Restaurants Nearby
Below please find a short list of restaurants near the institute's venue. Apart from these, there are many other diners and eateries awaiting your exploration.
★ indicates the price range. ◆ with menu in English. ▲ with vegetarian dishes.
素食天地
Sùshí* Tiāndì
*Pinyin for vegetarian; it is NOT Japanese sushi
Vegetarian buffet ★ ▲
This buddhist restaurant provides vegetarian buffet. Non-believers who seek a healthy diet may also give it a try. Please serve yourselves by selecting plates from the buffet table. However, it's not an "all-you-can-eat" style. Costs vary according to the amount of food you take.
鼎泰豐
Din Tai Fung Restaurant
★★★ ◆ ▲
A renowned Xiaolongbao restaurant
A famous Xiaǒlóngbaō (小籠包) restaurant. Xiaolongbao is a kind of soup bun or dumplings, mainly with pork inside. Din Tai Fung also provides a wide range of dim sum. Their beef noodle soup and fried rice with pork rib are also distinctive. It opens from 10:00 to 23:00. For more inforation, here is the official page in English.
Smoothie House
★★ ◆ ▲
Smoothie House provides Fresh Fruits Baobin (shaved ice dessert). These ice desserts come with three kinds of fruit: strawberry, kiwi, mango, or a combination of the three. Some of the dishes also come with traditional Taiwanese dressings and toppings. It opens from 10:00 to 23:00. The facebook page is in Maindarin with plenty of photos.
金雞園
Jīnjī Yuán
Taiwanese style restaurant
★ ◆
Jinji Yuan also provides a great variety of dim sum and soup noodles. It comes with agreeable price and good quality food. It provides English menu. It opens from 9:00 to 21:00.
誠記食堂
Thanh Ky
Home-made Cooking
Vietnamese style restaurant ★ ◆
Thanh Ky provides good quality Vietnamese cuisines. Their bún bò huế, pho, and nem cuon are all distinctive and worth a try. Thanh Ky is at the same intersection as Smoothie House. It opens from 11:00 to 23:00.
It was formerly a Japanese style dormitory for Prof. ADACHI Masashi of Taihoku Imperial University. Now, the main body of the residence remains and it is refined as a restaurant that offers good quality Japanese cuisine. It opens from 11:00 to 21:00.
青田七六
Qīngtián Qīliù
Japanese cuisine
★★★ ◆ ▲
Take Five
European buffet and cafe
★★★ ◆ ▲
This restaurant provies high-quality meals. It also provides a variety of healty organic buffet options, together with sets, coffee and delicate desserts. For more information, here is Take Five facebook page (in Mandarin with abundant photos).
牛老大
Niúlǎodà
Taiwanese beef noodle ★
This restaurant provides beef noodle soup, a common Taiwanese cuisine. Beef noodle soup comes with beef stew, beef broth, vegetables, and wheat noodles. Braised beef noodles (Hóngshāo 紅燒牛肉麵) and clear-broth beef noodles (Qīnɡdùn 清燉牛肉麵) are two main variations. Fried rice is also provided. Niúlǎodà opens from 11:00 to 23:00. Here is the Facebook page (in Mandarin).
Cafe à la mode
European & American style restaurant
★★ ◆ ▲
Cafe à la mode provides good quality brunch menu and Italian pasta. Its dessert is also worth a try. It is located on Yunhe Street (Yúnhéjiē 雲和街). Liang Shih-Chiu Residence is on the same street. It opens from 10:00 to 21:30. Facebook page (in Mandarin).
Saizeriya
A fast food chain Italian restaurant originated from Japan
★ ◆ ▲
Saizeriya is a chain Italian restaurant. It mainly provides pasta, pizza, and steak. It is located right on the campus, only a few steps away from the Main Library.
21st Century
A fast food chain chicken diner on campus ★ ◆
21st Century is a chain restaurant for roasted chickens. It also provides basic set menu. It is also located on the library side of the NTNU Main Campus.
Sukiya
Yoshinoya
Fast food chain restaurants selling authentic Japanese foods ★ ◆
Both Sukiya and Yoshinoya are places that provide Gyūdon (beef rice 牛丼). They are close to Exit 7 and Exit 4 of Guting Station repectively. There is also a Sushi Express next to Yoshinoya. Both Sukiya and Yoshinoya run 24 hours a day.
McDonald's
Burger King
Fast food ★ ◆
These two fastfood chain restaurants run 24 hours a day. McDonald's is right next to Exit 6 of Guting Station. Burger King is located at the end of Shida Road Park on your way to Taipower Building Station.
