After touring Taipei city the whole day long, you probably wanna grab a drink and relax in the night, Taipei’s drinking culture might not as like the western country, but doesn’t mean you can’t find the best place for cocktails in Taipei.
*Cover image credit: Placebo
The Best Place For Cocktails in Taipei
In addition to some speakeasy bars we mentioned before, in this post we will take a look at more popular bars in Taipei. We hope that you’ll enjoy these bars we recommend to you.
▎Placebo – Take a break at Chinese Inn
The name “Placebo” derives from “Placebo effect”, It’s a substance or treatment of no intended therapeutic value, a placebo may be given to a person in order to deceive the recipient into thinking that it is an active treatment.
JUST LIKE ALCOHOL.
It won’t change anything but can give you a way to feel better.
Placebo’s eastern culture style is different from the other bars in loft style, the idea of the interior comes from the Chinese-Style inn in the old movie, you will be surprised that entering a totally different world in the bustle modern city.
In addition to the featured decor, the cocktails here are also special, every kind of cocktails have their own unique name and even sometimes you can’t tell what it made by. Besides classic cocktails, they also have some special flavor of traditional Chinese medicine, Taiwanese snacks or fruit. Especially they serve cocktails with the Chinese teapot instead of the wine glass.
If you are hungry, you can try “Lu Wei”-the famous traditional Taiwanese food.
Placebo is not only a fancy place to drink but also built their own culture.
Wanna have an unforgettable experience in Taiwan? Come to Placebo and get a wonderful night!
- Placebo
- Website
- Reservation : +886 2 8732 2345
▎MQ [ Marquee Taipei ] – Indulging in Jazz Night
Marquee is located nearby Taipei101, after visiting the famous landmark, you can come by for a drink in a few steps.
After passing through the entrance, I can’t help but marvel with the gorgeous interior which has
The bartender is friendly and talkative, he once represents Taiwan to attend the international competition, his signature old-fashion cocktail is absolutely fabulous.
In addition to this, they have the live jazz band show on every Tuesday, which is really impressive and I’m sure to come again.
- MQ [ Marquee Taipei ]
- Get Direction
- Hours：Sun – Thu 20:00~02:00 | Fri – Sat 20:00~03:00
▎Intention – Don’t forget your original intention
It’s a bar without the menu, without limited, without minimum and even service fee, all they have is everything you want.
The owner of Intention is also the main bartender, he is kind and loves to talk with everyone, just tell him what you prefer, then you’ll get your own specialty. Sometimes, he would guess how your mood be like then make a cocktail for you, that’s really interesting!
Just like a magician, he can make it happen no matter what you ask, all you have to do is getting a little tipsy on a fantastic night.
- Intention
- Get Direction
- Hours：Tue – Thu 17:00~01:00 | Fri – Sat 17:00~02:00 | Sun 17:00~01:00 | Mon Closed
- Website
- Reservation : +886 2 8772 7265
▎Woo Taipei – Welcome Home
In the day, WooTP is a quiet cafe, but when the sky is dark it turns into a popular bar attracting crowd people every night.
I love WooTP’s layout of red brick walls, old leather sofas, wooden tables
Their bartender Mark Huang wins Champion of 2011 DIAGEO World Class Global. On top of that, they awarded the 2016 top 50 best bars in Asia (ranked 20th).
WooTP makes you feel like home and you can totally relax after work all day long.
- Woo Taipei
- Get Direction
- Hours：Sun – Thu 14:00~02:00 | Fri – Sat 14:00~03:00
- Website
- Reservation : +886 2 8771 9813
▎Fourplay Cuisine – Having a drink with friends even though you’re extremely busy
Fourplay Cuisine is established by 4 best friends having the same dream, unlike other bars, Fourplay doesn’t follow the regular way. In contrast, they create own unique style cocktails! Here just like a playing field, where a few friends gather together to play a cocktail game full of joy.
They have two popular and special cocktail set you must try for the first time:
•Drug set (it’s not a real drug)
These special cocktails using drug names like Amphetamine, Marijuana, Heroin, Ecstasy, Ketamine, Nitrous Oxide, and Cocaine. Each one has its own features and taste way making you just feel like taking the real drug.
•Travel around the world
Each cocktail presents different country, explore the world by drinking out these cocktails.
Fourplay is not only a good place for cocktails but also a crazy place for friends to gather.
- Fourplay Cuisine
- Get Direction
- Hours：Mon – Thu 18:00~01:00 | Fri – Sat 18:00~02:00 | Sun Closed
- Website
- Reservation: +886 2 27083898
3 Hour Taipei Pub Crawl
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Admission to 3 pubs and 1 nightclub, including at least 4 welcome drinks
- Meet other travelers and make new friends
Photo Source: Klook
There are a few things you must know:
- These popular bars usually filled with the crowd on the weekend so make a reservation in advance is necessary.
