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TAIPEI: Bars, Cabarets, Clubs, Discos & Karaoke

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      XIMEN -- Red House

      Ximen is Taipei's largest gayborhood, with over two dozen gay venues including gay hotels, bars, saunas, shops and restaurants. Many of the bars and shops are clustered around the heritage complex known as Red House. Easy access by subway and everything here is within a short walking distance.

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    • Bear Junkies UTOPIA VERIFIED JUL 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Café Dalida UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Commander UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Commander D. UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • D.Cup (tea and coffee drinks) UTOPIA VERIFIED APR 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Hunt UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Red House UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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    • Esha
        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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    • Goldfish UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023, UTOPIA VISITED JUN 2019
        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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      Comments from Utopians:

      "GAB seems to be closed." -- Daniel J, Dec 15, 2022


      OTHER AREAS

    • Chez Nous Bar UTOPIA VERIFIED JUL 2017
        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.

    • Go Fish

    • Lesnight Pub


Discos

      OTHER AREAS

    • Gstar UTOPIA VERIFIED SEP 2023

      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


Karaoke

      ZHONGSHAN

    • 83 Karaoke UTOPIA VERIFIED JAN 2014

    • 88 Bar UTOPIA VERIFIED MAY 2013

    • AnyBar UTOPIA VERIFIED MAY 2013, UTOPIA VISITED MAY 2009

    • LongXing UTOPIA VERIFIED JUL 2016

    • Matt Bar UTOPIA VERIFIED MAY 2023, UTOPIA VISITED MAY 2012
        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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    • Men's Talk UTOPIA VERIFIED MAY 2013



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