These are twenty places to eat at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭) and in Yuchi (魚池), the township around it, five in each price band. To choose them we read what Taiwanese diners write in Chinese on Google Maps and iFoodie and in Taiwan's food press, not just English reviews, which mostly come from visitors. We checked each one against its own menu or the latest prices we could find, and left out places with weak recent reviews. Google ratings are as of November 2026.
The lake has two kinds of eating. The top two price bands are almost all hotel dining rooms in Shuishe (水社) and on the Hanbi peninsula, where Taiwanese families come for a lakeview dinner on a weekend away. Everything else is local: Taiwanese and Thao-style set menus in Shuishe and Ita Thao (伊達邵), the Thao village on the far shore, and snack stalls along its old street. Look out for president fish (總統魚) and the small qili fish (奇力魚) from the lake, crispy lake shrimp, rice cooked in bamboo, dishes made with 刺蔥 (Thao prickly ash), and black tea from Yuchi in everything from eggs to braised pork.
Prices are per person for a normal meal without drinks:
- $$$$ Fine dining: over NT$2,000
- $$$ A good night out: NT$700 to 2,000
- $$ Sit-down favorites: NT$250 to 700
- $ Cheap eats: under NT$250
Good to know: most local restaurants close by 20:00 or 20:30, and many shut one or two days midweek, so plan dinner before you go. Hotel prices add a 10% service charge. The boats stop at 17:00 and bus 6669 round the lake runs only until early evening, so if you eat late on the far shore, book a taxi back. → Getting to Sun Moon Lake from Taichung · The lake boats
$$$$ Fine dining: over NT$2,000
The lake's big hotels run its most ambitious kitchens, and they are open to diners who are not staying. All five need a booking. We found no independent restaurant at the lake in this price band.
KEN CAN by Ken Chan (KEN CAN 中餐廳)
A Cantonese restaurant inside the Fleur de Chine hotel, named for Chan Wai Keung (陳偉強), the chef of Le Palais (頤宮) in Taipei, who runs the menu. Dinner is a set menu at one of three prices, with a vegetarian set too, and the hotel puts local produce through classic Cantonese cooking. Water and Yuchi's Ruby black tea are poured all evening for a small charge.
- Price Dinner set menus NT$2,980, NT$3,980 or NT$5,980 plus 10%; vegetarian set NT$2,980 plus 10%; tea and water NT$120 a person (Fleur de Chine, November 2026). Lunch only for large group bookings
- Address 2F, Fleur de Chine Hotel, 23 Zhongzheng Road, Yuchi
- Hours Dinner daily 18:00 to 21:00
- Book Phone 049-221-2926, at least three days ahead. Smart casual, closed shoes
- Getting there About 500 meters along Route 21A from where the main road reaches the lake (the hotel's directions): walk or a short taxi from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating 4.9 from 1,633 reviews
Sun Moon Garden (日月軒)
The Cantonese dining room at Grand Hilai Sun Moon Lake (漢來日月行館), the 93-room hotel at the top of the Hanbi peninsula, with lake views from the second floor. The hotel pitches it as Cantonese cooking in the style of a state banquet: plated classics made with seasonal produce, with tea and wine to match.
- Price NT$3,980 plus 10% a person (Grand Hilai, November 2026)
- Address 2F, Grand Hilai Sun Moon Lake, 139 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Dinner daily 17:00 to 21:30
- Book Phone 049-221-2188
- Getting there Also on the Hanbi peninsula: walk or a short taxi from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating 4.7 from 12 reviews, listed inside the hotel; the hotel opened in late 2024
The Lalu Japanese Restaurant (九重花間)
The Lalu (涵碧樓), on the Hanbi peninsula above Shuishe, has three restaurants on its seventh floor. The Japanese one serves modern kaiseki and teppanyaki at dinner and teppanyaki sets at lunch, with seasonal menus.
