AHA Saloon is a bar in Daan, Taipei.
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.
Must order: Acid Party Girl, cachaca with pandan leaf, coconut and fermented pineapple.
Food program: Snacks
Tip: Closed Mondays. Open Tue to Sun 20:00 to 02:00. Reservation by Instagram DM.
Address: No. 138, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
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.
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.
