Nest by PUN is Bar Pun's secret second act, a reservation-only room reached through the parent bar on Lane 378 off Xinyi Road in Taipei's Da'an District. The fit-out borrows the shape of a beehive, all amber tones and honeycomb panels.
The venue took the Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award at Asia's 50 Best Bars 2024, the clearest signal of its standing. Head bartender Mason Zheng leads the program behind the counter.
The menu is the headline draw. Titled "Tales of Nest," it runs as a hexagon-shaped flipbook split into roughly ten cocktail classifications, from sour and highball to Collins, tiki, and spirit-forward, with a mocktail lane for non-drinkers.
Each drink pairs with a short written note. The cards run from amusing to poetic, framing the cocktail before it lands and giving the menu the feel of a storybook rather than a price list.
The builds reward the theme. The Yuzu-cillin reworks the modern classic Penicillin with yuzu, while the JL378 Aviation nods to the bar's lane address inside the citrus-and-violet Aviation template.
The room is small and access is controlled, so this is a booking, not a walk-in. Guests reserve and then step from the busier Bar Pun into the quieter, hushed Nest behind it.
Who would love it: cocktail enthusiasts who want an award-winning menu and a sense of theatre with each glass. Who would skip it: anyone after a casual, spontaneous round, because the room runs on reservations and a slower rhythm.
Hours run Tuesday through Saturday from 8pm until past 2am. The Da'an setting keeps it inside the city's densest cocktail cluster, easy to pair with another counter nearby.
The Lane 378 address off Section 4 of Xinyi Road sits in the heart of Da'an's cocktail belt, the same few blocks that hold several of the city's most awarded rooms. Nesting the bar inside Bar Pun gives it a layer of mystery, since guests pass through a working bar to reach the quieter space behind it.
The store-within-a-store format is the bar's defining idea. Bar Pun runs as the public face, while Nest operates as a calmer, reservation-only counter with its own menu and identity, a structure that lets the team push further on concept without disrupting the main room.
The award is more than a line on a poster. Winning the region's Best Cocktail Menu signals that the writing, the sequencing, and the drinks all hold together, which is exactly the experience the flipbook menu is built to deliver.
The classics-with-a-twist approach keeps the list accessible. The Yuzu-cillin and the JL378 Aviation give drinkers a familiar starting point before the menu's themes pull them somewhere less expected, so the room never feels like a test.
The beehive design ties the whole concept together. Amber tones and honeycomb panels turn the menu's structure into a physical space, and the result reads as considered rather than themed for its own sake.
For a first visit, book ahead and give the menu time, since the joy is in working through the categories rather than ordering a single drink. A weeknight reservation buys a calmer room and more attention from the team behind the counter.
For more in the city, see the guide to the best bars in Taipei, the best cocktail bars in Taipei, and the best speakeasies in Taipei. It belongs to the wider field of the best cocktail bars in Asia, alongside Da'an neighbours like Bar Pun in Taipei and Indulge Experimental Bistro.
Sources: Asia's 50 Best Bars · Time Out · Nest by PUN on Instagram. Editorially curated by Marcus Webb.
