While Islam isn’t the mainstream religion in Taiwan, don’t worry! Taiwan is absolutely a Muslim-friendly destination! In the latest 2024 Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI), Taiwan ranked 3rd among non-OIC destinations (non-Islamic Cooperation Organization countries), and 5th in 2025. Plus, Taiwan was honored with the “Most Inclusive Tourism Destination (Non-OIC)” award in 2022.
This is because Taiwan has been actively creating a Muslim-friendly tourism environment in recent years to accommodate the needs of Muslim travelers regarding prayer (salat), halal dining, and accommodation. Nowadays, you’ll find Muslim prayer rooms at major transportation hubs and tourist attractions throughout Taiwan, and finding halal food isn’t as difficult as you might think. Want to know how to find prayer rooms and halal food in Taiwan? Keep reading!
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Finding Travel Information
Islam Taiwan
Before diving into official websites with restaurant and hotel listings (which we’ll cover below), there’s one website that Muslims in Taiwan absolutely cannot miss: Islam Taiwan
This website is run by Imam Zheng Ping from the Taipei Grand Mosque. While originally intended to serve Taiwan’s local Muslim community, it’s incredibly useful for tourists too, especially since the site supports multiple languages including Chinese, Indonesian, English, and Arabic. Islam Taiwan also has organized information about halal restaurants and prayer rooms by region, so you can directly search for prayer rooms or halal restaurants in Taipei or Kaohsiung.
The website also publishes Chinese versions of Quranic information. Of course, this is meant to serve local Muslims and might not be useful for tourists, but the food scanner feature is super handy! This is especially helpful when you’re traveling and buy some food products but can’t read the ingredient labels. After all, some Taiwanese foods might be unfamiliar to us, so we wouldn’t know how they’re made or what ingredients they contain. You can upload product ingredient labels to this food scanner to check if they contain non-halal ingredients. Naturally, this is an auxiliary tool for checking products without halal certification, like local snacks or cookies. If something has a halal certification label, you’re good to go.
Salam Taiwan
Another helpful site for Muslim tourists in Taiwan is Salam Taiwan. This website is officially run by the Taiwanese government and currently supports English and Chinese. On Salam Taiwan, you can also find information about halal restaurants, prayer rooms, and accommodations throughout Taiwan. But this website is more tourist-focused, so you can also find information about attractions and places to buy souvenirs!
Compared to Islam Taiwan, this website has more tourism information. The halal map feature is particularly recommended, it marks the locations of halal restaurants, prayer rooms, halal shops, and tourist attractions on a map. However, note that the tourist attractions marked aren’t necessarily Muslim-friendly; they’re just popular hotspots. So you can use the halal map to check if there are these facilities near the attractions you want to visit, which is super convenient for tourists.
How to Find Halal Restaurants and Food
Besides the information on the two websites above, here are official Taiwan lists of halal restaurants. If the information from those two sites doesn’t satisfy you, you can also reference these lists:
Food List (Taiwan Halal Center)
Food List (Tourism Administration)
However, most of these restaurants serve international cuisine. Popular local Taiwanese restaurants, even if their food doesn’t contain non-halal ingredients, usually don’t bother applying for halal certification, making it difficult to distinguish. For tourists who want to taste authentic Taiwanese cuisine – which is such an important part of the travel experience – how should Muslim friends choose?
I have a Muslim friend from Saudi Arabia who can dine at non-halal restaurants with me, but he orders chicken or beef dishes. So if your dietary restrictions aren’t too strict, as long as you can identify the ingredients, you can still enjoy many delicious Taiwanese dishes. If your diet is very strict, then you’ll have to choose restaurants with halal certification, which limits your options considerably.
If you don’t strictly require halal-certified food, going vegetarian is actually a great approach, especially for Muslim friends who want to taste authentic Taiwanese cuisine. Taiwan actually has tons of vegetarian options because there’s quite a large vegetarian population here, and most restaurants, even if they’re not vegetarian restaurants, will have vegetarian options available. Of course, at these restaurants, they won’t have dedicated vegetarian utensils, so if that bothers you, it’s best to stick to pure vegetarian restaurants.
Taiwanese vegetarian cuisine is actually far from bland – many vegetarian dishes taste even better than meat dishes, and many restaurants specialize in creative vegetarian cuisine. Fo Guang Shan (Buddhist) Dripping Water House has multiple branches throughout Taiwan, and their signature soy milk noodles and other vegetarian dishes are absolutely delicious. Even though I’m not vegetarian, I occasionally go there to eat. And Taiwanese specialty snacks like sweet potato balls, fried foods, and braised dishes also have vegetarian versions. While these don’t have halal certification, they naturally won’t contain pork or lard, so you can enjoy authentic Taiwanese food!
In summary, aside from the classic Taiwanese dish of braised pork rice (which really can’t be eaten without pork), night market snacks like fried sweet potato balls, sesame oil chicken, and oyster omelets can still be enjoyed as long as you can identify the food ingredients.
Where Can You Pray?
Besides food, performing salat five times daily is an important part of Muslim friends’ daily lives, and of course, you’ll need to do this while traveling too. While fajr and isha can be completed at your accommodation, you’ll still need to use prayer rooms at attractions when you’re out, or go to a mosque on Fridays. But to promote Muslim-friendly tourism, Taiwan now has Muslim prayer rooms at major transportation hubs and attractions including international airports, Taipei Station, Kaohsiung Station, Hualien Station, Taichung HSR Station, thirteen national scenic areas, and highway service areas.