- Price Kaiseki set NT$2,800 plus 10%; dinner teppanyaki NT$3,600 plus 10%; lunch teppanyaki NT$1,800 plus 10% (The Lalu, April 2025). Check the current price when you book
- Address 7F, The Lalu, 142 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Wednesday to Sunday, teppanyaki lunch 11:30 to 14:00, kaiseki and teppanyaki dinner 17:30 to 21:30; closed Monday and Tuesday
- Book Phone the dining line, 049-285-6577
- Getting there About 15 minutes on foot from the Shuishe bus stop (The Lalu)
- Google rating 4.7 from 238 reviews
Sky Lounge at Fleur de Chine (雲月舫)
An open-air dining terrace on the eleventh floor of Fleur de Chine, 50 meters above the water, with a view across most of the lake. Dinner is a single set menu for only 30 diners a night, built on Nantou produce: Yuchi shiitake and Ruby chicken, Puli water bamboo and greens, with the grill and a fruit dessert to finish. It is rated 4.4 on TripAdvisor's Chinese site.
- Price Dinner NT$2,980 plus 10% a person (Fleur de Chine, November 2026)
- Address 11F, Fleur de Chine Hotel, 23 Zhongzheng Road, Yuchi
- Hours Dinner seatings at 17:00 and 19:30; late-night drinks and snacks 21:30 to 23:30
- Book Phone 049-221-2926 or online through TableCheck, by 17:00 the day before. Over-10s only; fully outdoors, so it can close or move indoors in bad weather
- Getting there As KEN CAN: walk or a short taxi from Shuishe
- Google rating 4.9 from 1,088 reviews
The Seasons (四季)
Grand Hilai's Western restaurant runs dinner as half fine dining, half buffet: plated courses served at the table, with a seafood bar and local produce on the side, and wine pairing if you want it. It is the place for a long, relaxed dinner rather than a quick meal.
- Price Dinner NT$3,980 plus 10% for adults, NT$1,990 plus 10% for children 6 to 11 (Grand Hilai, November 2026)
- Address 2F, Grand Hilai Sun Moon Lake, 139 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Breakfast 07:00 to 11:00, dinner 17:00 to 21:30
- Book Phone 049-221-2188
- Getting there On the Hanbi peninsula: walk or a short taxi from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating 4.3 from 12 reviews, listed inside the hotel; the hotel opened in late 2024
$$$ A good night out: NT$700 to 2,000
The same hotels, at lunch, at the buffet or à la carte, plus a Cantonese room in Ita Thao. Book ahead for weekends.
Oriental Brasserie (東方餐廳)
The Lalu's all-day restaurant on the seventh floor, with big windows over the lake. It mixes Chinese and Western cooking with local produce, and its lunch set and weekend buffet are the easiest way to eat at The Lalu without staying. There is a buffet afternoon tea too.
- Price Lunch set or weekend buffet NT$1,580 plus 10% (The Lalu, April 2025); iFoodie diners put the average at about NT$1,500
- Address 7F, The Lalu, 142 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Daily: breakfast 07:00 to 10:30, lunch 11:30 to 14:00, buffet afternoon tea 14:30 to 17:00, dinner 18:00 to 22:00
- Book Phone the dining line, 049-285-6577
- Getting there About 15 minutes on foot from the Shuishe bus stop (The Lalu)
- Google rating 4.1 from 1,636 reviews
The Lake View Chinese Restaurant (湖光軒)
The Lalu's Chinese restaurant, also on the seventh floor, cooks Cantonese and Shanghainese food with Taiwanese touches and local produce. Dishes it is known for include Dongpo pork braised in aged Shaoxing sauce, osmanthus rice cake and flaky pork pastries. Order à la carte and share.
- Price À la carte; the signature duck served four ways was NT$2,980 plus 10% for the table (The Lalu, April 2025)
- Address 7F, The Lalu, 142 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Daily 11:30 to 15:00 and 17:30 to 21:30
- Book Phone the dining line, 049-285-6577
- Getting there About 15 minutes on foot from the Shuishe bus stop (The Lalu)
- Google rating 4.3 from 288 reviews
Shao Chinese Restaurant (邵中餐廳)
The Chinese restaurant at the Wyndham Sun Moon Lake hotel in Ita Thao, cooking mainly Cantonese with some creative Chinese dishes. Taiwanese diners give it high marks for careful cooking and friendly service; a few find the room noisy and the set menus slow.
