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深夜咖啡 · Kaohsiung

Open late cafés in Kaohsiung

Coffee past 22:00, from Linsen 1st Road and Lingya Market to a weekend night shift in Yancheng.

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深夜咖啡 (shēnyè kāfēi, late-night coffee) has to compete with the night markets. Liuhe Night Market in Sinsing grew from food stalls that set up in Dagangpu in the 1950s, and Yancheng has its own, the Yanchengpu Night Market.12 The cafés that stay open late are mostly in the same downtown districts, Cianjin & Sinsing first and Lingya second.

A handful keep going past midnight. 灰。咖啡 in Lane 146 of Linsen 1st Road closes at 01:30, 老貓咖啡 in Lingya Market at 01:00, and 春福 in Yancheng at 02:00 from Friday to Sunday.

Local tip: Check the closing day before a late trip: 灰。咖啡 shuts on Wednesdays, 老貓咖啡 on Mondays and 春福 from Monday to Wednesday.

Where these cafés are: Cianjin & Sinsing (4), Lingya (3), Sanmin & Main Station (1), Museum of Fine Arts & Neiwei (1), Yancheng & Pier-2 (1).

At a glance

10Cafés listed
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07:30Earliest opening
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  • Opens earliest: MINI.D, from 07:30 (Daily 07:30–22:00).
  • Closes latest: 春福, until 02:00 (Thu 18:00–01:00 · Fri–Sun 18:00–02:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (50%), outdoor seating (40%), partial wheelchair access (30%).

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After midnight

灰。咖啡 (grey cafe) opens at 13:30, so you can arrive after dinner and stay until 01:30; it closes on Wednesdays. 老貓咖啡 works from stalls 46 and 47 of Lingya Market (苓雅市場) at Lingya 2nd Road 135, from 17:00 to 01:00, Tuesday to Sunday, with Wi-Fi.

In Yancheng, 春福 (Chhun Hok Café) in Lane 36 of Yancheng Street opens only from Thursday to Sunday, from 18:00, until 01:00 on Thursdays and 02:00 on the other three nights. In Lingya, 步道咖啡 at Zhongzheng 2nd Road 67 serves from 11:30 to 23:00 every day except Tuesday.

Until 22:00 or 23:00

Two cafés serve until 23:00: the riverbank 愛河戀手調咖啡河堤館 on Mingfu Street in Sanmin, which opens at 14:00, and 步道咖啡 (Cafe Strada) on Zhongzheng 2nd Road 67 in Lingya, closed on Tuesdays. 鼻子咖啡餐廳 (Nose Tea & Cafe) on Longshui Road follows at 22:30, except on Wednesdays.

Cafe de Menippe on Linsen 1st Road, 興趣咖啡 on Zhongzheng 3rd Road, MINI.D, a bakery café on Zili 2nd Road that also serves brunch, and 荷俚特咖啡廳 on Guanghua 1st Road all close at 22:00. For late bread, Wu Pao Chun Bakery's branch in the basement of Bo'ai 2nd Road 777 in Zuoying stays open until 22:00, or 22:30 on Fridays, Saturdays and the eves of holidays.3

The river and the markets after dark

Liuhe Night Market sells seafood, handicrafts, clothing, knives and cameras, and lies west of exits 1, 9 and 11 of Formosa Boulevard station.1 Along the Love River, the promenade has live music at night, and at Urban Spotlight by Central Park a café stage hosts local bands in the evening.4

灰。咖啡 and Cafe de Menippe are both in Cianjin & Sinsing, the same part of town as Liuhe Night Market, so a market dinner and a late coffee fit into one evening.

Getting home with a cup

Drinking is not allowed in the restricted areas of the MRT: eating, drinking, chewing gum and betel nut can bring a fine of NT$1,500 to NT$7,500, so finish your coffee before the gates.5 The Circular Light Rail, a 22.1 km loop with 38 stations, has run in full since 1 January 2024, and links Pier-2, Hamasen and the Museum of Fine Arts.6 In Yancheng alone it has five stops, among them Dayi Pier-2 and Penglai Pier-2.2

Sources

  1. Liuhe Night Market, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. 門市據點 (Store locations), Wu Pao Chun Bakery, accessed October 2026
  4. Kaohsiung, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
  5. Penalty Standards for Violations, Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation, accessed October 2026
  6. Circular light rail (Kaohsiung), Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Open late in Kaohsiung: questions

Which cafés in Kaohsiung are open after midnight?

灰。咖啡 (grey cafe) in Lane 146 of Linsen 1st Road opens 13:30–01:30 except Wednesdays. 老貓咖啡 inside Lingya Market runs 17:00–01:00, Tuesday to Sunday. 春福 in Yancheng opens Thursday to Sunday from 18:00, until 01:00 on Thursdays and 02:00 from Friday to Sunday.

Which Kaohsiung cafés are open from breakfast until 22:00?

MINI.D at Zili 2nd Road 117, which serves brunch, and 興趣咖啡 (Simtree Cafe) at Zhongzheng 3rd Road 73 both open daily from 07:30 to 22:00. For later still, 灰。咖啡 on Linsen 1st Road stays open until 01:30 except on Wednesdays, and 春福 in Yancheng until 02:00 from Friday to Sunday.

Can you take a late-night coffee onto the Kaohsiung MRT?

No. Eating, drinking and chewing gum or betel nut are banned in the restricted areas of the Kaohsiung MRT, with fines of NT$1,500 to NT$7,500, so finish your coffee before the ticket gates. The Circular Light Rail loop has run in full since 1 January 2024.

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