20 casual dining worth the trip across Taiwan, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Taiwan guides.
Din Tai Fung Xinyi ★ 4.7 · Taipei
daan · No. 194, Section 2, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Take the queue ticket on arrival and shop Yongkang Street while you wait.
Mountain and Sea House ★ 4.7 · Taipei
zhongzheng · No. 94, Section 2, Ren'ai Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Mountain and Sea House in Taipei revives 1930s Taiwanese banquet cuisine in a restored heritage mansion. One Michelin star and a wine list with depth.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Lunch and dinner sittings only.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle ★ 4.6 · Taipei
daan · No. 17, Lane 31, Section 2, Jinshan South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 21:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; share the table at peak.
Lin Dong Fang Beef Noodle ★ 4.5 · Taipei
songshan · No. 322, Section 2, Bade Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Lin Dong Fang's clear-broth beef noodle counter on Bade Road runs 11:00 to 03:00 Mon to Sat to catch every shift. Bib Gourmand listed since 2018.
Tip: Open Mon to Sat 11:00 to 03:00, closed Sundays. Cash only at the counter.
Lao Shan Dong Homemade Noodles ★ 4.5 · Taipei
wanhua · B1, Wan Nian Building, No. 70 Xining South Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City 108
Lao Shan Dong in Taipei has been hand-pulling ribbon noodles since 1949 from the Wan Nian basement in Ximending. Bib Gourmand, ten-herb beef broth.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:30 daily. Cash only; basement food-court entry.
Yang Shin Vegetarian ★ 4.5 · Taipei
zhongshan · 2F, No. 128, Songjiang Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Yang Shin opened 2013 as Taipei's first vegetarian dim-sum tea house. An all-meat-free Cantonese menu beside Songjiang Nanjing MRT, three sittings daily.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:30, 14:30 to 16:30 and 17:30 to 21:30. Reserve via Klook.
Ming Fu ★ 4.5 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 137, Section 1, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Ming Fu runs Bib Gourmand Taiwanese seafood from a wood-panel room in Taipei. Banquet-style sharing tables and a wine list with Burgundy depth.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:00 and 17:30 to 22:00. Reserve by phone.
Addiction Aquatic Development ★ 4.5 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 18, Alley 2, Lane 410, Minzu East Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Addiction Aquatic Development in Taipei is a fish-market food complex with a standing sushi bar, oyster bar, and the city's best chirashi don to go.
Tip: Open 06:00 to 24:00 daily; sushi bar 11:00 to 22:00.
Kao Chi ★ 4.4 · Taipei
daan · No. 167, Section 1, Xinsheng South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Two minutes from Dongmen MRT exit 7. Open daily 09:30 to 22:30; queues quieter than Din Tai Fung.
Du Hsiao Yueh ★ 4.4 · Taipei
daan · No. 9-1, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 21:30 daily. Order at the counter.
Shin Yeh Shuanglian ★ 4.4 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 34-1, Section 2, Shuangcheng Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Shin Yeh in Taipei opened 1977 and writes the menu for textbook Taiwanese home cooking. Bib Gourmand, round-table portions, congee on every table.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 21:30 daily. Phone reservations. Service charge added.
Hangzhou Xiao Long Tang Bao ★ 4.4 · Taipei
zhongzheng · No. 19, Hangzhou South Road, Section 2, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Hangzhou Xiao Long Tang Bao is the off-Yongkang xiaolongbao counter for Taipei locals near CKS Memorial Hall MRT. Bib Gourmand, crab-roe xiaolongbao.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:00 daily. Walk-in only; weekday queues shorter.
Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle ★ 4.4 · Taipei
wanhua · No. 8-1, Emei Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City 108
Ay-Chung's standing-counter mianxian in Ximending has been ladling oyster-and-pork thin-rice-noodle soup since 1975. Eaten kerbside, two bowls deep.
Tip: Open Mon to Thu 10:00 to 22:30, Fri to Sun 10:00 to 23:00. Cash only.
Din Wang Mazu Stewed Pork Rice ★ 4.4 · Taipei
songshan · No. 31, Section 4, Civic Boulevard, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Din Wang Mazu in Taipei runs late-night lu rou fan, the canonical bowl of fat-glossy braised pork mince over rice. Bib Gourmand, open until 03:00.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 03:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; quick turnover.
Liu Shan Dong Beef Noodles ★ 4.4 · Taipei
zhongzheng · No. 14, Kaifeng Street, Section 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Liu Shan Dong has served Shandong-lineage beef noodle since 1949 from a tiny Kaifeng Street counter near Taipei Main. Bib Gourmand, clear-broth tendon bowl.
Tip: Open 08:00 to 19:30, closed Sundays. Cash only.
Rong Rong Yuan ★ 4.3 · Taipei
zhongzheng · No. 26, Section 1, Hangzhou South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Rong Rong Yuan is Taipei's 1949-wave Sichuan-Hunan counter that fills its dining room every lunch. Bib Gourmand, mapo tofu the canonical version.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00 daily. Walk-ins only.
Yong He Soya Milk King ★ 4.3 · Taipei
daan · No. 102, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Open 24 hours daily. Cash and mobile pay; queues short before 07:00.
Qing Tian 76 ★ 4.3 · Taipei
daan · No. 6, Lane 76, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Phone reservation required.
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 queue mango snowflake ice in summer, mango ice cream over xue hua bing with condensed milk.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 22:00 daily. Walk-in; mango season runs May to October.
Ming Jiang Jiang Zhe Jia Yuan ★ 4.2 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 60, Section 2, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Ming Jiang is a Jiangsu-Zhejiang kitchen in Taipei serving Shanghai-style home cooking, lion's-head meatballs and cold drunken chicken among the staples.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00. Phone reservations.