Hualien
Vinyl, enamel advertising signs and ethnographic ornaments add even further to the character of this authentic yet unpretentious, century-old cottage…
Must-see restaurants in Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
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Hualien
With a hearty 'Nga'ayho' ('hello' in Amis), Mu-Ming presents diners with a 90-minute, multicourse dining experience full of flavour-packed indigenous…
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Hualien
Delicious vegetarian meal sets contain such a multiplicity of ingredients and subtle flavours that the menu can't keep up, but whatever you pick is likely…
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Taitung
The pizza is excellent, with a thin, crispy, melt-in-the-mouth crust (half is ideal for one person). But the idiosyncratic decor is a big part of the…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
In an 1898 wooden building that was originally a police station, this utterly charming cafe is classically Japanese in both its wood-framed interior and…
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Hualien
Open till late, Wang's serves delicious yet inexpensive meals in an enticing environment full of water features and glimpsed timbers. Design is a…
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Hualien
This extensive array of children's entertainments, live music and food stalls fills the pedestrianised lower ends of Bo'ai and Fuding roads south of…
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Taitung
Popular with tour groups, MiBaNai is Taitung's classic address for local indigenous cuisine, including stir-fried venison, roast salt fish, betel-flower…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Decorated like a heavily stylised tree, this roadside coffee shop gets wildly busy on holiday lunchtimes for meal sets served on lotus leaves. These…
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Taroko National Park
This unpretentious but contemporary place in Fushi/Taroko village serves set meals with plenty of fresh local ingredients, giving an accessible…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
If you're driving or cycling Hwy 9, consider stopping to eat one of the imaginative multidish meals at this outwardly inauspicious roadside diner 7km…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Choose from four beautifully presented sticky-rice meal sets that come artistically arranged on wooden plank-plates with well-chosen garnish dishes. The…
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Taitung
This youthfully relaxed but moodlily atmospheric mod-Japanese izakaya does particularly satisfying don (rice-bowl) meals. The small tables are good for…
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Taitung
A whole row of ultrasimple eateries at Fugang Port offer superb fish at very reasonable prices, cooking up a catch that's just been landed from boats that…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Driftwood branches, netting and shell-mosaic lamps give a gentle charm to this cosy wooden restaurant, hidden just off the main road in Hongtou (Imaorod)…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Excellent set meals – one of them featuring utterly delicious chilli chicken with mountain pepper – come with miso soup, fruit salad and as much rice as…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This refreshingly air-conditioned coffee shop and afternoon eatery doubles as a showroom for the owner's handmade leatherwork. Home-cooked meals are full…
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Hualien
This modest shop has been whipping up delicious dumplings of all sorts, as well as noodles and soups, since 1975.
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Taitung
While by no means meat-free, this semi-fast-food, counter-order place has plenty of vegetarian options, some vegan, and most incorporating at least some…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Whether for coffee and cake (NT$120), pasta or risotto with a cheesy gratin-style topping, this cafe is appealing, with its array of foliage, pet cats and…
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Hualien
Seemingly unchanged for decades, timber-walled Dou Sang is an unrestored time warp of a place full of old pop pin-ups, fading collages of business cards…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This is a reliable choice for fresh seafood, though there's minimal atmosphere, with round family tables plonked blandly on a concrete floor.
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Hualien
This popular little Japanese restaurant with floor seating options, has an izakaya menu that includes steamed clams in sake, salmon-fried rice and grilled…
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Hualien
Popular for years, this comfortable family restaurant is run by a jovial Burmese gentleman, but cuisine covers wider Southeast Asian bases with good Thai…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
One of the most reliable main-strip eateries, the specialities here revolve predominantly around fresh seafood, including catch of the day, garlic scallop…
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Taroko National Park
At the Silks Place Hotel, only guests can enjoy the dinner buffets but at lunchtime, when business is slow, the low-voltage Mei Yuan accepts all comers…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
Far more appealing than most of the other boxy shop-cafes in central Ruisui, this recently modernised ramen specialist also serves a typical range of…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This bright yellow cafe has an attractive open-sided perch for tasting local Tao food or sipping coffee with views across stone-walled lotus ponds towards…
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Eastern Taiwan & Taroko National Park
This bland-looking diner with its stainless-steel tables has been serving filling bowls of classic Yuli noodles since 1971 and still has the locals…
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Ming Long Vegetarian Restaurant
Taitung
The interior is blandly neutral but Ming Long's wholewheat vegan wraps are the draw here, not the decor.
