13 cheap eats rooms in Taipei, editor-picked. the best low-budget rooms in Taipei — the places editors actually return to. All Taipei food.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle ★ 4.6
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. The two-floor Lane 31 counter is Bib Gourmand and the canonical visitor bowl.
Tip: Open 11:00 to 15:30 and 16:30 to 21:00 daily. Cash and mobile pay; share the table at peak.
Yong Kang Beef Noodle ★ 4.6
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
songshan · No. 322, Section 2, Bade Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Lin Dong Fang's clear-broth bowl is many Taipei locals' default beef noodle, running 11:00 to 03:00 across every shift. Bib Gourmand listed since 2018.
Tip: Open Mon to Sat 11:00 to 03:00, closed Sundays. Cash only at the counter; queue runs fast.
Lao Shan Dong Homemade Noodles ★ 4.5
wanhua · B1, Wan Nian Building, No. 70 Xining South Road, Wanhua District, Taipei City 108
Lao Shan Dong has been hand-pulling ribbon noodles since 1949 from the Wan Nian Building basement in Ximending. Bib Gourmand, ten-herb beef broth.
Tip: Open 10:30 to 21:30 daily. Cash only; the entrance is via the building's basement food court.
Lin Dong Fang Beef Noodle ★ 4.5
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
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.
Du Hsiao Yueh ★ 4.4
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. Tiny porcelain bowls of shrimp-and-pork noodle, garlic and coriander.
Tip: Open 11:30 to 21:30 daily. Order at the counter; the bowl arrives in two minutes.
Du Hsiao Yueh ★ 4.4
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.
Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle ★ 4.4
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
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
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.
Yong He Soya Milk King ★ 4.3
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.
Smoothie House ★ 4.3
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.