The cocktail-bar and beef-noodle heartland. Yong Kang Street, Dongmen MRT, Indulge and Bar Mood, Yong He Soya Milk for breakfast.
Din Tai Fung's Xinyi Road original is the xiaolongbao counter that turned a 1958 cooking-oil shop into a global chain. Bib Gourmand; queues from 11:00 sharp.
OrderTen-pleat pork xiaolongbao, niu rou mian beef noodle soup, plus the cucumber starter to share.
TipTake the queue ticket on arrival and shop the Yongkang Street strip while you wait; cards and mobile pay accepted.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle has been pulling beef and braising shank since 1963. The two-floor Lane 31 counter is Bib Gourmand and the canonical visitor bowl.
OrderHalf-tendon, half-brisket bowl with hand-cut noodles and a side of mustard greens.
TipOpen 11:00-15:30 and 16:30-21:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; share the table at peak.
logy holds two Michelin stars under chef Ryogo Tahara, sister to two-star Florilege Tokyo (chef Hiroyasu Kawate). Asian-contemporary, deep Taiwanese sourcing.
OrderWhatever the seasonal tasting menu is built around; ask the sommelier to thread the pairing.
TipClosed Sundays and Mondays. Reservations open one month ahead online; one seating per evening.
Du Hsiao Yueh transplants the 1895 Tainan dan zai bowl onto Yongkang Street. Tiny porcelain bowls of shrimp-and-pork noodle, garlic and coriander.
OrderDan zai noodle bowl with a side of shrimp roll and braised pork rice.
TipOpen 11:30-21:30 daily. Order at the counter; the bowl arrives in two minutes.
Kao Chi opened in 1949 and is Yongkang Street's second xiaolongbao counter in Taipei, often shorter than Din Tai Fung's queue. Bib Gourmand listed.
OrderXiaolongbao, pan-fried sheng jian bao and the cold drunken chicken starter.
TipOpen 09:30-14:30 and 16:30-21:00 daily. Walk-ins; phone reservations only for groups of six plus.
Longtail pairs a serious cocktail bar with an Asian-fusion bistro menu in a long Da'an room. Bartender-chef collaboration, small plates for shared dining.
OrderWagyu tongue tartare, charcoal-grilled lamb skewers, and the house Negroni variation.
TipOpen 18:00-02:00 Mon to Sat, closed Sundays. Reservations via the website; counter seats are walk-in only.
Qing Tian 76 turns a 1931 Japanese-era professor's house into a Showa-era dining room serving set lunches and small kaiseki suppers, tatami floors intact.
OrderSet lunch in the tatami room and the wagashi-and-matcha dessert pairing.
TipClosed Mondays. Phone reservation required; remove shoes at the entrance.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle has been pulling beef and braising shank since 1963 on a two-floor counter at Lane 31 in Da'an. Bib Gourmand listed, half-tendon bowl.
OrderHalf-tendon, half-brisket bowl with hand-cut noodles.
TipOpen 11:00-15:30 and 16:30-21:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; share the table at peak.
Kao Chi opened in 1949 and relocated to Xinsheng South Road in Taipei, two-minute walk from Dongmen MRT, Shanghainese xiaolongbao and sheng jian bao.
OrderXiaolongbao, pan-fried sheng jian bao and cold drunken chicken.
TipTwo minutes from Dongmen MRT exit 7. Open daily 09:30-22:30; queues quieter than Din Tai Fung.
Du Hsiao Yueh transplants the 1895 Tainan dan zai bowl onto Yongkang Street in Taipei. Tiny porcelain bowls of shrimp-and-pork noodles, garlic and coriander.
OrderDan zai noodle bowl, shrimp roll, braised pork rice.
TipOpen 11:30-21:30 daily. Order at the counter.
Din Tai Fung's Xinyi Road original counter in Taipei is the xiaolongbao queue that turned a 1958 oil shop into a global chain. Bib Gourmand listed.
OrderTen-pleat pork xiaolongbao, niu rou mian, cucumber starter.
TipTake the queue ticket on arrival and shop Yongkang Street while you wait.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an is Taipei's most famous of the 24-hour soy-milk breakfast counters. Salty soy milk, fried youtiao, egg pancake rolls.
OrderSalty soy milk with youtiao dunked in, plus a sesame shaobing.
TipOpen 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay; queues short before 07:00.
Qing Tian 76 turns a 1931 Japanese-era Qingtian Street professor's house into a Showa dining room, tatami floors intact, set lunch and small kaiseki sittings.
OrderTatami-room set lunch with wagashi and matcha.
TipClosed Mondays. Phone reservation required.
Smoothie House on Yongkang Street in Taipei runs the queue mango snowflake ice in summer, mango ice cream over xue hua bing with condensed milk.
OrderMango snowflake ice with mango ice cream and condensed milk.
TipOpen 10:30-22:00 daily. Walk-in; mango season runs May to October.
