13 editor picks in Taipei.
13 cocktail bar places in Taipei we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Taipei | Cocktail Bar across every city.
Taipei's cocktail scene has earned international attention, much of it clustered in Da'an's lanes. Indulge Experimental Bistro and Ounce in Da'an are touchstones of the city's craft-bar wave, the latter a hidden speakeasy in the classic mould. Draft Land, also in Da'an, pushed the format forward with its on-tap, no-garnish cocktail concept, while Alchemy raises the game in Xinyi.
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.
OrderHouse cocktail flight with the night's tea infusion.
TipClosed Mondays. Counter walk-ins; tables by reservation through FunNow.
Bar Mood is Nick Wu's elegant cocktail bar in Da'an, opened September 2017, Asia's 50 Best Bars regular ranking 72 in 2025. Taiwanese and Japanese whisky.
OrderWhatever the bartenders are running through their ingredient menu that month.
TipOpen 18:00-01:00 daily. Reservation by Instagram DM; small bar room.
Draft Land is Angus Zou's pioneering cocktails-on-tap bar, opened 2018 in Zhongxiao with HK collaborator Antonio Lai. Twelve cocktails on draft beer-style.
OrderThe night's draft list, ordered as a flight of three.
TipOpen 18:00-01:00 daily. Walk-in standing bar; counter seats fill weekends.
AHA Saloon in Da'an is the music-themed cocktail bar opened 2018 by Diageo First-rate winners Kae, Victor and Jeffrey. Asia's 50 Best Bars 2022, rank 24.
OrderAcid Party Girl, cachaca with pandan leaf, coconut and fermented pineapple.
TipClosed Mondays. Open Tue to Sun 20:00-02:00. Reservation by Instagram DM.
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.
OrderHouse sour with local pomelo and an Old Fashioned with Kavalan whisky.
TipOpen daily 20:00-02:00. 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.
OrderHouse signature: Oriental Beauty tea with Cognac and yuzu.
TipReservation by Instagram only. Open 20:00-02:00 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 First-rate veterans.
OrderNegroni variation flight, pasta course, and the bar's house Old Fashioned.
TipOpen 18:00-02:00 daily. Reservations by phone for tables Standing room when busy.
Alchemy in Xinyi is a hidden speakeasy in Taipei, entered through Marquee bar via a sliding bookshelf, dim Prohibition-era room, bartender-led cocktails.
OrderBartender's choice flight, pour yourself onto the no-menu list.
TipEntry 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.
OrderNegroni variation flight with the small plate of Wagyu tongue tartare.
TipOpen 18:00-02:00, 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.
OrderFour-course tasting flight; ask for the dessert cocktail finale.
TipOpen 19:00-02:00, closed Mondays. Reservation by phone Standing room when busy.
RJ Bar in Zhongshan is a Japanese-style whisky basement in Taipei, deep Yamazaki, Hibiki and Karuizawa bottles, jazz on vinyl, leather chairs.
OrderJapanese whisky flight of three vintages; ice carved at the bar.
TipReservation by phone. Open 20:00-02:00 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.
OrderKavalan Manhattan, or a Penicillin with Taiwan-distilled honey liqueur.
TipWalk-in or Instagram DM reservation. Open 20:00-02:00 daily.
Indulge in Da'an keeps its cocktail bar open until 02:00 with Aki Wang's tea-infused Asia's 50 Best Bars builds. Late-night kitchen menu continues.
OrderTea-infused cocktails and Taiwanese small plates
TipClosed Mondays. Counter walk-ins; tables by reservation Kitchen close differs from bar close.
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