Songshan District, Taipei City｜Hai Di Lao Qingcheng Branch

I love to eat here alone. I come here often usually Fridays and Saturdays. I do not recommend coming on those days as the queue will be atleast an hour. I moved to Taipei last month from a small country in East Africa so I don't know how to enter the queue but it's fine because I don't mind waiting. The staff at this place are so friendly and they did their best to attend to me even though I don't speak a word of chinese which is my own fault. I think the food is reasonably priced, it is about $1500 a person for a full dinner. I tend to order half portion 2 different meats usually beef and lamb slices, green leafy vegetable platter, mushroom platter and 1 egg. I would say this a good order for one person but if you are multiple people, you would want to order more. I wish to try new things on the menu but I'm quite shy because I don't know what bean curd or duck blood is. I've been to Haidilao all over the world, Hawaii, Thailand, South Africa, England, Vietnam, Malaysia and Japan - and I noticed there's much more options in the UK and Hawaii menu which is so surprising. I hoped Taiwan would have better more variable food options 🥺🥺 there is no dumplings here actually the staff kindly makes it for me, they do not have matcha tea, there's no lobster either. I do not like pork but if you enjoy pork they have so many options for you including pig brain. The beef is good enough to eat raw despite being frozen and I am happy for that. I like that they have free ice cream and also you can do your nails. That's so interesting.

The service is excellent, explains every detail of soup, how to order, drink, and facilities. It is better to bring your family here so you can order more foods n vegetables. The ice cream is haagen dazs. However the drink is not free, 50nt for unlimited tea/person. The additional sauce also 50nt per person. My score will be 8/10. The best soup is Mala beef soup.

Always good taste and they open until late night. Very good choice after other restaurants are closed. Variety food for selection. Recommend belt noodles and beef. Seafood is fresh as well. The service is excellent as all known. They even have their own beer.