The 65 Best Places to Eat and Drink in Taichung
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The best places to eat and drink in Taichung, according to the experts: Michelin Guide, The 50, and Difford's Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. JL STUDIO comes out on top.
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Vender and L'Atelier par Yao hold the next two places. Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.
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A fine dining restaurant in Taichung where the chef grew up eating at his father's hawker stall in Singapore and never quite got over it. Three Michelin stars and a spot on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants, yet the animating idea is street food: childhood flavors pulled into a tasting menu format without being dismantled just to prove a point. The kaya toast dessert, served inside a frozen coconut shell, is the kind of thing that makes you stop mid-bite.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 3 Stars
- The 50 The 50: #50 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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A coin slot in a vending machine is the door, which tells you most of what you need to know about this cocktail bar before you've even sat down. Inside, more vending machines dispense bottled cocktails and beer, while the menu groups drinks by their main ingredients rather than names. A miniature Singapore Sling greets every guest on arrival, a nod to co-founder Summer Chen's years behind the stick in Singapore. Ranked on Asia's 50 Best Bars and the World's 50 Best Bars lists.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: #74 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 The 50: #20 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide
- The 50 #74 · The World's 50 Best Bars
- The 50 #20 · Asia’s 50 Best Bars
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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Rank 3. L'Atelier par Yao
Modern French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 3. Oretachi No Nikuya
Japanese Barbecue
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 3. SHINEYU
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 3. Sur-
Contemporary Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 3. YUENJI
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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Rank 8. A Kun Mian
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Ajisai
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Don Moo
Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Feng Chi Goose
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Fu Din Wang (Central)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Fu Juang Yuan
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Fu Kuei Ting
Taiwanese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. House of Dawn
Japanese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Ke Kou Beef Noodles
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Küisine (West)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Lao Shih Kuan Noodles
Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Li Xiao Lou
Taiwanese
A low-key Taiwanese home-cooking spot tucked down an alley, where a renovated old property has been fitted out with a Japanese-style wooden counter framing an open kitchen. The menu is short and the portions are small, the kind of place that quietly earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand without making a fuss about it. Stir-fried eel cooked in house-made goose fat is the dish regulars plan around: rich, bouncy, and sweet-sour enough to demand a bowl of rice alongside.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Lou's (Nantun)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Moon Pavilion
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Night School Braised Pork Rice
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Niou Jia Juang
Hakka
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. No Name Noodles
Shanghainese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Peng Cheng Tang
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Shanghai Food (Nantun)
Chinese
Pan-fried buns are the whole point here, and the owner spent three years working from memory before he felt they were right. This small dim sum shop in Nantun turns out pork buns with a soupy, fatty-to-lean filling that got there the long way, plus veggie buns packed with bok choy, dried tofu, and mushroom. The steamed dumplings have a chewy, satisfying pull. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place that earns it quietly.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Shin Yuan (West)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 8. Taichung Meatball
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 31. Le Côté LM
French
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Chien Wei Seafood
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Dongyin Fisherman
Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. FIRNS
Franco-Asian French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Fleur de Sel
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Forchetta
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Hibiki Seafood
Seafood Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Hui Chung
Vegetarian Cantonese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. huist
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Inflorescence
Japanese
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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Isagi
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Ji Zai Ten
Vegan Japanese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. KR Prime Steak
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Master of Mushroom (Xinshe)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. meatGQ
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Meidz Seafood
Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Ming Juan Lou
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Moment in Beijing
Northern Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Munchi
Modern Vietnamese
Counter seats facing an open kitchen give Munchi the feel of a wine cellar that accidentally got very good at food. This casual neo-bistro in Taichung reworks Vietnamese flavors through a contemporary lens, with a two-chef team and a sommelier steering the room toward natural wines and cocktails. The Munchi-style pho alongside a glass of something orange is the kind of pairing that makes you reconsider what a Vietnamese restaurant can be.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. NIKU RYOURI FUKU
Creative Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Orient Dragon
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Rong Cuisine
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Saka
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Shoal Cuisine
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Sushi Noru
Sushi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Torien Yakitori
Yakitori Japanese
A dinky Japanese garden leads into a yakitori counter where local chickens, prepped fresh each day, go over the grill with nothing but salt so each cut can argue for itself. The chef spent time honing the craft in Japan, and the set menu moves through cuts most people have never thought to order. Counter seats watch the kitchen the whole time, which is half the point. Call ahead if you want chicken sashimi or squab.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. UNA-VERSE
Dessert Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Wen Tao
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Yuan
contemporary Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. Yùn: La Cuisine
Contemporary Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 32. zài
Contemporary European
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant