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Taipei · East District (Dongqu)

Cafés in East District (Dongqu)

Lanes off Zhongxiao East Road and Yanji Street: roasters, brunch rooms and a café that never closes.

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Taipei's East District (東區, Dongqu) is the shopping quarter of Da'an District, roughly the blocks between Fuxing and Guangfu South Roads and between Civic Boulevard and Ren'ai Road.1 It began as the Dinghao (頂好) shopping area, and Far Eastern SOGO anchors it on Zhongxiao East Road Section 4.1 Together with Xinyi, it is the most modern and cosmopolitan part of the city.5

Until the mid-1970s the Section 4 corridor was still farmland; once Sections 3 and 4 of Zhongxiao East Road opened, the district grew fast and became Taipei's commercial core by the mid-1980s.1 The coffee is in the side streets. Only Xinyi has as many specialty roasters, and here they are spread through the lanes of Dunhua South, Fuxing South and Guangfu South Roads.

Local tip: Get off at Zhongxiao Fuxing for Dreamers and the Fuxing South Road lanes, and at Zhongxiao Dunhua for Ratio, Toasteria and the lanes of Dunhua South Road.

At a glance

196Cafés listed
25With opening hours
07:00Earliest opening
01:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Dreamers Coffee Roasters, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–21:30).
  • Closes latest: 吐司利亞, until 01:00 (Mon 11:00–01:00 · Tue 09:00–01:00 · Wed–Fri 11:00–01:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–01:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (7%), specialty (4%), open late (3%).

吐司利亞

Toasteria Cafe

  • 敦化南路一段169巷 3
  • Mon 11:00–01:00 · Tue 09:00–01:00 · Wed–Fri 11:00–01:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–01:00
  • +886 2 2752 0033
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享Cafe

  • 仁愛路四段71巷 11
  • Mon–Fri 07:30–20:00 · Sat–Sun 08:30–20:00
  • +886-297725756
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忠孝復興店

Dreamers Coffee Roasters

  • 復興南路一段135巷 7
  • Daily 07:00–21:30
  • +886 2 2752 8229
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迷你咖啡館

Mi Shan Coffee

  • 大安路一段176巷 11
  • Daily 11:00–21:30
  • +886 2 2703 9688
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Coffee chains in East District (Dongqu)

Getting around the East District

Three MRT stations serve the district, Zhongxiao Fuxing, Zhongxiao Dunhua and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and the underground Dong District Mall (東區地下街) runs beneath it.1 Da'an District as a whole has fourteen stations on five lines.2 The roundabout where Ren'ai Road meets Dunhua South Road, on the district's southern edge, is often called the second-largest in the world.1

From department stores to lanes

The rise of Ximending and high rents later emptied many East District shopfronts, according to a 2018 account.1 The lane trade held up better: Lane 216 of Zhongxiao East Road Section 4 is known for its restaurants, and the Apollo Building, which had 32 art galleries at its peak, still has about ten.1

Cafés line the lanes on both sides of Zhongxiao East Road. Around Lanes 217 and 251 of Section 3 you find Slow. Pace. Cafe (慢步調), open 11:00–22:00, A Day (日常生活), Soul R. Vegan Café and 外婆的茶屋 ("grandma's tea house"). Section 4 adds Barista Ray Coffee in Lane 248, Mr. Black Bird in Lane 181 and ALLthen (偶然咖啡) at No. 200.

Roasters and a brewing champion

VWI by CHADWANG is the coffee brand of Chad Wang (王策), who won the 2017 World Brewers Cup in Budapest.34 Dreamers Coffee Roasters runs several rooms here, including No. 45 of Fuxing South Road Section 1 and Lane 135 of the same road, both open 07:00–21:30. Ratio Coffee Roasters is in Lane 160 of Dunhua South Road, and Coffee Olivia Roaster in Lane 346 of Guangfu South Road opens 13:00–21:00.

Yanji Street (延吉街) is the east side's café spine: Britsbake in Lane 138, COFFEE: STAND UP and Little London in Lane 131, and Murmur Cafe (碎碎念咖啡) in Lane 137. To the west, Kafemera (卡菲米朗坊精品咖啡) is in Lane 175 of Da'an Road Section 1, and Mi Shan Coffee (迷你咖啡館) in Lane 176 opens 11:00–21:30.

Late and all-night tables

弗列斯 at No. 123 Yanji Street is open 24 hours. Toasteria Cafe in Lane 169 of Dunhua South Road serves until 01:00 every night and opens at 09:00 on Tuesdays and weekends; Homey's in Lane 236 runs until midnight, and 爛醉咖啡 in Lane 116 of Guangfu South Road until 23:30.

For an early start, 享Cafe in Lane 71 of Ren'ai Road Section 4 opens at 07:30 on weekdays and 08:30 at weekends.

Sources

  1. 臺北東區商圈, Wikipedia (Chinese), accessed October 2026
  2. Daan District, Taipei, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Chad Wang Of Taiwan Wins The 2017 World Brewers Cup, Sprudge Live (June 15, 2017), accessed October 2026
  4. 開-康普茶 Kai Kombucha 攜手 VWI by CHADWANG 推出「咖啡康普茶」, Taiwan News (Chinese), accessed October 2026
  5. Taipei/Daan, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

East District (Dongqu) cafés: questions

Where is the East District (Dongqu) in Taipei?

Taipei's East District is the shopping quarter of Da'an District, roughly between Fuxing and Guangfu South Roads and between Civic Boulevard and Ren'ai Road, anchored by Far Eastern SOGO on Zhongxiao East Road Section 4. Zhongxiao Fuxing, Zhongxiao Dunhua and Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall MRT stations serve it.

Which cafés in Taipei's East District are open late or all night?

弗列斯 at No. 123 Yanji Street is open 24 hours. Toasteria Cafe in Lane 169 of Dunhua South Road serves until 01:00, Homey's in Lane 236 until midnight, and 爛醉咖啡 in Lane 116 of Guangfu South Road until 23:30.

Which specialty roasters are in Taipei's East District?

VWI by CHADWANG belongs to Chad Wang, the 2017 World Brewers Cup champion. Dreamers Coffee Roasters has rooms on Fuxing South Road, open 07:00–21:30; Ratio Coffee Roasters is in Lane 160 of Dunhua South Road, and Coffee Olivia Roaster in Lane 346 of Guangfu South Road.

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