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Les Suites Taipei - Ching Cheng
"Classy clubby petite hideaway hotel in down-town Taipei"
While away a rainy Taipei afternoon in any of the luxurious lounges listening to jazz and perusing the eclectic collection of coffee table books.
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Tucked behind a high chocolate wall, on the corner of the first lane opposite the McDonalds outside Nanjing East MRT...
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Caroline Major
Tucked behind a high chocolate wall, on the corner of the first lane opposite the McDonalds outside Nanjing East MRT station, Les Suites is a hideaway in a city frenetic in its pursuit of the manufacture of things. More, it is Taipei’s only small contemporary hotel and it’s assembled with a relaxed and timeless style. Bravo!
Charcoal and chocolate, silver and aubergine, olive and gold and black and white are all mixed together with mood lighting, textural interest and jazzy style. Plenty of space for luxury lounging gives the ground floor a clubby feel helped along by an ever present selection of complimentary nibbles and drinks. You’ll want to linger around to enjoy the books, get online, read the papers or maybe tuck your feet under you and curl up with a cup of tea, slippers abandoned on the floor. The hotel is for guests only and the lack of a traditional lobby is cosy and charming.
Upstairs there’s five choices of room where even the small entry level offering is inviting (if only for sleeping). Small touches are the work of an owner who’s spent a lot of time in business hotels and wanted more. The mini-bar is complemented with an always-on urn of boiling water for serving yourself with the kinds of instant noodles you can only get in Asia, or for brewing up a real pot of tea. Hi tech continues on the bedside panel for room controls. Alarm, lights, temperature, world time and curtains all function with light touch digital. Perhaps the most fun though, is the Toto toilet, bringing into favour a choice of three wash cycles and a warm air dry in easy reach on a wall panel. Maybe it’ll change your routine forever! Wi-fi and broadband are of course standard and fast in super-tech Taiwan. Though not in the toilet - yet.
Breakfast is served downstairs in the lounge and cleared away promptly at ten am when it’s replaced with the tea selection. There is no restaurant, but who needs it in a bustling district full of fabulous local alternatives? The gym is small but with well enough chosen equipment to get a good work-out in. Room-service is available between eleven pm and two am but is nothing special. You’ll get better value with those exotic instant noodles from the mini-bar.
Les Suite is a welcome alternative to the multi story behemouths prevalent in this city, and is a great space for lounging around in those out of business hours if you feel like staying in and chilling instead of going out on the town. That’s an achievement for a business hotel. It feels as much like home as a hotel can. Book early as the Japanese, Hong Kongese and the Singaporeans are wise to the secret and the occupancy here, alongside its sister hotel a few blocks away on Da-An Road, run high.
Find a refuge from Taipei's hectic pace at Les Suites Taipei. Taipei, the world's most sprawling city, is a complex and dynamic urban landscape well-known for its cutting-edge, high-tech efficiency. Ideally located in Taipei's premier financial and business district, Les Suites Taipei offers a tranquil home-away-from home atmosphere. Exquisite taste and syle make this one of Taipei's finest hotels.
The Hotel's 90 rooms, including 16 suites and one VIP suite, achieve a new standard in the heart of Taipei. Guest quarters are remarkably spacious, with contemporary furnishings befitting a hotel in one of the world's most technologically advanced cities. Each room is equipped to meet the needs of the modern business traveler and help manage the demands of international travel.
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Les Suites Taipei - Ching Cheng 12 Ching-Cheng Street, Taipei 105, Taiwan
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Les Suites Taipei - Ching Cheng 12 Ching-Cheng Street, Taipei 105, Taiwan
Telephone Bookings
0845 227 0141 (UK) 011-44-845 227 0141 (US)
Rooms
84
Local Star Rating
Rates
from TWD 9,999
General Enquiry
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