Taipei
If you're not into tea this is the perfect place for a decent coffee with a fantastic view. There's also cake, sandwiches and a range of drinks and you'll…
Must-see nightlife in Taipei
Xinyi
With 13 craft beers on tap, Landmark is great place to sample some tasty brews. Owned by Taihu, a local microbrewery and craft-beer importer, it's a very…
Taipei
This almost 60-year-old teahouse sits like a witchy temple on a rocky cliff. Sip a coffee or share a pot of tea while gazing at the lake below. There's no…
Songshan
Tucked up an alleyway in Minsheng Community, Beer & Deer appears to have no deer but lots of beer – more than 80 craft varieties, mostly imported. It's a…
Taipei
Small on space but big on beer, this local microbrewery has 20 draught varieties. The fruity New England IPA goes down a treat. If you can't decide, go…
Taipei
A friendly little cafe that stocks fair-trade coffee and invests profits in the same coffee communities to build schools. Brews are single origin and well…
Taipei
With some of the city's oldest and finest teas, an elegant design and classes in tea appreciation, this is the place for the serious drinker, or for…
Xinyi
This bookish cafe with a piano, a sofa and green-shaded banker's lamps is open until 2am. The lattice windows, high roof and lazy vibe make it a lovely…
Taipei
The pearl milk tea (NT$85) here is supposed to be the best in the city – pink, frothy and creamy with small, firm pearls and only lightly sweetened. There…
Songshan
Coffee, teas and cakes in the corner of a designery bookshop – you can't get more cultured than that. The matcha-ice-cream latte is a triple-whammy of…
Taipei
Serene and loaded with history, this cafe is located in a former wooden dormitory (with a large deck spilling on to a grassy lawn) built by the Japanese…
Taipei
This well-regarded, chilled cocktail bar focuses on rum blends and is famed for its Earl Grey recipes. There's no menu: simply tell the bartender what…
Taipei
This slick speakeasy-style bar is everything you'd expect it to be: hidden behind a secret door, heavy on the dark hardwood, dim lighting, and serving top…
Taipei
Full of boisterous energy, this narrow establishment has tables that spill onto the street for latecomers and smokers. Often host to live bands that…
Taipei
On Tap bills itself as 'Taipei's only real pub'. Big-screen sports, draught beer, hearty pub grub (pies, burgers and chips) and expats aplenty do indeed…
Taipei
This gem is set inside a remodelled traditional stone farmhouse dating from 1831. A 30-minute walk downhill from the gondola past Lioujisiang, this…
Songshan
This cute little Japanese cafe charms on two levels: it has a little flower garden where you can sip your brew to the sound of birds, and it offers no…
Xinyi
This famous brand from Tainan is one of two big teahouses that claims to have invented the recipe for the sweet tapioca balls in tea. Go all out and order…
Ximending & Wanhua
This hole-in-the-wall is the only place to get a decent coffee near Longshan Temple. With a scattering of seats outside, get yourself a brew then sit back…
Taipei
This popular student hang-out is a bit grungy but it has a good vibe and affordable drinks – the best buy is the draught Stella for NT$180. Service is…
Taipei
Great coffee, cheap prices, devilish cakes and a serene location just down from Hobe Fort. They also sell a coffee-flavoured beer in bottles for the…
Songshan
Blinged-out hotel bar with heavy drapes and minimal lighting – a creation of local designer Ray Chen. Known for their cocktail recipes – try the Devil…
Xinyi
This upscale bar has a fantastic rooftop lounge with fake peach-blossom trees and glowing purple lamps, just one floor up from Wave Club in the ATT4FUN…
Taipei
Across from 2-28 Peace Memorial Park in an old Japanese-era corner shop is this decades-old place, selling a refreshing suān méitāng (酸梅湯; sour plum juice…
Taipei
The hottest and swankiest gay bar in town, catering to well-groomed and well-heeled professionals. Downstairs has VIP booths, a DJ and a throbbing…
Taipei
With 12 kinds of craft beer on tap (eight from their own 23 Brewing Company), this little corner place is a great spot for sampling great beer; 23 IPA, a…
Shilin
This branch of Crafted has a nice local pub feel to it, with sports playing on two TV screens. Good range of Taiwan brews on tap as well as a plethora of…
Ximending & Wanhua
This underground and popular dungeon club is accessed by a vault-like door. Down below it's all hot and steamy, with frequent live acts – for a taster…
Taipei
Lioujisiang is a relaxed and simpler style teahouse. The owners claim they run the oldest tea farm in Maokong, started in 1895. Try their namesake…
Xinyi
Inside the trendsetting W Hotel, WOOBAR is a quiet, natural light-infused lounge in the day and a flashier neon-drenched nightspot after dark. It fronts…
Shilin
Rather than queue up at the bland coffee chain round the corner, pop into this cute, mellow cafe just behind Exit 1 of the MRT. Single-origin coffee,…
Taipei
Set in an 80-year-old gutted Japanese-era private residence with lovely worn wooden flooring, this coffee house serves single-origin coffee from places…
Xinyi
Wave is popular with a young, local crowd. Ticket entrance includes an all-you-can-drink bar. On weekends expect a packed-like-a-tin-of-sardines dance…
Taipei
This cosy nook tucked into the side of the MRT (come out and immediately turn right) is a branch of the popular local craft-beer brewery, 23 Public, back…
Taipei
This simple hole-in-the-wall watering hole is right up against the riverside, perfect for a sunset-bathed drink. There are 42 bottled beers, mostly…
Taipei
This long-running basement lesbian club attracts a young set of women, with the liveliest nights Fridays and Saturdays. There's a dance floor and DJ, and…
Taipei
A hyper-stylish but genuinely serene teahouse designed by chic fashion house Shiatzy Chen. One wall is made of compressed tea bricks, and there's…
Taipei
Taipei's new favourite gay sauna. Has a steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi, darkroom, maze, cabins, lounge and cafe. Crowded on nights when locals get a discount.
Songshan
One of Taipei's most fun places to dance. Reasonably priced drinks, Latin American and African beats and, of course, fragrant shisha.
Taipei
This gay sauna is not as popular as it once was but it has high-tech and clean facilities, with weekly events and a gym.
