O'Ginny's A truly authentic British style pub serving traditional British food including Fish 'n Chips and country style cottage pies of  an authenticity and quality rarely found on the island. Stop by for a pie and a pint and  No min charge and no service charge. No. 45 Minsheng E. Road, Sec. 3, Lane 113, Alley 25,  Taipei;  2545-5710.
911 Snazzy little dance club that costs NT$350. Enjoy cheap Italian food in what is possibly Taipei's only 24 hour Italian Restaurant. Cover for the dance club is NT$250 Sun. - Thurs. and NT$350 Fri. & Sat. No. 119 Liaoning Street, Taipei  (off of Nanking E. Road, Sec. 3, Taipei); 2772-6588.
BS1 Open from  6 p.m. - 2 a.m. daily. Live bands Power 11, So What, Blue Goblin and the Foreign Diplomats play on alternate nights from 9:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.; cover NT$350 on weekends; B1,  No. 353 Changchun Road; 2717-3702.
Kiss La Bocca This place stands as a temple for those devotees of big music and if you have the cash, big face.  Good music from live band World Premiere on Fri. and Sat. The owners have recently added a Techno lounge called Plus2 at the back, complete with massive sofas for you to crashout on and watch videos. Cover NT$350 on Sun. - Thu., NT$500 on Fri. and Sat. Happy hour every Sat. nite from 12 a.m. - 1a.m. Ladies Night on Wed.;  No. 166 Tunhua N. Road at Magnolia Hotel; 2712-1201.
Hard Rock Cafe This world famous bistro/pub/disco delivers everything that it does in any other of its branches around the world. Its new location is under the the Asiaworld  Plaza Hotel,  B1, No. 100 Tun Hwa N. Road, Taipei.
TeXound Owned by several DJs, this place plays real electronic dance music every night on great sound systems. Admission is NT$450. B1, No.26, Sec.3, Nanking East Road, (02) 2502-2999. 

 

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Last updated Jan. 25, 1999