A talking bar tucked down a Linsen North Road lane — karaoke, a drink, and a host who sits and chats. It's the 條通 nightlife Light the Night made famous, still running: sing, dance, settle in. Open Monday to Saturday, 7pm till 1am.
68Bar — full name 寵愛會館-68Bar — sits on one of the lanes off Linsen North Road, the grid of alleys Japanese expats and Taiwanese night-owls have been drinking in since the area's 條通 (tiáotōng) heyday. It belongs to a category that barely exists outside this neighbourhood: the talking bar. Not a cocktail den, not a club — somewhere between a karaoke room and a lounge, where the draw is as much the company behind the counter as the drink in front of you.
The format is simple. You sing, you drink, you dance a little, and a host keeps the table company. Regulars reach for the same reference when they describe it — the Netflix series Light the Night (華燈初上), which is set in this exact stretch of Taipei, in this exact kind of room. The space itself gets singled out for being kept well: warm, tidy, none of the stale-smoke heaviness that sinks an older karaoke bar.
It runs Monday to Saturday, 7pm to 1am, and is closed Sundays. There's a quieter daytime crowd too, if you'd rather have the songbook to yourself. Reservations are taken, and it works best for a group — this is a place to settle in for the night, not a quick stop on the way somewhere else.
68Bar keeps a Facebook page but no website or Instagram. Hours and booking are best confirmed by phone (02 2571 5058) before you go.
68Bar
A talking bar tucked down a Linsen North Road lane — karaoke, a drink, and a host who sits and chats. It's the 條通 nightlife Light the Night made famous, still running: sing, dance, settle in. Open Monday to Saturday, 7pm till 1am.
68Bar — full name 寵愛會館-68Bar — sits on one of the lanes off Linsen North Road, the grid of alleys Japanese expats and Taiwanese night-owls have been drinking in since the area's 條通 (tiáotōng) heyday. It belongs to a category that barely exists outside this neighbourhood: the talking bar. Not a cocktail den, not a club — somewhere between a karaoke room and a lounge, where the draw is as much the company behind the counter as the drink in front of you.
The format is simple. You sing, you drink, you dance a little, and a host keeps the table company. Regulars reach for the same reference when they describe it — the Netflix series Light the Night (華燈初上), which is set in this exact stretch of Taipei, in this exact kind of room. The space itself gets singled out for being kept well: warm, tidy, none of the stale-smoke heaviness that sinks an older karaoke bar.
It runs Monday to Saturday, 7pm to 1am, and is closed Sundays. There's a quieter daytime crowd too, if you'd rather have the songbook to yourself. Reservations are taken, and it works best for a group — this is a place to settle in for the night, not a quick stop on the way somewhere else.
68Bar keeps a Facebook page but no website or Instagram. Hours and booking are best confirmed by phone (02 2571 5058) before you go.
