The staff are very friendly, rooms are big and nice and very clean.

Lastly, staff was very friendly and helpful during all my stay.

The staff are all friendly and helpful especially Ken and Danny - thank you for making our stay memorable!

Very helpful , kind , friendly and accommodating.

The staff is friendly, the room was clean and the breakfast was plenty sufficient to send us on our way the next morning.

The staffs are very friendly and helpful.

Most of all, the staff were consistently friendly and helpful.

The hotel staff is very friendly and helpful.

We are really impressed by the staff in this hotel, they are really helpful and friendly.

Hotel staffs are very friendly and helpful.

Front desk personnel are friendly, helpful and polite as usual.

The moment I step in in the lobby , the decoration , the warm lighting , the smiling and the friendly staff ( with nice uniform ) attract me .

The staff was quite friendly and had our receipt already prepared and complimentary water and snacks for us on check out.

Friendly and accomodating hotel staff (speaks english very well), they were effecient, helpful crew.

Room are big wt comfy bed
Breakfast selection had variety of bread to fruits to coffee
staff are friendly n helpful
Had free self service laundry too wt drying up machine

Walking distance to Yizhong Night Market and also other eateries.

Restarants, night market, shops, convenience stores and ATMs all within 3 to 8 minute walk.

Taichung Park is just a short walk away, a good night market as well.

Room was very clean and it would be good if they can display the tag stating reusing of towels for 2nd day.Location is near night market and shopping area.

Lai Lai has a nice location since it is near the night market and Chungyo Department Store where there are lots of food choices.

but it is very near a night market with plenty of good food options!

There was a small night market across the hotel.

There is a night market just across the street.

Nice Staff, Fast Services, Great Service, Room is Large and Spacious, Modern and also Clean, Closed to Famous Night Market.

There are so much food available in the night market and in the basement of the department store there is a supermarket and a food court.

2 or 3 streets of markets as the hotel is right next to a university so there is a lot of shops selling to the young people.

Zhong Yi night market and shops just across the road.

Opposite a night market and there are malls around.

Next to many shopping areas including Yi Zhong night market.

Directly opposite a night market and between shopping Malls.

It is very close to a great night market.

The hotel is located at a bustling shopping street and a night market is just 5-10mins away.

Very nice location accessible to mall, night market and many nice local food.

Hotel staff are quite plesant and helpful.

The staff will offer you water, soda and some snacks.

I would like to extend a shout out specifically to Shaw and Danny who really went above and beyond to help us.

There was a desk, sofa and still a lot of space around the room.

Staff help me arrange taxi to taichung terminal.

There are drinks and hot buns in the first floor lobby next to reception.

I can almost say, Lai Lai has its own gym that is professional enough for training Olypmics atheletes.

Check in with reception staff was efficient .

The staff was polite and helpful, and would happily answer all our queries.

There is a saturday morning jade market across from the Taichung Park and also many other things to see and do in this area.

About 15 minutes' stroll to Taichung park, and a further 5 minutes to TaichungTrain station (not the HSR station), Miyahara confectionery, 4th Credit Cooperative ice cream parlour and several nearby attractions.

Close to Taichung Park, my husband went running there.

Location:
It is convenient where we could easily look out for eateries around, nearest Chun Shui Tang Teahouse, ChungYo Shopping Mall, Taichung Park and Yizhong Jie that are within short walking distance.

An easy walking trip as it is just around the block.

We walked across the road to the night market and a department store is about 3 minutes walk from the hotel.

The location was very central, about 15 minutes walk to the train station and the famous shop converted from an eye hospital.

The night market is just a few minutes walk from the hotel.

Location is good, just walk across street, there's night market, bookshop, convenient stores.

but I never skip the hotel breakfast at the Lai Lai, which is a 5-minute walk north to the giant Chung-Yo mall, and literally across the street from a wonderful and extensive night market.

Chung Yo Dept store is about 10 min walk down the road, a large dept store,

If you need a mall with a supermarket, there is 1 within a 5-minute walk.

Thanks to the hotel's walking map - I could easily familiarise myself with the eateries available in just minutes of time.

