Grand Courtyard — Restaurant in Da'an District

It was renovated from former National Taiwan University's professor dormitory, especially for senior professors who fled from China to Taiwan when Chiang Kai-shek KMT government retreated to Taiwan.

The building was originally designed and built by Japanese for Imperial Japan Navy Officers' Club during Japanese occupation in Taiwan.

The courtyard and its building is roughly in H shape, and the building is a beautiful wood framed structure with metal steel bar frame for roof. Current courtyard still preserves beautiful old trees.

Many famous mainland China scholars and professors, who believed in Chiang Kai-shek's dream or goal for retaking China from Communist Party's occupation and followed Chiang Kai-shek to retreat to Taiwan, alone, for "temporary staying in Taiwan" for education dedication, by leaving their kids and spouses in China. Sadly, many scholars, including History Professor Fu, Chinese Literature Professor Su, died alone in the dormitory or hospitals in Taiwan even before Taiwan KMT government implemented the more humane policy in late 1980s and opened the door to allow mainland Chinese to visit China or to return to China to see their spouses or kids who were left in...

大院子（原日本海軍招待所) 106台灣台北市大安區和平東路一段248巷10號（捷運台電大樓站） 10:00 – 20:00 (02)23697357 ➡️參觀中央建築需收清潔費100元

The large courtyard is in the alley of Heping East Road. It used to be a dormitory at National Taiwan University. It was almost a first-floor building in the Japanese Occupation era. There is also the well-known "Yin Haiguang Former Residence" nearby. Walk about 10 minutes from the MRT Taipower Building Station and take a walk. Between the alleys, especially after it rained, it was very pleasant~

The quaint buildings, combined with the medieval and modern building materials, seem to have come to an isolated fairyland. If you are interested in taking beautiful photos online, you must not miss the great spots in front of the gate. The stone walkway extends from the gate, with the glass house as the background, and it is absolutely easy to take...

The quality of food is good, and that is only the good thing about the restaurant.

The biggest problem is the bad service/environment. The male server was cold and rude when taking our order, which made some of our friends (some elders) quite uncomfortable.

The other issue is the poor environment. When using their lavatory, I could hear the staff shouting on the phone with bad language (behind the curtain of the room next to the lav). And, although the restaurant is open till 8:30pm, they turned off the music and air conditioner around 8pm. It is definitely not a good way to treat your paying customers.

Will probably not visit this...