The Shanghai Michelin Guide Scramble

Challenge completed in October 2019. Read my final reflection. 

This post is to announce the following challenge: in the next year or so Check Please will dine at each and every Michelin-starred restaurant in Shanghai. Ideally, the quest will be completed by October 2019 (to keep it restrained to the current edition of the Guide), however we might go beyond this period.

This means visiting a total of 34 restaurants (this number was 30 last year and 26 in the previous year’s inaugural edition). With an average of 3 restaurants per month it should be achievable in one year.

I have listed below the target restaurants according to the 2019 Michelin Guide for Shanghai. I will italicize the restaurants that I have visited and link to their reviews as I go. Some have been visited prior of establishing this blog, but I was able to publish a review with original photos (in some cases take by friends dining with me).

Please note that I am excluding from this challenge the Bib Gourmands and other restaurants listed on the Guide without any star.

I will call the challenge The Shanghai Michelin Guide Scramble. Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with the Michelin Guide.

Three Stars 
Ultraviolet 

Two Stars 
8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana 
Canton 8 (Runan Street)
Imperial Treasure
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon
T’ang Court
Xin Rong Ji (Nanyang Road) (New)
Yi Long Court
Yong Foo Elite

One Star 
Amazing Chinese Cuisine (New)
Bo Shanghai
Da Dong (Xuhui)
Da Dong (Jingnan)
Fu He Hui
Il Ristorante – Niko Romito (New)
Jade Mansion
Jean Georges 
Ji Pin Court (New)
Lao Zheng Xing (Huangpu)
Le Comptoir de Pierre Gagnaire (New)
Le Patio & La Famille (Huangpu)
Lei Garden (Xuhui)
Lei Garden (Pudong)
Madam Goose (Minhang)
Moose (New)
Phenix 
Seventh Son (Jingan)
Shang High Cuisine
Sir Elly’s
Taian Table 
Wujie (Huangpu)
Xin Rong Ji (Huangou)
Yong Fu
Yong Yi Ting