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深夜咖啡 · Tainan

Open late cafés in Tainan

Coffee until 02:00 near NCKU, old houses on Shennong Street after dark and a roaster open until midnight.

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Tainan calls them 深夜咖啡 (shēnyè kāfēi, late-night coffee). The two latest closers are both on the NCKU side: 曼頓咖啡 on Xiaodong Road, open 09:00–02:00, and 老房子, which also runs until 02:00. Akatsuki, a roaster in Lane 84 of Zhongyi Road, follows at midnight.

Late cafés here are in competition with night markets. The three big ones take turns through the week: Dadong on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, Wusheng on Wednesdays, and Garden on Thursdays and weekends.1 Since mid-2025, Garden Night Market, the largest with about 400 stalls, has set up on Fridays as well.2

Local tip: Check the closing day before a late trip: Present Coffee and 小雨咖啡 on Hai'an Road both close on Tuesdays, and Akatsuki asks each guest to order at least one drink.3

Where these cafés are: Chihkan Tower & Confucius Temple (5), Shennong Street & Haian Road (4), North District (2), NCKU & Dongning Road (2), East District (1).

At a glance

14Cafés listed
14With opening hours
07:30Earliest opening
02:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: 魚羊鮮豆, from 07:30 (Daily 07:30–22:00).
  • Closes latest: 曼頓咖啡, until 02:00 (Daily 09:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (50%), smoke-free indoors (29%), outdoor seating (21%).

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West Central District after 22:00

The Chihkan Tower and Confucius Temple area has the most cafés open until 22:00 or later. Akatsuki seats guests on two floors and pours single origins from Guatemala and Sumatra until midnight; the minimum is a drink per person.3 THENN LEH in Lane 122 of Fuqian Road Section 1 also stays open until midnight.4

Several more close at 22:00: White do 白做研究所 in Lane 3 of Kaishan Road, coffee cape station at Wanchang Street 133-1 and ChefFresh Cafe on Nanmen Road, which opens at 08:30. Bus-7, also on Nanmen Road, stays open to 22:00 on Saturdays only. Upstairs in Yongle Market, 秘氏咖啡 serves until 22:00 except on Wednesdays and Thursdays.5

Shennong Street and Hai'an Road at night

Shennong Street's cafés keep evening hours. 好好笑 does not open until 14:30 and serves until 23:00, 太古101咖啡 until 22:30 and 阿朗基公寓 until 22:00, all seven days a week.

On Hai'an Road, 小雨咖啡X3952拿鐵館 at Section 1, No. 133 stays open until 23:00 every day but Tuesday. Wusheng Night Market, the oldest of the city's big night markets, opened in 1984, has around 250 stalls and is about 15 minutes' walk from Shennong Street; it runs on Wednesdays.1

Late cafés near NCKU and beyond

Near NCKU, 曼頓咖啡 at Xiaodong Road 151 runs 17 hours a day, and 老房子 opens at 19:00 on Mondays and 14:00 on other days, closing at 02:00. July 8th Cafe in Lane 86 of Yidong Road, where a shop cat keeps guests company, was open until 23:00 in 2024.6

On Fulian East Road, 辰星咖啡 at No. 47 opens 08:00–23:00, and 月波 in Lane 22 serves desserts and drinks until 23:00, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.5 In North District, Present Coffee on Cisheng Street opens 11:00–23:00 except Tuesdays, and 魚羊鮮豆 on Dongfeng Road 07:30–22:00.

Anping after dark

Tailor's Late Night Cafe (裁縫師深夜咖啡館) at Yanping Street 122 keeps Anping's latest hours: in December 2020 it opened at 19:00 and closed at 01:00, with Sundays off.7 It sells no desserts and serves steamed dim sum instead, such as pork-and-glutinous-rice pearl balls and shrimp shumai, made fresh to order, so expect a wait.7

Its pour-overs are served hot by default, and staff will make one iced or with milk on request. The rest of the menu is fruit and flower teas and sparkling drinks.7

Sources

  1. The “Big Five” Night Markets in Tainan & What to Eat at Each One, Nickkembel Travels (updated September 2026), accessed October 2026
  2. Munch Your Way Through Garden (Flower) Night Market, Tainan, Taiwan Obsessed (updated October 2026), accessed October 2026
  3. 台南｜Akatsuki曉咖啡：夜貓子最愛的深夜咖啡店！隱身在巷弄裡的烘豆工作室, 輕旅行 travel.yam.com (February 15, 2022), accessed October 2026
  4. 台南不限時咖啡廳推薦：插座Wi-Fi全攻略，打造你的安靜讀書工作空間, CT Brew Time (October 6, 2025), accessed October 2026
  5. 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
  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. 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
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FAQ

Open late in Tainan: questions

Which cafés in Tainan are open after midnight?

In Tainan, 曼頓咖啡 at Xiaodong Road 151 near NCKU opens 09:00–02:00 every day, and 老房子 nearby also stays open until 02:00. Akatsuki in Lane 84 of Zhongyi Road and THENN LEH in Lane 122 of Fuqian Road Section 1 close at midnight, and Tailor's Late Night Cafe on Yanping Street in Anping closed at 01:00 in 2020.

Where can you get coffee late at night near Shennong Street in Tainan?

On Shennong Street in Tainan, 好好笑 opens 14:30–23:00, 太古101咖啡 until 22:30 and 阿朗基公寓 until 22:00, every day. On Hai'an Road, 小雨咖啡X3952拿鐵館 stays open until 23:00 except Tuesdays. On Wednesdays, Wusheng Night Market, with around 250 stalls, is about 15 minutes' walk away.

Which Tainan night markets are open late on which days?

Tainan's three big night markets rotate through the week: Dadong on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays, Wusheng on Wednesdays, and Garden on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, plus Fridays since mid-2025. Wusheng, open since 1984, is the oldest and about 15 minutes' walk from Shennong Street.

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