City Suites-Taipei Nanxi

The room and hotel experience far exceeded my expectations! Traveling as black person can impact your treatment even if you have a very professional and friendly disposition like me. I own a technology company that led to living in Beijing. We stayed at higher end hotels in the Sanlitun area. They were small and poorly designed, etc. Somehow I thought Taiwan hotels would be similar. I was wrong. This hotel was on par with a Westin are Intercontinental room. Except my room had a patio with a table umbrella and seating. It felt like it was on the first floor because of the stones and plants. The Superior Double, bed, bathroom, and room were a very large especially for the region. The breakfast was great, well beyond a continental breakfast that you would get in Scandinavia or Europe. The eggs, and Guava juice were the highlights for me but they had a lot to offer. The staff were very professional. The older bell man was great and really set the tone for the pleasantness of the stay. When I come back to Taiwan this is most likely the hotel I will stay. It’s clear the building is old despite the upgraded facade outside which is well done as well as the early 2000’s western interior design. There are imperfections but you simply won’t beat the combination of comfort, space, water pressure, breakfast, professionalism, location, fast WiFi, at the very competitive prices. In general Taiwan hotels have a great value to cost ratio but this was better IMHO. Oh yea, on the coffee table was a free bottle of wine and a gift box with several high-end toiletry brands. 8.8/10

Jeremy