Le Meridien Taipei

Location

Lovely suite, it's the food that let's this place down.

We stayed 8 nights. Check in was efficient. Recognition of status [Titanium] upgraded to a Junior suite. The suite was fabulous and very spacious and comfortable. We were surprised by the location of their suite's, right by the lifts. Thank You for the upgrade. We were advised upon checkin that soft drinks and beer in our mini bar are complimentary, but not once did the staff replenish them! What hotels do not replenish the mini bars? Let me guess, those that are supposedly free! The hotel is quiet and in a great location. Close to so many shopping centres, easy walk to the Town Hall and Taipei 101. On 12/03/26 we felt the earthquake that struck on the east coast [4]. They said it was intensity 2 in Taipei city. We were lying on the bed and boy did it sway back and forth. The lamp shade was also swaying. We quickly packed our backpack and went downstairs and to our surprise Reception were not aware of it. In fact when we told them they discounted what we said by saying "couldn't be as no other guests have reported it" well guess what there's always a first! we pressed the matter and finally they looked on the internet and responded "Oh yes, yes". While we understand this may happen often in your country, however you are hosting many international guests like us who have never experienced this before and we felt their response and lack of providing information to us very poor. I'd hate to be in this hotel if there is ever an emergency. We had to interrogate both of them at reception as to what the safety protocols are in such events. They didn't seem to know much and left us with little to no confidence, to that point we walked out of the hotel as it felt safer to do so. We were not sure if there would be after shocks. Club Lounge - The club is small and un-inviting, we observed people don't stay long. It's basically one small room. -Food is not appetising and served COLD even when it should be a hot dish. -Food isn't well presented and mostly seafood. -Small selection of spirits. -The many staff are not proactive or friendly and mainly just sat behind the desk. Breakfast - Lack of staff understanding 'any' English for a global hotel chain we were surprised. - I was shocked when I ordered poached eggs x2 to be delivered 1 egg in a tiny dish (see photo), not served on toast or anything. - The coffee is terrible, how can you get this so wrong. Its a coffee machine, there's also a coffee machine in the club lounge at least they can provide an ok flat white, no signs of this being available at breakfast, as we asked. - The scrambled eggs where like rubber and totally over cooked one day, then extremely runny and undercooked the next day, this is not good for you so we gave up on their terrible eggs. - Breakfast does not cater for westerners. We thought this maybe a Taiwan thing on how they cook eggs [or not] "RAW" but no it isn't. We moved to the Sheraton Taipei and their eggs and omelettes were lovely. The food in general was alot more palatable at the Sheraton Taipei. We would not stay here again purely because of the food.

A very successful stay, a pity it wasn't longer.

Good location in the center of Taipei. Close to attractions like the "101" skyscraper, Elephant Mountain. Plenty of exclusive shops in the area.