The Kaohsiung Grand Hotel was just like how I saw in the pictures and the room we got was beautiful too. The hotel seemed mostly empty as we hardly ever bumped into other people in the lobby or halls. We could see a nice sunset and night lights from our city-view room, with nobody else out on their balconies (maybe because everybody stayed on the lake view side?)

We were only in Kaohsiung for two nights and wanted to see the city as much as we could in the short time. The hotel is located in an inconvenient area for those without a car, so we opted to use cabs back and forth from the hotel to where ever we wanted to go, which added up to be more than we thought...We'll rent a car next time!

First and foremost I'd suggest to take a room with pool view, cose actual view is over the huge spectacular park and lake. That view is well worth of money. Room was large and... in former times well equipped. At that time place was quite empty so we enjoyed very quite, peaceful atmosphere. Yes, whole place reminds about remnants of former luxury... BTW - inhouse restaurant provides decent food for quite a reasonable money. My best regards to chef.

Place screams and cries for refurbishment. Lovely wall paintings faded/peeled long ago. Traces of use and abuse can be seen everywhere. Water stains, etc. If one can survive without his glasses - I'd suggest left them in pocket. Breakfast - I wouldn't suggest to pay for it.

The hotel is situated by Cheng Ching Lake, some distance from the city centre. A bus service is available, taking guests directly to the nearest metro station. The outdoor swimming pool is the hotel’s best facility, with heated water that allows guests to enjoy it throughout the year. Breakfast provides a good variety of options.

The hotel was originally well designed with a Chinese palace-inspired aesthetic; however, it now appears rather dated. Much of the exterior paintwork has peeled away and no repairs have been undertaken.

As a British tourist this place was perfect just to soak up some heritage hotel vibes. It does actually look as grand as it does in the pictures and it really was a bit of a "oh wow" moment pulling up to it in the taxi. Its a little old and tatty inside but not in a bad way, in an original vintage furniture way. The room and balcony were massive - and yes it all looks very very south East Asian (it kind of reminded me of the hotel in the Shining with its big red pillars everywhere!) There is a gorgeous little boutique looking brasserie on the first floor and the food in there was really good. You do have to buy a ticket to use the walkway into the park (I think it was 80 NTD - not very much) and the park is lovely - I walked all the way to the pagoda and climbed to the top and back, which took a good three hours - but the views from the top of there were the best, you can see the entire city - would only do this early morning though - it would be to hot for the rest of the day. I spent an hour or so just walking round the property taking pictures, I booked it for how it looked and it exceeded what I was expecting.

You can only really get here by car / taxi and there are no pavements on the roads outside - I did walk to a temple about half an hour away (there were some really nice huge abandoned statues just down the road on the way) but decided to get an uber back as it was dark by then and would have been to dangerous to walk back on the road. I would only stay one night here and then move to a downtown hotel but if you a tourist and here for a few days defiantly spend one night here.

Incredible hotel!! It was once a royal guesthouse, that has been converted to a hotel. The facility is very fancy and well maintained. The rooms are huge with a beautiful balcony. The views are wonderful, there's a forest and a lake just outside. There's a pool and 4 fancy restaurants in the hotel.

You can exit the hotel from one direction only, so you need to walk around it entirely to get to the pool & lake and forest. It is quite a walk...

Very complete and varied breakfast. Lot of hot, chinees, options but also more European style food. Liked the assigned table policy. Big rooms, authentic classis style. Very comfortable beds. Nice swimming pool and good restaurant. Very friendly staff and excellent door men to order you taxi.

The fitness equipement wasn't up to the quality standard as expected. Location in a park is fantastic, however, you need a taxi for going down town.

This is a stunning hotel, especially if you arrive after dark when the outside is fully lit.

The building exterior is stunning, but felt slightly flat inside. The rooms were big and comfortable, but the corridors were enormously wide and the lifts were straight out of the 1970s. And it you look more closely at the exterior, you will notice that a fair bit of maintenance is overdue.

The hotel has an interesting history and design. I agree with other reviews that for the history, nostalgia and design it is really impressive. The room is dated, but I think that might be part of it's charm. The room was huge with high ceilings. The balcony was large and overlooked the Lion Lake, the park and Nine Corners Bridge. We had an enjoyable walk through the park. The breakfast was good with many options.

It is located away from the rapid train station and a lot of the tourist destinations. We don't take taxis very often, but we probably should have taken one here. The pool maintenance notice on their page indicated the pool would be back open for the dates of our visit, but it was not. I went to the front desk to book a shuttle to go back to the station the day before as they recommended, they ignored me for quite awhile then told me it was all booked up.

We were here for three midweek nights in the middle of summer. We swam in the pool, walked in the woods around the lake, sat on the balcony reading, dined in the hotel restaurants and, all in all, had a lovely time. The food was excellent, the room was spotless, the staff were kind and attentive, and the pool perfect is for swimming laps. We'll certainly be back.

1. Ambience , architecture and facilities are good Nice balcony in every room . Beautiful pool and lake nearby . Traditional Chinese architecture adds up the beauty with lights in evening.

Keep bible in my room is unacceptable without knowing my religion Charging water bottles in room is quite weird