Favourite Cafes in / around Tianmu

(See also 'Cake shops', 'Toasted Sandwich') Here is a mixture of artisanal specialist places, everyday places suitable for laptopping, and comfortable places.

1.  Changing cafe

Best. Coffee. Beans. In. Taipei. Don't start a conversation with the owner about beans unless you have 30 mins free! Sit in or takeaway.

112, Taipei City, Beitou District, Alley 17, Lane 114, Yuminliu Rd, 2-1號1樓

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Old Hall Cafe

has very good coffee and is a good choice for buying beans. A few seats indoors. No. 9-2號, Yunong Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, 111

 

 

 

 3. Louisa is Taiwan's answer to Starbucks. The coffee is very decent quality. It's a very good choice if you want somewhere affordable to work on your laptop. Food is OK, but no-one comes for the food, it's more like an affordable community centre / hangout / shared workspace (not necessarily quiet, bring headphones). Packed at weekends. This new branch is huge and has cool architecture:

No. 2號, Lane 141, Section 7, Zhongshan N Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, 111

This next branch has a great view from the top floor and is close-by to a great river walk toward Keqiang swimming pool and Zhishan MRT. No. 132號, Tianmu W Rd, Beitou District, Taipei City, 112

4. Lutetia (French style bakery and cafe) is run by a friendly local expat. If you are craving a European vibe, their first branch (turn left from TAS, walk 5 minutes down the main road) is your best bet Zhongshan Road Section 6 Number 442 Taipei 111台北市士林區中山北路六段442號. Quiche and salad set recommended. Second branch is opposite TES, peaceful.

5. Komeda's Coffee For a laptop session close to the MRT station at Zhishan, this Japanese chain is a very good solution, choose a table at the window in the front. Avoid at weekends due to atrocious service.

Zhongshan Road Section 6 Number 136, Taipei City, 111  中山北路六段136號

 

6. Supranormal Bakery Cafe

Fashionable, very small, expensive, busy

No. 39號, Section 7, Zhongshan N Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, 111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Mellow Fields Hotel

No. 127號, Section 7, Zhongshan N Rd, Shilin District, Taipei City, 111

Walk into the reception area (photo) and straight through to the cafe (open to the public).

Service is friendly and good. Drinks are good, as is the thick toast with peanut butter or chocolate spread. Very good value, highest Cost Performance Ratio of all these options! You could get a takeaway coffee from their cafe and sit in this gorgeous reception, feel a spaciousness which is often denied us in the cities.

 

 

Mellowfields Hotel, cafe

 

 

 

 

 

8. One floor underneath the cinema at Mitsukoshi, just as you come off the escalator, is an unobtrusive cafe that does good iced latte, big sofas, good cakes and suitable for chatting or laptop sessions.