Fairfield by Marriott Taichung, Taiwan [Master Thread]
Apr 18, 2019, 8:52 pm
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Fairfield by Marriott Taichung, Taiwan [Master Thread]
Anyone stayed there? How is it? Looks like a decent value for points, but rating on Marriott is quite low.
Apr 18, 2019, 9:43 pm
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Rating is 3.7 out of 5. Not great but not horrible. Category 1.
Hotel website:
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/rmqfi-fairfield-taichung/
"Minutes away from Feng Chia Night Market"
If you stay there, please do a trip report after your stay. Thx!
Cheers.
Hotel website:
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/rmqfi-fairfield-taichung/
"Minutes away from Feng Chia Night Market"
If you stay there, please do a trip report after your stay. Thx!
Cheers.
Apr 19, 2019, 4:18 am
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Apr 19, 2019, 10:37 am
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I stayed there few months ago. It's a nice hotel, new and clean.
Yes it's within 10 minutes walking distance to Feng Chia Night Market, and I think it's a must-see for Taichung. But relatively speaking the location is a bit off from the city center so you may need to take a taxi in and out of the hotel when going to other sightseeing points
Breakfast is so-so in South East Asia's standard, choices are limited but it's ok
Yes it's within 10 minutes walking distance to Feng Chia Night Market, and I think it's a must-see for Taichung. But relatively speaking the location is a bit off from the city center so you may need to take a taxi in and out of the hotel when going to other sightseeing points
Breakfast is so-so in South East Asia's standard, choices are limited but it's ok
Apr 19, 2019, 8:37 pm
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Rooms are nice and new with comfortable beds (not too soft, not too firm).
Gym - self access with key, treadmills yes, bikes I didn’t see. Bottled water there.
Apart from location issues, the breakfast is OK (and always included) but repetitive after a few days. We didn’t receive ANY housekeeping over 3 nights. It appears that the DND switch is confusing with only the bell light on outside door indicating if DND is on or not and the light is white or yellow, not green/red. And sometimes compared with Master switch you don’t know which way to put the DND switch. The hotel is trying to solve this issue but it meant no housekeeping!
If you’re on a business trip, it’ll be ok as long as you have a room away from the highway (noise) but the hotel said they will replace the windows on that side later. If you’re on a leisure trip I probably wouldn’t recommend it unless you have organised tours booked that can pick you up from the hotel. It’s better to wait for Le Meridien mot open, which will be near the central station. Apparently a JW could be in the pipeline too.
Finally, there was a 1-hour members’ drinks while I was there. Director of Sales was around (didn’t see GM). Wine, beer in cans and 1 savoury snack and 2 types of cake to nibble on. They say they may repeat it once a fortnight / month but not sure yet.
Apr 19, 2019, 11:48 pm
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Apr 22, 2019, 8:39 pm
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Apr 22, 2019, 8:42 pm
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I am here now. It’s not so convenient for tourists and is mainly geared towards business people. The one thing nearby is the night market but for everything else you’ll need to keep getting Uber (cheaper than taxis). It’s 25 - 30 mins to get to the centre / bikeway (a must try!) and Flora expo. If you tried local buses it would be at least double the time.
Rooms are nice and new with comfortable beds (not too soft, not too firm).
Gym - self access with key, treadmills yes, bikes I didn’t see. Bottled water there.
Apart from location issues, the breakfast is OK (and always included) but repetitive after a few days. We didn’t receive ANY housekeeping over 3 nights. It appears that the DND switch is confusing with only the bell light on outside door indicating if DND is on or not and the light is white or yellow, not green/red. And sometimes compared with Master switch you don’t know which way to put the DND switch. The hotel is trying to solve this issue but it meant no housekeeping!
If you’re on a business trip, it’ll be ok as long as you have a room away from the highway (noise) but the hotel said they will replace the windows on that side later. If you’re on a leisure trip I probably wouldn’t recommend it unless you have organised tours booked that can pick you up from the hotel. It’s better to wait for Le Meridien mot open, which will be near the central station. Apparently a JW could be in the pipeline too.
Finally, there was a 1-hour members’ drinks while I was there. Director of Sales was around (didn’t see GM). Wine, beer in cans and 1 savoury snack and 2 types of cake to nibble on. They say they may repeat it once a fortnight / month but not sure yet.
Cheers.
Jul 9, 2019, 4:22 pm
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wasn’t this place a category 1 back in April? Was this a mid year unannounced increase? No more category 1s in Taiwan anymore after the Beitou properties and now this one.