Yomi Hotel - Mrt Shuanglian Station

“Surprisingly good for the price”

Stayed here in a standard room for a week during my Taiwan trip. For the price per night, I’m surprised at how much you get. Large bathroom, window, 2 vanity mirrors, AC, mini fridge, free water bottles daily, etc. But what REALLY surprised me was that they offered contour pillows, which helped my … more

Stayed here in a standard room for a week during my Taiwan trip. For the price per night, I’m surprised at how much you get. Large bathroom, window, 2 vanity mirrors, AC, mini fridge, free water bottles daily, etc. But what REALLY surprised me was that they offered contour pillows, which helped my neck sleep comfortably. It’s also a 5 minute walk to the Shuangliang station. Highly recommended.

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“Interesting quirky hotel in convenient location.”

We stayed on a Thursday night, having been in Taipei for a couple of days. Check-in was friendly, but perhaps a little brusque (though that may be cultural). The great news is that there's a brand new lift installed, so we didn't have to lug our suitcases up stairs! There are 9 floors, so thi… more

We stayed on a Thursday night, having been in Taipei for a couple of days. Check-in was friendly, but perhaps a little brusque (though that may be cultural). The great news is that there's a brand new lift installed, so we didn't have to lug our suitcases up stairs! There are 9 floors, so this is a no-brainer. The king-bed rooms all face the street, so you will get some traffic noise if you have one of them, but the windows are fairly effective against it. It's just if you'd like to have some fresh air overnight, you'll also need good earplugs. We decided to move to a room at the back of the building which was much quieter, and had 2 beds! Both were clean and comfortable. Our bathroom had a single sized sauna which we found quirky for Taiwan's climate and from a space perspective. The bathtubs look more like tiled plunge pools. There's a massive TV, but there's only about 3 English channels (fair enough too btw!). We did get to watch the movie 'Along Came A Spider', so if you work at it, you can get some quality viewing in, albeit the background music seemed louder than the dialogue most of the time, but because we moved rooms, we realised this was a problem with the broadcast, not the TV. The basement is super quirky, but has some really useful features (e.g. the computer that I am currently typing this reivew on :) There's 5G wi-fi, board games, a couple of gaming consoles, dining tables and chairs and quite a few free eats and drinks (including hot chocolate!) This whitey sampled almost all of the snacks, which were very yummy, but I couldn't quite come at the 'floating brown egg soup' whose real name is braised tea eggs. Upon observation and reflection, this hotel is best suited to backpackers, and as we're nearly 60, it's time for us to leave it to the younger generation. Fun to see how the 'youth of today' live though :) P.S. As an asthmatic, the first, KING room we were given had a noticeable musty, mouldy smell and this was the reason for our move.

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