CHECK inn SELECT Taichung Dadun — Hotel in Taichung

There is an older main wing, and a newer wing across the road. We stayed in the new wing in a large room with two comfortable king size beds and two bathrooms/showers. The room was comfortable, clean and attractive. House keeping polite and efficient. Front desk staff helpful and efficient. The included buffet breakfast was a bit lacklustre, but plentiful and filling. The hotel stops the buffet at 10am weekdays. There is an adjacent large gym and swimming pool. Looked in the gym- seemed good, and quite busy. The pool is old-ish and outdoor, but large with plenty of space for loungers & tables. Water a bit cold for kids but ideal for swimming laps. There is a steam room, large jacuzzi (12 people easily) and another pool set up with high pressure jet massagers.

My daughter cut her foot on a sharp stone in the pebble-dash pool lining. The lifeguards very quickly got the first aid kit and patched her up very skilfully and gently (thanks lifeguard Tina!).

Didn’t try the seafood restaurant in the foyer of new wing, but it has beautiful salt water decorative tanks outside that the kids loved.

Good safe bet for a...

first the pros: the room is clean and spacious lots of food selection for breakfast

the cons: the breakfast food quality is not 5-star worthy. more like 3 stars. the staff in the gym were borderline rude. there are no other window beside the ones right next to the bath tub. if you open the drapes there’s another building adjacent. there’s basically no way to get natural lighting without being utterly exposed. the bed mattress offered very poor support. coupled with #4 the stay was far from comfortable. there was a very bright red LED on the smoke detector that can’t be turned off or blocked which shone through the night. very inconsiderate design.

this is definitely one of the worst ‘5-star’ hotels i’ve...

Room is comfortable but all the hotel facilities are in another building which is not quite convenient, neither in the Dadun building nor the main building! The swimming pool is big but remember to have your own sandals! The only one disadvantage of the pool is that the step ladder is made up of rock / granite, no matter you are coming up from or going down into the pool, it hurts and extremely uncomfortable! It’s really a stupid design!

The breakfast is normal, and there is only one coffee machine, queuing up for a century just for a cup of coffee! Besides, the food is normal, do not expect too much! The ventilation there is not good, full of oily cooking smell. How can a 5-star hotel...