Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Taipei for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Taipei for grown-ups.
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.
Signature drink: Cocktails infused with Taiwan teas and native ingredients
Food: Modern Taiwanese small plates
Order: House cocktail flight with the night's tea infusion.
Tip: Closed 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.
Signature drink: Ingredient-driven Taiwanese cocktails
Food: Snacks
Order: Whatever the bartenders are running through their ingredient menu that month.
Tip: Open 18:00 to 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.
Signature drink: Tap cocktails by Angus Zou and Antonio Lai
Food: Light snacks
Order: The night's draft list, ordered as a flight of three.
Tip: Open 18:00 to 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 World Class winners Kae, Victor and Jeffrey. Asia's 50 Best Bars 2022, rank 24.
Signature drink: Cocktails with Asian flavours
Food: Snacks
Order: Acid Party Girl, cachaca with pandan leaf, coconut and fermented pineapple.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Open Tue to Sun 20:00 to 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.
Signature drink: Classic cocktails with Taiwanese ingredients
Food: Charcuterie and cheese
Order: House sour with local pomelo and an Old Fashioned with Kavalan whisky.
Tip: Open daily 20:00 to 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.
Signature drink: Tea-infused cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Order: House signature: Oriental Beauty tea with Cognac and yuzu.
Tip: Reservation by Instagram only. Open 20:00 to 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 World Class veterans.
Signature drink: Negroni variations and Old Fashioned
Food: Bistro plates and pasta
Order: Negroni variation flight, pasta course, and the bar's house Old Fashioned.
Tip: Open 18:00 to 02:00 daily. Reservations by phone for tables.
Alchemy in Xinyi is a hidden speakeasy in Taipei, entered through Marquee bar via a sliding bookshelf, dim Prohibition-era room, bartender-led cocktails.
Signature drink: Bartender's-choice cocktail flight
Food: Light bar bites
Order: Bartender's choice flight, pour yourself onto the no-menu list.
Tip: Entry via Marquee Taipei downstairs, opposite Taipei 101. Reservations help.
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.
Signature drink: Negroni variation
Food: Asian bistro plates
Order: Negroni variation flight with the small plate of Wagyu tongue tartare.
Tip: Open 18:00 to 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.
Signature drink: Course-pairing cocktail flight
Food: Tasting-menu cocktails
Order: Four-course tasting flight; ask for the dessert cocktail finale.
Tip: Open 19:00 to 02:00, closed Mondays. Reservation by phone.
RJ Bar in Zhongshan is a Japanese-style whisky basement in Taipei, deep Yamazaki, Hibiki and Karuizawa bottles, jazz on vinyl, leather chairs.
Signature drink: Japanese whisky tasting flight
Food: Bar snacks
Order: Japanese whisky flight of three vintages; ice carved at the bar.
Tip: Reservation by phone. Open 20:00 to 02:00 daily.
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.
Signature drink: Manhattan with Kavalan
Food: Bar snacks
Order: Kavalan Manhattan, or a Penicillin with Taiwan-distilled honey liqueur.
Tip: Walk-in or Instagram DM reservation. Open 20:00 to 02:00 daily.