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  1. Rank 103. 3927

    Modern Taiwanese

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  2. Rank 103. 85TD

    Modern Cantonese

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  4. The oven sits dead center in the room, so you watch the pizza makers the whole time, which turns out to be half the point. This is a compact Neapolitan-style pizzeria, eight or ten wooden tables, big windows, and a menu that stays almost entirely focused on pizza, red or white, plus a few focaccias. The dough has real structure and a properly blistered crust. Ranked on 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific, and reservations are worth booking ahead.


  5. Rank 103. Aleisha

    Mediterranean

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  6. 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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  8. Rank 103. Baho (Da'an)

    Barbecue

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  9. Rank 103. Bencotto

    Italian

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  10. Rank 103. 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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  11. Rank 103. CEO 1950

    European

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  13. Rank 103. Cheng Jia

    Taiwanese

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  15. Rank 103. Chuan Mu Yuan

    Cantonese

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  16. Rank 103. 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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    Address
    4F, Bellavita, 28 Songren Road, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taipei 110, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

    Reserve
    OpenTable
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  18. Rank 103. 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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  19. Rank 103. ÉCRU

    Japanese-influenced French

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  20. Rank 103. EMBERS

    Taiwanese

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  21. Rank 103. Ephernité

    Contemporary French

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  23. Rank 103. 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.


  24. Rank 103. Gi Yuan

    Sichuan

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  27. Rank 103. Hijo

    Seafood

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    Address
    170, Section 2, Chang'an East Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

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    Website
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  29. Rank 103. JUNTO

    Cantonese

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  30. Rank 103. KOICHIRO

    Japanese

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    Address
    5F, 301 Lequn 3rd Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  31. Rank 103. Komboi

    Modern Taiwanese

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  32. Rank 103. Kou Gyu Rou

    Taiwanese

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  33. Rank 103. KUR

    Contemporary Japanese

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  34. Rank 103. Lin

    Contemporary French

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  35. Rank 103. Lin Ju

    Cantonese

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  38. Rank 103. Mochi Baby

    Japanese Dessert

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  39. Rank 103. Muji Beef Noodles

    Chinese Noodle Shop

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  41. Rank 103. Page

    Taiwanese

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    Address
    4, Alley 20, Lane 595, Bei'an Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei 104, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  42. 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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  43. Rank 103. PEI FULL

    Zhejiang

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    Address
    222, Section 1, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei, Taipei 106, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

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  46. Rank 103. Rong Ju

    Cantonese

    Faux red brick overhead gives the dining room the feel of a modern Chinese home, warm without being heavy. This is a Cantonese set-menu restaurant inside the Capella hotel, where the kitchen layers contemporary touches onto the classics, truffle finding its way into the dim sum, sakura ebi into the stir-fried cabbage. The tea selection is curated to pair with the meal, which is the kind of detail that separates a thoughtful kitchen from a merely competent one.

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    Address
    Capella, 139 Dunhua North Road, Songshan District, Taipei, Taipei 105021, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens noon

    Wednesday Noon–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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    SevenRooms
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    Website
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  48. Rank 103. Sansan Bistro

    Neo Sichuan

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  49. Rank 103. Sasa

    Sushi

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  50. Rank 103. Sate House

    Indonesian

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    Address
    15 Leli Road, Da'an District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

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    Website
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  52. 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.

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  57. Rank 103. Sushi Nomura

    Edomae Sushi

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  62. Rank 103. The Dragon

    Cantonese

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  63. Rank 103. Tsuki Yo Iwa

    Japanese

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  64. Rank 103. Tutto Bello

    Contemporary Italian

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  65. Rank 103. Uke

    Edomae Sushi

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  66. Rank 103. Uosho

    Japanese

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  68. Rank 103. Wamaki

    Japanese

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  69. Rank 103. Xiang Se

    Taiwanese

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    Address
    119-1 Jingshan Road, Shilin District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 11:30 AM

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

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
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  73. Rank 103. Yuu

    Japanese

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  74. Rank 103. Zaap

    Thai

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  75. A coffee shop on the 89th floor of Taipei 101, which does settle the question of where to take a meeting when you want the other person slightly off-balance. kafeD is a calm, unhurried cafe serving pour-overs and lattes alongside light pastries, with the kind of view that makes the city below look like a very convincing scale model. Come for the coffee, stay because the elevator ride back down feels like commitment.


  76. Rank 181. KiOSK

    Coffee


  77. Rank 181. looproom

    Coffee




  78. Rank 181. noon

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  79. A two-story house tucked into a lane off Linsen North Road, After5 is a coffee shop that slides into neighborhood bar as the evening arrives. The lofted upper floor looks down over the main bar, which gives the place a lived-in, borrowed-apartment feeling. Single-origin coffees and fruit-forward signature drinks share the menu with tea, and later with beer and alcohol. It's the kind of spot where nobody seems to be in a hurry to leave.


  80. The walls at this coffee shop in Da'an are lined with art and design magazines, album covers, and posters that feel like someone's actual collection rather than set dressing. The menu splits cleanly between espresso drinks and pour-overs, and the whole operation has that same unhurried quality. There's a small interior and a semi-enclosed porch out front. You can stop in for a quick one, but weekday mornings have a way of stretching.








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