Tpe2017

I thought I would add an update to this thread, as some of the nightlife info from before is now outdated.

Nightlife

It's important to understand that 90 percent of the nightlife in Taipei is located in two complexes right next to each other near the Taipei 101 skyscraper in the Xinyi district: ATT4FUN and NEO19.

ATT4FUN has Myst, Halo, Elektro and Wave.

Elektro
Of these the best is Elektro, in fact it's the only one I'd really want go back to at all at ATT4FUN. It's ladies night on wednesdays is probably the best ladies night in town (though the competition for that title is pretty low). Elektro used to be known as Spark 101, before moving to it's current location, it was then rechristened Spark, now it's Elektro. Ladies night is 800 NTD for dudes, one drink, and 200 for girls all you can drink. Taipei nightlife changes quickly and it seems, after going to most clubs in Taipei, that this spot is the best for meeting girls.

With that said get ready for a lot of blowouts. But if a girl is into you it can be extremely easy. Dressing well is important in my opinion, but even then you'll have to talk to a lot of girls.

Halo is currently free entry. There are literally three elevators right next to each other, two on the left are for Elektro and Halo, one on the right for Myst. Halo seemed mostly like a sausage fest on the weekend, during the week it's pretty empty. Worth a quick look as it is free to get in.

Myst is a big dance club, but the front bar is the best spot to mingle with girls. Otherwise it's just a huge floor full of tables with another less happening bar in the back. Doesn't really have a great setup.

Wave is like a smaller, b-rate version of elektro. It's all you can drink middle of the week, but even then it really isn't worth it as there just don't seem to be enough girls here to warrant going.


NEO19. This complex one block to the east has a lot of places: LMNT, Barcode, Lava, Room18, Babe18.

Babe18 is best known for it's all-you-can-drink Sunday ladies night. My advice: avoid. This club is terribly packed, mostly dudes, loud, and has an extremely obnoxious maze required for getting a drink.

Lava: only went here on Sunday for an all you can drink night, it's also worth skipping. Has a vip area in the back with most of the girls, but even then it didn't seem that great. Might be a decent spot for the weekend but I'm not sure.

Room18: This spot is a little weird. Has two rooms, but the first one seemed to remain entirely empty. In the back there is a dancefloor, that actually is halfway decent.

LMNT: this is a free entry lounge-bar type establishment. Might be worth a drink before heading to another club if the crowd is decent.

Barcode. This is actually a fairly nice lounge that had almost no available women to talk to when I went there. Might be a nice place to bring a date, not that great to find something new.


Clubs in areas of town besides ATT4FUN and NEO19: Omni (formerly Luxy), Roxy Rocker (formerly Roxy99), Carnegies, Brass Monkey Fuxing.


Omni (formerly Luxy). This was supposedly the best club for a western guy in all of Taipei before closing down a while back. I came here on a Saturday and was not that impressed, though I might have to return. The layout suffered from a similar design as Myst, with the cramped downstairs bar being the best place to mingle. There is another bar upstairs, but it's mostly tables and didn't seem to get busy. I'll have to go back and see if it was just a bad night.

Roxy Rocker: Roxy99 was, along with Luxy, hailed as the best pickup spot in town but it is no more. It has changed locations and after going there on a Friday I will probably not return. As the name suggests it's a rock n roll themed bar. It has three different rooms, but there were just no attractive women. Literally there was maybe one girl I might have been slightly interested in. There were quite a few dorky, poorly dressed westerners here, so as usual there is no competition among other foreigners, even then probably not worth hitting if you want to pickup unless your standards are low.

Brass Monkey (at Fuxing): This place is probably the most western friendly bar in town, and is extremely easy to mingle. The crowd here is on the older side, and there will probably be nothing above a 6 here. The talent is extremely poor, but if your standards are low you could probably pick up here every time. Lots of bald white dudes, some black guys, latinos/latinas. Of the three western oriented dive type bars in Taipei (Roxy Rocker, Carnegies, and Brass monkey fuxing) this is probably the best. Has a ladies night on thursday.

Carnegies: Although the best spots for pickup have come and gone, this no good hagged-out shithole remains the same for all time. With the oldest crowd in town, and the lowest number of attractive females, this western-oriented bar is not worth going to, add to that the location is slightly out of the way. I'll give it a D- to be generous.

Other notes on nightlife: Taiwanese men are moderate cockblockers. You will get a lot of stares, and a lot of attempts to derail your interactions with women from the many beta men. I even had a few bartenders try to interrupt me. Overall, it's not that bad, but it's definitely there. It's funny because during the day Taiwanese people are very helpful and friendly. They definitely hate to see a white dude getting with their women though.

If you're here for a few weeks, I would focus mostly on online game with Tinder and Ok Cupid. It seems that a lot of women that are looking for a western man are moving to these dating apps overseas. It's getting to the point that many women in these clubs that are down for a white dude will be on Tinder anyway. One of the two girls I got from Elektro was one I met on okcupid, who ended up coming straight to my hotel at 4 in the morning. I didn't even go to the club that night. I'll call it an online notch I suppose.

Nightlife Conclusion: If you're here for a week, I'd hit Elektro on wednesday, maybe brass monkey on thursday, before heading to ATT4FUN/NEO19. Friday night pick from either Omni or Elektro, same for Saturday. Entrance fees are going to be about 30 USD to get in for places like OMNI/Myst, Elektro.


Daytime:

I've gone for some protracted walks around town and by far the hottest girls will be found in and round the Zhongxiao fuxing and zhongxiao dunhua MRT stops, and in the streets between. These are the hottest women in the whole country and will be a little on the tricky side to day game. I have had an insta-date turn into a notch, but it really seems random. This area is technically known as Daan. Every other car is a porsche, bentley, or range rover. It's very upscale.

If you have good chinese, I think daygame would be the best option in this city. Without it you're going to have do a lot of approaches. Most important thing is to look for some eye contact.

If you're looking for more responsive, though generally less attractive girls, you might want to hit the pedestrianized area around the Ximen MRT a few stops away.


Online:

Tinder and Ok Cupid. This seems to be the most fruitful with best ROI when compared to nightgame and even daygame.


Western competition and repeat girls:
Most white dudes you see around will be out of shape with terrible clothes and they just look a little disheveled. There are very few westerners here, so your competition for a girl that is into your look is so low. It seems really easy to meet up with girls a second time, because they have almost no other options. Also the MRT system is so efficient, that establishing a harem here is quite easy. It's not like southeast asia where your booty call will have to take a 90 minute taxi ride through terrible traffic that costs 7 dollars. Here it's 20 minutes to almost anywhere and costs less than a dollar.

Overall: If you're here for a month and are willing to go out a few nights a week, look decent, text a lot of girls, put in some day time approaches and put in some work every day to get a date, you can probably get into the 6-10 girl range. Perhaps a bit better, perhaps worse, but ultimately this is not a bad city, though it seems the nightlife used to be better.