Any recent experience at the Shangrila?

Stayed there in March to burn the Amex FHR credit. What do you want to know?

How was the property, any signs of age? Did they give you a generous FHR upgrade? Thanks!

I booked Superior Twin and was upgraded to Deluxe Twin. It�s one category as specified by the FHR rules.

The room does feel a bit dated, especially the bathroom. Feels like that the hotel is trying to sell �classic� but somewhat comes across as �old.� If you�ve stayed at Regent Taipei, it felt quite similar.

All the facilities were very crowded, especially breakfast. The roast duck at Shang Palace was still great.

I am looking to book a room with ChaseTravel, anyone know if Horizon Club access included with suite bookings?

Thanks. Any limits on the $100 fhr credit? Or can it be used at all restaurants?

The Shangri-La Far Eastern Taipei is one of a couple of hotels (Mandarin Oriental being the second one) we usually split our time at every year when visiting Taiwan. I'm not tracking any restaurant restrictions, though I forget if you can use the credit at the cake shop in the lobby. We've usually used it for the dinner buffet at Cafe at Far Eastern.

The Shangri-La was the first of the "luxury" hotels we stayed at in Taipei. We were initially blown away (had nothing else to compare it to), but have since not exactly thrilled to stay there. To be fair, it is a nice hotel, but it doesn't compare (amenities/room-wise) to a place like the Mandarin Oriental. We split time there primarily for the dining options, which we really like. Their breakfast buffet is particularly good to us.

I was there in December and my recollection is that the pastry shop was included in $100USD F&B credit. However, I did it as an adjunct to a few coffees in the lobby lounge. They had me go over to pick out what I wanted and let them know that I was having a coffee in the lounge and it all wound up on the same bill. I think room service might have also been included. I don't completely recall because I left pretty early in the morning for my flight but I believe it was all offset by the $100USD.

I enjoyed the hotel primarily because it's in the same district as my family so I can walk back and forth to visit and get out of there when I need some quiet time. After a particularly rowdy morning with the relatives, the lobby lounge felt like a sanctuary!
It's also pretty handy for the night market behind the hotel where I was able to get some great stinky tofu.

I wouldn't say it's dated, but it's evident that it's not brand new or state of the art. That said, the room was huge, the view of Taipei 101 was great, and the breakfast buffet was quite good. So, all in all, hit all the points I needed. I'll be back in a couple of weeks so if there are any specific questions, I can try to answer those by doing some in-person reconnaissance.