Solo score 3 out of 5: Fine soloMultiple sources agree · checked 2026-10
Yaoyue Teahouse
邀月茶坊 · show this name to taxi drivers
Maokong's best-known teahouse, open 24 hours, with wooden terraces in the woods and night views over Taipei. You brew Taiwanese tea yourself at your table and can add snacks such as tea-flavored sausages. It works alone, but tea comes by the pack, which is meant for several people.
At a glance for one
Minimum
Tea fee per person when you brew tea
Hours
Open 24 hours
Open 24 hours every day. Hot meals are not served at all hours, and the tea fee per person is higher in the evening and overnight.
Details can change. Check on site before you rely on hours, prices or payment.
How to order, step by step
- From Maokong Gondola Station, take bus S10, BR15 or the Maokong Left Line to the Maokong (Xiao Tiankong Trail) stop, then walk about 3 minutes. Walking all the way takes 20-25 minutes on narrow roads with no sidewalk
- Choose a seat on the terraces, then order tea and food
- To brew tea, you pay a tea fee for each person, which changes with the time of day, plus one pack of tea leaves. A pack is enough for several people, and you can take the leftover leaves home
- Add a snack or a small dish such as Tieguanyin sausages or tea-oil fried rice if you're hungry. Hot meals are not served at all hours
- The gondola stops at 21:00 on weekdays and 22:00 on weekends and holidays. After that, go down by bus or taxi. Check the timetable before you go back
What to order solo: One pack of Baozhong or Tieguanyin to brew yourself, plus a small snack. Take home whatever leaves are left.
Best time to go alone: Late afternoon into dusk, so you see the view change and can still catch the gondola down.
Before you go
How to sit down for tea alone at a Taiwanese tea house in Maokong or Jiufen. The three ways tea houses charge, which are cheapest for one person, how to brew your own pot, and how to get up to Maokong by gondola.
Read: Taiwanese tea houses on your own →Getting there
MRT: Maokong Gondola, Maokong Station, then bus S10, BR15 or the Maokong Left Line to the Maokong (Xiao Tiankong Trail) stop and about 3 min on foot. Walking from the station takes 20-25 minutes on narrow roads with no sidewalk.
No. 6, Ln. 40, Sec. 3, Zhinan Rd., Wenshan Dist., Taipei City
臺北市文山區指南路三段40巷6號
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Sources & checks
Multiple sources agree · 2026-10
- Shop's website (yytea.com.tw)
- Official visitor information (recreational-agriculture.gov.taipei)
- News report (travel.ettoday.net)
- Supertaste by TVBS (supertaste.tvbs.com.tw)
No sponsorship disclosed in the sources we checked.
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