Comfy Hotel at a Superb Location!
2020-03-01
Booked 3 nights here in a Elite Twin room and was allocated a room on the highest floor, room 801. Happy with its size of 23sqm, however, the bathroom area seemed a little too small for comfort. Both window black out shades & internal sound proofing are very good as our room was right next to the elevator but we heard nothing at all! Twin beds were soft enough, pillows comes in both harder & softer versions, very thoughtful & comfy indeed!!! Room has a safe, water kettle, free coffee & tea. TV was the Sony brand, huge and has more than enough channels to keep you occupied, think maybe some 50 or so channels? A few are in English, too. Breakfast at the basement was from 7am daily, held in a cosy but very classy environment. Both food choices & food quality are pretty good for a Hotel of this price range, felt we have got our money's worth. Location, could not be any more central as you are literally surrounded by lots of eateries and a shopping mall, Shinkong Mitsukoshi department store. It even has a small supermarket and food court! The MRT subway is about a 6-8 mins walk while the Taoyuan Airport MRT station, an easy 7-8 mins walk. The High Speed rail station is also inside Taipei Station, hence, an easy 8-10 mins walk to this Hotel. A very good service provided at this Hotel is the list of famous Taiwan gifts available for sale with no transport costs added. Food like the famed Chia Te Pineapple Cakes can easily be ordered from Reception and picked up the very next day - saves you a long MRT ride and possibly, a queue for this delicacy. So be sure to order your Chia Te Pineapple Cakes early! Shortfalls of staying here are - our Elite Twin was facing the road, external sound proofing was good but not perfect for light sleepers like me. The bathroom being too small, has not enough space for you to hang clothes and lastly, there is only ONE mirror in the bathroom though there is a small, portable table top mirror for putting on make up (would prefer a longer and bigger mirror in the bedroom area though). Overall, after staying at many hotels in the same central area, this is one Hotel we would not mind returning to, again & again.