Check-in: I had booked two rooms for two nights using the Free Weekend nights awards. When we arrived at the hotel, porters quickly took our luggage and took us in for check-in. When they realized I was a SPG Platinum member, we were ushered to the Executive Lounge for check-in. One room was upgraded to a junior suite and the other room was just down the hall from the junior suite. They offered free breakfast for one room / two guests down at the restaurant on the main floor, Latest Recipe. Both rooms was given lounge access and late check-out which was nice.

Room: The junior suite was very impressive and large IMO for a junior suite. It was more like a full one bedroom suite. You walk into the suite and there was a good sized walk-in closet. There is a good sized living room with a 42in plasma TV. The living room had AMAZING views of Taipei 101. You could really spend some time at night just looking at the view. The junior suite was located at the corner of the hotel facing 101. There is a good sized bed room and a very large bathroom. The bedroom had another 42in plasma TV and the tub in the bathroom had another smaller TV. There was a great separate walk-in shower with 4 side nozzles and the normal faucet up top. The toilet was Japanese and had automatic sensors everywhere and the toilet seat was always heated which is interesting.

The normal hotel room was not bad at all either. It also had the Japanese toilet and walk-in shower. There wasn't a ton of counter space in the sink area for two people's toiletries though. The normal room bathroom does not really have a door / private area. This works fine for a couple but not recommended for friends sharing a room. The room also had a nice view of Taipei 101 if you looked to the left out the window.

Lounge / Restaurant: Lounge was small but was never full. The hotel isn't very large so I guess it works. The food wasn't bad and the person(s) working the lounge was very nice. Latest Recipe downstairs was okay for breakfast/brunch. The spread was very large with American / Asian offerings. The food was decent but nothing stood out. My gf really enjoyed the savory pastries though. We also ate at Humble House restaurant and the food wasn't bad. It didn't taste like authentic Chinese food to us. It was more like very good quality Americanized Chinese food.

Gym / Spa: Because the hotel was new, it had great new gym equipment. The gym was actually pretty big for the hotel and had all the weights, cardio and machines you would want. Everything was Life Fitness equipment and I really had a good workout. The spa area was very small but very very nice. The steam room was one of the best I've used in a hotel and the sauna wasn't bad either. There was a hot jacuzzi and a cold plunge as well. Overall this was one of the best gym / spas I've used at a hotel.

Overall: I cannot wait to stay here again. I have two more nights in Taipei on this trip and the hotel is already fully booked so I'll be down the street at the Grand Hyatt.

My only annoyance was that the gym / spa was closed the day I was checking out. The sign said it was for renovation but it's hard to imagine what kind of renovation is going on for a week when the hotel has only been open for a month.