The Best Places in Taipei
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Rank 65. Tsui Feng Yuan
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 65. Unnamed Clay Oven Roll
Chinese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 65. Wu Wang Tsai Chi
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 65. Yi Jia Zi
Tainan Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 65. Yu Yu 1969
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 65. Yuan Fang Guabao
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Over 600 original works of art are woven into the structure of this sleek urban hotel in Xinyi, curated by a former symphony flutist, which tells you something about the ambitions at play here. Rooms run to silk velvet robes and Swedish specialty mattresses; suites add butler service and skyline views. A sixth-floor garden, a Mediterranean restaurant, spa, and heated outdoor pool round things out. The Michelin Guide has it among its selected hotels.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Dark wood, crisp white walls, and a gilded mirror or two define the look here, a luxury hotel in Taipei that describes its aesthetic as neo-classicism, though "enthusiastic Francophile" also covers it. Nearly 300 rooms come with private balconies, some with real skyline views. Downstairs, the dining options span Cantonese dim sum to a Moroccan-inspired bar, which is either confusing or charming depending on how you feel about commitment.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Floor-to-ceiling glass frames the Tamsui River from most rooms, which is a better morning view than you'd expect from a hotel sitting at the edge of Ximending's busiest stretch. Dark wood paneling and Simmons mattresses inside, Byredo amenities in the bathroom, and minibars that don't charge you to open them. Temples, night markets, and the full Ximending chaos are seconds from the lobby door, though the river keeps things calmer than the streets suggest.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 112. Bar Otani
Japanese Cocktail Bar
Black walls and no music mean the only sounds in this cocktail bar are ice cracking in a shaker and the low hum of a freezer, which turns out to be the right soundtrack. Tucked inside an old office building off Zhongshan North Road, it runs on the Japanese model where the bartender reads your mood and builds something around it. Small, dark, and unhurried, it suits lone drinkers best.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The lobby ceiling at Grand HiLai Taipei climbs high enough to make you forget you're in a business hotel, which is probably the point. Steel, glass, and neon on the outside give way to marble, mirrors, and curved neo-Deco furnishings that actually invite sitting down. It's in Nangang, Taipei's quieter eastern flank, which suits the crowd here: polished, purposeful, equally comfortable filing expense reports or planning a hike into the hills.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 112. Lab
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Your Guide to Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map Your Guide to Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
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Rank 115. Fika Fika Cafe
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
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Five rooms, five private geothermal baths, and a former wine cellar that still earns its keep. Villa 32 is a small modernist retreat in Beitou where hot-spring access comes built into the room, not offered as an add-on. Suites run from tatami-and-sliding-screen Japanese style to plush Western rooms, and the courtyard dining quietly suggests that whoever lived here before had very good taste. No guests under 16, which tells you most of what you need to know about the mood.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 119. 3927
Modern Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 85TD
Modern Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. A Cheng Goose (Zhongshan)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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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.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza #44 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · New Entry of the Year · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific Special Awards
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Rank 119. Aleisha
Mediterranean
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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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.
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
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Rank 119. Antico Forno
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Baho (Da'an)
Barbecue
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Bencotto
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. CEO 1950
European
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Chaud Doux
French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Cheng Jia
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Chinese Cuisine
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Chuan Mu Yuan
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Danny's Steakhouse
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. ÉCRU
Japanese-influenced French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. EMBERS
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Ephernité
Contemporary French
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 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 119. Gi Yuan
Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Good Friend Cold Noodles
Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Halal Chinese Beef Noodles (Da'an)
Taiwanese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Hijo
Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Izmir Turk Kitchen
Turkish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. JUNTO
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. KOICHIRO
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Komboi
Modern Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Kou Gyu Rou
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. KUR
Contemporary Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Leible Coffee
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best cafes for reading in Taipei
- World Coffee Map 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Best cafes for reading in Taipei
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Rank 119. Lin
Contemporary French
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Lin Ju
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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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 119. Mochi Baby
Japanese Dessert
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Muji Beef Noodles
Chinese Noodle Shop
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. N°168 Prime Steakhouse (Zhongshan)
Steakhouse
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Page
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. PEI FULL
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Really Good Seafood
Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Robin's Teppanyaki
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. 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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Rong Rong Yuan
Zhejiang
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Sansan Bistro
Neo Sichuan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Sasa
Sushi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Sate House
Indonesian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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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.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Shin Yeh Taiwanese Cuisine
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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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 119. Sushi Kaori
Sushi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Sushi Nomura
Edomae Sushi
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 119. Tajimaya Shabu Shabu
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Tempura Sugimura
Japanese
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 119. The Dragon
Cantonese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Tsuki Yo Iwa
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Tutto Bello
Contemporary Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Uke
Edomae Sushi
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Uosho
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Vanne Yakiniku
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Wamaki
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Xiang Se
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Xiao Ping Kitchen (Zhongshan)
Taiwanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Yangming Spring (Shilin)
Vegan Japanese
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 119. Yuu
Japanese
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 119. Zaap
Thai
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 194. Korner Café
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best coffee shops for work in Taipei
- World Coffee Map 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map Best coffee shops for work in Taipei
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Rank 194. RUFOUS COFFEE
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best cafes for reading in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Best cafes for reading in Taipei
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Rank 194. Spot Café Lumière
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Best coffee shops for work in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Guide for Travelers
- World Coffee Map Where to Drink Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Best coffee shops for work in Taipei
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About an hour outside Taipei, this ryokan-style resort sits inside the Wulai Mountains, where rooms have private hot spring baths and floor-to-ceiling windows aimed at the river. The public bathhouse runs to steam room, sauna, outdoor pool, and hydrotherapy pool, and mornings can start with Tai Chi if you'd like to feel very virtuous before lunch. A waterfall hike is also on offer, for those who need a reason to leave the bath.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 198. 16.67 Cafe
Coffee
The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
- World Coffee Map Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Taipei Coffee Map for First-Time Visitors
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The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map 10 Best Specialty Cafes & Coffee Shops in Taipei
- World Coffee Map Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei
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The awards
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Your Guide to Coffee in Taipei
- World Coffee Map World Coffee Map: Essential Coffee Shops in Taipei