Where to Eat in Taipei with Kids

Taiwan, especially Taipei, is a great place for families who want to experience the best of two worlds: a bustling metropolitan city and a place with a rich, complicated history filled with friendly people. Food options are abundant and delicious whether you’re in a 7-11, a night market, or the mall, and families will appreciate the easily-navigable public transportation and high speed rail system.

In December of 2022, I took Corinne, my then-six-year-old daughter, on a two-week solo-parenting trip to my homeland on a family visit. Corinne had been to Taiwan twice before—at 10 months and again as a two-year-old. I hope that this recent trip stays in her memory lane for decades.

Below you’ll find our favorite restaurants and eats from our trip to Taipei together. Let us know if you have more recommendations in the comments and be sure to check out our full trip recommendations here!

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Taipei’s indigenous inhabitants include the Basay peoples.

Our Values

Some values that guide our food choices when we travel are:

Avoiding fast food chain restaurants. We of course make exceptions, like the one time we caved and got McDonald’s since my kiddo loves McDonald’s and we wanted to see the happy meal option in Taiwan. If you’re curious too, the happy meal included a DIY cardboard toy, and MOS burger so it felt like a tourist experience and less like a trip to an American fast food chain!
Agreeing to take at least one bite of everything, before I ate the rest on Corinne’s behalf
No limits on snacking as long as Corinne still ate proper meals. This meant peach juice from vending machines, hot dogs from 7-11 (which Corinne deemed better than Costco hot dogs), eating at all hours of the day, fancy pink salt potato chips, and Hello Kitty chocolates. We did not get as much boba as I expected to, which was a disappointment! Probably because we were always too full.

Where to Eat with Kids in Taipei

All price estimates reflected in USD

大師兄銷魂麵舖-信義店(新光三越A11, B2), Spicy Noodle at Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Place A11

Great for a casual meal of noodles and soup
~$8/person

Corinne and I discovered Spicy Noodle inside the food court of Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Xinyi Place, building A11, level B2. She liked it so much that we came here three times over four days!

We had dry noodles with beef soup on the side. The noodles default to spicy, so make sure to let them know you want non-spicy for the little ones.

Corinne is insistent that the next time we come to Taiwan with her dad, she wants this to be his first meal.

Raohe Night Market (饒河街觀光夜市)
—or really any night market!

Great for an evening full of food and claw machines
Free+

We enjoyed great street food and endless claw machines at Raohe Night Market. You could visit any night market and look out for Taiwanese specialties like stinky tofu, oyster omelet, shaved ice, and fried meat on a stick.

On our recent trip, my cousin made me try the Fuzhou Black Pepper Bun. It’s excellent if you love peppery pork in a bun! The line can be long but it moves quickly.

Yong He Do Jiang (永和豆漿大王)

Great for the quintessential Taiwanese breakfast
~$5/person

I grew up in Yong He, a part of Taipei known for their soy milk. Visit one of their local restaurants for the quintessential Taiwanese breakfast: soy milk, XLB (xiao long bao, pork soup dumplings), shao bing you tiao (sesame flatbread with fried dough), egg wraps, and fan tuan (rice balls).

Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐)

Great for xiao long bao
~$8+/person

While you can get arguably the world’s best XLBs (xiao long bao, pork soup dumplings) at Din Tai Fung in the U.S., it’s pretty special to try it in Taiwan where the empire started. There is a location inside Taipei 101, the tallest building in Taiwan.

Le Meridien

Great for a diverse continental breakfast buffet
~$30/person for non-hotel guests

The breakfast buffet at Le Meridien, free for hotel guests, was too good to be true.

Who knew you could have soup dumplings, tater tots, three kinds of rice noodles, bacon, sushi, kouign amanns, dragon fruit, and roasted Japanese eggplant, all in one meal? Not to mention cappuccinos and five kinds of freshly-squeezed juice. International cuisine at its best.

MOS Burger

Great for fast food and a seafood burger with rice buns
~$8/person

MOS Burger is a fast-food chain that originated in Japan but which has expanded to other Asian countries and Australia. They specialize in rice patties used as buns, and unlike most other fast-food options, actually offer pescetarian and vegetarian burgers! Try the seafood burger with rice buns—yum!

The food in Taiwan is SO good. We had no problems finding delicious eats for our family to enjoy. While nothing beats homecooked Taiwanese meals (ours, courtesy of my aunt and her family), we hope you enjoy our recommendations, too.

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Hana M.

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Hana (she/her) grew up in Taiwan and San Jose, and now lives in Redwood City (unceded Ramaytush, Muwekma, and Ohlone land) with her husband and two highly energetic and curious young children. Things she always looks for while traveling: delicious noodles, local bookstores, tasty sweet treats, and outdoor water features.