Best Places to Eat in Hsinchu

Cuisine Northern Taiwan Restaurants
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I’ve noticed that there’s hundreds of places to grab some food here in Xinzhu but was wondering if anyone could recommend a place to eat.

So far, my partner and I have discovered a few gems, including the Overseas Dragon (best place for guotie), Yi Er San on Fuhou Street, Mark Randall on Jinshan Street (lovely pizzas) and a restaurant near the East Gate which serves the best Japanese food I’ve ever had (sadly I don’t know its name or the name of the road it’s on).

Any other suggestions would be welcome! :slight_smile:

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I’m surprised there aren’t more replies to your request. I’m also looking for good eats. All I can say is that the best places I’ve found are the local stir fry , cook to order places …in Chubei especially.

Names? can’t remember but will try to find out.

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Maybe Mama Mia italian Restaurant in the Windance shopping mall 7th floor.

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Try the Skylark in the Geant shopping centre. I believe there’s also one in the Far East Mall.

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For me two western restaurants outside of hotels stand out. One is Friendly’s Italian on Mintsu (spelling?, in PinYin would be MinZu) Road. It is quite expensive and I don’t really like the service but the 4 cheese pizza is definately the best pizza I have had in Taiwan (I have been to alleycat’s etc, but friendly’s is definately better). Another good place is inside a bakery just a few metres North of the Windance department store on ZhongYang Lu (sorry, I only know how to write this in Pinyin) but it is the biggest department store in Taiwan so it should not be hard to find. The have quite a good buffet with good salad and all you can eat deserts. The price is not cheap (about 400-500) but better than the not so friendly prices at Friendly’s.