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Cafés in Gongguan

NTU's back streets: Wenzhou Street, the Roosevelt Road lanes and cafés open until midnight.

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Gongguan (公館) is the commercial district that straddles Zhongzheng and Da'an Districts, with Roosevelt Road as its main street, known for its night market.1 The name goes back to the Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty, when public houses handled trade between Han settlers and Indigenous traders.1

National Taiwan University takes up the east side: founded in 1928 as Taihoku Imperial University, it covers 114.72 hectares and had 34,483 students in 2024.2 For cafés with more character than the chains, the back streets near the university are the place to look.4 Here they run along Wenzhou Street, Xinsheng South Road and the lanes behind Roosevelt Road Section 3.

Local tip: Spend the afternoon at Treasure Hill and walk back to Lane 283 of Roosevelt Road Section 3, where 葉子咖啡 and lumiele serve until midnight.

At a glance

96Cafés listed
13With opening hours
09:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Black Hole Café, from 09:00 (Mon 11:00–20:00 · Wed–Fri 11:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Cafe Bastille台大店, until 00:00 (Daily 11:00–00:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (18%), smoke-free indoors (17%), indoor seating (8%).

Black Hole Café

  • No. 7號, Roosevelt Rd, Section 3, Ln 210, Alley 8
  • Mon 11:00–20:00 · Wed–Fri 11:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
  • +886223658158
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Smoke-free indoors
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感恩小館

Gramercy Cafe

  • 新生南路三段56巷 6號
  • Mon–Fri 11:30–21:30 · Sat–Sun 09:00–21:30
  • +886 2 2366 0580
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Chelsea's Dinner & Cafe

  • 羅斯福路三段 38
  • Tue–Sun 11:00–21:00
  • +886 2 2364 8657
  • Wheelchair access
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Coffee chains in Gongguan

Getting to Gongguan

Gongguan station on the MRT serves the district.1 NTU's main entrance is at No. 1, Section 4 of Roosevelt Road, and royal palms planted around 1932 line the boulevard that forms the campus's main axis.2 The district also had a US Air Force installation, Taipei Air Station, until January 1976, and the city's old waterworks now house the Museum of Drinking Water.1 Its 1908 building at the Taipei Water Park was declared a historic site in 1993 and reopened after renovation on 30 April 2000.6

Wenzhou Street and Xinsheng South Road

On Wenzhou Street (溫州街), Cafe Bastille at No. 91 serves until midnight daily, picnic at No. 75 until 23:00, and Davinci Coffee in Lane 58 until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Guru House (吃飽喝醉, "eat your fill, drink till drunk") is in Lane 74.

Along Xinsheng South Road Section 3, Wen Shan Roasting (聞山咖啡) in Lane 56 opens 12:00–20:00, and the Wenzhou branch of youmoutoohana is in Lane 60. Brass Joy Cafe (銅樂咖啡) is at No. 96, and My Desy (靈感咖啡) at No. 84-6 stays open until 22:00.

The Roosevelt Road lanes

Behind Roosevelt Road Section 3, Lanes 269, 283 and 284 form the district's thickest café cluster. Lane 269 has Aura (微光咖啡), open until 22:00, Navie Yard (挑豆院), Halfway Coffee (半路) and My Mind Cafe; Lane 283 has C-tea loft (城市草倉), 葉子咖啡 and lumiele (魯米爺咖啡館), the last two open until midnight. Zhanlu Coffee (湛盧咖啡) and MiMi's Cafe are in Lane 284, and Away Coffee (別處咖啡) and the Gongguan branch of 路燈咖啡 in Lane 244. 書屋花甲 而立書店, a bookshop with seating, is also in Lane 283.

Time With Cats (貓食光), at No. 297-1 on the same section of Roosevelt Road, is a cat café whose minimum order is one drink or food item per person.5

Treasure Hill and the riverside

Treasure Hill (寶藏巖), beside the Xindian River and within walking distance of Gongguan station, was settled by Kuomintang veterans at the end of the 1940s and first served as an anti-aircraft position.3 It began as an unauthorized settlement and reopened in 2010 as an artist village, with only 22 of the original families moving back.3

Tingzhou Road Section 3, between the station and the river, has its own short run of cafés: Intermission Cafe at No. 149, JoDo飯糰咖啡 at No. 131 and 春泉茶食 at No. 212.

Sources

  1. Gongguan, Taipei, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. National Taiwan University, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. Treasure Hill, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Taipei, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  5. Best Cat Cafes in Taipei (2026 Guide), Taiwan Obsessed (October 6, 2026), accessed October 2026
  6. Museum of Drinking Water, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Gongguan cafés: questions

Where are the cafés near National Taiwan University in Taipei's Gongguan?

Most are in the back streets near the campus: Wenzhou Street, Xinsheng South Road Section 3 and Lanes 269, 283 and 284 behind Roosevelt Road Section 3. Cafe Bastille and picnic are on Wenzhou Street, Wen Shan Roasting is in Lane 56 of Xinsheng South Road, and Aura and Navie Yard are in Lane 269.

Which cafés in Gongguan, Taipei, are open until midnight?

Cafe Bastille at No. 91 Wenzhou Street serves until midnight every day, as do 葉子咖啡 and lumiele in Lane 283 of Roosevelt Road Section 3. picnic on Wenzhou Street closes at 23:00, and Aura in Lane 269 and My Desy on Xinsheng South Road at 22:00.

What is Treasure Hill near Gongguan in Taipei?

Treasure Hill is a hillside settlement beside the Xindian River, within walking distance of Gongguan MRT station. Kuomintang veterans settled it at the end of the 1940s, when it was also an anti-aircraft position, and it reopened as an artist village in 2010, with 22 of the original families moving back.

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