City: Taipei
Top Things to do in Taipei
The 10 Best Shopping in Taipei, Taiwan
You can eat very well—and very cheaply—in Taipei. The restaurants may not look posh, but the quality of the food is superlative. And there’s a huge variety of restaurants—in addition to local Taiwanese specialties, you’ll find regional cuisines from all over China, as well as great Indian, Japanese and even Italian options. Just make sure to leave some room for snacks—street-vendor food here is addictive.
Restaurants in Taipei
1. NET
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By sugarcharms - Manila, Philippines
I bought a lot of clothes and wallets as gifts for myself and gifts for my loved ones. Super affordable and very cute Disney items available here. Dont miss this when in taiwan! I was able to go to two branches Keelung and the one near Shinkung mitsukoshi.
2. Artland Bookstore
3. Huapo Nongmin Shiji
4. Taipei 101
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 12,174 reviews
At 101 stories high, Taiwan's tallest skyscraper boasts spectacular views and high-end shopping boutiques including Gucci, Prada, and Louis Vuitton. There's also a Din Tai Fung on the basement level.
Reviewed By RDHiscott - Lion's Head, Canada
Fantastic views of the entire city of Taipei and surrounding region including mountains from the indoor observation deck (360 degree panorama, interactive screen displays to highlight key buildings and landmarks, showing views at different times of day and night), along with a more limited outside observation deck (which gives you the opportunity to look up to see the spire at the top of the tower). Also able to view the ‘damper’, a giant metal sphere designed and tuned to counter-balance exterior forces on the skyscraper such as typhoon winds and earthquakes. Really impressive!
5. Raohe Street Night Market
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 1,887 reviews
Jao Ho Street has become a secondary road and the business has also declined. Therefore, the government set up a night market in 1987. It is the second tourist night market in Taipei.
Reviewed By shipoffoos - Singapore, Singapore
Start at the main gate opposite exit 5 from Songshan MRT station and trawl your way past stall upon stall selling delicious and interesting street food. A big part of the great experience is watching the hawkers in action – they are like performance artists, in a way, unfolding their skill before a live audience! Our picks: the pepper pork buns are well worth the wait, although arriving before 6:30pm will save you many minutes in the queue that was snaking by 8:30pm; grilled squid; any of the tea stalls; pan-fried mini-buns; handmade nougat. The crowd was thronging but never overwhelming – it was always possible to find a place to stand and eat and not be in the way of passersby, then rejoin the moving crowd once we were ready.
6. Shilin Night Market
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 5,280 reviews
Reviewed By throughmybackpack - Munich, Germany
If you are on board with street food, this is a must to go! you can enjoy several different signature dishes such as the big fried chicken, pork dumplings, sausages, mushrooms. you can have several different options just walking around. HIghly recommended.
7. Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Mall (Taipei Nanxi)
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 189 reviews
With 13 stores and 22 halls, Shin Kong Mitsukoshi welcomes over 100 million visits a year in Taiwan. Shin Kong Mitsukoshi is Taiwan’s most fashionable and popular department store with 22 stores in seven cities including Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chaiyi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung.
8. Shin Shin Department Store
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 76 reviews
One of the older department stores in Taipei, Shin Shin stocks brands like Mango, Gap, and Uniqlo; and also has a Showtime movie theater on premises and Jason grocery store on the basement floor.
9. Ximen Station Shopping Mall
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 132 reviews
Reviewed By Jpnpat - Luzon, Philippines
The place is so cool. It has almost everything in it. Street foods to clothes to tattoo shops to simple toys. It is very walkable
10. Taipei City Mall
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 703 reviews
Reviewed By CdnLovesTravel787 - Vancouver, Canada
This mall is a favourite of mine for very affordable shopping. Starting from Taipei Main Station, the mall stretches for about a mile under ground. You can walk down one side with stores on either side, then back the other side of same. The mall has clothing, footwear, watches, jewelery, Chinese arts & crafts in one section, computer games, manga and anime, electronics for the other half. Play Station and Nintendo are huge here. There is even a coffee shop with waitresses dressed as anime characters. I was amazed by the number of vending machines which dispense toys of all kinds. The restaurants at the end are mostly Indonesian for food. Duroyal Ice Cream at that end also, is a must for $1 ice cream cones and they have 40 awesome flavours. Price has not gone up for years. It is at the other end of the underground mall so if you want to go there first, go to Beiman metro stop instead of Taipei Main, to save walking a mile to get there for ice cream.
