Ounce Taipei

The experience

Taipei's original hidden bar, opened as a Prohibition-styled room concealed behind an espresso counter on Xinyi Road Section 2. The bar now sits on the second floor behind a sliding door beside the kitchen, all dark wood and low light, seating small parties at the bar and up to six at one large table. There is no printed cocktail list at all — bartenders build to your description from a repertoire reported at around 600 drinks. Most of the team speaks English. Cocktails land around NT$400–450.

The city's first speakeasy, still menu-less: you describe a flavour and they build the drink.

What a membership adds.

Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.