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  5. Rank 280. Cheng Jia

    Taiwanese

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  6. The wooden tables are covered in what looks like a kindergarten art project, and the room is packed before you've found a seat. This is an old-school Taiwanese rice shop built around one thing: smoked duck over steamed rice with a sauce the family isn't explaining. The duck leg rice sells out daily, which means arriving with a plan. A bowl of duck offal soup alongside is the move regulars already know.

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  7. Rank 280. Cheng's Noodles

    Noodle Shop

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  8. Rank 280. Chi Yuan

    Taiwanese

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  9. Rank 280. Chia I

    Seafood

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  13. Rank 280. Cho

    Taiwanese

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  15. Rank 280. Chuan Fu

    Wagyu Japanese

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  16. Rank 280. Chuan Mu Yuan

    Cantonese

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  18. Rank 280. Chun Yu Garden

    Creative Chinese

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  19. Rank 280. Clover

    Contemporary French

    Jean-François Piège's first restaurant outside France sits inside a luxury department store, which sounds like a punchline until the food arrives. This contemporary French tasting room runs seasonal menus that pull hits from Piège's Paris restaurants and fold in local Taiwanese ingredients along the way. The wild raspberry soufflé with pistachio ice cream has its own reputation. Dress up; Bellavita is that kind of building.

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  21. Rank 280. CRATAIN

    European

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  24. Rank 280. 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.

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  25. Rank 280. Di Yi Ding

    Omakase Japanese

    A restored 1960s mansion houses this intimate omakase counter, where the price of your meal is set by the ingredients rather than a fixed menu, an arrangement that keeps things honest and slightly suspenseful. Seafood is sourced from partner fishing boats around Taiwan and select Japanese imports, and first-timers tend to anchor the meal around crab or lobster. The wine list leans French, but BYOB is welcome.

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  27. Rank 280. Eastern Castle Noodles

    Cantonese Noodle Shop

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  28. Rank 280. ÉCRU

    Japanese-influenced French

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  29. Rank 280. EMBERS

    Taiwanese

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  30. Rank 280. enPure

    Modern Taiwanese

    A garden path leads you in before the food even starts, which sets the tone: this is a tasting menu restaurant in a minimalist room of brick red and grey, where a former interior designer runs the kitchen. The cooking is modern Taiwanese, built around local produce, and the rice cooked in a claypot with tea seed oil from a partner farm is the kind of dish that makes the sourcing worth mentioning. The tea pairing is an easy yes.

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  31. Rank 280. Ephernité

    Contemporary French

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  33. Rank 280. FIRNS

    Franco-Asian French

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  34. Rank 280. Firoo

    Wood-fired Taiwanese

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  35. Rank 280. Fleur de Sel

    Contemporary French

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  36. Rank 280. Fon-Cé

    Latin American

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  37. Rank 280. Forchetta

    Taiwanese

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    Address
    2F, 36 Huizhong 7th Street, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 29 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  39. Rank 280. fumée

    Yakitori Japanese

    The open kitchen runs loud and hot, with flames climbing high enough to make the modern room feel like an old Tokyo alley. Fumée is a yakitori restaurant inside the Regent Hotel, running two nightly seatings through a set tasting menu with an optional sake pairing. It's the sister spot to an Osaka original, and the sourcing shows in the skewers. Sleek space, serious smoke.


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  41. Rank 280. Gi Yuan

    Sichuan

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  46. Rank 280. Hai Shan

    Taiwanese

    Queues form early and don't thin out much at this Banqiao spot, a no-frills Taiwanese small-eats counter with nostalgic decor that reads less "curated" and more "has always looked this way." Braised pork rice and a clear spareribs-and-wax-gourd soup are the draws, the kind of quietly satisfying classics regulars order without glancing at the menu. Set menus let you mix and match sides, which keeps things moving at a pace the line outside will appreciate.

