Le Palais

Top choice in Taipei


The only restaurant in Taipei to be awarded three Michelin stars is an elegant, romantically lit space that serves excellent Cantonese cuisine, including softly steamed dim sum. Its signature dish, the roast baby duck, must be ordered two days in advance. Reservations essential and there's a smart dress code. It's within the five-star Palais de Chine hotel next to Taipei Main Station.

The menu is massive and includes some Sichuan- and Taiwan-inspired dishes. You can even order a Michelin Set Menu that will put you back around NT$10,000.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Taipei attractions

1. Taiwan Comic Base

0.04 MILES

Taiwan Comic Base is a Ministry of Culture initiative to show off and support the island's vibrant manga industry. This small centre has a graphic-novel…

2. Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei

0.19 MILES

Very bright, very modern, and often fun and very experimental art is showcased here. The long red-brick building dates back to the 1920s. It started life…

3. Mitsui Warehouse

0.33 MILES

This faded red-brick warehouse has been carefully restored (70% of the bricks were cleaned and reused) and sits on a highway-flanked scrap of land…

4. North Gate

0.38 MILES

Comparisons with the Arc de Triomphe may be a bit exaggerated, but the russet-red, newly restored Qing-era North Gate is rather photogenic, especially…

5. Taipei Artist Village

0.39 MILES

This yellow-and-white striped building that looks like municipal offices is home to a small gallery, a garden and a cafe. It runs an artist-residency…

6. Land Bank Exhibition Hall

0.44 MILES

Evolution is the theme at this museum, set in a 1930s former bank: evolution of life, evolution of money and banking, and evolution of the bank from the…

7. Jinan Presbyterian Church

0.44 MILES

This lovely red-brick church with its arched Gothic windows dates from 1916 and is fronted by a row of palm trees. Inside is dominated by white wood. The…

8. National Taiwan Museum

0.45 MILES

Established in 1908, Taiwan's first public museum has been in its present location in 2-28 Park since 1915. Reopened in 2017 after an upgrade, it has been…