Linsen North Road · Taipei
Hidden on the second floor of Seventh Lane
A private, comfortable and quiet room — away from the noise, where the mind gets a moment’s rest.
Downstairs
Linsen North Road does not do quiet.
Hostess clubs, KTV rooms, and a street that has been selling a good night out since the 1970s. It is a wonderful street. It is a terrible place to hear what someone is saying.
7th opened in 2010 because there was nowhere on it to sit down and talk. We took the second floor, turned the lights down, and left the street where it was.
One of the few bars on Linsen North where you just drink.
林森北少數純喝酒的酒吧
On the pillar downstairs
What a quiet night actually needs.
This list has been on the menu and on the pillar by the stairs for years. It looks like a set of rules. It is really a description of what we are trying to give you.
You can hear each other
No karaoke
One glass at a time
No large draft beers
Come as you are
No dress code
You came here to slow down
No energy drinks
The list has opinions
No chocolate martini
The wall stays empty
No medals on the wall
Tonight the only sport is talking
No extreme sports
The drink matters, not the performance
No flair bartending
Nobody outranks anyone
No VIP
The bar
Classics, quietly rebuilt.
No bottles thrown, no flames, no showmanship. The drinks are built precisely and handed over without ceremony.
Tell the bartender what you like and they will make you something that is not on the list. In strawberry season it will probably have strawberries in it.
Japanese whisky & Scotch
Over hand-cut ice. The rock is the point — carved for the glass it goes into.
Whatever fruit is in season
Taiwanese, picked that day, and usually not written down anywhere.
The classics
Familiar recipes, rebuilt with better parts.
Ask for the full drinks list in the bar.
The kitchen
A proper kitchen, at two in the morning.
Not a bowl of nuts. Cocktails lead and the food follows, but it follows seriously — and it keeps going long after most kitchens in the city have closed.
チーズとナッツの盛り合わせCheese & nuts
焼きソーセージSausage
焼き餃子Fried dumplings
海鮮チーズ玉子焼きSeafood tamagoyaki
サイコロステーキDiced beef steak
ブッタネスカSpaghetti alla puttanesca
エビ入り鰹まんまShrimp cat rice
たこ焼きTakoyaki
Behind the counter
The same people, for years.
A manager and bartenders in kimono who remember what the regulars drink — and what they do not. This trade turns over quickly. This room does not.
No hostesses at your table like in Light the Night. Just cats at your table.
— a regular, who later became staff
On this street that line does a lot of work. The company here is feline, the conversation is your own, and nobody is on the clock to keep you drinking.
A room you can walk into on your own.
A great many people do. The counter exists for exactly that.
Visit
Second floor. White sign. Look up.
Hours
19:00 – 02:00
Open nightly
Minimum
NT$500
Spent on whatever you like — it is not a cover charge.
Address
2F, No. 47, Lane 119, Linsen N. Rd. Zhongshan District, Taipei 104
台北市中山區林森北路119巷47號2樓
Open in Maps →Finding it
From MRT Zhongshan, exit 2. Walk straight, turn right onto Linsen North Road, then into the lane just before the Just Sleep hotel. Among all the neon, ours is the plain white sign with a 7 on it. The stairs are narrow. We are at the top.
