Taipei Star Beauty Resort Hotel

Oh, this...is going to be long. The staff only speaks chinese...It was really hard to communicate. Also the room we booked wasn't even available, so we got booked to another room. They called this an "upgrade" , of which we didn't even ask for. They gave us the VIP room. At first we were like "Oh, okay. That should be fine." Uh, no, it was NOT okay!! That room was absolutely nasty. It was on the top floor. It looked as if it wasn't used in decades. There was piles dust absolutely everywhere and when we asked them to clean it, the staff didn't even do it. We didn't even want to SIT on the bed let alone SLEEP in it. The walls literally changed color by the humidity and looked saggy. Whatever year this hotel was built, it seems there hasn't been a renovation since then. Sheesh. The beds were hard, sheets with some holes in them and the pillows had stains and just looked real old. There were times when there was bugs in the bathrooms and an ant infestation too. You could tell the room wasn't even prepared to have guests. The heat was unbearable when we got in since the AC wasn't even on. We had to run the AC for 3 hours before the room started cooling down. We were absolutely shocked. We couldn't even change the room since all the other ones are already booked. Oh, and there's only one elevator. It only goes until the tenth floor when there are a total of 11. We were on the 11 th floor and we had to climb up and down stairs every day from our room t'ill the tenth floor to use the elevator. It takes quite a while to wait and honestly, I rather take the stairs. The location was good. It was near convenience stores, restaurants and pharmacies and facilitates going to tourists attractions since it's not too far (by car). It has good bathrooms overall the bathtubs are nice.

We stayed 5 nights here, it was a very nice hotel. Centrally located - 5 minute walk from Shillin market, and easy to reach other parts of Taipei. The room was very comfortable.