Nightlife in Taipei

Taipei has a lot of options in terms of nightlife. There are a number of clubs, bars, lounges and live music venues. If you're an ex-pat and want a more western style bar you have options such as Carnegies, On Tap, Brass Monkey, Roxy 99 or Roxy Rocker to name a few. If you like more upscale bars and lounges places like Brown Sugar Lounge, Fourplay and Mod are good options.

If you're more into clubs some good options are Luxy, Myst, Spark, Babe18, Room18, or Wax. People hit the clubs Friday through Sunday but Wednesday is ladies night so the clubs are also packed on Wednesday nights. Most have a cover charge that ranges between $300-600NT, about $10-20 USD. That isn't bad considering that the cover usually includes two drink tickets so you basically get in for free if you were planning on buying at least two drinks anyway. Some of the clubs such as Babe18 and Wax have a $600NT all you can drink cover. There isn't really much of a dress code at any of these places. The only thing you can't wear is flip flops but for the most part anything else goes. Some people will have suits on while others will be in a t-shirt and shorts.

My personal favorite is Luxy. Luxy is actually one of the older clubs so most people will say Luxy is old news but I think it has the best music and layout. The odd thing about the clubs in Taipei is that they are all inside large shopping centers or malls. I guess if you show up and feel underdressed you can quickly style up at the mall the club is inside of. One really annoying thing that happens often is the police will come through the clubs around 1am, shut the music down and check everyone's ID. I don't understand this, especially considering that everyone's ID gets checked when they entered and by 1am the night is almost over anyway. If you show up at the club and the music is abruptly shut off and the lights come on around 1am you know why.