TRIO Bistro Bar is a bar in Daan, Taipei.
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.
Must order: Negroni variation flight, pasta course, and the bar's house Old Fashioned.
Food program: Bistro plates and pasta
Tip: Open 18:00 to 02:00 daily. Reservations by phone for tables.
Address: No. 16, Lane 248, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