- Price À la carte from NT$180, set menus from NT$1,680, plus 10% (Wyndham Sun Moon Lake, November 2026)
- Address 2F, Wyndham Sun Moon Lake, 312 Zhongzheng Road, Yuchi
- Hours Lunch daily 12:00 to 14:30; dinner 18:00 to 21:00 on weekdays, 17:30 to 21:00 at weekends and on holidays
- Book Phone 049-285-0085 (ext. 8620), or online through inline
- Getting there Boat to Ita Thao Pier, or bus 6669 to Ita Thao, then walk
- Google rating No listing of its own; the Wyndham is 4.5 from 2,723 reviews
Dan Tong (丹彤)
Fleur de Chine's buffet, with five open kitchens and a station for Cantonese dim sum. It seats more than 300, and it has nearly 500 reviews on TripAdvisor's Chinese site, far more than most places at the lake. Until 30 November 2026 dinner adds crab, including garlic sand crab from the teppanyaki station.
- Price Dinner NT$1,680 plus 10% for adults, NT$980 plus 10% for children; breakfast NT$980 plus 10% (Fleur de Chine, November 2026)
- Address 2F, Fleur de Chine Hotel, 23 Zhongzheng Road, Yuchi
- Hours Breakfast 07:00 to 12:00; dinner seatings 17:00 to 19:00 and 19:30 to 21:30
- Book Phone 049-221-2926
- Getting there Walk or a short taxi from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating 4.7 from 1,965 reviews
Sky Lounge at Grand Hilai (星空酒廊)
Grand Hilai's lounge, which the hotel calls the highest restaurant at Sun Moon Lake, serves light meals at lunch, afternoon tea, and cocktails and late-night snacks after dark. It is a way to have the hotel's view from the top of the Hanbi peninsula for much less than dinner downstairs.
- Price Minimum spend NT$680 plus 10% a person at lunch or afternoon tea; one cocktail at night (Grand Hilai, November 2026)
- Address Grand Hilai Sun Moon Lake, 139 Zhongxing Road, Yuchi
- Hours Lunch 11:00 to 14:00, afternoon tea 14:00 to 17:00, late night 20:00 to 23:00 (to midnight Friday to Sunday)
- Book Phone 049-221-2188
- Getting there On the Hanbi peninsula: walk or a short taxi from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating No listing of its own; the hotel is 4.7 from 926 reviews
$$ Sit-down favorites: NT$250 to 700
Where most Taiwanese visitors actually eat: shared set menus of local fish, mountain vegetables and Thao dishes, priced by the size of your group. Prices per person drop as the group gets bigger.
Lusihan (麓司岸餐坊)
Chef Ah-Sheng (阿聖師) is Thao and cooked in star-rated hotels before coming home to Ita Thao, and his restaurant mixes Thao ingredients with hotel technique. The set menus bring steamed lake fish, fruit salad with sticky rice in bamboo, mountain pork on a clay plate, a 刺蔥 omelet and fried banana rolls for dessert. It has more than 6,000 Google reviews, the most of any place on this page; Chinese-language reviewers praise the staff who explain each dish and the bamboo rice, and a few find some dishes ordinary.
- Price Set menus NT$1,000 for 2 to 3 people, NT$2,800 for 5 to 7, NT$4,000 to NT$5,800 for 10, plus a 10% service charge (Lusihan menu, 2025)
- Address 108 Wenhua Street, Ita Thao. A second branch is at 77-1 Yiyong Street
- Hours 11:30 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 20:30; closed Tuesday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Book Online from lusihan.com.tw, or phone 049-285-0451
- Getting there Boat to Ita Thao Pier, or bus 6669 to Ita Thao, then walk
- Google rating 4.7 from 6,110 reviews
Ah Feng Shih Restaurant (阿豐師餐廳)
Chef Lin He-feng (林禾豐) won a gold chef's hat in Taiwan's food safety agency awards for cooks, and his restaurant in a lane near Longfeng Temple serves creative Taiwanese banquet dishes with careful plating. The dish to order is Dongpo pork braised with Puli red sugarcane and Yuchi black tea. Locals praise the presentation and the easy parking; a few reviewers find the pork too mild and the prices high.
