Palais de Chine

We had a great experience with this hotel! The first people that greeted us were Ori and Andi, they were super kind and welcoming. They treated us like family! Such an excellent hotel. The only small issue we had was that the atmosphere lighting was a little bit dim. We are older and it was hard for us to see, but not a minor problem for everyone!

10/10 experience. Andy at the front desk was one of the nicest and most hospitable people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting while traveling. He truly made the stay memorable. I’d absolutely recommend this place to any of my friends and family. If you’re visiting from the United States, make sure to ask Andy for a fun fact about your state — he always has something funny, witty, and surprisingly accurate to say.

We stayed for 4 nights and booked the Executive Floor package which came with soem added benefits such as complimentary buffet breakfast, light snacks and drinks at the Lounge and discounted laundry service First off, the hotel’s location is convenient- easy access via foot bridge to Taipei Main Station. We however pre arranged the limousine service to pick us up as we had several bags and wanted to take the hassle of navigating through train station in a foreing city when we arrive. Driver arrived promptly at the arrivals area and we were at the hotel in about 45 minutes on a busy Saturday night. The hotel itself doesn’t have a grand entrance or facade from the outside which people might be expecting from a 4 or 5 star hotel. We stayed in a Prestige Deluxe King room. The room was an interesting layout - as you enter you have the cupboards on the left, bathtub on the right and then separate shower and toilet. The bathroom sink and mirror is open and is adjacent to the main living area. As others have mentioned the room is dark but we got used to it after a couple of nights. The turn down service was disappointing - beds aren’t made for turn down but a maid comes around giving out 2 small bottles of ‘tonic’ but we weren’t sure what it was. Google translate said it was a ‘chicken tonic’ Being a vegetarian I didn’t try it and neither did my partner who is not vegetarian The buffet breakfast at Le The was nice, some local delicacies, Japanese and western spread including a handful of vegetarian and vegan options although vegans may find it difficult to find something substantial. We had dinner 2 nights at Le The restaurant - simple menu and the food didn’t wow us.

My wife and I spent 4 nights at this property. Rooms are big, clean and comfortable. Staff are very helpful and service oriented. It is conveniently located next to a huge shopping mall with plenty of eateries nearby. Excellent breakfast spread! However, getting from/to the hotel from the metro proved a challenge for us! A tip: follow signs to the D1 exit once you get off the metro rail and at street level the hotel is walking distance. I am sure there may be an easier way but this tip helped us!

I stayed here twice on my last trip. The location of this hotel is excellent. Right next to the Main Train Station and a big shopping mall. With lots of interesting back streets with cafes, shops & restaurants. Breakfast was also excellent. And the staff were great. The room decor I found quite dated. But that’s just a personal thing. Some had the shower within a deep, circular bath. Which is old-fashioned. My big issue was the lightning! OMG….so many switches. It was the most confusing lighting system of any hotel I’ve ever stayed in. When you turned one off…another came on. Then when you thought you had them all turned off…a sensor would turn all the lights back on in the bathroom! Who wants to have 5 lights coming on when you stagger to the bathroom in the middle of the night! 3 x I had to get someone to come to my room to show me how to turn the lights off. In the end I had an engineer come to each room to just remove the sensor and light bulbs. Please Palais de Chine…make it simple! Put “room” or “bathroom” above a switch so you don’t have to be frustrated by turning a light off or on. A hotel room is supposed to make you feel relaxed! Lucky I had a torch with me. It was honestly easier to use that than to muck around and get annoyed at night trying to turn the lights off!