About shopping - I realised the shops around the vicinity open late and closed late (11am - 12 am), Lai Lai hotel is only 5 mins walk to a 2 blocks x 15 stories department store and night markets, cant ask for more if you keen to shop a bit.

The room was spacious, clean and very modern and the bed was extremely comfortable, I even walked barefoot on the carpet, it looked almost brand new, there were also fresh slippers in the closet to use .

but I have never stayed in a hotel where the room did not have a window.

I booked a room with view, not sure how it will be a room without window.

The only problem is there is no window in the room hence we are having trouble with knowing when is day & night when we're in the room (you may ask for a room with windows).

Cleanliness, Room & Service:
Our preference is a deluxe room without window.

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however there are several rooms that smell of cigarette smoke, either from previous occupants or when neighbor room is smoking and the smoke seeps into your room through the toilet vent.

one suggestion is that it would be quicker if they change the key card swipe for the elevator access into sensor activated, it would save a lot of time for many guests who couldn't get it right and managed to swipe their key cards many times.

though and there's no bathtub which is ok since i'm not a fan.

but I really doubt the exception exist for HIX brand, it's really dispointing me as an IHG fans and platinum member.

When we got there it was still around 30 something degrees and even the foyer had no aircon

The elevators had no vent it was exposed outside building with three sided glasses.

The air conditioning is very noise and temperature is out of control .

However , ac in the room is not cool , we are unable to adjust the temperature

The cold penetrate thru the glass and made the room freezing.

Amenities such as Tea, Coffee, Bottled Water, Shampoo, Shower Gel, Towels, Toothbrush were provided in-room

They didn’t explain to me at all when checking about the amenities choices at their counter which are not offered in the room, and when I asked for a sewing kit, I needed to go downstairs to fetch it at the reception counter.

The opaque bathroom glass wall is really useless in my opinion - serve no function.

Speaking of "views", other reviewers have commented on the shower so I won't.

There were a couple of areas which caused inconvenience: as the bathroom was using opague glass, it would be inconvenient if you stay with friend instead of couple or family.

One thing to note, the shower is enclosed by opaque glass and can be seen in the room.

I don't know if this hotel was under the pressure to recruit new IHG Memership or any other reason.

The water pressure of bathroom was still very strong.

They might get an eyeful when passing by or entering the bathroom when you're showering.

One word of caution, the washroom was enclosed by opaque glass and a silhouette of you taking shower would show in the room.

The bathroom have complete set of towels, shampoo and body wash is also provided.

In other words, if you are in the room and someone is showering, you would see his/her silhouette!

Upon investigation, realized the smoke is coming from the washroom area, meaning some bloke was probably enjoying itself in the same area on the upper, lower floors or the next room to mine.

The bathrooms have glass panels which make it sort of "see through".

The only thing I would mention, is that in the bathroom, the door doubles as a shower door and a bathroom door.

The bathroom was separated by a milky-glass wall.

Minor drawbacks include 1) lack of variations for the breakfast which was included in the room rate (as selections were basically the same for our 4-night stay)  and 2) the semi transparent glass of the toilet, which was problematic as I was unable to shower with friends' presence inside the room.

Free shuttle service is available from Taichung HSR that alighted us at the Taichung Park Bus Stop which was a 5-10min walk away.

Checked with the front desk for the timetable of bus 302 from the Taichung Park to the airport, she told me that it might take up to 2-3 hours even after the busy hours in the morning.

There are many bus stop around, you can take that to go anywhere,,,,,,,,,

2 minutes'walk from the bus stop that connects you from Tai Chung HSR.

Bus stops are only adjacent to the hotel.

Located right opposite to the Taichung park and  near bus terminal to other tourist attractions around Taichung county, it’s a good choice for travelers indeed.

I was at this hotel for 3 nights and my review as follows:

1) Location:
It is right opposite Taichung Park, the shuttle bus service from Taichung HSR will stop at the park just opposite the hotel.

Direct bus to sun moon lake right next door.

but we mostly used the bus system which works well.

The best thing was that the bus terminus of this 302 was just half a street away from hotel.

