RFK Rankings · Taipei
Best View Restaurants in Taipei 2026
Taipei 101 & Xinyi skyline rooms · Taipei · 7 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 15, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
Taipei 101 rises 508 metres over Xinyi, and in this city the view dinner is organised around that single tower: the question is which window frames it best and whether the kitchen behind the glass is worth the altitude. Most of the rooms that matter cluster in the Breeze high-rises on Songzhi and Songgao roads, looking across at the tower, while the highest of all sits inside the 101 itself on the 85th floor. The seven here are ranked on the view and the cooking together, never the view alone, and they run from imported Japanese teppanyaki to American dry-aged beef to Cantonese dim sum. Book the window, take the earlier sitting, and watch the tower's nightly light show from your table.
1.The Ukai Taipei
Japanese teppanyaki masters at work beside Taipei 101, abalone steamed on rock salt, a Michelin-listed room. Book the set dinner.
The Ukai Taipei takes the top spot for pairing the Taipei 101 view to a kitchen that earns it: the Japanese group imports its teppanyaki chefs, and you watch the technique up close on the 46th floor of Breeze Nan Shan, the tower filling the glass beside you. The signatures are abalone steamed on rock salt and Tamura-farm wagyu seared on the iron, finished with garlic fried rice.
It runs set menus only, lunch from NT$3,300 and dinner from NT$4,800, and appears in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Taiwan selection. The room looks across Xinyi to Taipei 101 and out to the Four Beasts Mountain. Book the set dinner and ask for a counter or window seat for the tower.
Book on The Ukai Taipei site; request a seat facing Taipei 101.
2.Morton's The Steakhouse Taipei
A direct Taipei 101 view through full-height glass, a high-heat broiler, a sunset terrace. Reserve the lunch set.
Morton's holds the 45th floor of Breeze Xinyi with one of the most direct Taipei 101 views in the city, floor-to-ceiling glass on the tower and an outdoor terrace for the sunset. The technique is the steakhouse's signature 800-degree broiler, prime beef aged and seared hard for a dark crust, the filet mignon the cut to order.
The lunch set at around NT$1,588 is the value way in; à la carte entrées climb well past NT$1,000 toward the premium cuts. The room is a reliable window booking with the tower square in the glass. Reserve the lunch set for the daylight view, or an evening window to catch the tower's light show from the terrace.
Book on the Morton's Taipei site; request a window facing Taipei 101.
3.Smith & Wollensky Taipei
The only Smith & Wollensky with an altitude view, a 44-ounce dry-aged tomahawk carved tableside; order the tomahawk.
Smith & Wollensky took the 47th floor of Breeze Nanshan in 2019, the only branch of the New York steakhouse with a high-altitude view, a sweep over Xinyi to Taipei 101 with a jazz bar alongside. The technique to book for is the dry-ageing: a 44-ounce American wagyu tomahawk hung, then carved and torched tableside, with a Taiwan pork tomahawk at NT$1,980 as the lighter option.
Mains run from around NT$2,000, the tomahawk well above that. The height puts it a floor above Morton's, the tower a little smaller in the frame but the sweep wider. Order the tomahawk for the table and take a window seat as the Xinyi towers light up.
Book on the Smith & Wollensky Taipei site; ask for a window table.
4.YEN Chinese Restaurant
Whole-floor windows over Xinyi and the tower, a Hong Kong master's Peking duck and dim sum; come for dim sum lunch.
YEN runs the 31st floor of W Taipei with windows the length of the floor over Xinyi and Taipei 101, lower than the Breeze rooms but with an unbroken line to the tower. The kitchen is led by Executive Chinese Chef Wo Hoi Ming, whose Cantonese cooking is built on classic technique, the Peking duck and the contemporary dim sum the things to order.
Dim sum runs roughly NT$180 to NT$280 a basket at lunch, with set menus at luxury-hotel prices for dinner. The room is frequently named among the best views in Taipei after the tower itself. Come for the dim sum lunch, when the daylight fills the floor, and request a window table by the glass.
Book on the W Taipei site; request a window table at lunch.
5.CÉ LA VI Taipei
A 48th-floor sweep with Taipei 101 directly in front, the city's prime New Year fireworks seat. Take the terrace.
CÉ LA VI crowns Breeze Nanshan on the 48th floor, the second-tallest building in Taipei, with Taipei 101 standing directly in front of the glass, the single most head-on view of the tower on this list and the city's prime seat for the New Year fireworks. The kitchen sends out contemporary pan-Asian sharing plates built for the room.
It opened in 2019 as the group's Taiwan debut, and it skews toward the sky-lounge end of dining, so come for the view and a spread of plates rather than a long tasting menu. The terrace is the seat to book, the tower close enough to feel. Take the 48th-floor terrace at dusk and stay for the nightly light show.
Book on the CÉ LA VI Taipei site; request the terrace for the tower view.
6.Diamond Tony's 101
The highest dining on this list, inside Taipei 101 on the 85th floor, a 180-degree city panorama. Ride up for the view.
Diamond Tony's holds the 85th floor of Taipei 101 itself, the highest dining room on this list, with a 180-degree city panorama through floor-to-ceiling glass that reaches even the restrooms. It is the only way to dine inside the tower rather than across from it, and the height is unmatched anywhere in Taipei.