- Price Set menu for 10, ten dishes, NT$5,280 (TVBS, September 2025); dishes from about NT$120 to NT$380 (NOWnews, 2022)
- Address 2-6, Lane 406, Zhongshan Road, Shuishe
- Hours 11:00 to 14:30 and 17:00 to 19:30; closed Tuesday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Book Phone 049-285-5005
- Getting there In Shuishe, under 1 kilometer from the bus stop: walk or a short taxi
- Google rating 4.5 from 3,280 reviews
Riyue Restaurant (日月餐坊)
A Taiwanese restaurant in Shuishe run by a husband and wife. The set menus and dishes lean on local produce and Thao flavors: salt pork on a clay plate, a 刺蔥 egg roll, millet rice in bamboo and tea-smoked chicken. Reviewers in Chinese call it good value for a tourist area; book, because it fills up at mealtimes.
- Price About NT$400 a person on average (iFoodie)
- Address 211-1 Zhongshan Road, Shuishe
- Hours 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00; closed Wednesday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Book Phone 049-285-6806
- Getting there A short walk from the Shuishe bus stop
- Google rating 4.3 from 2,012 reviews
Thao Chief Yuan's Kitchen (邵族頭目袁家美食)
A family restaurant on the Ita Thao old street run by a Thao chief's family, handed down from the grandfather, with a pounding stone used in Thao rituals kept inside. Order the lake fish, president fish or qili fish, with crispy lake shrimp, bamboo rice and a 刺蔥 omelet. Reviewers like the clearly posted prices and dishes matched to the size of your group, with free refills of rice and soup.
- Price About NT$250 a person on average (iFoodie, few reviews); dishes are priced one by one
- Address 97-1 Yiyong Street, Ita Thao
- Hours 11:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 20:00, all day at weekends; closed Wednesday and Thursday (Google Maps, November 2026). Older listings give different days, so check before you go
- Book Phone 0919-736-383
- Getting there Boat to Ita Thao Pier, or bus 6669 to Ita Thao, then walk
- Google rating 4.4 from 1,274 reviews
Hilltop Glass House (山頂玻璃屋私房菜)
A no-menu restaurant in glass-walled rooms on a hill above Toushe (頭社), south of the lake, with views over the valley and forest. The cooking is Jiangsu-style: the owner decides the dishes for your group, one recent review describes seven dishes, a soup and fruit for four. Reviewers single out the lion's head meatballs, the sesame-oil omelet and the view, and say book ahead.
- Price NT$600 a person for two, NT$500 a person for three or more (TVBS, September 2025)
- Address 106-1 Pinghe Lane, Toushe Village, Yuchi
- Hours Daily 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00 (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Book Phone 0936-050-526
- Getting there Taxi from Shuishe
- Google rating 4.5 from 1,374 reviews
$ Cheap eats: under NT$250
Snacks by the piers and in Ita Thao, and two lunch counters in Yuchi town where people who live here eat. Bring cash.
Golden Basin Grandma's Tea Eggs (金盆阿嬤香菇茶葉蛋)
One of the lake's best-known snacks: eggs simmered slowly with Sun Moon Lake black tea and Puli shiitake mushrooms, sold from the pots by Xuanguang Temple Pier. Buy an egg and a mushroom while you wait for the next boat.
- Price NT$15 an egg (TVBS, September 2025)
- Address 338 Zhongzheng Road, by Xuanguang Temple Pier
- Hours Daily 09:30 to 17:00
- Getting there Boat to Xuanguang Temple Pier, or bus 6669 to Xuanguang Temple
- Google rating 4.2 from 3,215 reviews
Dong Dong Gua Bao (東東刈包)
A stall on the Ita Thao old street with a queue for its gua bao: braised pork belly in a steamed bun, or the house version with a slab of braised tofu, plus pickled greens and coriander. Locals like how well the tofu soaks up the braise; some find it salty.
