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Cafés in Anping

Roasters on Anping Road, a café beside the Tree House on Gubao Street and late hours in an old house on Yanping Street.

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Anping (安平) began as Tayouan, a sandbar where the Dutch East India Company set up its headquarters after 1624 and built Fort Zeelandia; silt later joined it to the mainland, and Han settlers named it after the Anping Bridge in Quanzhou.1 The district covers 11.07 km² and had 68,465 people in March 2023.1

Tainan's tourism office calls Yanping Street (延平街), Anping Old Street, the first street in Taiwan to be given a name. The Dutch built it narrow, for walkers and push carts, and sword lions (劍獅) on door lintels guard the alleys around it.2 Cafés gather on Anping Road, Gubao Street and Yanping Street in the old village, and on Wenping Road and Anbei Road in the newer grid.

Local tip: Buy the Tree House ticket first and have coffee inside the site; Tainan residents with ID enter free, everyone else pays NT$70.8

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Coffee chains in Anping

Getting to Anping

The canal is the old way in. The current one was dug from 1922 and opened on 15 April 1926; it runs about 3.78 km and links downtown with Anping Harbor.3 By bus, all of Tainan's inner-city routes pass through the railway station, and the weekend tourist routes 88 and 99 run about hourly, roughly 09:00–18:00.4

Beefcake Coffee Roasters (猛男咖啡) has its second shop at Anping Road 42, beside the canal; the first opened near NCKU.5 It roasts its own beans, displays its coffee awards and, in January 2024, opened 10:00–18:00 on weekdays and from 09:30 at weekends, closed on Wednesdays.5

Fort Zeelandia and the Tree House

The Dutch completed Fort Zeelandia in 1634, and Koxinga took it in 1662.6 What remains from the Dutch period is mainly a brick wall south of the gate, overgrown with banyan roots; the white walls and pointed observation tower date from repairs in 1975.6

Tait & Co. used the Anping Tree House as a warehouse for sugar and camphor, the Japan Salt Company took it over in 1911, and the city opened it to visitors in 2004.7 Banyan roots now cover its walls, and the site has a coffee shop; it opens 08:30–17:30, with tickets at NT$70 and free entry for Tainan residents with ID.8 On Gubao Street outside, 樹屋咖啡館 at No. 108 opens 10:00–17:00, Stay Cafe is at No. 66 and 白熊咖啡 at No. 109.

Yanping Street and the old-street lanes

Tailor's Late Night Cafe (裁縫師深夜咖啡館) at Yanping Street 122 fills an old house with sewing machines, irons and ironing boards. It serves pour-overs, cold drip in bottles and steamed dumplings made by hand, with whisky and beer for later; a small private room upstairs can be booked.9 When TVBS visited in December 2020, it opened 19:00–01:00 and closed on Sundays.9

In Lane 104, 晒旺精品咖啡 is at No. 7 and 肆樓咖啡 at No. 21, open 13:00–19:00 except Wednesdays. Off Yanping Street on Xiaozhong Street, 冬日 Dongri keeps a quiet old house with concrete floors and wooden window frames; its caramel pudding is the one to order.10 The tea room 大隱茶事空間 is on the same street, at No. 38.

Wenping Road, Anbei Road and the new grid

East of the old village, the newer streets have their own roasters. Scavo Coffee Roasting is at Pingfeng Road 132, 造 Coffee Roastery at Jiankang 2nd Street 72-1 and 上島MUC Coffee Roasters on the ground floor of 森行旅 at Anbei Road 98.

Wenping Road (文平路) has the longest café row: Peace & Love Coffee 皮思樂 at No. 347, 品豆Coffee at No. 391, 富川樓咖啡 at No. 412 and 岩豆咖啡館 at No. 499-1. On Anbei Road, Meller is at No. 53 and the tea room 若晞茶空間 in Lane 233.

Sources

  1. Anping District, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Anping Old Street (Yanping Old Street) 安平老街(延平老街), Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau (twtainan.net, updated June 2024), accessed October 2026
  3. Tainan Canal, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Tainan, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  5. 台南｜猛男咖啡2.0：安平運河旁的人氣特色早午餐！, 輕旅行 travel.yam.com (January 31, 2024), accessed October 2026
  6. Anping Old Fort (安平古堡), Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau (twtainan.net, updated June 2024), accessed October 2026
  7. Anping Tree House, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  8. Anping Tree House (安平樹屋), Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau (twtainan.net, updated February 2025), accessed October 2026
  9. 消夜新選擇！台南復古咖啡館吃得到蒸籠小點心，整隻蝦燒賣搭冰滴咖啡新奇又美味, TVBS 食尚玩家 Supertaste (December 22, 2020), accessed October 2026
  10. 台南咖啡廳推薦17間：老宅排隊甜點、簡約時髦下午茶首選, Bella.tw 儂儂 (June 24, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Anping cafés: questions

What is Yanping Street in Tainan's Anping District?

Yanping Street, also called Anping Old Street, is described by Tainan's tourism office as the first street in Taiwan to be given a name. The Dutch built it narrow, for walkers and push carts, and sword lions on door lintels guard the alleys around it. Tailor's Late Night Cafe is at No. 122.

Is there a café at the Anping Tree House in Tainan?

Yes. The Anping Tree House in Tainan, a former Tait & Co. warehouse covered in banyan roots, has a coffee shop on site and opens 08:30–17:30, with tickets at NT$70 and free entry for Tainan residents with ID. Outside on Gubao Street, 樹屋咖啡館 at No. 108 opens 10:00–17:00.

Which café on Yanping Street in Tainan's Anping stays open late?

Tailor's Late Night Cafe at Yanping Street 122 in Anping, Tainan, opened 19:00–01:00 and closed on Sundays when TVBS visited in December 2020. It serves pour-overs, bottled cold drip and handmade steamed dumplings in an old house full of sewing machines, with whisky and beer later in the evening.

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