The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Uosho
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Rank 1. Silks House
Taipei
Cantonese fine dining on the third floor of the Regent Taipei, with a Michelin star and a spot on Asia's 50 Best list. The chef came up through Hong Kong's Lei Garden and built a career across the region, arriving here with a deep command of the classical repertoire. Roasted meats, double-boiled soups, wok-fried dishes, and dim sum all get the full treatment, with Taiwan's own produce quietly threaded through.
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Rank 2. Le Palais
Cantonese
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Rank 3. Impromptu by Paul Lee
Modern Taiwanese
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Rank 5. Uosho
Japanese
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Rank 6. The Guest House
Sichuan
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Rank 7. Sushi Kajin
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 8. Sushi Ryu
Sushi
Solid wood countertops imported from Canada anchor a room that reads as quietly, deliberately Japanese. This is an omakase-only sushi counter, the kind where the chef controls the entire arc of the meal. Fish comes in from Japan three times a week, and the rice is seasoned with three different vinegars, which sounds fussy until you taste it. The place holds a Michelin star.
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Rank 9. NOBUO
Japanese
A Japanese façade gives way to a Scandinavian-spare interior where the room itself signals what's coming: nothing extraneous. This two-Michelin-star tasting counter builds a single menu around seafood and seasonal local vegetables, with modern technique used to pull flavors forward rather than show off. The team walks you through each dish, which sounds fussy until it genuinely helps. Clean, quiet, and layered in ways that take a moment to catch up with you.
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Rank 10. Molino de Urdániz
Contemporary Spanish
A stone wall and a wine cellar anchor the room at this two-Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant inside Hotel MVSA, where a Spanish kitchen transplanted to Taipei works through seafood with modern technique and a painter's sense of color. The cooking takes its cues from Spanish landscapes, and the plating looks like it. Dress well and clear your evening.
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Rank 11. Ming Fu
Taiwanese
Home-style Taiwanese cooking served in the kind of generous portions that assume you brought people. Ming Fu holds a Michelin star, which surprises no one who has had the stuffed chicken, a whole free-range bird filled with glutinous rice, red dates, and goji berries, then simmered for the better part of a day into a golden, deeply umami broth. The menu also reaches for ingredients like mullet tripe and fresh fish maw that most restaurants don't bother with.
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Rank 12. Eika
Contemporary Japanese
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Rank 13. Mountain and Sea House
Taiwanese
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Rank 14. Tien Hsiang Lo
Zhejiang
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Rank 15. Wok by O'BOND
Modern French Taiwanese
A small window at the entrance lets you watch the wok station before you're inside, surrounded by dark green velvet and red walls. This Michelin-starred modern French Taiwanese tasting menu restaurant takes Taiwanese and Asian flavors apart and rebuilds them with French technique, with at least one dish carrying proper wok hei. Taiwanese teas and herb-infused cocktails round out a menu that changes every season.
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Rank 17. Sushi Akira
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 18. Serenity (Zhongzheng)
Vegetarian Sichuan
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Rank 20. fumée
Yakitori Japanese
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Rank 21. Robin's Teppanyaki
Japanese
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Rank 22. Coffee Sweet
Coffee
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Rank 23. A Cut
Steakhouse
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Rank 24. Ching Jiao
Jiangzhe
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Rank 25. Sasa
Sushi
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Rank 26. A
Contemporary French
White walls, flower arrangements, and tasting menus that read like gallery notes: this two-Michelin-starred contemporary French restaurant inside a Taipei department store commits fully to the art-world vibe. The chef builds on classic French sauces with quiet Asian inflections, and the plating is the kind that makes people reach for their phones before their forks. A mushroom cappuccino course has its own name, which tells you something about the level of seriousness on offer.
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Rank 27. Jen Ho Yuan
Yunnan Chinese
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Rank 28. The Dragon
Cantonese
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Rank 29. Wamaki
Japanese
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Rank 30. Huang Chi Lu Rou Fan
Taiwanese
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Rank 31. Spot Café Lumière
Coffee
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Rank 32. Coffee Stand by me
Coffee
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Rank 33. Fika Fika Cafe
Coffee
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Rank 34. A Cheng Goose (Zhongshan)
Taiwanese
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Rank 35. JUNTO
Cantonese
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Rank 38. Chuan Mu Yuan
Cantonese
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Rank 39. Brisé
Contemporary French
An open kitchen in a sleek modern room, where contemporary French cooking quietly folds Asian ingredients into the kind of seasonal menu that changes every few months and makes last season feel like a different restaurant. The chef's touch is restrained on the plate but precise underneath, and the weekday lunch set is a sensible way in. Tucked down a lane in Zhongshan, it's a Michelin Guide selection that rewards a little effort to find.
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Rank 40. KiOSK
Coffee
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Rank 41. Sushi Kaori
Sushi
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Rank 42. Hang Zhou Xiao Long Bao (Da'an)
Shanghainese
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Rank 43. Inn's+ (Shuangcheng Street)
Taiwanese
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Rank 44. 16.67 Cafe
Coffee
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Rank 45. Korner Café
Coffee
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Rank 46. Coffee Dumbo
Coffee
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Rank 47. Mizue
Japanese
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Rank 48. Kou Gyu Rou
Taiwanese
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Rank 49. Cheng Jia
Taiwanese
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Rank 50. Yu Yu 1969
Taiwanese
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Rank 51. Metro Cafe
Coffee
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Rank 52. Mai Mien Yen Tsai
Taiwanese
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Rank 53. Hsiao Cho Chih Chia
Taiwanese
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Rank 54. Paris 1930 de Hideki Takayama
Contemporary French
A Japanese chef running a contemporary French kitchen on the second floor of a Taipei hotel sounds like a setup, but the seasonally shifting millefeuille and seafood-forward menus built around local teas and spices make a quiet case for the combination. The room is understated to the point of calm, and both wine and tea sommeliers are on hand, which does rather raise the bar for your next dinner party.
