Apause Inn

Good location cleaning and hotel staff was nicely. Appreciated

The location is really superb with Taipei Main Station, many restaurants, malls and shops just within 3 mins walking distance radius. Use the Z2 exit which has lift facility at the main station. Then simply cross the road & walk towards the Macdonalds sign. Use the entrance (side road) beside Macdonalds restaurant. It took us under 5 mins to reach the inn on the 5th floor once we exited the station. We read about the complaints of long wait for the lifts but found that not to be an issue during our 4 nights stay there. Yes, there are at least another 2 inns located within the same building. As we travelled with other 2 family members, the availability of use of the lounge facilities that provided free flow of hot tea / coffee & comfortable seats & chairs, microwave oven & oven was great for simple snacks / supper together. Other amenities like 2 bottles of mineral water, bedroom slippers, shampoo, hand soap, shower gel and hair dryer are provided too. If toothbrush sets or shower caps or washing detergent are required, they can be requested or obtained from the lounge. The staff were friendly & helpful too. We were 45mins early & appreciated the early check in with a short 10mins comfortable wait at the lounge. Yes, the room is rather small. We were unable to book a bigger room except a double bed room with city view of about 20sq m. It took us a night or 2 to get use to managing our movements between 2 adults & 2 suitcases in each room. Ironing my clothes using my own travel iron has to be done at the counter beside the sink/ television. Looking at the sizes of room & the many rooms at close proximity, I would not recommend this inn for family with kid/ kids or senior travellers. It is more suitable for solo traveller or travellers of not more than 2 in a room. Read about the strong beach smell in the towels which unfortunately was true. Probably the hotel can go easy on the usage of beach. This is partly the reason I given a 4 star rating instead of 5 under cleanliness. Overall, a better than expected enjoyable stay. It’s value for money esp considering the location. Thanks too for the gift of luggage tag & luggage belt; a nice gesture. I would recommend to friends and families.

Hotel check in was done in level 5 and rooms were located in level 8. Like all Taiwan local hotels, they will only allow check in after 3pm with no exception. Check out is 11am. We were told check out from 12pm will have a penalty of 300+ ntd. The room was tiny but sufficient to walk. Pleasantly surprised that there was a window with daylight too. The toilet was small and there was no proper partition between the shower area and the toilet bowl. Location wise it's excellent, 5-10 mins walk to Taipei main station.

The windowless room is very basic but clean though it has separate bath and toilet facilities. Soundproofing quite good as I hardly hear any noise though the hotel is full. Best feature is how near it is to Exit Z4 of Taipei Main Station which links to Taoyuan Airport Train. Worst is the two lifts services multiple hotels and takes quite a while during peak hours.

pros: convenient location, with clean and tidy pantry, spacious room cons: single floor inside a building, table small for work, low floor no view

The hotel is located at a very strategic place: super near to Taipei station & suitcase friendly. The nearest exit is Z4, but since the Taipei station is so complicated, I'll suggest getting an exit to the ground first instead of searching Z4 exit underground. It will be wayyyyy easy to locate the hotel. I booked the no window room, no issue on my side, but need to be careful on setting the alarm since you won't be able to know the time by the sunlight. And, a noticeable service provided is that they will help you to keep your luggage after you checkout, so for ppl with night flight, it's super convenient to walk around before the flight. Overall, friendly staff, clean and bright space, strategic location, cheap price, nice place.