Review of Via Hotel Taipei Station 3*

We decided to stay here due to a reccomndation from a friend. Things we are looking for in a place to stay in taipei are cleanliness, amenities, price and location. Cleanliness: lobby is modern and playful, looks slightly small but it's Taipei not much different than others. Room size is small but also very clean and layout is well thought out. With a lack of a window it's would seem a little closed off except that the hotel lighted the room in a way that slightly negates it. We also came during a typhoon and afterwords the hotel looked spotless and provided excellent customer service (added plus as I don't expect any customer-service in asia). Overall for cleanliness, it's a super plus. Amenities: very close to American boutique hotels, fridge, free water and snacks in the room, lobby has microwave, big fridge for sharing, milk tea and lemon tea on tap, and coffee machine for everyone. When it was raining customer-service allowed us to borrow umbrellas. We put please clean our room magnets on the door and within a hour it was clean and taken care of (I only know this cus I left something and came back to see the cleaning in progress). Overall this is a beautiful retreat from the hustle and bustle of Taipei. Cost: we expected to pay over 120usd a night but this place came out to around 99usd night. That being said we booked through adoda and it seems we were charged more per night than the hotels own rate. We had to check in early to avoid being stranded by the typhoon, and we paid 30 dollars less a night. Book directly with them (also the city Inn 3 is right next door and their lobby is a lot bigger dunno if the rooms are bigger too but just FYI might wanna check them out too as the service seemed the same) Location: it's close to taipei main station where the metro rail and high speed rail both meet. It's great if u are the type to want to explore there's 2 close stations to the hotel and taxis always driving around. 15 mins to taipei 101 15 mins to some night markets. So I've blabbered on for a while so I'll sum it up. If I come to taiwan again, I'll be staying at the city Inn hotels. Good price, great location, amazing customer service at a price that is very good considering anything cheaper or more expensive probably won't add more value in total.