Eat & drink · Tapas/local
Din Tai Fung (Xinyi Road)
Opening hours
- Monday: 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Thursday: 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Friday: 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM
- Saturday: 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM
- Sunday: 10:30 AM – 8:30 PM
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The original branch of the global dumpling empire, maintaining the highest standards of consistency and service.
- Signature
- Pork xiaolongbao, featuring delicate skins with exactly eighteen folds, filled with hot broth.
Reviews from Google
A model of consistency, really. Reliably delicious, reliably polished, and with service that remains calm and efficient even when under siege. The food tastes exactly as it should every single time, which in this world is no small achievement. That said, the crowds are now quite something. One does rather feel as though half the city has agreed to dine there simultaneously. Still, if one must queue, there are worse places to do so, and far worse dumplings waiting at the end of it.
Pilgrimage complete. Eating the original Xiao Long Bao here isn't dining, it's tasting a legend at its birthplace. The engineering is perfect: thin skin, hot, savory burst. Service is a silent, swift ballet. Every classic dish, from cucumber salad to fried rice, sings with clean, balanced flavor. This is the blueprint. The home-turf magic is real. It's why you'll visit branches worldwide but always circle back to the source. Essential.
Poor experience , the pork soup dumplings and the vegetable dumplings had reached the smallest limit plus the taste were flat. The taste for shrimp dumpling was good but no shrimp was present and too slim. The dipping vinegar didn't taste like vinegar. All the dishes got very small portions. We ordered 6 items and we had to find another place for lunch. No teapot provided for each table and we needed to ask for refill many times during the lunch time. Overall experience was not acceptable as the portions were terribly small and so the cost was high. We will swap to another restaurant for better quality. Really disappointed for such restaurant to ruin it's reputation due to increasing the profit margin.
The xiaolongbao is delicious, and the Sichuan soup has a great flavor. The prices are cheaper than in Thailand, and it even feels tastier as well. The wait time isn’t long, and the queue system is quite efficient.
The first Din Tai Fung ever opened. The quality is consistent across chains in Taiwan. Must try. All dishes were good. Hack: if you don't want to wait in line, order takeout. It's just as good.