- Price About NT$70 a bun (diner reports, 2026)
- Address 111 Yiyong Street, Ita Thao
- Hours 10:30 to 18:00, until sold out, Friday to Monday; closed Tuesday to Thursday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Getting there Boat to Ita Thao Pier, or bus 6669 to Ita Thao, then walk
- Google rating 4.4 from 863 reviews
Nian Ji Cabbage Buns (年記做不復賣香菇高麗菜包)
An Ita Thao snack with a queue most days: a big fried bun filled with cabbage, shiitake and glass noodles, sold by an owner known for his jokes. Reviews are split. Fans love the crisp skin and sweet cabbage; others find it oily and short on mushroom. Share one.
- Price NT$60 a bun (TVBS, September 2025)
- Address 95 Wenhua Street, Ita Thao
- Hours 09:30 to 18:00, to 19:00 on Saturday and Sunday; closed Wednesday and Thursday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Getting there Boat to Ita Thao Pier, or bus 6669 to Ita Thao, then walk
- Google rating 3.8 from 1,931 reviews
Guoyan Xiaochi (國宴小吃 肉燥曾)
A plain local shop on the main street of Yuchi town, away from the tourist crowds. The minced pork rice, duck rice, mixed noodles and braised side dishes are the orders; reviewers call it cheap and good, if a little sweet.
- Price About NT$100 a person on average (iFoodie)
- Address 336 Yuchi Street, Yuchi town
- Hours 11:30 to 21:00 (from 11:00 at weekends); closed Wednesday and Thursday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Getting there Bus 6670 to the Yuchi (魚池) stop, two stops before Sun Moon Lake, then walk
- Google rating 4.2 from 436 reviews
Yuchi Taiwanese Snacks (魚池鄉台灣小吃)
A busy shop by Yuchi's market, known for Nantou yi mian noodles, stinky tofu, red-yeast fried pork and braised pork rice. Locals come for the old-style flavors and the prices; the room has no air conditioning.
- Price About NT$100 a person on average (iFoodie)
- Address 2, Lane 354, Yuchi Street, Yuchi town
- Hours 11:30 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 20:00; closed Tuesday (Google Maps, November 2026)
- Getting there Bus 6670 to the Yuchi (魚池) stop, then walk
- Google rating 4.0 from 861 reviews
Also worth knowing
These came close: Ah Bo Tea Eggs (阿伯茶葉蛋) by Shuishe Pier for tea eggs and braised shiitake without the boat ride, and Xinshanwei (日月潭新山味邵族風味餐廳) in Shuishe for Thao-style set menus. On the Ita Thao old street you will see millet wine (小米酒) for sale at every other stall. It tastes sweet and mild, but it is still alcohol, so skip it if you are cycling or riding a scooter round the lake. For tea, the old tea factories round Yuchi are covered in things to do at Sun Moon Lake, and if you stay the night, where to stay at Sun Moon Lake covers the hotels behind the top two bands. Back in the city, see the 20 best restaurants in Taichung.
Sources
Checked November 2026. Ratings, review counts, addresses and opening times shown by Google Maps (Traditional Chinese) for each restaurant on 3 November 2026. Hotel restaurants, hours and prices from the hotels: Fleur de Chine's dining pages (KEN CAN, Sky Lounge, Dan Tong) and Sky Lounge booking page; Grand Hilai's dining page; The Lalu's dining pages for hours, and its April 2025 travel fair order form for meal prices; Wyndham Sun Moon Lake for Shao Chinese Restaurant. The Lalu's Japanese restaurant name from ETtoday (March 2026); Lake View Chinese Restaurant dishes from Commercial Times (January 2023). Local restaurants: Lusihan's menu (2025) and story; TVBS Supertaste (September 2025) for Ah Feng Shih, the Hilltop Glass House, the tea eggs and Nian Ji; NOWnews (October 2022) on Ah Feng Shih's chef and dishes; Storm Media (2023) on Thao Chief Yuan's Kitchen and Riyue Restaurant; OKGO on Riyue Restaurant; iFoodie's Yuchi listings for average spend. Bus stops from the Taiwan Tourist Shuttle Sun Moon Lake Line page; walking time to The Lalu from the hotel. TripAdvisor's English site would not load for us; on its Chinese site the lake's reviewed restaurants are almost all in hotels, and Google Maps, where Taiwanese diners review in Chinese, carries far more.