If you don’t mind higher price, I’d recommend this place.
一羽鯨吞 水炊鍋.雞料理專門
No. 47號, Section 3, Hai’an Road, North District, Tainan City, 70458
06 220 9911
This place serves food that’s closest to Japan that I know of. The owner is my friend and he went to Japan to train his cuisine. He was even featured on local TV. I believe his wife has a sake master certificate. There is a sake bar next door and she serves some seriously good sake.
As for beer, you can try here.
Bären Biergelden
No. 45號, Chihkan St, West Central District, Tainan City, 700
06 221 1011
This place serves beer all over the world. The owner is Joe, and he is also my friend. He serves some serious brews, both on tap and bottled.
I know there are numerous small shops all over Tainan streets, so you can definitely try those as well. Those are my recommendations.
You can try this super local hot spot for Japanese expats.
Dining & BAR 和-nagomi-
70448, Tainan City, North District, Gongyuan Road, 128號25號
06 221 3677
This place might be the most famous Japanese expats/businessman hangouts for years. The food is okay, but the bar is very nice. The owner is such a wonderful gentleman and he’s been in Taiwan forever. You can try yourself!
Is it safe to eat that here? I heard that you raise chicken differently in Japan so it’s safe to eat semi cooked chicken and raw eggs. Didn’t know we can do that in Taiwan.
Btw I’m a reasonable person, decent food deserves decent money. I’ll find a day to hit all those places thanks for the recommendations.
Legends Bar in Tainan, was one of the foreigner hangouts, is now closed. The staff are doing other things at Armory until they come up with a new plan, so I heard.
I’m sure you tried Chris’s food in Factory. That’s as good as it gets when it comes to contemporary American.
Artful Dodgers, Willie’s , even Friday’s can somewhat fix that crave at times.(except my wallet)
I admit Willie’s make decent drinks. Not sure about other places except the place I’ve mentioned though…I’ve had good experiences with Dive, as I am familiar with those 2 owners. But I can see how this place can divide opinions.
I am working with Chris with our limited time to get back on my feet and get back to what I do best, so hopefully the virus won’t sh%t on us so that I can get our store on track, though nothing is guaranteed.
The last time I was in Tainan, I ran across a craft beer bar called Beer Bee close to the Anping side. They had a great selection. Google Maps
I used to hangout at Tin Pan, Artful Dodger, Cosby Saloon. There’s a hole in the wall call Dive Bar on Haian road. The rebuilding of Haian is finally complete but it really crushed those businesses. Needless to say, most are gone and the ones that remain don’t feel the need to maintain anything. Really sad to see the condition that Artful was in. It used to be clean, great service and food, but now it has cobwebs everywhere and just loads of little crap piled in.
Cosby Saloon is still open. I went there about a month ago and everything has turned yellow it’s so damn old. The pictures on the wall are from its Heyday I guess ~20 years ago. there are a couple music pubs on the same Lane but you can tell is old style.
Dive Bar is open. Two foreigner owners. It is truly a dive bar. I like the place nearby called Bark.
Armory. Still around and open!
Got to be careful… bar hopping… some bars you walk into and it’s $3000 if you sit down. Includes friendly talkers, to join you, all you can drink.
