Top Taipei cafes — 5 most famous & best cafes in Taipei you must visit

If you love the ancient charm, where traditional culture is fully preserved, here are the five cafes you should visit while traveling in Taipei. When you stopped at these cafes, you will not only enjoy the taste of delicious coffee, but they will bring the experience of music, film and bonsai, poetic scenery. Where are the coffee shops you should definitely going to when visiting Taipei? Let’s follow Living Nomads find these interesting places. Below these are top 5 famous & best cafes in Taipei.

1. The Boan 84 Space

The first coffee shop to be introduced to you is The Boan 84, the cafe has 3 floors and each floor hides a very interesting thing. The Boan 84, formerly a refurbished hospital in modern style, but somewhere in this place still retains the utmost quietness, poetry and the oldest of Taipei City.

The entire space of the bar is covered with wood making a warm feeling when you stop here. At the first floor of the shop is the place which serves flavor, tasty and delicious coffees and typical cakes like cappuccino and carrot cake. Up to the 2nd floor, this is a place for those who love classical music with many CDs were displayed along the 4 corners and the orchestra amplifiers from decades ago are still saved here. More specifically, this is also the floor is a lot of art lovers choose to launch and showcase their collections.

Up to the 3rd floor of the cafe is the place to showcase and preserve the luxury and wealth of the former owner of this cafe. And if you are curious to discover how luxury is, then come here once!

The Boan 84 Space

Address: No. 84, Bao’an Street, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103
Opening Hours: 11AM–7:30PM
Phone: +886 2 2552 8836
Price range: Moderate ($$ – $$$)
Facebook: https://facebook.com/Boan84

2. Sugar Bistro

The cafe is located near the Dongmen subway station. It is known famous for drinks and pastries made directly from Cambodian jaggery sugar. The clarity sweetness from the food and drinks at this bar has made the brand features and identity of the shop. More specifically, the restaurant’s menu focuses on weight loss and healthy lifestyle so the ingredients used in the food or drinks are of organic origin.

Moreover, those who have visited this place were impressed by the warm fragrant of afternoon tea pots are irresistible appeal and smooth as melted in the mouth of typical cheese cake.

Sugar Bistro

Address: No. 3, Lane 181, Section 2, Xinyi Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Opening Hours: 10:30AM–7:30PM
Phone: +886 2 2396 5965
Price range: Moderate ($-$$)
Website: http://sugarbistrotw.blogspot.tw/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/sugar.bistro

3. Elsewhere Cafe

Perhaps the name has somewhat suggested to you a completely different space when stopping at this cafe. Indeed, Elsewhere Cafe is also home to a variety of books, including picture books and comic humor books for literary enthusiasts. True to its name, “Living in another place” exhibits two completely different world. Coming to the bar, you will have to temporarily hang over the child elements toward the funny photo books and especially for adults only. It can be said that this unique point that makes Elsewhere Cafe becomes different with other cafes. With extremely lovely space and lively will certainly not let you down when arriving.

Elsewhere Cafe

Address: No. 3, Lane 119, Section 1, Luosifu Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Opening Hours: 7:30AM–10PM
Phone: +886 2 3393 2018
Price range: NT$151-800
Website: http://book.elsewherecafe.com/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/elsewherecafe

4. Fujin Tree 353 Cafe by Simple Kaffa

If you are a lover of quiet and want to escape into a relaxing space for work, study or spend time with your lover, this is the cafe for you. It is known that in the coffee shop there will be a small corner for the sale of flowers and dried flowers. For visitors those who look forward to finding romance, an afternoon tea with her lover is not as great as this lovely cafe.

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Fujin Tree 353 Cafe by Simple Kaffa

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Fujin Tree 353 Cafe by Simple Kaffa

Address: No. 353, Fujin Street, Songshan District, Taipei City, Taiwan 105
Opening Hours: 9am – 9pm (Mon – Sun)
Phone: +886 2 2749 5225
Price Range: $$ – $$$
Facebook: https://facebook.com/fujintree353cafe
Website: http://fujintreegroup.com/shop-list/fujintree353cafe/

5. Woolloomooloo Cafe

The last coffee shop in the Top 5 will ensure that you will also be satisfied. Woolloomooloo Cafe is a haven for busy commuters who work late or travelers wandering the old town who want to looking for a late-night break.

This is probably one of the cafes in Taipei are open until 12am. Variety of drinks and dishes including alcoholic beverages. The local people here call this place is where release stress for them. The reason they call this is because the feeling of poetic experience at this cafe makes them completely satisfied. After a tiring and exhausting work, there is nothing more interesting is eating a delicious meal, sipping a favorite drink from the high floor of the bar and watching the street at night? If you’ve set foot in the old town of Taipei , let’s try it once.

Woolloomooloo Cafe

Address: No. 379, Section 4, Xinyi Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan 110
Opening Hours: Tue – Fri 11am – 6pm. Sat & Sun 10am – 6pm. (They close way too early at this location since their 2nd location opened)
Phone: +886 2 8789 0128
Price range: NT$151-800. Average Meal: NT$450
Facebook: https://facebook.com/woolloomoolooTaipei
Website: http://woolloomooloo.tw/

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