10 cafes worth the trip across Taiwan, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Taiwan guides.
Simple Kaffa Flagship ★ 4.8 · Taipei
zhongzheng · No. 27, Section 2, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Simple Kaffa's flagship near Huashan Creative Park is the home cafe of 2016 World Barista Champion Berg Wu, ranked the world's best coffee by Big 7 Travel.
Tip: Open 10:00-17:00 daily. Queues form before 10:00 on weekends.
Simple Kaffa Sola ★ 4.7 · Taipei
xinyi · 88F, Taipei 101, No. 7, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110
Simple Kaffa Sola at Taipei 101's 88th floor is the highest cafe in Taipei, opened January 2023 by Berg Wu. Filter flights, panoramic city view.
Tip: Open 10:00-20:00 daily. Reservation by mobile app, walk-ins on standby.
Fika Fika Cafe ★ 4.6 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 33, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Fika Fika opened 2013 after founder James Chen won the Nordic Roaster Competition, the first non-Nordic champion. Yitong Street set the third-wave template.
Tip: Open 10:00-21:30 daily. Bring a laptop only weekday afternoons; weekends are turnover-only.
Rufous Coffee ★ 4.5 · Taipei
daan · No. 333, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open 13:30-23:00 daily. Cash only; no laptops on weekends Cash or contactless, both fine.
Qingtian Tea House ★ 4.4 · Taipei
daan · No. 12, Lane 8, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open daily 10:00-18:00. Reserve a Saturday for the courtyard table.
Oasis Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4 · Taipei
daan · No. 7-3, Lane 199, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open daily 09:00-19:00. Small room; bring a laptop for the counter side only.
Smoothie House ★ 4.3 · Taipei
daan · No. 15, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open 10:30-22:00 daily. Walk-in counter; mango is best May to October.
Instil Coffee ★ 4.3 · Taipei
songshan · No. 14, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Instil Coffee is Songshan's specialty roaster-cafe with rotating single-origins, slow filter brews, and a clean modern room with a working bar.
Tip: Open 11:00-20:00, closed Tuesdays. Mobile pay accepted; small bench seating.
Afterhours Cafe ★ 4.1 · Taipei
songshan · No. 5, Lane 269, Dunhua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Afterhours in Songshan is a small specialty-coffee bar with pour-over flights, light pastries and a clean white minimalist room on Dunhua North Road.
Tip: Open 12:00-21:00 daily. Counter seating limited; weekday afternoons quiet.
Kafeholic ★ 4.1 · Taipei
songshan · No. 12, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Kafeholic in Songshan is a quiet specialty filter-coffee cafe near Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei, single-origin pour-overs and a small pastry bar.
Tip: Open 12:00-20:00, closed Tuesdays. Walk-in counter; small bench.