2/F 192 Kunming St, Wanhua Dist, Utopia Map
台北市萬華區昆明街192號2樓
2311-8525, email

Friendly bear den, owned and run by a hunky couple, Angus and Ken. Cocktails, coffee, tea and snacks in a spacious, modern, well-lit space with a clubhouse feeling. Crowd is 20+, bears and friends. Not much English spoken, but there's usually someone around who can. Open Tue-Thu 4pm-midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 2pm-1am, and Sun 2pm-midnight. Closed Mon.
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1/F Red House, Lane 10, Chengdu Rd, Utopia Map
西門紅樓廣場
2370-7833, email

Foreigner-friendly gay bar located at the Red House courtyard, in the heart of Taipei's most hopping rainbow neighborhood. This al fresco bar is open during the day until late at night. Good music. Cocktails, coffee and more.
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2/F Red House, Lane 10, Chengdu Rd, Utopia Map
西門紅樓廣場
2388-0440

Taipei's first BDSM bar now has a friendly living room feeling as the harder crowd has moved to their 2nd location, Commander D. S&M flavored decor at this somewhat secluded upstairs bar. Indoor and terrace seating. Small, but busy, even on week nights. Very friendly for visiting gays of all stripes. Customers have been known to initiate impromptu play and training and the staff still occaionally lower the curtains for discretion when that happens, although most of the action has now moved to their 2nd venue.
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B1, No.36, Sec 2, Kaifeng St, Utopia Map
台北市萬華區開封街二段36號B1
2389-0899, email

Second branch of this BDSM/fetish-themed bar is the hard gay hang out in town. Super design in black and red with bar and table seating. No smoking inside. Lot's of play spaces including racks and restraints, dark area, and jail cell. The bartender is excellent and making stiff drinks is his cocktail philosophy, including some inventive Absinthe concoctions. On the 3rd Sat of each month they throw their specialist D Day parties. Recent themes have included Mummy, Dogs & Trainers, Torture the Captive, Boots & Sneakers. Have your safeword prepared. The first gay bar in Taipei to have a no-smoking policy (smokers go out on the stairwell or outside to smoke). The crowd is generally younger, with a few people up to their early 40s as well. Open daily from 9:30pm until 3am on weeknights and 5am on weekends. Dark room is open on Fri and Sat.
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No. 228 Kunming St, Wanhua Dist, Utopia Map
台北市昆明街228號
2371-1071

Pandas (Asian bears) and monkeys (chasers) take note: this chub and bear-popular tea drink stall has a bar, sidewalk seating and a 2/F aircon bear den upstairs. They serve jumbo, non-alcoholic drinks in oversized jars and pitchers which make the pandas and chubs look even cuter. Open from the afternoon until late.
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B/F 7 Guiyang St (enter on Xining S Rd, just next to the corner), Wanhua, Utopia Map
臺北市萬華區貴陽街二段7號2331-1069, 070-1002-1651, email

Basement gay bar combining an industrial look with casual style. Bed seating in a private space. The excellent bartenders are friendly and like to chat. On weekends it is smoke-free inside. On the 2nd Sat of each month, they hold Hunting Season theme parties with shower shows, hunky workmen, and musclebound firemen, as well as other sexy hunks to set the atmosphere. Hot erotic events include lube-wrestling, Towel Day, Briefs Party, and Socks Covering your Cocks Day. Other parties include Fresh Meat Night, beer chugging, ski-shot and roulette stripping. Hunt's specialty drinks include Lamborghini, Death 3rd Episode, Wu Mei Niang, and lots of Absinthe cocktails to choose from. The crowd is primarily 20-35yo.
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Lane 10, Chengdu Rd, Utopia Map
西門紅樓廣場

This heritage cultural complex houses is a de facto gay shopping center with more than a dozen LGBT and queer-friendly bars and shops. To get there take the Metro to Ximen Station Exit 1, and it's right in front of you. There are two floors. G/F has a series of bars and restaurants starting with the BAD.TW gay shop and ending with the busy Sol bar. Between these you have a dozen rainbow establishments. And don't overlook the venues on 2/F. It is mainly al fresco and can get cold and wet in the winter, so wrap up well if you visit then. Some of the bars have no toilets and this means a walk to public bathrooms. Lively most nights and packed on weekends. The partying runs into the wee hours.
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ZHONGSHAN

156 JianGuo North Rd, Sect 1 (across the street from Café Grazie)
建國北路1段156號
2515-2228

About a 15 minute walk from the Nanjing Dong Lu MRT stop. Tomboy club for women only. Young crowd.
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1F, No. 13, Lane 85, Lin-sen N Rd, Utopia Map
林森北路85巷13號一樓
2581-3133, email

Gay bar with good music. Gets crowded late. Very creative with their cocktails. 30-45yo patrons, mostly muscle bearish. Not too smokey. No cover charge. Open nightly.
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OTHER AREAS

No. 18, Lane 147, Sec.3, Xinyi Rd, Da'an Dist, Utopia Map
2701-8110, FAX 2701-7061

Gay and lesbian-friendly bar that hosts LGBT parties on occasion. The cocktails here are creative and fun. A good place to drink and chilax with friends, old and new.

B1 No.6 An He Rd., Sec.1
安和路1段6號 地下室
2755-1076-7

Big place with karaoke and dance floor. Lesbian-friendly.
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51-B1, Sec. 2, Heping E. Rd
和平東路2段51號地下室

On Fri night lesbians party here.
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B1F, 23 Longjiang Rd., Zhongshan Dist, Utopia Map
2507-8186

Local music played here. Lots of young Taiwanese.
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Comments from Utopians:

"Besides Gstar, I'd suggest Pawnshop (IG pawnshop_taipei). It's an EDM/techno club, successor of the (in)famous Korner club. Not exclusively gay, but for almost a year on the last weekend of each month they've been running a gay party, Hakone Hot Spring, which is wiiiild! Closest thing to Bangkok's GOD in timid Taipei. Also, Studio 9 in Ximen is worth mentioning. Not exclusively gay, but lots of gay guys. Right next to rainbow crosswalk, and once a month they have gay party event, Candyland." -- Quoda, Sep 10, 2023

No. 12, Lane 85, Ling-Sen North Rd
02-2581-9883, email

Gay karaoke bar for mature gay men to drink, get together, and sing.
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2F-1, 96 Linsen North Rd
台北市林森北路96號2樓之1

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B/F 67 Lane 133, Linsen N. Rd, Zhongshan Dist, Utopia Map
林森北路133巷67號地下室
2543-1101

Karaoke lounge bar.
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2/F 132 Linsen North Rd
台北市林森北路132號2樓

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No. 11, Lane 121, Sec 1, Zhongshan N Rd, Utopia Map
台北市中山區中山北路一段121巷11號
2567-7306

Opened in 2010. Effervescent owner, Matt, has one of the friendliest karaoke bars in town and one of the most beautifully designed, with a large bar counter, plus table and cozy couch seating. Bold orange, red and chocolate tones throughout and bear art by some of Japan's leading gay manga cartoonists who have visited. Staff speak Chinese plus some English and Japanese. Occasional fun theme parties, such as beach wear. Friendly for visitors (they'll introduce you to the people who speak your language). Crowd is 25-45, mostly local professionals and bears, plus Asian visitors from China, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. Closed Mon. Open T-Th from 8pm-3am, weekends 9pm-5am.
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No. 25, Lane 138, Linsen North Rd, Utopia Map
台北市林森北路138巷25號

Karaoke bar with bear crowd, including Japanese customers.
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