The three lions on an England shirt go back to the royal arms of the twelfth century, three golden cats that became the badge a nation sings behind. A pub that takes the name in Taipei is making a promise about which games it shows and which songs it expects, and The Three Lions Inn keeps it.
The Three Lions Inn sits at No. 1 Yumen Street, inside the Maji Square market complex in the Taipei Expo Park, a short walk from Yuanshan station in the Zhongshan District. It is co-owned by the English team behind On Tap, the bar widely called Taipei's most authentic British pub, a pedigree the local guide Taipei Travel Geek flags. That guide notes the pub was built with everything British in mind and shows football and live sport religiously.
The room
The draw is the large covered beer garden, an outdoor terrace that works through Taipei's wet months because the cover keeps the rain off without sealing the air in. Inside and out the screens carry the fixtures, and the market setting gives it a looser, daytime feel than a basement sports bar. The crowd is part expat football faithful, part Maji Square wanderers who stopped for a pint and stayed for the match.
An English pub abroad lives on its cellar, and the appeal here is the bottled range, a real selection of English ales and ciders rather than the single lager most overseas pubs settle for. That is the technical detail that separates a themed bar from a proper one, and it is the reason the football crowd treats this as a home fixture. The shared ownership with On Tap shows in the cellar discipline, the same instinct for keeping a real range rather than a token import shelf. The Maji Square setting adds something On Tap cannot, room to spread out under cover, so a big tournament crowd has somewhere to stand and sing without packing a narrow bar.
What to order
Pour a bottled English ale or a cider from the range, the order that justifies the trip out to the park, then eat the bangers and mash or fish and chips that anchor the kitchen. Prices sit in the mid range for Taipei, with the extended daily happy hour, which runs to 7pm on weekdays and 6pm at the weekend, the local's edge for the early kickoff. The honest move is a cider in the beer garden for the early game and a pint of ale once the main fixture starts. The cooler weather and the cover make this an all-season terrace, the kind of outdoor room a Taipei summer usually rules out, so the pub keeps its garden trade when rivals retreat indoors. For where it sits among the city's screens, our Taipei sports bar ranking places it beside its rivals.
Who it is for
England supporters and football faithful, drinkers who want real ale over a single lager, and anyone who prefers a beer garden to a basement. It rewards a sunny afternoon kickoff. For the city's other British rooms, On Tap is its central sibling and Brass Monkey keeps the Zhongshan sports crowd.
Best time to go
Best from late afternoon through the evening, with the extended happy hour rewarding an early arrival before the marquee fixture. Aim for the beer garden on a dry day and check the calendar for the big match. Plan the wider night with our Taipei guide or the global sports bar collection.
Sources
Reporting for this profile draws on the pub's official website, the Taipei Travel Geek guide, and its My Guide Taipei listing.
