10 cafes in Taipei, editor-picked for cafes open sunday. Cafes serving on sundays. All cafes in Taipei.
Simple Kaffa Flagship ★ 4.8
zhongzheng · No. 27, Section 2, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
Hours: Daily 10:00-21:00
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
xinyi · 88F, Taipei 101, No. 7, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110
Hours: Daily 10:00-20:00
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
zhongshan · No. 33, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Hours: Mon 10:30-21:00, Tue-Sun 08:00-21:00
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.
VWI by CHADWANG ★ 4.6
daan · No. 14, Lane 187, Section 1, Dunhua South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hours: Mon-Thu 08:00-19:00, Fri-Sat 09:00-20:00, Sun 08:00-19:00
VWI by CHADWANG is Wang Ce-Chen's Da'an competition cafe. Located in Daan. Open 11:00-19:00, closed Mondays. Counter seating only; no laptops.
Tip: Open 11:00-19:00, closed Mondays. Counter seating only; no laptops.
Rufous Coffee ★ 4.5
daan · No. 333, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hours: Mon-Wed 13:00-21:30, Fri 13:00-21:30, Sat-Sun 13:00-22:00
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
daan · No. 12, Lane 8, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hours: Daily 10:00-18:00
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
daan · No. 7-3, Lane 199, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hours: Daily 09:00-19:00
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
daan · No. 15, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hours: Daily 10:00-23:00
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
songshan · No. 14, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Hours: Daily 08:00-17:00
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
songshan · No. 5, Lane 269, Dunhua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Hours: Daily 11:00-19:00
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.