Nearest park is nice place to take a brisk walk
Hotel is just beside the bus stand so good option for going out different place.

They were supremely helpful in answering our questions about public transport and buses.

Location wise, this was a short walk to the bus terminal and train station.

Suggest provide a shuttle mini bus from taichung HST to the hotel.

I stayed at Holiday Inn Express Taichung Park 1 night 1 QUEEN BED PARK VIEW NONSMOKING Upgrade 1 step for Platinum member with 1 drink.This is location can used Shattle bus form HSR taichung staion(Free!!!)

The train station (Taiwan Rail) is around 10 minutes walking distance and the bus stop to the High Speed Rail Station is nearby to this hotel apart from taxi services.

The location couldn't have been better, only 1 minute walk away from the bus terminus, with buses to many places in the area (Puli, Sun Moon Lake, Cingjing, and more).

right next to the hotel is Nantou bus which you can take bus to go to Sunmoon lake.

The reception desk has a pamphlet from the centre with the timings for the above buses.

Not only that he and his colleagues help us to find the best ways to take buses and move around the city and travel to tourist attractions.

From check-in to check-out, all the staff was very attentive, welcoming, helpful and friendly.

But to my surprise, after we checked in the front desk people were very friendly and accommodating.

The staff here are friendly and very organized.

She was very friendly and the checkin was very smooth and relax.

The reception staff are amazingly friendly (and yes like any other country in the world, it’s easier if you speak the local language).

Very friendly staff is what sets apart this hotel because as ever Taiwanese people prove to be so friendly!

Room are clean, front desk very friendly.

Definitely will be back again when I’m in Taichung, thumbs up to all the front desk staffs for being friendly & helpful!

The staff including the reception are all very energetic and friendly.

The front desk staff are very friendly, which always makes a positive start.

Friendly staff with amazing service attitude
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The receptionists were very friendly to help with smiles.

But the staff is outstanding and friendly.

The Hotel staff friendly and attentive, Breakfast its good , The room clean and spacious, i got room in level 12.

The shower is a glass wall though, so if make sure your friend / roommate won't peek when you are in the shower!!

My only issue is that the wall of the bathroom is frosted glass and you can almost see what the other person is doing while bathing.

While the room was nice, the bathroom was a little weird: it's only separated from the room by a frosted glass wall.

It is also cold because the entire front of wall of the room is just a glass panel.

however, we could enjoy park view just walked out the room and only couple steps from a seating corner with floor-to-ceiling window to view the park.

身為至悅精英會員，住了這麼多次，這次這間智選假日酒店終於幫我升到景觀房了。起床就能看到美好景致，確實是個不錯的早晨。前檯服務仍舊不錯，早餐廳的服務似乎也略有提升。不過房務人員一大早就敲門想要進來清潔，這部份實在不理想。

As a Spire Élite member, I finally got an upgrade to a room with a great view from this not-so-generous Holiday Inn Express this time.

Room was spacious and we were given the one on 12th floor which provided a good view.

First stay was being upgraded to a corner room,

Room perfect well maintained and cleaned daily.

The room is spacious and comes with everything we needed.

I wrote to the hotel asking them to treat the room to prevent it happening to the next guest.

nice Room, nice location, nice staff, nice breakfast.

We enjoyed staying in our room after a day of visit.

Hotel Location is in city center, booked 2 rooms they kindly gave us park view rooms. hotel amenity is fine(instant noodle and 2 sun cake..they are yummy!)

The t almost canceled this hotel reservation because it sent an email mentioned the restaurant is being renovated, breakfast will be delivered to the room.

If you get lake side room, view is excellent!

Hotel room is not big yet acceptable as compared with the price.

The rooms are nice, clean and spacious (especially in Asian standards).

The internet is excellent with a hardwire connection in every room.

At 5:55, the smoke detector went off again.

Overall i would say the only thing good is staff is nice n breakfast is good

However if u staying for work i don advise unless u love noise and hotel guest that do not listen to rules
Lift is too small n squeezy

I think hotel should find a way to fine customers who smoke in the room
Its market is main lander tourist market

Actually the car park looks very old and filthy, which is a big contrast to the hotel.

