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Tainan · North District

Cafés in North District

Tatami tea rooms off Fubei Street, Japanese-era officers' houses on Gongyuan Road and coffee before the Garden Night Market.

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North District (北區) had 126,229 people in January 2023 and holds Tainan Park, the Tainan Cultural and Creative Park and the Flower (Garden) Night Market.1 Its oldest landmark, Kaiyuan Temple (開元寺), began as Beiyuan Villa, a residence Zheng Jing built for his mother and himself after leaving politics in 1680; Qing officials turned it into a Buddhist temple in 1690.2

Cafés here sit on long residential streets rather than in one old quarter. Kaiyuan Road, Changrong Road and Hai'an Road Section 3 have the longest runs, Nanyuan and Beiyuan streets the quieter ones, and the tea rooms gather in the lanes off Fubei Street.

Local tip: Most seats at 衛屋茶事 are on tatami, so wear shoes that slip off easily, and don't plan on a Wednesday, when it is closed.4

At a glance

104Cafés listed
8With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Everyday Cafe 台南勝利店, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–14:00 · Sat–Sun 06:00–15:00).
  • Closes latest: Present Coffee, until 23:00 (Mon 11:00–23:00 · Wed–Sun 11:00–23:00).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (10%), vegetarian options (6%), partial wheelchair access (3%).

路咖啡

Road Café

  • 長榮路五段 55
  • Mon–Sat 06:30–11:20
  • +886918825877
  • Indoor seating
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
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Fubei Street's tea rooms

衛屋茶事 hides in a lane off Fubei Street (富北街), in a wooden dormitory that a government office built in the 1920s, under Japanese rule. The owner kept as much of the house as he could and laid out the tea room along the old plan, and the name comes from his earlier design studio, 衛星實驗室 (Satellite Lab).3 Most seats are on tatami, with calligraphy and tea ware around them, and the courtyard garden has an engawa, a veranda, to sit on.34

The menu is Japanese tea: matcha, sencha and hōjicha, with wagashi (和菓子, Japanese sweets).4 It opens 12:00–19:00 and closes on Wednesdays.4 On the same street, 雨露微亮 is at No. 64.

Lane 321 of Gongyuan Road

Lane 321 of Gongyuan Road holds the former officers' quarters of the Japanese army's 2nd Infantry Regiment, in what was the Oimatsu-chō (老松町) military district.5 After the war they housed professors of the Taiwan Provincial College of Engineering, now NCKU; they became a city monument in 2003, and the 321 Art Alley settlement of resident artists started there in 2013.5

By late 2025 the city had restored nine of the officers' houses and was finishing two new halls, with plans to lease the site for exhibitions, lodging and workshops.5 Further up Gongyuan Road, 勝曼咖啡 at No. 916 has no time limit and admits pets in carriers; it opened 08:00–18:00 in 2024.6

Kaiyuan Road, Dongfeng Road and early starts

On Kaiyuan Road (開元路), 少一顆濃縮 fills a three-story old house in Lane 73.7 Cactus and Cat Cafe is at No. 8, 木卯咖啡 at No. 129 and 錫多咖啡 at No. 545. Specialty coffee comes from Mirora Coffee Roaster in Lane 68 of Chenggong Road. Rex Espresso Bar is in Lane 153 of Nanyuan Street, the street where 貓毛珈琲 at No. 87 opens 12:00–18:00.

This is the district for an early coffee. Everyday Cafe at Shengli Road 204 opens at 06:00, 路咖啡 at Changrong Road Section 5, No. 55 serves 06:30–11:20 Monday to Saturday, and 初光早午餐 opens at 07:00 from Tuesday to Saturday. On Dongfeng Road, 魚羊鮮豆 at No. 275 runs 07:30–22:00 with outdoor seats, and Present Coffee on Cisheng Street stays open until 23:00 except on Tuesdays.

Garden Night Market nights

The Garden Night Market (花園夜市) is Tainan's largest, with about 400 food, shopping and game stalls on a 3,000 m² lot; it first opened in 1999, closed in 2003 and came back in 2005.8 It sets up on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and since mid-2025 on Fridays too.8

It lies on Hai'an Road Section 3, the stretch from Chenggong Road to Zhonghua North Road.9 Along the same section, 木豆子咖啡 is at No. 271, 有邑家 at No. 147, 可斯里咖啡烘焙 at No. 908 and 卡夫咖啡 at No. 979.

Sources

  1. North District, Tainan, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Kaiyuan Temple (Tainan), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. 【台南老宅】推薦６間景點+美食！早午餐/日系咖啡/文創園區, TVBS 食尚玩家 Supertaste (December 6, 2023), accessed October 2026
  4. 台南咖啡廳推薦｜11家特色咖啡館：老屋文青、玻璃屋景觀、森林系一次收藏, TVBS 食尚玩家 Supertaste (July 8, 2026), accessed October 2026
  5. 台南古蹟再出發 原日軍步兵官舍群將完工委外招商打造文旅聚落, Newtalk 新頭殼 (November 27, 2025), accessed October 2026
  6. 台南讀書咖啡廳｜7間不限時間咖啡廳，加碼台南夜間咖啡廳！, 趣趣 TreaTrip (updated September 3, 2024), accessed October 2026
  7. 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
  8. Munch Your Way Through Garden (Flower) Night Market, Tainan, Taiwan Obsessed (updated October 2026), accessed October 2026
  9. 海安路 (臺南市), Wikipedia (Chinese), accessed October 2026
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North District cafés: questions

Where is the Japanese tea house near Fubei Street in Tainan's North District?

衛屋茶事 is in a lane off Fubei Street in Tainan's North District, in a 1920s wooden government dormitory. Most seats are on tatami, the courtyard garden has an engawa, and the menu is matcha, sencha, hōjicha and wagashi. It opens 12:00–19:00 and closes on Wednesdays.

What is 321 Art Alley in Tainan's North District?

321 Art Alley is Lane 321 of Gongyuan Road in Tainan's North District, the former officers' quarters of the Japanese army's 2nd Infantry Regiment. After the war they housed professors of the college that became NCKU. They became a city monument in 2003, and artists have worked there since 2013.

When is the Garden Night Market open in Tainan's North District?

The Garden Night Market on Hai'an Road Section 3 in Tainan's North District sets up on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and since mid-2025 on Fridays as well. It is Tainan's largest night market, with about 400 stalls on a 3,000 m² lot. Cafés on the same section of Hai'an Road include 木豆子咖啡 at No. 271.

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