Smoothie House on Yongkang Street in Taipei runs the canonical mango snowflake ice, xue hua bing with chunks of mango, mango ice cream and condensed milk.
OrderMango snowflake ice with mango ice cream and condensed milk.
DrinkMango snowflake ice
TipOpen 10:30-22:00 daily. Walk-in counter; mango is best May to October.
Rufous Coffee runs the city's most respected siphon-coffee counter, a dark wood-panelled room beside Liuzhangli MRT serving 1990s-style hand-brewed coffee.
OrderSiphon coffee of the day and the cheesecake.
DrinkSiphon coffee
TipOpen 13:30-23:00 daily. Cash only; no laptops on weekends Cash or contactless, both fine.
Qingtian in Da'an in Taipei is a tea house inside a restored Japanese-era professor's residence, gallery on the ground floor, gongfu oolong service.
OrderTaiwanese high-mountain oolong served gongfu-style at the table.
DrinkTaiwanese oolong, gongfu service
TipOpen daily 10:00-18:00. Reserve a Saturday for the courtyard table.
Oasis in Da'an in Taipei is a Nordic-leaning specialty roaster cafe, founded 2018 by Yu-ta Chu, clarity-and-balance filter, light-roast single origins.
OrderFilter flight of two single origins, V60 and Kalita side by side.
DrinkSingle-origin filter on the V60
TipOpen daily 09:00-19:00. Small room; bring a laptop for the counter side only.
Rufous Coffee runs the city's most respected siphon-coffee counter and roastery, a dark wood-panelled Da'an room with house-roasted beans for retail.
BeansBrazil, Colombia, Indonesia
BrewsSiphon, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipOpen daily 13:30-23:00. Cash only; no laptops on weekends Beans available to take home.
Indulge in Da'an is the bistro half of Aki Wang's two-room operation in Taipei. Wine pairings with the small Taiwanese plates downstairs, cocktails upstairs.
PourSangiovese with Taiwan rice-spirit infusion
WineWine list as cocktail backbone
FoodModern Taiwanese small plates
TipClosed Mondays. Walk-ins at the bar; tables by reservation through FunNow.
Tasting Room in Da'an is a wine bar near Zhongxiao Dunhua MRT pouring Old and New World wines by the glass with Spanish-leaning tapas plates.
PourRioja Reserva by the glass
WineOld World and New World by the glass
FoodTapas-style small plates
TipClosed Sundays and Mondays. Reserve by phone; happy hour 17:30-19:00.
Indulge is Aki Wang's Asia's 50 Best regular in Da'an, ranked 11 in 2023. Cocktails weave native Taiwan teas, fruits and aged spirits through the menu.
OrderHouse cocktail flight with the night's tea infusion.
DrinkCocktails infused with Taiwan teas and native ingredients
FoodModern Taiwanese small plates
TipClosed Mondays. Counter walk-ins; tables by reservation through FunNow.
Bar Mood is Nick Wu's elegant cocktail bar in Da'an, opened September 2017, Asia's 50 Best Bars regular ranking 72 in 2025. Taiwanese and Japanese whisky.
OrderWhatever the bartenders are running through their ingredient menu that month.
DrinkIngredient-driven Taiwanese cocktails
FoodSnacks
TipOpen 18:00-01:00 daily. Reservation by Instagram DM; small bar room.
Draft Land is Angus Zou's pioneering cocktails-on-tap bar, opened 2018 in Zhongxiao with HK collaborator Antonio Lai. Twelve cocktails on draft beer-style.
OrderThe night's draft list, ordered as a flight of three.
DrinkTap cocktails by Angus Zou and Antonio Lai
FoodLight snacks
TipOpen 18:00-01:00 daily. Walk-in standing bar; counter seats fill weekends.
AHA Saloon in Da'an is the music-themed cocktail bar opened 2018 by Diageo First-rate winners Kae, Victor and Jeffrey. Asia's 50 Best Bars 2022, rank 24.
OrderAcid Party Girl, cachaca with pandan leaf, coconut and fermented pineapple.
DrinkCocktails with Asian flavours
FoodSnacks
TipClosed Mondays. Open Tue to Sun 20:00-02:00. Reservation by Instagram DM.
Ounce is one of Taipei's oldest speakeasy-style cocktail bars, hidden behind a coffee counter on Section 1 Dunhua South. Cocktails by hand-shake only.
OrderHouse sour with local pomelo and an Old Fashioned with Kavalan whisky.
DrinkClassic cocktails with Taiwanese ingredients
FoodCharcuterie and cheese
TipOpen daily 20:00-02:00. Enter via the coffee counter; reservations by phone.
To Infinity and Beyond in Da'an in Taipei is a hidden cocktail bar by the team from Trio. Order the house signature: oriental beauty tea with cognac and yuzu.
OrderHouse signature: Oriental Beauty tea with Cognac and yuzu.
DrinkTea-infused cocktails
FoodBar snacks
TipReservation by Instagram only. Open 20:00-02:00 Tue to Sat, closed Sun and Mon.