This is a non-smoking hotel and the control of cigarette smoke is much improved comparing to my previous stay a couple years ago.

but imagine my surprise when strong scent of cigarette smoke kept infiltrating into my room just when I was about to head to sleep.

The first impression we got was the service clerks.

Having a pleasant view welcoming me in the morning was indeed a great way to start the day.

however, Lotions, Cotton Wools, Cotton Buds were provided at front desk upon check-in.

But we were very concerned that calls made to the front desk or using the emergency

This my first time stay in Taichung holiday inn express, the location is really good ,near the train station and 一中 street .The front desk is really helpful, they tell me where I can eat delicious food.

Staff at hotel are very nice and helpful especially getting taxis with good security for taxi number and destination.

Our earlier engagement with the reservation team was great, especially with the help with one Ms. Liu who handled our last minute booking and managed to secure a room for us despite our failure to do so over the IHG app before.

front desk staff are kind and thoughtful.

Of course, staff are helpful and informative.

Breakfast was ok.
Service is very good at reception.

During our check-in, Sky offers us a room with a good view facing the Taichung park.

but I read quite some local bloggers wrote in Chinese about their elite status upgrade automatically to the lake view room experiences and recommended this hotel to their viewers, so I was wondering why they have different attitudes about their upgrade policy.

First time in Taichung & decided to stay at this hotel as it’s just next to Taichung Park.I was lucky to have the room overlooking the Taichung Park.

Firstly the room view is very nice, overlooking the Taichung Central Park.

The room was great - large and clean and had everything we needed including a great view.

Room has a nice view of the park below

Mysterious chinese restaurant on the 2nd floor

It's a 5 minute walk from the Taichung Rail/Bus Station, not to be confused with the Taichung High Speed Rail Station, overlooking Taichung Park.

Reception staff were very kind to upgrade us to a room with Taichung Park view and even offered to provide us with a baby bath tub for the kid.

but as they are window glass looking outside, you get a view with the slower ride.

My room faced the Park and window view was scenic.

The room was clean and bright with pleasant view from the window.

He really enjoy seeing the view of Taichung park from our room even the park are under renovation.

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Never could figure out the A/C temp control,

Bottled water is provided with a water heater and a small drawer stocked with local tea & quaint coffee drip system.

You need to ask the staff for an additional heater in order to be able to sleep at night.

The AC was the other weird thing in the room.

1 bedside table and it is occupied by a large controller that controls lights, A/C, etc and impossible to turn a light on during the night (i.e.

The rooms feel ever so slightly dated and have the most frustrating system for controlling the a/c and all the lights - it must have sounded like a fantastic system to install

Thirdly, the A/C unit in my room was noisy.

In the wine and cigar bar you could literally freeze, air conditioning is fixed probably below 20 degrees.

Verity of foods for breakfast, mostly Japanese style and Taiwan style.

The rooms are all well-cleaned and decorated.

The rooms are spacious, clean, and pleasntly decorated.

The bright spot on the breakfast buffet was the Japanese section, where the chef was out front and very attentive, and the items were fresh(though cold,

The suite was very spacious and nicely decorated.

The breakfast provided was a well balanced blend of continental and Taiwanese.

You can also travel to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine  Art  and Feng ~Kia night market by taxi if the weather is good.

The hotel rooms are spacious with nicely decorated bathroom that has a really good rain shower.

It is fairly spacious, clean, and loaded with whatever you would expect from a regular hotel in a modern decoration.

good hotel with spacious rooms, large with separate shower and bath, very clean throughout
staff helpful and happy good selection for breakfast in Avery nice atmosphere I really love to go back  soon again

Great and convenient location, with The Natural Science Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts close by.

Good Food Options in different style restaurants add to the flavours . .

I really felt in love with that atmosphere of evening Taichung, friendly people and warm weather.

Bar is okay, more elegant than others in Taichung.

It has too many to choose from Western, Taiwanese, and Chinese, including an area that served Taiwanese style noodle soup and freshly boiled leafy greens.

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