Adelee T
June 1, 2025
Got a double bed no windows at room 521 and 522.
You might want to avoid rooms 502,503 there's a waiting bench btwn the doors of these rooms, which I sat there for more than half hour before collecting my luggage to leave (my flight was 11pm) and it faces the lift, might be noisy if big groups are waiting for lift. The admin office/receptionist is oppo 500,501, you might want to avoid that too.
Daily cleaning EXCLUDES replacing towels, water bottles, teabag. (There's a notice at the lift). If you need extra amenities or change towel pls inform recept or else I usually bring my towels to the recept when I return after 8pm to do 1on1 exchange and ask for bottled water when I need more. I prefer to change towels personally bcus it will be certained it's changed (and not old towels folded back nicely). this is my personal protocol. 😁
Room size is decent, in fact larger than I'd expect, cleaniness was ok, I stayed for 5 nights but only requested for cleaning 1x (so I would say it depends on the user quality as well!)
Staffs are very friendly, when I checked in I couldn't turn on the aircon, so I marched over to recept, he came and helped me, and so it was the remote and aircon not properly paired in the network. 5mins later I marched to recept again, tv can on but can't get channels, turns out the cable was loose 😅
Location is good, plenty of food options downstairs. There's few bus stops in front of the hotel which are much nearer than Ximen station. You might want to check for straight buses to and fro Shilin/Raohe/jiufen, esp the return journey will be less tiring minus the changing of trains (I was travelling with 2 seniors) so we try to get on a straight bus as much as possible, so lesser walking back to hotel.
This is a budget hotel btw, so pls dont bench mark against 5star hotel yaaaa...
This will be my first choice if I need to stay in Ximen!