- The legal drinking age in Taiwan is over 18 years old.
- Some of these bars probably wouldn’t check your ID/Passport, but you can bring a valid ID/Passport with you just in case.
- The last train of Taipei MRT is around 12 AM-midnight, same to buses, so please don’t drive under the influence, instead of taking a taxi or uber, even choose the hotel nearby would be good.
I hope you enjoyed reading this post. Tell me which bar you would like to go and what kind of cocktails you like.
Please leave feedback and any questions you have in the comments below.
Hey man!
What a wonderful guide!
To be honest, the first thing I like to do when I visit a new country is to explore the nightlife and the bars.
I’ll definitely give your list a try when I come to Taipei!
Hey Asen,
I’m so glad you like my list, here are some cool bar you can check also, hope you like it!
http://wefuntaiwan.com/bestbarsintaipei/
Hey Chas, thank you for this great article. I have plans to visit Taipei this summer with my friends, and we won’t miss this for sure. But we also won’t be able to visit them all for a short period of time, so can you maybe recommend me like two from this list that is best for absolutely new visitors that never been in Taipei before?
Hi Kristina,
You can go to Placebo filled with Chinese style or have a cocktail game with friends at Fourplay!
Great content, I really like reading post like this, because it’s so easy to read and much more easier to understand. I love the pictures that you post. I have never been in Taipei. But for sure someday I will come to visit and I will visit this places.
Pick up the date and come to Taipei , trust me you’ll have a good time ????
This a comprehensive list of bars! If I ever go to Taipei I’ll check out a few – especially the one called Intention. It sounds like a welcoming, friendly place.
Pick up the date and come to Taipei , trust me you’ll have a good time ????
Wonderful guide Charles, for me who has never been to Taipei before and who enjoy chilling at bars
I’m so glad you like my list, here are some cool bar you can check also, hope you like it!
http://wefuntaiwan.com/bestbarsintaipei/
Hi, as a cocktail lover that i am, i was thrilled when i stumbled upon this content to learn something new about cocktail which i just did.
I must say it’s a good work you are doing out there. People will learn a lot from this.
Keep it up.
Thank you.
I’m so glad you like my list, here are some cool bar you can check also, hope you like it!
http://wefuntaiwan.com/bestbarsintaipei/
Hi Chas, thank you for sharing a guide to best cocktail bars in Taipei.
Just reading your guide makes me want to come to Taipei… I think next winter when I go to Asia for my winter break I will visit Taipei and enjoy the cocktails in some of these bars!
Thank you ! If you have any question about Taiwan travel feel free to ask!
Thank you, that was a great list of bars. Intention sounds interesting, I´d like the bartender to guess my mood and make me a matching drink! The Fourplay Cuisine´s fake drug and country name drinks also caught my attention.
I´ve never been to Taiwan, but I´ve been to other East Asian countries; Japan, China and South Korea. When I went to a language school in Japan, there were many students from Taiwan, and they were all really friendly and hearty. I absolutely want to visit Taiwan at some point!
Pick up the date and come to Taipei , trust me you’ll have a good time ????
Thank you for this great article. I was just in Taipei last year and I wish I had seen your site earlier, but hey I’ll visit Taipei again and will definitely check out some of these great bars.
Thank you ! If you have any question about Taiwan travel feel free to ask!
This is great information! You`ve given great recommendations!
We`re planning to go visit Taipei this coming summer and i would like to try all your recommendations – but i`m really excited to check the Fourplay cuisine. Their drinks look great in pictures!
Thanks for sharing this! All the best!
Thank you ! If you have any question about Taiwan travel feel free to ask!
Also here are some cool bar you might like – http://wefuntaiwan.com/bestbarsintaipei/
Wow. Very thorough, and detailed list of bars and nightclubs in Taipei. Extremely helpful to include directions, hours of operation, and even the website. The next time I am in Taipei, I will consider some of these night spots, and I will have to bookmark this article so I can refer to it. Nicely put together. Thanks, Tom
Thank you ! If you have any question about Taiwan travel feel free to ask!
I would love to visit Fourplay Cuisine, It seems like you can get a lot of different types of cocktails. I am from Mexico, so I wonder what cocktails with Tequila they offer. Also, Woo Taipei seems like a solid choice. I plan to travel the world at some time of my life, and Taipei is on my list.
Hey Ruben,
They offer many kind of cocktails with Tequila, if the special one you want is not in the menu, you can ask bartender to make unique one for you !
Some of these places look amazing.
I would have to be careful with those cocktails. You think you are fine and they go down like orange juice – then BAM! You’re drunk as a skunk. 😀
Although not really on my list – never considered it, Taipei does look amazing.
You must have had fun researching this one.
Thanks,
Michael.
I’m so glad you like my list, here are some cool bar you can check also, hope you like it!
http://wefuntaiwan.com/bestbarsintaipei/
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