in May 2012, Ultraviolet is the first restaurant of its kind uniting food with multi-sensorial technologies A single table of ten seats only. A dining room of high-end technology. A 20-course "Avant-Garde" set menu. 3 Michelin stars. All guests sit together. The experience unfolds as a play. Food leads. Each course is enhanced with its own taste-tailored atmosphere: lights, sounds, music, scents, projection, images and imagination... And food.
Reviewed November 12, 2014

After hearing about UV for some years now, we finally got two seats one Saturday night in October. We came with pretty high expectations, worried that we would be disappointed.
But we weren’t... The food, the atmosphere, the setting, the surroundings, the staff - if was just fun, fun, fun. When the evening was over I had a strange kind of headache. It was from having a huge smile on my face through the 22 course meal!
This is the place to experience if you are a big foodie and lover of the unexpected. It’s pricy and hard to get a table - but we didn’t regret going there for a second!

Date of visit: October 2014
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3  Thank CathinkaH
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Reviewed November 10, 2014

We discover this place by accident, and what a great discovery it is.
We enjoyed one of our best evening dinner in a restaurant.
Everything, every detail are so amazing.
The food is delicious, of course, there are many many dishes, with a new wine each time but when you live you have not eaten neither drunk to much :)
What really worth the experience is the whole concept: the music, the decor, the service.
You are 10 guests. You also exchange with the other guests, and that's very nice.

What I preferred was the sound experience.
I am french, living in Shanghai, and I also enjoy the very french atmosphere. There is really something very special there.

I highly recommend to try UV.

Date of visit: April 2014
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2  Thank Marguerite D
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Reviewed October 27, 2014 via mobile

This restaurant is number one in shanghai on trip advisor absolutely im agree with food and service side, but its really overpriced , it should be at least reasonable.

Date of visit: October 2014
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26  Thank helengorde
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Reviewed October 24, 2014

Its my job to travel around and once I find a good restaurant in a area I eat there each night. Perfect restaurant, food is good.

Date of visit: July 2014
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2  Thank mandylouise80
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Reviewed August 13, 2014

We went to the Ultraviolet for a special birthday. We had an amazing dining experience. The combination of food, drinks and ambience is above and beyond any other dining experience we ever had.

We had "Menu A" the original. Is amazing the perfect orchestration of the different elements activating each one of the five senses.

I will stay away from any technical feedback as in our opinion this is not cooking, is art!

Paul and team thanks for an amazing dinner we will try to come back soon if we are able to find an other spot!

Date of visit: February 2014
6  Thank GianlucaPettiti
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