Grand Boss Hotel — Hotel in Yilan City

Hotel has a very mesmerizing exterior and lobby however, room is rather old and underwhelming. Service by hotel staff was excellent as they brought us to our room and explained the facilities. There was breakfast included with the stay but the spread is limited and food were cold (might be because we went down late). Room had a small window showing the alley area.|||Bed was comfortable but pillows was quite soft. Room came with a shower, separate small bathtub (which was really awkward, see image), hairdryer, towels, slippers as well as free amenities (Shampoo, Shower Gel, Body Lotion, Cotton Wool, Cotton Sticks, Shaving Kit & Toothbrush Kit).|||Hotel is 2min walk to Dongmen Night Market and 8min walk to Yilan Station (do note that the road from station to hotel is not luggage friendly as they are bricks with gaps). Surrounding areas were Restaurants, supermarkets and Jimmy Square (5min from Yilan Station). Alternatively, one can take the train to Luodong/Jiaoxi Station or further to explore as taxi rides are rather expensive in Yilan (starting price 120twd compared with Taichung/Taipei of 70twd). When we checked-out, we were given 2 packets of Yilan's specialty product as a...

Hotel room is spacious though hotel is quite dated. |Breakfast spread is standard few dishes of local flavor with bread, butter and ham. There is also a salad bar with some fruits. It fills my stomach well.|What I like is the basement amusement area. It has a small corner of 3-4 fitness equipment. The pool table, 2 games table, a football table and 2 games machines, all free to use. It allows me to kill time after check out before taking train to Taitung. |Dongmen night market is just opposite hotel.. ||2 points to note :|1. They don’t accept American Express card. If your booking is in Amex, you should bring another Visa card which I don’t understand |2. Room card expires everyday at 12 noon and you have to bring your card to reception every morning to extend the time if you are staying more than 1 day. It doesn’t make sense to me so I asked them to extend to the day I checked out noon time to save my trouble.|3. Get your breakfast coupon everyday... no entry if you have no coupon.||Other than this, hotel is okay with friendly staff. ||How to go: from Yilan train station exit, turn right and walk straight down on the same side for about 3 mins and you can see...

In the heart of YiLan, the hotel is a bit older but the room also had a dehumidifier, that impressed us (we bought our own when we got home/ because our South Texas climate is similar to Taiwan's) the hotel is a bit older, but our rooms were fine. (Rooms only cool down slowly- but that was everywhere we stayed/ new energy efficiency movement has you put the room key in before A/C climate control will switch on) Night Market directly across the street/ short walk from train station/ and we rented a 150cc motorcycle nearby as well (twist and go/ large scooter) for our day trip to Suao. (Have both your motorcycle license for your country- and international license (AAA...