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  48. Rank 280. Happy Garden

    Taiwanese

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  49. Rank 280. Happy Hwa

    Chinese

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  50. Rank 280. Hara Peko

    French-influenced Japanese

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  51. Rank 280. Hibiki Seafood

    Seafood Taiwanese

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    Address
    356 Shizheng North 2nd Road, Xitun District, Taichung, Taichung 407, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 29 min

    Friday 11:45 AM–2:30 PM, 5:45 PM–9:30 PM

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  52. Rank 280. Hijo

    Seafood

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    170, Section 2, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  53. Rank 280. Ho Chu Yuan

    Taiwanese

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    Address
    63 Nanzhong Street, North District, Hsinchu City, Northern Taiwan, Taiwan · Hsinchu City
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1:50 PM, 5:30 PM–8:30 PM

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  54. Rank 280. Home Dishes

    Cantonese

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  55. Rank 280. HOYA

    Grilled Chinese

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  56. Rank 280. Hui Chung

    Vegetarian Cantonese Noodle Shop

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  57. Rank 280. Huí Huí

    Asian-influenced French

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  58. Rank 280. huist

    Taiwanese

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  59. Perched on a mountainside nearly 500 meters up, this Zen-inspired Japanese restaurant frames lush hills by day and city lights by night through its immaculate gardens. Inside, a 10-course omakase built on kaiseki traditions unfolds with tea rituals woven between dishes, and the team narrates each course with enough context that it feels like a seminar you didn't want to skip. The kind of meal that earns its altitude.

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    Address
    111, Section 1, Zhongxingling Street, Xinshe District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
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    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 29 min

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  60. Rank 280. Isagi

    Japanese

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  62. Rank 280. J Parc

    French-Italian Japanese

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  63. Rank 280. Ji Zai Ten

    Vegan Japanese Noodle Shop

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  64. Rank 280. JIA YEN

    Zhejiang

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  65. Rank 280. Joy Vegetarian Restaurant

    Vegetarian Chinese

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  66. Rank 280. Jui Cuisine

    Creative Taiwanese

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  67. Rank 280. Jun

    Japanese

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  68. Rank 280. JUNTO

    Cantonese

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  69. Rank 280. Jyu Dim

    Cantonese

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  73. Rank 280. KOICHIRO

    Japanese

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    Address
    5F, 301 Lequn 3rd Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
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    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 59 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  74. Rank 280. Komboi

    Modern Taiwanese

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  75. Rank 280. Kou Gyu Rou

    Taiwanese

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  76. Rank 280. KR Prime Steak

    Steakhouse

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  78. Rank 280. KUR

    Contemporary Japanese

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    Address
    6, Lane 109, Section 1, Anhe Road, Da'an District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
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    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 59 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  79. Rank 280. L'herbe

    French

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  82. Rank 280. Lao Hsu

    Taiwanese

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  85. Rank 280. Le Plein

    Taiwanese

    Bare concrete and exposed brick share space with warm wood across two floors and a courtyard, which gives Le Plein the look of a loft that took a wrong turn into something more considered. It's a tasting-menu-only restaurant built around Taiwan's seasonal produce, with the number of courses shifting between lunch and dinner. The cold-brewed tea pairings are the quiet argument for skipping wine altogether.

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  86. Rank 280. Le Yeh

    Taiwanese

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  87. Rank 280. Li Yueh

    Japanese

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  88. Rank 280. Li.nu

    French-influenced Japanese

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  89. Rank 280. Liang Liang Table

    Contemporary Taiwanese

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  90. Rank 280. Lin

    Contemporary French

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  91. Rank 280. Lin Ju

    Cantonese

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  93. Rank 280. Lumière

    Contemporary European

    A century-old family manor in Houbi, reworked into a spare, Nordic-feeling dining room lined with local serpentine stone and cypress wood. The chef trained in France and channels that into a contemporary European menu built around southern Taiwan's produce, including a signature egg dish that nods to the family's poultry-farming past. It's a quietly personal place, and the food reflects it.

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  94. Rank 280. Maan

    French

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  95. Rank 280. Mai Yen Shun

    Taiwanese

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  96. Rank 280. Mao Su

    Vegetarian Taiwanese

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  99. Rank 280. Mayu Cocoon

    Japanese

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  100. Rank 280. meatGQ

    Steakhouse

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