The kitchen runs Italian set menus from around NT$1,690, with a live piano-and-sax dinner. Reviews are split on the food, which is honest to flag: this is a view booking first, the cooking secondary to the altitude and the panorama. Ride up to the 85th floor for the view that no other room can offer, take a window table, and keep expectations on the plate in proportion.
Book on the Diamond Tony's site; request a window table on the 85th floor.
7.Marco Polo Restaurant
A 38th-floor view from Da'an across to the Xinyi skyline and Taipei 101, by an Amalfi chef. Cross town for the angle.
Marco Polo sits apart from the Xinyi cluster on the 38th floor of the Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza in Da'an, and that is the point: it looks across the city toward the Xinyi skyline and Taipei 101 from a different angle, the tower seen in context with the whole city around it rather than filling the glass.
The kitchen is run by Chef de Cuisine Fabio Strammiello from the Amalfi Coast, a seasonal Italian menu that changes through the year, at hotel fine-dining prices. The hotel opened in 1994 and the room is a long-standing flagship. Cross town for the angle the Xinyi rooms cannot give you, and book a window table at dusk for the light over the skyline.
Book on the Shangri-La Far Eastern Plaza site; request a window table.
Avoid for the view
No view, or no longer open
Le Palais for a view. It is the best restaurant in Taipei, three Michelin stars on the 17th floor of the Palais de Chine, but the dining happens in screened private alcoves and diners report no real view from the table. Book it for the finest Cantonese cooking in the city, not for the window, and choose one of the Xinyi rooms when the vista is the point.
STAY by Yannick Alléno. The French room once associated with Taipei 101 has closed, and it was on a lower mall floor without a high view in any case. Do not build an evening around it; the tower's own high-floor dining is Diamond Tony's on the 85th, and the best 101 views come from the Breeze towers across the way.
Reservation strategy for a Taipei view
Book the window or terrace by name, a few days to a week ahead, and time it to the tower. Taipei 101 runs a nightly exterior light show on the hour after dark and a major fireworks display at New Year, so an evening window turns the view into an event. For the most head-on tower view, the Breeze rooms on Songzhi and Songgao, Ukai, Smith & Wollensky and CÉ LA VI, are the bookings, with CÉ LA VI's terrace the closest of all.
Match the view to the meal. For serious cooking with the tower beside you, Ukai's teppanyaki is the booking; for a dry-aged steak and a direct 101 view, Morton's or Smith & Wollensky; for Cantonese and an unbroken window, YEN. If pure height is the goal, Diamond Tony's on the 85th floor of the tower is the only room inside it, though the food is secondary. Weekend evenings and New Year sell out far ahead, so book early and take the earlier sitting for the light.
Frequently asked
Which Taipei restaurant has the best view?
For the view paired with the food, The Ukai Taipei on the 46th floor of Breeze Nan Shan is our top pick: Taipei 101 fills the glass beside you, and the Japanese group's imported teppanyaki chefs cook abalone on rock salt and Tamura-farm wagyu on the iron in front of you. It runs set menus from NT$3,300 at lunch and NT$4,800 at dinner, and appears in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Taiwan. Book a counter or window seat facing the tower.
Which restaurant has the best Taipei 101 view?
CÉ LA VI on the 48th floor of Breeze Nanshan has the most head-on Taipei 101 view, the tower standing directly in front of the glass, and it is the city's prime seat for the New Year fireworks. For a tower view with serious cooking, Ukai and Morton's on the neighbouring Breeze floors are the bookings. And to dine inside the tower itself, Diamond Tony's holds the 85th floor of Taipei 101, the highest room in the city.
Can you eat inside Taipei 101?
Yes. Diamond Tony's holds the 85th floor of Taipei 101, the only fine-dining room inside the tower, with a 180-degree city panorama through floor-to-ceiling glass and an Italian set menu from around NT$1,690. It is the highest dining in Taipei by a wide margin. The view is the reason to book, with the cooking secondary to the altitude, so ride up for the panorama and keep expectations on the plate in proportion to the height.
How much does a view restaurant cost in Taipei?
It varies widely. Diamond Tony's set menu inside Taipei 101 starts around NT$1,690 and Morton's lunch set around NT$1,588, the value ways into a high view. YEN's dim sum runs roughly NT$180 to NT$280 a basket at lunch. The Ukai's set menus are NT$3,300 at lunch and NT$4,800 at dinner, and the steakhouses climb past NT$2,000 a head toward the premium cuts. Lunch sets are the cheaper route into the daytime tower views.
Is there a Michelin restaurant with a view in Taipei?
The Ukai Taipei, in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Taiwan selection, pairs its listing with a 46th-floor view of Taipei 101, the best combination of the guide's recognition and a genuine view in the city. Note that Le Palais, Taipei's three-star room, has no real view from its screened alcoves, so it is a food-first booking rather than a view one. For the window and a Michelin-listed kitchen together, Ukai is the booking.
When is the best time to book a Taipei view restaurant?
Book an evening window to catch Taipei 101's nightly light show on the hour after dark, and reserve far ahead for New Year, when the tower's fireworks make the Breeze rooms and CÉ LA VI sell out months in advance. For daylight tower views at a lower price, the lunch sets at Morton's and the dim sum lunch at YEN are the moves. Across all of them, a weekday table buys a calmer room and a better window seat.
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