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Rank 55. Ya Ge
Cantonese
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Rank 57. SENS
Contemporary French
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A specialty coffee shop on Dihua Street, one of Taipei's oldest commercial strips, where the narrow shophouse format and the smell of roasting beans compete for your attention. The team roasts in-house and pours to order, which means you'll wait a little and won't mind. Relaxed enough that regulars spread out with laptops and books and nobody rushes them along.
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Rank 59. Hijo
Seafood
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Rank 60. Xiao Ping Kitchen (Zhongshan)
Taiwanese
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A roasting room visible from the counter sets the tone at this Taipei specialty coffee shop, where the in-house slow drip takes a full day to prepare tomorrow's batch. Dark wood and a calm atmosphere keep the focus on what's in the cup, not the interior. The menu runs espresso, pour-over, and cold drip, with a side-by-side espresso set for anyone who wants to think a little harder about what they're drinking.
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Rank 63. Mudan
Tempura Japanese
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Rank 65. Din Tai Fung (Xinyi Road)
Shanghainese
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Rank 67. Soft Power
Taiwanese
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Rank 68. Coffee Lab
Coffee
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Rank 69. INITA
Contemporary Italian
A one-Michelin-star tasting menu tucked into a Songshan alley, where the name bundles Italy, Japan, and Taiwan into a single word and the kitchen delivers on all three. Expect ten-plus courses built on Italian technique, Japanese sensibility, and local ingredients, with the chef rolling pasta dough tableside before the final savory course. It's a serious, quiet room where the food does the talking.
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Rank 70. CEO 1950
Contemporary French
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Rank 72. Kitcho
Sushi
A sushi counter in Da'an where the chef has been at this for over three decades, and it shows in the quiet precision of the work. Raw and cooked dishes shift with the season, sake included, so the list you see tonight probably won't exist next month. A Michelin star sits on the wall. The room rewards people who let the chef lead rather than those who arrive with a checklist.
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Rank 73. Tsuki Yo Iwa
Japanese
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Rank 75. Tutto Bello
Contemporary Italian
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Rank 76. Taïrroir
Contemporary Taiwanese
A copper-ceiling meant to suggest Taiwan's hill country sets the tone before you've seen the menu, which at Taïrroir names its dishes to rhyme with local idioms. The chef spent two decades across Taiwanese and French kitchens, and the tasting menu puts those two traditions in genuine conversation, built around seasonal Taiwanese produce. It holds three Michelin stars, and the service matches that without feeling starched.
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Rank 77. Mume
Contemporary Taiwanese
Fresh herbs and edible flowers land on every plate at this Michelin-starred contemporary European restaurant, which makes the moody, faux-industrial dining room feel like a pleasant joke the kitchen is playing on itself. Seasonal Taiwanese ingredients fold into European technique, and the seafood in particular shows a confident hand with seasoning. Da'an regulars who have stopped reading the menu are probably onto something.
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Rank 78. Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine
Taiwanese
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Rank 80. Aleisha
Mediterranean
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Tucked into a Neihu alleyway, this two-Michelin-star contemporary Asian restaurant draws a straight line between Taipei and Tokyo: chef Ryogo Tahara trained under Hiroyasu Kawate at Florilège before bringing that same exacting sensibility here. The menu leans into Taiwanese ingredients while pulling techniques from across the continent, landing at No. 22 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Dishes arrive with the quiet confidence of people who have nothing left to prove.
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Rank 83. Yu Kapo
Japanese
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Rank 84. Sushiyoshi
Edomae Sushi
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Rank 85. Motoichi
Tempura Japanese
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Rank 86. de nuit
Contemporary French
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Rank 87. L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Contemporary French
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Rank 88. Hosu
Contemporary Taiwanese
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A Michelin-starred omakase counter in Da'an where the soup course alone justifies showing up, a minced fish dumpling bobbing in kelp bonito stock that manages to feel both precise and generous. Lunch leans toward raw fish and nigiri; dinner shifts into cooked kappo territory. The chef is the chatty kind, which at an omakase counter either charms or unnerves, and here it lands on the right side.
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Rank 90. ZEA
Taiwanese
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Rank 91. Kiku
Japanese
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Rank 92. HUGH dessert dining
Dessert
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Rank 94. aMaze
Creative Zhejiang
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Rank 95. Mipon
Taiwanese
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Rank 96. Xiang Se
European Contemporary Taiwanese
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Rank 97. Little Tree Food (Da'an Road)
Vegetarian
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Rank 98. Chuan Ya
Sichuan
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Rank 100. Shih Chia Big Rice Ball
Hakkanese
Miaoli Hakkanese-style glutinous rice balls are the whole point here, stuffed with pork and vegetables and made from year-old round-grain sticky rice for that particular chewy pull. It's a casual counter spot that's been around forever, with a second-generation owner still running the same recipe his mother built the place on. The scallion oil chicken drumsticks have their own following. Check social media before you go, because the hours are their own puzzle.