Capella Taipei Opens, Setting New Luxury Standard For Taiwan

I've been reading many reviews, and even the higher rated ones seem to have one thing in common, which is the poor service quality.

I've been seeing prices as low as the $480s to $500 mark, I suspect their rates are not sustainable, especially during peak summer, where they will not be able to get a premium.

This shows what lower wages can do. It can result in a nice place at a price that the average person can afford if they splurge a little.

If everyone gets a "living wage" then a person may need to earn $500,000 to have a semi-comfortable life.

The location is not ideal but it depends on where you need to go. If you need to take a taxi everywhere no matter what hotel you stay in, this may be not so bad.

I wouldn't go to a newly opened hotel and expect it be its best.

@Lucky - Also in the pipeline: Hyatt Centric Taipei which is about a mile east of Capella on Nanjing East Road and Intercontinental Taipei near Taipei Dome. The building has actually been complete for a while for that one but no opening date announced (supposedly this year).

A brand new Intercontinental in Taichung just opened -supposedly very nice- which compliments the Intercontinental in Kaohsiung which is a fantastic property, easily one of the best Intercontinental’s in Asia.

I wouldn’t call the location bad. Where would you rather stay? Ximen is nice for a walk and some shopping, but also not the ideal place and most tourist sights are rather dispersed around Taipei anyway.
TBH I preferred the Taiwanese countryside anyway. So much beauty. Taipei is just a modern big city with an iconic skyscraper.

Marc von Arnim, the former GM of the Park Hyatt Sydney, is now the GM of the Capella Sydney, and that can only augur well for the Capella group. I only stay at the PHS out of inertia, but his departure can be felt there, and not in a good way.

I would go to a five star hotel and expect service quality to be good, otherwise, what's the point?

it's already open. I saw a baseball game there last month

Taipei Dome is open (finally, after much delay) but the Intercontinental Hotel Taipei isn’t open yet. It’s not even showing on IHG’s website.

If you think this is a “bad location,” you clearly haven’t spent much time in Taipei.

The Intercontinental Kaohsiung is beautiful. The indoor pool is stunning to a fault. Loads of people taking IG pics there when you go for a swim,

@Maxi any places you recommend in the countryside?

100% Second that.
to say this is a bad location means you have no idea of the dynamics of Taipei.
Anything in the grid of inner Taipei: South of the Keelung River, North of Heping Dong rd is great location.
Also it's literally across the road from the Mandarin Oriental.