Night market
- Keelung
- Daily 12:00–00:00
Night markets
Taiwan's night markets
台灣夜市
12 markets and food streets across 8 destinations: what to eat, when they open and how to get there.
Tonight
Who is open tonight
Worked out live from each market's listed hours, in Taiwan time. Stalls set their own schedules, so use it as a guide.
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Browse every market
Filter by destination or type, then open a market for its hours, best foods and a suggested route.
Destination
Type
Showing 12 of 12 markets
Night market- Taipei
- Daily 17:00–23:30
Known forOyster Omelet · Braised Pork Rice · Douhua (Tofu Pudding)
Night marketRaohe Street Night Market
饒河街觀光夜市
- Taipei
- Daily 17:00–00:00
Known forPepper Bun · Stinky Tofu · Braised Pork Rice
Night market- Taipei
- Daily 16:00–00:00
Known forTaiwanese Fried Chicken · Oyster Omelet · Scallion Pancake
Night market- Taichung
- Daily 16:00–02:00
Known forTaiwanese Sausage in Glutinous Rice (“Small Sausage in Large Sausage”) · Egg Crepe (Danbing) · Stinky Tofu
Night market- Tainan
- Thu–Sun 17:00–00:00
Known forOyster Omelet · Stinky Tofu · Taiwanese Sausage in Glutinous Rice (“Small Sausage in Large Sausage”)
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Night market- Kaohsiung
- Tue, Thu–Sun 17:00–00:00
Known forTaiwanese Fried Chicken · Stinky Tofu · Sweet Potato Balls
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Night market- Hualien
- Daily 18:00–00:00
Known forScallion Pancake · Taiwanese Fried Chicken · Sweet Potato Balls
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Food streetYizhong Street
一中街商圈
- Taichung
- Daily 12:00–22:00
Known forStinky Tofu · Taiwanese Fried Chicken · Mango Shaved Ice
Night-market culture
Dinner, snacks and a night out, all on foot
A Taiwanese night market (夜市, yèshì) is less a place to sit down for dinner than a way to spend an evening: you walk, you graze, you queue, and you walk some more.
Small plates, many stops
Portions are made for sharing and moving on. Most people try one or two things at each of several stalls rather than ordering a full meal in one place, which is how a market stays fun for hours.
Follow the line
A queue is the most honest review. Decades-old stalls stand beside ones that opened last month, and locals usually know which is which. A long line often moves faster than it looks.
Cash, patience, curiosity
Most stalls prefer cash and many menus are in Chinese only; pointing and smiling works. Stalls keep their own hours and days off, so treat any schedule as a guide.
See them on the map
Every night market and food street in this guide, pinned on the 3D map of Taiwan.
Photo credits (12)
- Taiwan's night marketsPhoto: Jonashtand · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Keelung Miaokou Night MarketPhoto: 中華民國總統府 · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Raohe Street Night MarketPhoto: Ji Soo Song · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Shilin Night MarketPhoto: Junyu-K · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Fengjia Night MarketPhoto: Chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Garden Night MarketPhoto: Sun Taro · CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Liuhe Night MarketPhoto: Chainwit. · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Ruifeng Night MarketPhoto: Wiki Asmah · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Wenhua Road Night MarketPhoto: Mk2010 · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Dongdamen Night MarketPhoto: lumoplank · CC0 (opens in a new tab)
- Luodong Night MarketPhoto: Traininteriorguy · CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Yizhong StreetPhoto: Lordcolus · CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)