The restaurants below have been classed into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over NT$2,000)
$$$ (NT$1,500 to NT$2,000)
$$ (NT$1,000 to NT$1,500)
$ (under NT$1,000)
These prices are for a three-course meal for one, including a half bottle of house wine or equivalent and taxes, but not tip (usually 10%).
Joyce Café Alfresco Mediterranean style fine dining, best international restaurant.
22 Ching Chen Street
Tel: (02) 2713 8362.
Price: $$$$
Diamond Tony’s Opened in 2004, this is a tranquil
restaurant serving Italian, American haute cuisine.
4F Taipei 101, 45, ShihFu Road
Tel: (02) 8101 8268.
Price: $$$
Hu Jiang Yen Traditional Shanghainese cuisine in a contemporary setting.
108 Da An Road, Section 1
Tel: (02) 2778 9667.
Price: $$
Gan Bei (Main branch) Great Japanese food in an unpretentious atmosphere.
2-1 Lane 25, Nanjing West Road
Tel (02) 2555 6110
or 2776 3460 for reservations.
Price: $
Nightlife:The best nightlife is found in Anho Rd in East Taipei (most recently developed commercial district) and the older Shi Men Ding or West Side. Restaurants tend to open early, from 1800 until 2130, but with no licensing limits many bars are open until 0200-0400, and some all night.
Shao yen or snack bars in night life areas are popular on the way home.
Anho is scattered with bars and restaurants, including the
Champagne Bar, 169, AnHer Road, Section 2, a lounge bar with sofas for a wealthy clientele, American-style
Carnegies, 100, AnHo Rd, Section 2, with good rock music popular with expats and dancing on the bar at midnight! Across on Tun Hwa Road, Section 3 is
Apartment which, modeled after a house, is private and discreet.
Shi Men Ding has an olde worlde atmosphere with lots of tiny little bars and atmospheric tea and coffee houses in its narrow alleys and traditional night markets.
As far as clubs go, the latest place for the in crowd is
MINT, B1, Taipei 101, 45 ShihFu Road, Hsin Yi District, in an open courtyard with an illuminated dance floor.
Plush, Top floor, The Living Mall, Core Pacific City, 138, BaDe Road, Section 4, features International visiting DJs. Then, there is the
Ministry of Sound, 310, LenQun 3rd Road.
Live music can be found in bars - good jazz can be found in
Blue Note, 4F, 171, Roosevelt Road, Section 3, and
Brown Sugar, 101, SongRen Road, but the most reliable music venue is in an old beer factory,
Hua-
Shan Music Hall, 2F, 1, BaDe Road, Section 1, featuring from classic to pop.
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