Beitou Food: 9 Best Places to Eat in Beitou, Taipei

Most people come to Beitou for the hot springs, but the food is what kept us walking. Beitou food is cheap and old-school, and the market stalls sell out by early afternoon.

We ate our way from the market stalls up to the ramen shop on Wenquan Road. This guide covers nine places worth the trip, with the address, contact number, opening hours and prices for each.

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What Food Is Beitou Famous For?

Beitou food is best known for traditional Taiwanese market dishes: braised pork rice, pork rib noodles, beef noodle soup, deep-fried pork ribs and shaved ice piled with toppings, washed down with old-style black tea.

Near the hot springs, Man Ke Wu Ramen adds hot spring eggs and chilled tofu to the menu.

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Best Beitou Food at Beitou Market

Beitou Market

Inside the transitional market, Beitou food runs from early breakfasts to quick lunches. Try ding bian cuo, a rice-batter noodle soup, with a chicken roll for NT$120 a set, fresh noodles from second-generation Lai Lai Noodles, and shrimp fried rice at 369 Fried Rice.

Address: 北投市場, Beitou Transitional Market, opposite the old Beitou Market site, near MRT Beitou Station.
Opening hours: Food stalls mostly trade in the morning and early afternoon, and many close on Mondays.
Prices: Varies by stall, with braised pork rice from NT$35

Ai Zai Cai Braised Pork Rice

Aizicai serves rich soy-braised pork over white rice. Add braised pork intestines, pork trotter, a braised egg or tofu, with a bowl of pork rib soup on the side.

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It moved with most of the market and now trades from the food court in Zone D of the transitional market. Arrive early: the braised intestines are often the first thing to sell out.

Address: 矮仔財滷肉飯, Zone D food court, Beitou Transitional Market, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: 0932 386 789
Opening hours: 07:00 to 13:00, closed two days a week
Prices: Small braised pork rice NT$35, braised egg NT$15, braised tofu NT$15, pork rib soup NT$70, pork trotter NT$80, braised intestines NT$120

Jian Ji Fried Pork Rib Noodles

Jian Ji has served pork rib noodles in Beitou for decades, first inside the old market and now in its own shop on Gongguan Road, near the transitional market.

The ribs are fried, then steamed until tender, and served in broth over noodles. The small bowl is enough for most people, so leave room for a plate of dry noodles or fried tofu.

Address: 簡記排骨酥麵, No. 9, Gongguan Road, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2896 1119
Opening hours: 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 19:00. Closed on Tuesdays.
Prices: Small pork rib noodles NT$80, small dry noodles NT$45, pork diaphragm NT$70, fried tofu NT$20

Beitou Food: Taiwanese Restaurants and Noodle Shops

Penglai Tai Cai Restaurant

Penglai is listed in the Michelin Guide, and its signature is the deep-fried pork ribs, marinated for 20 hours before they hit the oil.

Order them with the jadeite tofu, a fried tofu skin wrapped around shrimp, ham, coriander and tofu, and a bowl of crabmeat and baby oyster thick soup.

Address: 蓬萊台菜餐廳, No. 238, Zhonghe Street, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2891 2778
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00. Closed on Mondays.
Prices: Listed in the Michelin Guide’s lowest price band

Su Family Beef Noodles

The broth at Su Family Beef Noodles is rich and fragrant, built on soy-braised beef, and the beef itself is tender with a chewy noodle underneath. The red-braised half tendon, half meat bowl is the house signature, while the tomato beef noodles cost less.

Long opening hours make it one of the easiest places in Beitou for a late bowl after a soak.

Address: 粟家牛肉麵, No. 2, Section 1, Yongxing Road, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2833 7803
Opening hours: Daily, 09:30 to 23:30
Prices: Red-braised half tendon, half meat beef noodles NT$240, tomato beef noodles NT$190

Mankewu Taiwanese Style Ramen

Mankewu is a Taiwanese take on Japanese ramen on Wenquan Road, about 20 minutes on foot from MRT Xinbeitou.

Choose from miso, shoyu or a white pork bone broth, then add the two hot spring sides: a half-cooked hot spring egg topped with shichimi and nori, and chilled hot spring tofu with bonito flakes and light soy sauce.

Address: 滿客屋台式拉麵, No. 110, Wenquan Road, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2893 7958
Opening hours: 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 21:00. Closed on Mondays.

Beitou Food: Desserts, Tea and Coffee

Chen Family Shaved Ice

Chen Family Shaved Ice, next to the old market, serves big bowls of shaved ice with close to 50 toppings to choose from, including handmade taro balls, sweet potato balls and adzuki beans.

In winter, switch to the hot red bean, mung bean, peanut or grass jelly soups, and ask for less sugar if you prefer. Closing days change, so check the shop’s Facebook page before a special trip.

Address: 陳家剉冰, No. 22-1, Xinshi Street, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2897 2858
Opening hours: 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Prices: Shaved ice NT$60, hot soups NT$60 with four toppings

Caiyuanyi Black Tea

Caiyuanyi has been selling black tea and sour plum juice beside Beitou Market since 1966, and this is its only shop.

The tea is old-style, lightly sweet and smooth, and the house order is the three-in-one: sour plum juice, green tea and black tea mixed together. Before Lunar New Year, it also sells rice cakes and radish cakes.

Address: 蔡元益紅茶, No. 15, Xinshi Street, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2891 0602
Opening hours: Daily, 9:00 am to 10:00 pm
Prices: Black tea from about NT$15

SheMe House

SheMe House fills No. 1 Warehouse, a former Japanese-era grain warehouse on Datong Street, with coffee and homemade desserts. The cakes and rolls change with the season, made with fruit from farms across Taiwan, and the cinnamon rolls sell whole to take away.

Address: 拾米屋, No. 1 Warehouse, No. 153, Datong Street, Beitou District, Taipei
Contact number: (02) 2892 2800
Opening hours: Daily, 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Prices: Coffee from NT$160, iced latte NT$180, cinnamon roll set with iced milk tea NT$240

Best Time to Eat in Beitou

The best time for Beitou food is Tuesday to Sunday mornings, checking each stall’s closing day before you go.

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Market stalls such as Aizicai trade from about 7:00 am and sell out by early afternoon, Jian Ji closes on Tuesdays, and Penglai and Man Ke Wu shut on Mondays. Save the afternoon for Chen Family Shaved Ice, which opens at 3:00 pm.

Is Beitou Market Open During the Rebuild?

Yes. Beitou Market stallholders have traded from the Beitou Transitional Market across the road since 2022, and demolition of the old market began in October 2026.

The new complex is due in April 2031, so the transitional market is the place for Beitou food until then.

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