Grand Hi-Lai Kaohsiung — Hotel in Kaohsiung

Location is great, in the middle of town with views of the harbor, city, and guests below. Arrived via taxi onto a raised road that had one or two taxis on it and not much else. I was created by doormen that spoke probably 70% English, which is very good. Check in wad a breeze and they were super friendly. Now, the hotel is beautiful, super clean, and just breathtaking. About story 5-15 is a mall that is connected to the hotel with the rest of the stories up to 50 i think as guest rooms. The mall is no issue and is not accessable from the hotel. If the front desk agent did not tell me, i would not have known. The building is kinda shaped like an L, and the _ part is the mall. You need to swipe the key to enter a story number. Story 51 and 52 are dining and have amazinf views. My room was a two bed small room that i paid about 125$ US for. Nice bathroom and very clean room. Only thing that i did not enjoy was that the bed oddly enough was mastress, sheet to lay on, then tucked in comforter, no sheet under the comforter to lay in. Very odd. Also, to turn on the lights, your room key must be put into a little plastic pocket by the door. This was auctally a neat concept that also helped me keep track of the one key they gave me. All my American power charged fine, meaning the sockets are suited for the US standard. Breakfast started at 6:30 and is on the 51st floor. Huge buffet with all types of food. There is an omelet bar, but it is hard to talk to these very local workers. I would reccomend google translator to just talk to them or show then a translation. 8/10 for the buffet. I had a local dinner so i cannot talk about the other 4 restraunts on story 51 and 52. Overall I had a solid 9/10 experience. A 10 out of 10 if the bed was a bit better. I think it was the tallest building...

Hotel’s location is good. Walking distance to waterfront side and art pier. Few blocks away from Wenhua shopping street and plenty of restaurant options in streets around the hotel. |Staff is nice and helpful. I asked for late check out and they just could give half our later. Then I asked for gym and sauna access to be extended instead, that was no problem and they allowed me to use it after check out. Great. |Hotel is well maintained apart from the lobby level toilets. Rooms seemed to be renovated recently. Entire hotel is in classic style, not the most appealing and a bit tacky. There are many restaurants and they all look great. Well designed and beautiful decors. |The swimming pool outdoor is nice, peaceful and good for laps swimming. |Housekeeping was good. Friendly Indonesian young man who was helpful and nice. |Gym is well equipped. Pitty there is soft carpet on the floor, doesn’t work well for weight lifting sessions. Sauna a grand and great maintained. Very nice. |The sauna and gym had a lot of elderly people using it. Maybe the hotel sells membership to senior citizens. Average age was over 70 and these people all know each other. Making noise and creating an atmosphere which is not that nice for the hotel visitors. For instance in the gym when they enter they grab all the apples away first and put them in their bags. Then start taking phone calls and talk to each other loudly sitting on gym equipment in non-sports outfits. In the sauna same thing. All elderly men using the facilities like it’s their home. They were obviously not hotel guests. The hotel should limit the membership deal to...

Hotel’s location is good. Walking distance to waterfront side and art pier. Few blocks away from Wenhua shopping street and plenty of restaurant options in streets around the hotel. |Staff is nice and helpful. I asked for late check out and they just could give half our later. Then I asked for gym and sauna access to be extended instead, that was no problem and they allowed me to use it after check out. Great. |Hotel is well maintained apart from the lobby level toilets. Rooms seemed to be renovated recently. Entire hotel is in classic style, not the most appealing and a bit tacky. There are many restaurants and they all look great. Well designed and beautiful decors. |The swimming pool outdoor is nice, peaceful and good for laps swimming. |Housekeeping was good. Friendly Indonesian young man who was helpful and nice. |Gym is well equipped. Pitty there is soft carpet on the floor, doesn’t work well for weight lifting sessions. Sauna a grand and great maintained. Very nice. |The sauna and gym had a lot of elderly people using it. Maybe the hotel sells membership to senior citizens. Average age was over 70 and these people all know each other. Making noise and creating an atmosphere which is not that nice for the hotel visitors. For instance in the gym when they enter they grab all the apples away first and put them in their bags. Then start taking phone calls and talk to each other loudly sitting on gym equipment in non-sports outfits. In the sauna same thing. All elderly men using the facilities like it’s their home. They were obviously not hotel guests. The hotel should limit the membership deal to...