EVA Air The Garden

BR Diamond status and select bank cards are the real key to EVA Air The Garden

This lounge in T2 sits outside the usual Star Alliance rules: reports say only EVA Air Diamond members and holders of specific Taiwan bank credit cards get in, while paid business class and standard Star Alliance Gold are turned away at the door. If you just flew in on BR28 from LAX in J, you still likely end up in The Infinity or The Star, not here.

The Garden sits in Terminal 2 airside, in the same general post-security zone used by EVA’s long-haul banks to Europe and North America, so access lines up with BR’s premium departures in the 23:00–01:00 window. Flyers on UA or SQ out of T2 with *G status typically report being directed to other Star Alliance lounges instead, even when they ask about this one by name.

Details on food and drink are thin, even on FlyerTalk threads that run over 10 pages, which tells you how few people actually get in. Regulars mention that the product is separate from the Infinity and Star lounges that most EVA Air passengers see near the T2 gates for flights like BR67 to CDG or BR15 to JFK.

The key complaint online: EVA’s most loyal Diamonds and certain bank card holders receive access here, but a full-fare business ticket on a route like TPE–SFO on BR18 plus Star Alliance Gold still does not. Some FlyerTalk users call out that even *G flying in J at TPE has lower lounge priority than a local credit-card invite, which shapes expectations before you even walk toward the T2 lounge cluster.

If you do not hold EVA Air Diamond or a named Taiwan bank premium card, plan on The Infinity or The Star in Terminal 2 instead and factor in a 5–10 minute walk from central security to the main BR lounge zone. Practical move: before your trip, confirm your card’s lounge eligibility with the issuing bank in Taiwan; frontline lounge staff at TPE work off a fixed invite list and rarely make exceptions at the door.