17 cafe rooms in Taipei we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Taipei | Cafe across every city.
Taipei has grown into one of Asia's serious coffee cities, with a dense run of third-wave roasters alongside a longer tradition of tea houses. Fika Fika in Zhongshan and Simple Kaffa in Zhongzheng helped set the modern bar, while Rufous Coffee and Oasis Coffee Roasters keep Da'an thick with roasteries. Tea still has its place too, with Qingtian Tea House in Da'an a quieter counterpoint to the espresso bars.
Fika Fika Cafe ★ 4.6
zhongshan · No. 33, Yitong Street, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
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.
Simple Kaffa Flagship ★ 4.8
zhongzheng · No. 27, Section 2, Zhongxiao East Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100
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.
Simple Kaffa Sola ★ 4.7
xinyi · 88F, Taipei 101, No. 7, Section 5, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110
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.
Coffee Sweet ★ 4.5
wanhua · No. 5, Lane 38, Section 2, Hankou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City 108
Coffee Sweet near Taipei Main is one of the city's oldest specialty cafes, run by Sidney Kao with single-origin filters from Ninety Plus and competition lots.
Smoothie House ★ 4.3
daan · No. 15, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Rufous Coffee ★ 4.5
daan · No. 333, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
VWI by CHADWANG ★ 4.6
daan · No. 14, Lane 187, Section 1, Dunhua South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
RL Cafe Songshan ★ 4.2
songshan · No. 6, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
RL Cafe in Songshan runs a small filter-coffee bar above Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall MRT in Taipei. Roasters' competition cuppings, comfortable laptop room.
INK Coffee Roastery ★ 4.2
daan · No. 16, Lane 27, Section 4, Renai Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
INK Coffee Roastery runs a third-wave brew bar above Daan Park MRT. Small-batch roasts, espresso of the season, slow drip filters by the half-pot.
Instil Coffee ★ 4.3
songshan · No. 14, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Instil Coffee is Songshan's specialty roaster-cafe with rotating single-origins, slow filter brews, and a clean modern room with a working bar.
Qingtian Tea House ★ 4.4
daan · No. 12, Lane 8, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Fly Cafe ★ 4.1
songshan · No. 17, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Fly Cafe in Songshan above the Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei is a small pour-over and sandwich cafe with a tight specialty list and a laptop-friendly back room.
Moonleaf Tea Shop ★ 4.2
daan · No. 1, Lane 8, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Moonleaf is a Yongkang Street bubble-tea cafe founded 2010 by Wei Shih-Pin, a tea connoisseur from Nantou's tea region. Single-estate teas, lower sweetness.
Afterhours Cafe ★ 4.1
songshan · No. 5, Lane 269, Dunhua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
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.
Oasis Coffee Roasters ★ 4.4
daan · No. 7-3, Lane 199, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
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.
Kafeholic ★ 4.1
songshan · No. 12, Lane 553, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Kafeholic in Songshan is a quiet specialty filter-coffee cafe near Sun Yat-Sen MRT in Taipei, single-origin pour-overs and a small pastry bar.
Coffee Sweet ★ 4.6
wanhua · No. 5, Lane 38, Section 2, Hankou Street, Wanhua District, Taipei City 108
Coffee Sweet is sidney kao's specialty filter counter near taipei main has been pouring 12 single-origin lots since before taipei had a third-wave scene.