Zhongshan

Cocktail-and-food pairings at the top of the city's range. Expensive, worth it.

Tatler Best Design 2026. East-meets-West architecture, designed to invite you in to unwind.

"Extending from the dining table into the night" — Tatler Best Bars Taiwan 2025.

A Datong basement built from driftwood and a salvaged fishing boat — the Taipei room of a Taiwanese chef and her Australian partner. Aussie-izakaya share plates, proper pizza, cocktails, and live blues and jazz Thursday to Saturday.

A natural-wine bar from two Hong Kong émigrés — a journalist and a photographer — on a quiet lane off Zhongshan North Road. French naturals with a deep Jura streak, plates kept plain, and a low counter built to feel like a friend's dining table.

Wine, craft beer & a menu of global eats served in a casual restaurant tucked into a small alley.

林森北路107巷裡的日式洋食酒場——廚房做油封鴨腿和海鮮燉飯，吧檯端出茶、果香、香草為底的調酒，每天開到凌晨三點。

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.

Japanese-style KTV bar with simple drinks. Open for 50 continuous hours — 9pm Fridays through 11pm Sundays.

Showa-era nostalgia crossed with Taiwan history; inventive highballs — Tatler 2025+2026.