Xiulan Restaurant — Restaurant in Da'an District

As an American living in Taiwan for 3 years, This place is by far the worst value for what you're paying for.

I paid around 120 USD. Over 3800NT.

Let's start by saying that this place is pretty dirty. It's fine, many Taiwan places are dirty. But for 3800+NT, you expect 3800 cleanliness.

We had 5 main meal plates and 2 side dishes.

The first thing that came was the Stir fried shredded beef with scallions. It was 95% scallions and 5% meat. The plate was the tiniest plate you have ever seen in your life. Comedically small. And the food did not fill the plate.

The rest of the dishes came in the same fashion. Tiny tiny bowls and plates with high prices with low quality food.

That segway to the next topic. The food was so disgusting that we didn't finished the food. So it's sorta a good thing we didn't have to waste more food.

The service was bad too considering they charged you a 10% service fee. The food took incredibly long to get to us. We asked for the fried rice to come first/fast because the kids were hungry and it came last. And the amount of attitude that everyone gave was offensive. I would have given it a 2 star for the service if they didn't charge a service fee. Do better.

Basically this place is nothing but a tourist trap. It's almost criminal how much they charge for the quality and amount of food they offer.

Do yourself a favor. Don't come here. Not even as a tourist. This is not a good representative of what...

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