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Nighttime outdoor market featuring local street food & live performances in an energetic atmosphere.

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Rating breakdown

  • 5 ★43%
  • 4 ★33%
  • 3 ★17%
  • 2 ★4%
  • 1 ★3%

What reviewers talk about

Share of 15 recent reviews that mention each topic.

  • Waiting & crowds40%
  • Atmosphere27%
  • Price & value20%
  • Location13%
  • Cleanliness7%
No. 50號, Zhongshan Rd, Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan 970
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Quick facts

What is the rating of Dongdamen Night Market?
Dongdamen Night Market is rated 4.1 out of 5 based on 138,506 reviews.
Where is Dongdamen Night Market located?
No. 50號, Zhongshan Rd, Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan 970
What do visitors mention most about Dongdamen Night Market?
Most often: waiting & crowds, atmosphere, price & value (from 15 recent reviews).
How can I contact Dongdamen Night Market?
Phone: +886 977 690 913 · Website: instagram.com
Yu Wen Lin
My family and I enjoyed this night market very much. Open place, well set up and enough rooms for people walking around. Didn't get too stressed about getting pushed by others. We all got chances to see most of the stalls. Love it
Yi Ning
Many many stalls ranging from food to games and apparels. Best place to try out all of the different types of Taiwanese food! On 28th Feb evening, we were lucky enough to catch some fireworks from the nearby Lantern Festival event! Post dinner we took a short 10mins walk to the nearby Lantern Festival, was a really nice light lantern display!
Gabé Williams
Absolutely loved this night market! We went extremely early (basically when the night market opened), lots of food stalls and lots of games! This place is beautiful! I would highly recommend this night market to anyone!
PHYSIC BOONTEM
Hualien City Night Market. It's a very large market. There are quite a lot of shops. There are quite a variety of tourists visiting during the night. There is a recommended restaurant such as Taiwanese Fried Egg Pancake, Taiwanese style oyster omelet ,Crispy fried squid and mixed fried Taiwanese seafood. The market is in the shape of a U and has many entrances and exits.
Vic
Some interesting stalls. Grilled crocodile meat not usually found in other night market. Brave foodies can give it a try.
Night Market is different from others, non push cart style. Overall, a place worth visiting.
Wendy “FelineProf” C
We went there on a week night and it’s not crowded. Quite a number of vendors were closed though. We tried some of the local specialities but weren’t too impressed. The temperature was comfortable, and it’s nice to stroll around. The worst thing was that the local bus stopped running at around 9 pm. Even the time shown on Google was incorrect. We waited a bit but no bus came, and we walked over to another bus stop to try our luck, but that route was also done for the day. So we ended up taking a cab which wasn’t too bad.
Esther Teo
Photos were taken during a weekend. It was raining and many stalls were not open. Walk way was spacious but am disappointed that it wasn’t as popular as other night markets in Taipei.

The cooked food stall was rather expensive. Could have eating in an average restaurant for the same price. The dish was also undercooked.

However, the dessert stall at E-27 made up for it. TW50 for a bowl of their special taro ball, red and green bean with soya milk dessert.

Lots of games stalls for kids to play.
Fara
This night market is exceptional! Located within a vast park, it boasts a wide variety of stalls offering diverse cuisines. Spacious alleys ensure a comfortable visit without overcrowding. Live music adds to the vibrant atmosphere, while ample seating and clean facilities make it a fantastic experience.
Adrianto Oktavianus
I like this night market so much. This night market has a large space as the part of large park. It's a lot of stall here with so many kind of food from different theme. There are several wide alleys so that visitors can enjoy this night market without being too crowded.
Anthony Manns
Really great night market, with everything you could want. There's live music, games, drinks, and of course all the food you could possibly desire. It gets quite busy but that's a sign of quality.
Little ES
One of my favourite night market, a few live bands playing music at different section of night market, it is well layout with spacious walkway and lots of stalls. Rubbish bins are easily found as well as big sitting areas for dine in (not restricted to the stalls you buy food from). My favourite food was the crispy pancake with egg bomb and favourite drink is papaya milk (check out my pics for the stall I bought from). 2 stalls which I queued for 20 min each - grilled corn and coffin bread, not exactly to my preference but at least I tried.
Tyler Harris
If you've never been to an Asian night market before, I think you will quite like this market. If you've been to some in Vietnam or Thailand, you'll probably find this one s little lacking. There is lots of food. Tons of a food on a stick.most of it was quite tasty. I wish t here wa bit more variety. Overall pretty good and I think you will enjoy going here.
Matthias Kopeinig
Amazing night market! It's much more organised than the usual night markets in Taipei. The walking space between the shops is a lot bigger so even if it is crowded it is easy to walk around. The food selection is very good, everything that i tried tasted exceptionally! Definitely worth a visit!
Raymond
great night market! plenty of space and food/drink options available across different sections, as well as typical night market games for kids. there were several live music when i visited and the vibe was just great; people singing together, locals and tourists dancing around together and families chatting happily by the side. facilities are also well maintained and thrash bins are also available along the walkways.
OurSage Memoirs
If you are staying in the West Central area of Tainan, where all the good signature food of Tainan is located, then Dongdamen Night Market is considered quite far, unless you have a motorcycle.

For us, we took a bus to this place, and bus frequency and reliability is truly questionable I Tainan.

Dongdamen Night Market is a huge night market. The food sold in this night market, somewhat, is a bit different from other more popular night markets around Taiwan.

For example, they have the soy sauce braised duck (on site braised) which is quite good and they have the steamed glutinous rice with duck meat which is very good.

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