Fine Dining Ubud – Gourmet Dining at Apéritif Restaurant
Yes, there is fine dining in Ubud. Apéritif Restaurant is a fine dining restaurant in Ubud which has received numerous international awards. Recent honours include a Silver at the Prestige Gourmet Awards 2025 and Best Fine Dining Cuisine in Indonesia at the World Luxury Restaurant Awards 2024. Apéritif Restaurant is set inside Viceroy Bali, a five-star luxury resort located in a central yet peaceful area in Ubud, Bali. The space overlooks lush valleys and opens into a 1920s Art Deco manor with the setting feeling both grand and personal. Every visit feels special, whether for the first time or a return.
The restaurant is also known for hosting Michelin-star guest chefs for collaborative dinners in Ubud. These evenings bring rare flavours to Bali and leave guests with stories to remember. For travellers, Apéritif Restaurant combines unique creative menus, Balinese character, and an elegance that feels welcoming.
Fine dining in Ubud takes many forms. It can be a chef guiding you through each plate, a quiet dinner for two, or a private celebration with friends. At Apéritif Restaurant, each of these moments is possible in one place.
The Chef’s Table experience is a contemporary fine dining experience now available in Ubud at Apéritif Restaurant. Guests can witness the chef’s expert cooking skills right in front of them. The Chefs Table is held in designated private room and is led by Executive Chef Nic Vanderbeeken
During the chefs table, Chef Nic guides each course and shares the story behind it. Diners hear about inspirations, ingredients, and techniques in real time. This is a highly immersive and personal experience with the sights and sounds of fine dining unfolding in front of you.
It suits small groups or curious food lovers. Choose this option if you want an intimate evening that feels exclusive and immersive.
Degustation dinners are at the heart of Apéritif Restaurant. Each menu unfolds as a journey. Playful amuse-bouche open the meal, while petits fours close it with grace.
The chefs design seasonal tasting menus that layer the freshest local and international ingredients with global techniques. They pair wines and aperitifs with the tasting menus. Diners enjoy a balance of flavours throughout the meal.
Degustation is for diners who like to follow flavour as a journey.
Apéritif Restaurant offers a dedicated dining room for those celebrating anniversaries, birthdays, or successful ventures in utmost privacy.
Black-and-white interiors create an atmosphere of quiet opulence combined with gastronomy and discreet service. The degustation menus can be tailored for the occasion.
The room can comfortably seat up to ten guests. So, the evening reflects the occasion and the people at the table.
Apéritif Restaurant is known as one of Ubud’s most romantic dinner venues. The restaurant offers a glamorous dining room and a special candlelit setting, complemented by rose petals and soft lighting.
The Romantic Dinner Menu runs across more than seven thoughtful courses. It is paced well to let the couple’s conversation flow. The staff enhances the experience with optional wine pairings. This dinner is perfect for an anniversary or a proposal.
Discover one of Bali’s finest wine collections. The cellar holds over 220 labels from around the world. Some bottles date back as far as 1855. The selection spans France, Italy, and Australia, with rare gems from Indonesia.
At Apéritif Restaurant, there is a sommelier on hand to guide wine pairings and help with menu selections. Guests feel cared for without the stiffness linked to fine dining.
Head Sommelier Jean-Benoît Issele, known as JB, curates every pairing with care. He brings experience from Paris, Dubai, and Hong Kong. A crisp white may highlight the briny notes of seafood. An aged red can deepen the umami in a slow-cooked dish. No pairing is left to chance.
Guests can enjoy classic pairings. They can also request bespoke matches tailored to their palate.
The upscale dining at Apéritif Restaurant transports you to a different time. The restaurant is in a colonial-style manor with wide Palladian windows frame views of rice paddies and lush gardens.
The setting is plush with Baroque patterns, chandeliers, and fine fabrics reflect the 1920s’ glamour. The space spans 1,000 square metres. Yet it offers intimate seating, perfect for long conversations over a fine dining course or degustation menu.
Tables are set with bespoke ceramic plates with crisp white linen and silver cutlery top the finesse. The details remind you of Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe, now in Ubud.
Fine dining in Ubud comes at a premium. It reflects the craft and care that goes into every course.
At Apéritif Restaurant, menus begin with a three-course experience at IDR 1,100,000++ per person. The Borderless Degustation Mid Journey is priced at IDR 1,500,000++, while the Full Journey runs at IDR 1,900,000++. Vegetarian and vegan degustations start from IDR 1,250,000++.
For special occasions, the Romantic Candlelight Dinner is available at IDR 2,100,000++ for the Mid Journey or IDR 2,500,000++ for the full menu. Each option can be enhanced with wine pairings from Bali’s largest cellar.
The value lies not only in the food, but in the entire experience – a 1920s Art Deco manor, award-winning chefs, and attentive service in a tropical setting. Guests leave with more than a meal; they take home a memory. For most, that makes the price worth it.
Apéritif Restaurant offers you the quintessential fine-dining experience in Ubud, Bali. Whether you’re a connoisseur or seeking a distinctive dining adventure with family, friends or a date, our culinary innovation promises to enchant you like no other.
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