You can check where prayer rooms are located here:
Mosques & Prayer Rooms Location
Prayer Rooms Location
Muslim Friendly Sections at FamilyMart
Besides halal restaurants and vegetarian restaurants, convenience stores are another eating option, and they’re even cheaper (ubiquitous convenience stores are one of Taiwan’s features!). Many convenience stores have vegetarian sections, but in recent years, FamilyMart has launched a series of reforms to cater to Muslim travelers and migrant workers in Taiwan!
First, in terms of product selection, some stores have set up “Muslim-Friendly Product Sections” offering halal products certified by the Chinese Muslim Association, covering various categories including snacks, chocolate, drinks, instant noodles, and more, allowing Muslim consumers to shop with confidence. Additionally, FamilyMart has established “NO PORK Ready-to-Eat Food Areas” at about 150 stores throughout Taiwan. All foods in these areas, from bento boxes and noodles to soups, contain no pork or lard. These products are equipped with bilingual (Chinese-English) “NO PORK” labels, clearly visible on advertising posters, ready-to-eat area tags, or on machines, making it easy for customers to quickly identify pork-free options.
But not every FamilyMart has these sections, so how do we find them? You can find some on Salam Taiwan, but more stores can be found on FamilyMart’s website.
On the website, check the “無豬肉熱食友善店” (No Pork Ready-to-Eat Friendly Store) box to find these stores. Unfortunately, their English interface isn’t great, and addresses are still in Chinese. If you don’t understand Chinese, I recommend using your browser’s translation feature to search.
Another thoughtful touch is that FamilyMart has also introduced “Communication Friendly Placemats” in Southeast Asian languages, covering commonly used phrases in Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, Filipino, and more, making it easy for customers to have basic communication with store staff. The placemats are placed at the counter for customers to pick up or can be used with staff assistance.
Halal Accommodations
Besides prayer rooms in public places and halal restaurants, Taiwan also has halal-certified accommodations. These hotels provide prayer mats, qibla direction indicators, and other necessities. Some hotels also have halal breakfast options or have halal-certified restaurants on-site. You can check on Islam Taiwan or Salam Taiwan. However, not every hotel offers all services. If you want to see what specific services are available, you can check this website.
While you can find relevant information on this list or on hotels’ official websites, if you use booking sites like Booking.com, they might not always mention these details. So if you’re still worried, you can email the hotel to confirm the services they provide.
Taipei Halal Accommodation Recommendation
| Dahu Park Hotel (大湖璞旅) | Click here to book |
| Hotel Royal Beitou (台北北投老爷酒店) | Click here to book (halal restaurant and breakfast available) |
| Grand Mayfull Hotel Taipei (台北美福大饭店) | Click here to book (halal restaurant and breakfast available) |
| Fullon Taipei Central (Daan Park) (福容大饭店-台北一馆) | Click here to book |
| Fullon Hotel Taipei East (福容大饭店-台北二馆) | Click here to book (halal restaurant available) |
| Sheraton Grand Taipei Hotel (台北喜来登大饭店) | Click here to book (halal breakfast available) |
| Caesar Metro Taipei (台北凯达大饭店) | Click here to book |
Taichung Halal Accommodation Recommendation
| Boutech Wuri Village Hotel (乌日璞旅) | Click here to book |
Tainan Halal Accommodation Recommendation
| HOTEL COZZI Ximen Tainan (和逸饭店-台南西门馆) | Click here to book (halal restaurant and breakfast available) |
| Silks Place Tainan (台南晶英酒店) | Click here to book (halal restaurant and breakfast available) |
| The Place Tainan (台南老爷行旅) | Click here to book (halal restaurant and breakfast available) |
Kaohsiung Halal Accommodation Recommendation
| Fullon Hotel Kaohsiung (福容大饭店-高雄馆) | Click here to book |
| HOTEL COZZI Zhongshan Kaohsiung (和逸饭店-高雄中山馆) | Click here to book |
| Citysuites Kaohsiung Pier2 (城市商旅-高雄驳二馆) | Click here to book |
| Toongmao Hotel Kaohsiung (高雄统茂大饭店) | Click here to book |
| CU Hotel Kaohsiung (西悠巢旅-高雄车站馆) | Click here to book |
Recommended Halal Tours
Now that we’ve covered clothing, food, hotel, and transportation, arranging attractions is actually the same as regular tourism. But if you’re too lazy to arrange things yourself and want something more convenient, you can join these tours. Not only are attractions and transportation arranged, but tour guides will also arrange halal restaurants and accommodations.
Click the button to check the schedule!
Summary
Islam isn’t Taiwan’s mainstream religion, but Taiwan takes an inclusive and pluralistic attitude toward religion. Taiwan has Catholics, Buddhists, Taoists, and animistic beliefs from indigenous tribes – all these different faiths have always coexisted peacefully. And among Taiwan’s growing Southeast Asian migrant worker population, many are Muslims who can adapt to long-term life on this land. For Muslim tourists, especially those from Muslim-majority countries, visiting a country where Muslims aren’t the mainstream will be a very special cultural experience.
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