TRIO in Da'an pairs a serious cocktail bar with a bistro kitchen in Taipei, Asia's 50 Best Bars Discovery, run by Diageo First-rate veterans.
OrderNegroni variation flight, pasta course, and the bar's house Old Fashioned.
DrinkNegroni variations and Old Fashioned
FoodBistro plates and pasta
TipOpen 18:00-02:00 daily. Reservations by phone for tables Standing room when busy.
Longtail in Da'an pairs a serious cocktail bar with an Asian-fusion bistro menu, bartender-chef collaboration, walk-in bar seats, reservations for tables.
OrderNegroni variation flight with the small plate of Wagyu tongue tartare.
DrinkNegroni variation
FoodAsian bistro plates
TipOpen 18:00-02:00, closed Sundays.
Fourplay Cuisine in Da'an runs a tasting-menu approach to cocktails, four sequential builds paired with food. Long-running Asia's 50 Best Bars Discovery list.
OrderFour-course tasting flight; ask for the dessert cocktail finale.
DrinkCourse-pairing cocktail flight
FoodTasting-menu cocktails
TipOpen 19:00-02:00, closed Mondays. Reservation by phone Standing room when busy.
East End in Da'an is a cocktail bar on Dunhua South serving classics with twists, plus one of the city's deeper Kavalan whisky lists. Walk-in counter seats.
OrderKavalan Manhattan, or a Penicillin with Taiwan-distilled honey liqueur.
DrinkManhattan with Kavalan
FoodBar snacks
TipWalk-in or Instagram DM reservation. Open 20:00-02:00 daily.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an in Taipei is the 24-hour breakfast counter that most locals default to, salty soy milk and youtiao at every shift change.
TryHot soy milk and youtiao
TipOpen 24 hours. Order at the counter; pick up in the dining hall.
Zhang Men Brewing's Yongkang Street taproom pours 24 taps of Taiwanese craft beer including IPAs, sours and seasonal lagers, with food-grade snack plates.
TipOpen daily 15:00-24:00. Walk-in; small front bar and a back beer garden.
23 Brewing in Da'an is the local-leaning Taipei brewery, native-ingredient brews using Taiwan winter melon sugar, pomelo and oolong tea, weekly rotating taps.
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays. Walk-in; tap list rotates weekly.
Hit Cat in Da'an is a 25-tap craft-beer bar inside Breeze Plaza on Fuxing South, pouring Taiwanese and imported lines with a small bar-plate kitchen.
TipMall hours apply. Tap list updated on the website daily Tap list rotates weekly.
Shida Night Market in Da'an is the night market beside National Taiwan Normal University. Student-priced eats, hand-pulled noodles, bubble tea cluster.
TipOpen 17:00-24:00 daily. MRT Taipower Building, Exit 3 Mornings are quietest.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an in Taipei runs 24-hour breakfast counters in Taipei, salty soy milk and youtiao under NT$80 for a full sit-down meal.
TrySalty soy milk and youtiao
TipOpen 24 hours. Cash and mobile pay.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle in Da'an has been NT$240 to NT$300 a bowl since 1963 for the canonical Taiwan tourist beef noodle near Yongkang Street. Bib Gourmand.
TryBeef noodle soup
TipOpen 11:00-15:30 and 16:30-21:00. Cash and mobile pay Cash is faster than card.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an in Taipei is the 24-hour soy-milk breakfast counter most travelers default to, hot soy milk and youtiao around the clock.
OrderHot salty soy milk, youtiao, egg pancake roll.
TipOpen 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay.
Yong He Soya Milk King in Da'an is Taipei's 24-hour soy-milk breakfast counter, where shift workers and late finishers meet for hot soy milk and youtiao.
TrySoy milk and youtiao
TipOpen 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay.
Indulge in Da'an keeps its cocktail bar open until 02:00 with Aki Wang's tea-infused Asia's 50 Best Bars builds. Late-night kitchen menu continues.
TryTea-infused cocktails and Taiwanese small plates
TipClosed Mondays. Counter walk-ins; tables by reservation Kitchen close differs from bar close.
Blue Note Taipei is the city's long-running jazz club above Taipower MRT, three sets a night with local quartets and rotating international guests.
TipReservations by phone. Cover charge NT$300 plus drinks.
Ounce in Da'an is Taipei's longest-running speakeasy cocktail bar, hidden behind a coffee counter on Section 1 Dunhua South Road.
TipEnter via the coffee counter. Reservations by phone.
To Infinity and Beyond in Da'an is a hidden cocktail bar in Taipei from the Trio team, Asia's 50 Best Bars Discovery list, tea-infused signature builds.
TipReservation by Instagram only. Open 20:00-02:00 Tue to Sat.
Carnegie's in Da'an is Taipei's long-running expat pub and late-night dive in Taipei, dance-on-the-bar after midnight Thursday through Saturday.
TipOpen 17:00-04:00 daily. Walk-in; busiest Thursday to Saturday after 22:00.
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