New California Hotel — Hotel in New Taipei

Stayed here four times, and experienced several different rooms. There is something uniquely charming about this place that keeps bringing me back! Is it the river views or the birds chirping in the morning or the excellent nearby hiking? ||PROS: Walk to Mt Hemeishan, just across the charming old pedestrian suspension bridge over the river. Nice dining options on the river, or eat local food nearby or over the bridge in Bitan. It's convenient if flying to/from USA, as the hotel is 60-75 minutes on #1968 bus ($135) or Uber (circa 900-1300, depends on traffic and time of day) to/from Taoyuan international airport. Bus stop is 50m from the hotel.||Some rooms have great river views; advance booking of those rooms is essential, especially on weekends. The breakfast room is nice with good river views and there is enough variety at the modest buffet. It feels like you're in the countryside when you stay here -- yet you can walk across the street and hop on the MRT anytime to head into central Taipei. Weekday rates are cheaper and the atmosphere more relaxed when less crowded. I've met an older Taiwanese couple living in Europe who keep returning here as well. Bathrooms have nice showers and all rooms have good amenities for making tea and coffee. Management is extremely kind and friendly, and eager to ensure you have a pleasant stay. Views are best on seventh floor. ||CONS: The housekeeping is not top-notch, but it's typical of a hotel that serves a lot of guests transiting to/from an airport. Occasional mainland Chinese tour groups do the usual annoying forbidden things like smoke in the rooms or burn cigarette stains in the carpets or talk loudly in the hallways; occasionally you'll also note some peeling wallpaper and small rips in the otherwise very...

Dear All,|Stayed in New California Hotel on a shirt business trip for 3 nights. The hotel is located in the Bitan Scenic area and next to Xindian Bus and MTR station.|Tips: Once you get down at Taoyuan Airport, buy a SIM card which is available for 300 NT dollars with unlimited data and limited calling .You get 3 plus 1 day free.|The service is excellent through out the city.|2. Buy an Easy card which is common for the Metro, Airport Metro and the Bus. If you are staying for 3 or 4 days , you can charge is with 600 NT dollars. 100 they will deduct for issuing the card.|3. Down load Taipei Metro App|Whole of Taipei city is very well connected by the various color coded metros and nice city buses.|They even have a sky bus 1968 from Xindian Bus station which goes every 1 hour.|But you can take a metro as well to reach to and fro from Airport to save time.|The room size is surely small but for 1 person it is ok. The bed is good and so is the toilet. Every day they will provide a new set to toiletries.|Electric kettle is there but no Microwave.|Behind the Metro is the Bitan Scenic Area. A river flows nearby . It has fishing, cycle tracks, jogging tracks etc.|A number of nice resaturent s are there where you can get all types of food and drinks.|Even there is a small veg and fruit shop which is opened early in the morning. You can enjoy variety of fruits.|The stay included breakfast also. For a vegetarian and Indian food lover, I could not find or relish kuchh but it's ok. Not bad.|Staff is nice and always helpful with a smile.|Definitely will return to this...

I stayed here with my family for a week at the end of March. I picked this hotel because it was conveniently located next to my relatives. MRT is just across the street and buses take you to and from airport, Bus 1968 and cost 155 TWD. ||I arrived to the hotel pretty late and was exhausted from our flight, I was greeted with a grumpy mid-age man wearing glasses that didn’t even look up once or make any eye contact while he was talking to me. He just gave me my room key. I had to ask him about breakfast hours and he seemed very annoyed when he answered. Once I got to the room I realized he did not give me any information on how to log on for WiFi, so I had to call the hotel. The room itself looks a bit rundown and does not look like the pictures. There is mold around the tub/shower. Breakfast buffet is pretty limited to bread, congee with toppings, Chinese dishes and eggs and sausage. Overall, if you are looking for convenience and price I think this is a good place to stay. I wouldn’t expect much customer service and cleanliness. I think this place is family owned and run. I will not be coming back again after...