The purpose of this study was to evaluate the service quality and the effectiveness of management performance of recreational facilities of Buluowan Recreational Area in Taroko National Park by the method of Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE). The performance of Buluowan was assessed by data collected from in-depth interviews of managers, physical environment investigation, on-site participant observation and visitors questionnaire. The study results showed that performance of the environmental planning, landscape design, services and managements of Buluowan was very satisfactory, especially the interpretation services and public facilities. The study concluded that the POE is feasibility to evaluate the performance of national park services and managements, and evaluation results are helpful to establish the strategies to improve the management. Hence the government should establish a POE model and continue periodical evaluating the effectiveness of management performance of recreation area for improving national park service quality.