The best nightlife is found in the commercial district of Anho Rd in East Taipei and the older Shi Men Ding or West Side. Taiwanese tend to eat early and many restaurants close by 2130, but with no licensing limits many bars are open until 0200 or 0400, and some all night. Shao yen or snack bars in night life areas are popular on the way home.

Anho is scattered with bars and restaurants, including the Champagne Bar, 169 AnHer Road, Section 2, a lounge bar with sofas for a wealthy clientele and American-style Carnegies, 100 AnHo Road, Section 2, with good rock music.

Shi Men Ding has an old world atmosphere with lots of tiny little bars and atmospheric tea and coffee houses in its narrow alleys and traditional night markets.

As far as clubs go, the latest place for the young and pretty crowd is Room 18, B1, Taipei 101, 45 ShihFu Road, Hsin Yi District. Also in Taipei 101, Barcode has more of a lounge atmosphere. Opus Bar, Breeze Center, 39 FuSing South Road, Section 1, is where the paparazzi mill to snap Taipei's A-listers, so too Luxy 201, ZhongXiao E. Road, Section 4, occupying a three-tiered themed venue. Plush, Top floor, The Living Mall, Core Pacific City, 138, BaDe Road, Section 4, features International visiting DJs. Good jazz can be found in Blue Note, 4F, 171, Roosevelt Road, Section 3, and Brown Sugar, 101, SongRen Road, but the most reliable music venue is in an old beer factory, Hua-Shan Music Hall, 2F, 1, BaDe Road, Section 1, featuring everything from classical to pop.