Tuesday, September 1, 2026

The Top 100 Restaurants Near AHA Saloon

  1. Rank 1. Mudan

    Tempura Japanese


  2. Rank 2. de nuit

    Contemporary French


  3. Rank 3. 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.


  4. Rank 4. Kiku

    Japanese


  5. Rank 5. 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.


  6. Rank 6. Hosu

    Contemporary Taiwanese


  7. Rank 7. ZEA

    Taiwanese





  8. Rank 11. Motoichi

    Tempura Japanese


  9. Rank 12. 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.



  10. Rank 14. Pàng

    Taiwanese Mexican



  11. Rank 16. Dasuke

    Contemporary Japanese

    Counter seating, dimmed lighting, and a sake list deep enough to require tasting notes set the tone at this intimate omakase spot in Da'an. The kitchen draws on Niigata flavors and locally sourced ingredients, and the menu lands somewhere between Japanese tradition and something harder to categorize, including a deep-fried patty of beef and sashimi served in a house bun, which is either an act of genius or a dare, possibly both.




  12. Rank 19. Sansan Bistro

    Neo Sichuan




  13. Rank 22. Ephernité

    Contemporary French




  14. Rank 25. Gi Yuan

    Sichuan



  15. Rank 27. 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.


  16. Rank 28. EMBERS

    Taiwanese


  17. Rank 29. 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.


  18. Rank 30. Komboi

    Modern Taiwanese


  19. Rank 31. KUR

    Contemporary Japanese


  20. Rank 32. 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.


  21. Rank 33. Lin

    Contemporary French



  22. Rank 35. Le Palais

    Cantonese





  23. 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.



  24. Rank 41. Mizue

    Japanese


  25. Rank 42. Aleisha

    Mediterranean


  26. Rank 43. 3927

    Modern Taiwanese



  27. Rank 45. Yuu

    Japanese


  28. Rank 46. Yu Kapo

    Japanese


  29. 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.




  30. Rank 50. Ya Ge

    Cantonese


  31. Rank 51. 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.


  32. Rank 52. Eika

    Contemporary Japanese


  33. Rank 53. ÉCRU

    Japanese-influenced French





  34. Rank 57. SENS

    Contemporary French



  35. Rank 59. 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.





  36. Rank 63. Yu Yu 1969

    Taiwanese


  37. Rank 64. Open Smile

    Taiwanese

    Braised pork is the whole argument here, slow-cooked until it hits that sweet spot between tender and giving, served over rice or noodles at a bright little Taiwanese spot that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand. The menu wanders into scallion chicken and Sichuan peppercorn oil for variety, and a house chilli sauce is there when you want more heat. It's casual, cheerful, and the kind of lunch that makes the afternoon feel manageable.


  38. Rank 65. Mipon

    Taiwanese


  39. Rank 66. aMaze

    Creative Zhejiang




  40. Rank 69. Ban Bo

    contemporary Taiwanese


  41. Rank 70. FRASSI

    Contemporary Italian


  42. Rank 71. PEI FULL

    Zhejiang


  43. Rank 72. 85TD

    Modern Cantonese




  44. Rank 75. Serenity (Zhongzheng)

    Vegetarian Sichuan



  45. Rank 77. SÒNG JHAO

    Taiwanese


  46. Rank 78. Jin Shang Hsuan

    Taiwanese Chinese


  47. Rank 79. Wamaki

    Japanese


  48. Rank 80. 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.






  49. Rank 85. Clavius

    Vegetarian Taiwanese





  50. Rank 89. Soft Power

    Taiwanese


  51. Rank 90. Jen Ho Yuan

    Yunnan Chinese



  52. Rank 92. Yi Jia Zi

    Tainan Chinese


  53. Warm wood, minimal fuss, and a single-minded dedication to Japanese curry: this small Songshan dining spot holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and earns it by keeping the menu short and the dashi-based curry deeply savory. You pick from three toppings, fried chicken, a Scotch egg with a properly runny yolk, or kadaif-wrapped shrimp, and the kitchen rounds things out with seasonal vegetables. Matcha panna cotta closes the meal quietly and well.


  54. Rank 94. Xiang Se

    European Contemporary Taiwanese





  55. Rank 98. The Dragon

    Cantonese


  56. The scent of braised pork hits you before you find the stall number. What started as a night market cart has been around forever and grown into a proper sit-down spot in Huaxi Street, bright and clean inside. The draw is braised pork rice, the sauce glossy and dark, sweet-savory and sticky in the best sense. Stewed cabbage cuts through it neatly. The Michelin Bib Gourmand crowd knows what they're doing ordering nothing else.



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