Dinner on your Longshan Temple day
Choose a night market after Longshan Temple
Stay in Wanhua for dinner without another train ride, or compare Ningxia, Raohe and Shilin for an evening elsewhere in Taipei. Choose one area around your worship plans, luggage and energy.
Choose a particular shop or a market area
For a particular dish, check individual opening hours in our seven-shop food guide. To browse several stalls, use this page to compare market areas and travel. A shop on Huaxi Street does not necessarily keep the same hours as the night market around it.
Map and hours for seven nearby shops →
This guide covers the temple neighborhood and Taipei city. The previously listed Fengjia (Taichung), Garden (Tainan), Ruifeng (Kaohsiung) and Miaokou (Keelung) markets have been removed from this dinner comparison, including their detailed listings, map pins and food table. Visiting them requires a separate itinerary allowing for travel to another city.
The temple and four market areas
T marks Longshan Temple; 1 is a reference location in the Wanhua market area. Pins are not surveyed entrances or measured walking routes. If the map does not load, use the route descriptions and external maps below.
Compare travel from the temple and listed hours
We prepared these transfer suggestions from the official metro map. They are not timed journeys or guaranteed fastest routes. Use the official planner for current train times, last services and fares, and the external maps for walking routes.
Near the temple · continue on foot
Wanhua: Huaxi, Guangzhou & Wuzhou streets
An option for dinner without another train journey after worship. These connecting streets are presented as a market area, rather than one market with shared hours.
- Consider it for (our suggestion)
- Keeping worship and dinner in the same neighborhood
- Suggested route from Longshan Temple
- From the temple, follow Guangzhou Street west toward Huaxi and Wuzhou streets. Check the walking route on the map; no rail transfer is needed.
- Hours in the sources
- Taipei Travel lists Huaxi and Guangzhou as 16:00–00:00. This does not establish hours for Wuzhou or individual shops.
For a particular meal, check the seven-shop food guide. A shop’s hours can differ from the surrounding night market.
Sources for this area: Taipei Travel: Huaxi StreetTaipei Travel: Guangzhou StreetTaipei Travel: Wuzhou Street
Check location and walking route →Datong · walk from Zhongshan
Ningxia Night Market
On Ningxia Road between Nanjing West and Minsheng West roads. Consider it for a food-focused evening that also takes you toward Zhongshan.
- Consider it for (our suggestion)
- Choosing dinner around the Zhongshan area
- Suggested route from Longshan Temple
- Longshan Temple BL10 → Ximen BL11 / G12 → green line toward Songshan → Zhongshan G14, then walk. One interchange plus a walk from the station.
- Hours in the sources
- Taipei Travel: 17:00–23:30. The city food registration platform instead lists 18:00–00:00; confirm individual stalls for the day.
It is not directly outside the station. Include the walk and check how you will return to your accommodation.
Sources for this area: Taipei Travel: NingxiaTaipei food registration platform: Ningxia
Check location and walking route →Songshan · Songshan station
Raohe Street Night Market
Stalls line Raohe Street near Songshan station. Consider it when you have time to leave Wanhua and look for pepper buns or soup.
- Consider it for (our suggestion)
- An evening with room for travel to Songshan
- Suggested route from Longshan Temple
- Longshan Temple BL10 → Ximen BL11 / G12 → green line toward Songshan → Songshan G19 terminus. One interchange. This is not Songshan Airport BR13.
- Hours in the sources
- Taipei Travel lists 17:00–00:00. Individual stalls and sold-out items need separate checks.
This is not a continuation of the streets beside the temple. Allow for travel in both directions as well as dinner.
Sources for this area: Taipei Travel: Raohe Street
Check location and walking route →Shilin district · Jiantan station
Shilin Night Market
A market and surrounding shopping streets near Jiantan. An option for combining dinner with browsing shops.
- Consider it for (our suggestion)
- Food plus time exploring shopping streets
- Suggested route from Longshan Temple
- Longshan Temple BL10 → Taipei Main Station BL12 / R10 → red line toward Tamsui / Beitou → Jiantan R15. One interchange. Use Jiantan as your landmark, rather than Shilin R16.
- Hours in the sources
- Taipei Travel lists 16:00–00:00; individual businesses do not all open and close together.
Choose how much of the area you want to walk. On a tiring arrival day, compare this with dinner in Wanhua.
Sources for this area: Taipei Travel: Shilin
Check location and walking route →Plan backward from dinner and the trip back
Put the interpretation desk before dinner
Temple entry hours and the interpretation desk are separate. The temple’s official guide lists the desk as 10:00–19:00. Late market hours do not mean you can visit the market first and still return for a consultation.
Market hours do not apply to every stall
Listed hours come from tourism sources. Some shops operate in the daytime or close early. Confirm the business you want to visit; arriving at a particular time does not guarantee shorter queues.
Allow separately for travel and dinner
Think through: finish worship → walk to the station → trains and interchange → walk to the market → dinner → accommodation. Compare staying in Wanhua when time is limited. Interchange counts do not include station walks.
Cash, rain, luggage and the journey back
Bring small cash and check other payment methods with each stall. Consider leaving bulky luggage at your accommodation. Before setting out, check weather-related stall changes and trains for the journey back.
Night markets after worship: FAQ
Which option adds the least travel?
Huaxi, Guangzhou and Wuzhou streets in the temple neighborhood are options on foot. We have not surveyed entrances or timed walks. For a particular meal, check individual hours in the nearby food guide.
Will the stalls be open after morning worship?
The listed night market hours mainly start in the late afternoon or evening. For breakfast or lunch, check individual shops in the nearby food guide instead of assuming the whole market is open.
Is Raohe at Songshan Airport?
Songshan G19, the station used for the market, is different from Songshan Airport BR13. Do not plan market-to-airport travel as if they were the same station.
Is this a first-hand visit or tasting review?
This is a comparison based on official online sources, with our planning suggestions. We have not visited, tasted dishes or timed these journeys. Current prices, stock and the stalls operating on a given day are unverified.
Sources and online review scope
Online sources reviewed October 20, 2026; this is not a visit date. Tourism pages sometimes blocked direct retrieval, so search-indexed text was also used. Listed hours do not guarantee operations on your visit date.
- Taipei Travel: Huaxi Street
Location between Guangzhou and Guiyang streets, listed hours 16:00–00:00 and food examples.
- Taipei Travel: Guangzhou Street
Area between Xiyuan and Huanhe South roads, listed hours 16:00–00:00 and proximity to the temple.
- Taipei Travel: Wuzhou Street
Connection with the Huaxi and Guangzhou market area and traditional dishes; no shared opening hours inferred.
- Taipei Travel: Ningxia
Location, listed hours 17:00–23:30, nearby stations and dishes.
- Taipei food registration platform: Ningxia
Lists 18:00–00:00, differing from Taipei Travel. Confirm individual stalls for the day.
- Taipei Travel: Raohe Street
Location near Songshan station, listed hours 17:00–00:00 and dishes.
- Taipei Travel: Shilin
Area near Jiantan station, listed hours 16:00–00:00, food and shopping.
- Taipei Metro: route map and stations
Basis for our suggested transfers from Longshan Temple. Check journey times and last trains in the official planner before departure.
- Longshan Temple official audio guide: interpretation desk hours 10:00–19:00.