While there was a feeling that the hotel was understaffed, the staff was courteous and the room was lovely. We felt as if we had stepped back in time while staying at this hotel.

Just as beautiful as the pictures. Felt like royalty. Nice to have free breakfast for the price. Will stay again!

Beautiful area. The river walk was breathtaking, and the pool was so relaxing. Rooms are spacious and very nice, fully recommend.

Maintained well, super friendly staff

The architecture is the main draw for a westerner. Beyond that, its okay. The rooms are very large; beds very hard; breakfast buffet a bit pricey compared to outside but youre paying for the convenience and food was reasonably good. Location/distance is not bad despite looking far away on a map. Uber easy to be had. Overall, interesting to try and a nice, quiet place, but probably wouldnt stay twice.

Cool building, pool was great, nice access to the lake and trails

Not good for first time travelers

Very nice stay at the grand hotel. We booked a room with lake view and truly enjoyed the balcony. The beautiful lake is accessible through a board walk behind the hotel. Make sure to get to the top of Zhongxing tower for amazing view.

It’s an example of an Old World Hotel, the room was very large with great views. However you could see that just enough money was being spent on the place to keep it going. It smelt old and musty, fixtures were broken. The breakfast was of poor to average quality, and if you wanted to have a coffee in the coffee shop there was a minimum spend per person that was way more than a coffee!! The major issue is the location, you need a 20-30 minute taxi ride every time you want to go to Kaohsiung, as there is nowhere to eat close to the hotel.

Its a very nice hotel with character but its old. You get the antique furniture and historical vibe. The beds are extremely hard to sleep on. The worst part is the lack of sound proof, they need to fix the patio doors, its so loud and you hear the doors opening and closing. Cant sleep due to hearing all the noise from everywhere! POOL is huge. Buffet was okay.