For onlookers who pass by the intersection of Dabei and Wenlin roads in Taipei’s Shilin District, the unassuming edifice, whose façade is adorned with a giant sanitary fixture, might look at first like a bathroom supply store. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth, as this 3-story building is home to one of the city’s most bizarre themed-restaurants.

The aptly-named Modern Toilet Restaurant is entirely dedicated to something we all have in common and rarely brag about, yes! our bodily waste. Featuring a bathroom-style space, where lavatory seats are used as chairs and poop-shaped pillows and figurines add their fair share of toilet humor, this eatery is a surreal place to dine in.

Likewise, the wide plethora of Taiwanese and western-style edibles also lives up to the place’s crappy name, with all food items served in either bathtub-shaped bowls or miniature potties, and drinks appropriately provided in a mini-urinal. While the food is mediocre at best, the feces-infused vibes definitely make this culinary oddity a worthy attraction to visit.

According to founder Dao Ming Zi, the concept for the restaurant was inspired by a poop-loving robot who was featured in the manga series of Dr.Slump, where he playfully twirled a pink-hued feces with a twig. During its heyday, the Modern Toilet restaurant comprised of 19 branches across Taiwan and Hong Kong. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the chain was forced to close most of its locations, with the aforementioned restaurant left as the sole survivor in Taipei.

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark

photography by: Omri Westmark