Cosmos Hotel Taipei

We (2 of us) booked 10 nights in this hotel during our visit in Taipei because of its location. By now we have stayed 8 nights so it's about time to write the review. The location can't be better. The Taipei Main Station is steps sway. MRT red & blue lines, high speed train, and Taiwan train all have stops here, plus many bus stops near by. Within 10 minutes walk you can find many restaurants. The room isn't big - if you have more than 2 check-ins, you may have troubles to find place to put them. For most Travellers the size of the room is OK. The room attendant who looks after our room is the best - she is very friendly, attentive, helpful, and thoughtful. Her name is Julie / 张美珠. We want to say thank you to her. She made our stay in the hotel enjoyable. The breakfast is good with varieties. The hotel changes some dishes day by day, so we dont find food boring even we have stayed here for more than a week. Sometimes the restaurant at the breakfast time is crowded, but the staff in the restaurant work hard to make it manageable. The restaurant staff are great. I asked questions to two front desk staff at different days, and got very helpful answers. They are knowledgeable for the city and willing to help. However, the front desk lady who did our checkin when we arrived at the hotel is exceptional. I guess she is just a bad apple among all great staff in this hotel. She spent unusual long time to look at the computer, and then gave us a piece of paper saying "checkin at 3" without explanation. So we waited for a hour and then went back to the front desk hoping to see other staff. Well, bad luck to us - all other friendly staff were busy with customers. The same lady was the only person who had no customers at all. However, she pretended not to see us, though we were only 2 meters away from her. After a few minutes, she acted as all of sudden she knew that we were waiting to be served. She never showed willingness to serve customers or smile. She is simply a special character in this hotel. PS, at checkout, the front desk manager told us that she read my review. She apologized for our checkin experience and promised enhanced training to her staff. Overall, its a good hotel with excellent location and services. We will stay in the hotel again if we visit Taipei in the future.

The hotel is a little old, but the location and service make it a pretty reasonable choice. Breakfast has a good variety, and the staff were helpful throughout my stay. It’s 1 minute walk from Exit M3 of MRT Taipei Main Station. You can go around easily from this station. A good option if you’re not too particular about the room itself and mainly want a convenient base to explore the city.

Location is superb, right next to the Taipei main station. Direct access to the hotel from exit M3. Although the hotel has aged over time but they compensated with other things which I think is very good and practical. For example, good water pressure, AI control for simple functions ie. Turn on music. The hotel bed is big and comfortable.Room is clean which is very important.

The rooms were clean and big enough. I love their bathtub design. It has a glass curtain that completely shield water from splashing onto the floor. The hotel located is smack next to the Taipei main station. And their breakfast buffet spread is equally not bad.

The hotel is located nearby the Taipei Main Station and very convenient to transit to other districts. Room is clean, service is good. The coffee shop offers various tastes of fresh brewed coffee, teas, and juices. It also carries souvenir items. However the reception area lacks chairs and lounge for customers who are waiting for checking in or relax.

Oh boy, where to start… so this hotel is classified as 5 stars. However, the only thing about this hotel that matches that classification is maybe the service. The room in which I stayed was so bad that I decided to shorten my stay from 3 nights to 1 and move to another hotel. I took some photos of the room. First thing I see when I sit down on the bed is this long black hair. And no, that’s not mine… yuk! Then I want to wash my hands and notice the faucet is leaking. See the short video of how that faucet sounds and behaves like. I also took a few more photos of details in the room that I‘m sure everyone will associate with a 5 star hotel… not! Besides all of this, the room and corridors smell like 50 years old, aircon even at lowest fan setting is so strong that it moves the whole curtain and is sure to give you the flu if you leave it on overnight. They placed one of those mobile air cleaners, which was nice, but how anyone could stay in this room in summer, when you really need the aircon, I don’t know. Finally, the height of the shower from floor of the bathtub to ceiling is maybe 185 cm and the rain shower head you can see in the photo is at a height of about 170 cm, about the level of my nose (my height is 180 cm), so usable really only if you are 160 cm or less tall. Honestly, this hotel should be reclassified as 3 stars, with the corresponding rates, then people at least won’t be disappointed, as I was.

The hotel is beside the main Taipei station which is very convenient to move about in the city and to other cities via the High speed train or the conventional train. The room is big enough and the breakfast is good with variety of choices. The hotel also give free coffee voucher for their cafe 21 at level 1. The room cleaner is very friendly and happy to clean our room everyday. There is family mart and 7-11 beside the hotel. The hotel is kind enough to keep our luggages for few days as their service when we want to travel light to Taichung for few days. Worth the stay indeed.

A very centralised hotel located opposite Taipei Main Station with easy access using gate M3.Close to eateries and easy access to/from taoyuan airport.Rooms are average size but very clean and comfortable. Bedsheets and towels are as clean and as white as they should. One of the best rooms i have had in my travels. Aircon is strong and shower pressure is great. Breakfast has good variety, with lots of choices.Staff are professional and ever willing to assist in anything.Definitely my default hotel the next time i m in taipei.

We stayed at the Cosmos for 5 days while in Taipei. It is walking distance to the main station and to several restaurants/shops. The front desk has a money exchange available which was incredibly convenient. The local banks have better exchange rates, just remember to bring your passport if you go to a local bank. Hotel experience was nice and hotel staff really did their best to help us with the language barrier. The room was a decent size for two. Comfortable bed, view overlooking the main road. We had a mini fridge, and a 7/11 next door which was very convenient for drinks and food. I will say the shower tub is very high, careful climbing in and out. If you are tall, then watch your head. I am 5'2 and I could touch the ceiling of the shower. They provided all the toiletries we needed for our stay. Trash cans are very small here and hard to find outside. The bed was very comfortable except for the middle section. They pushed two beds together so there is a really hard spot right in the center. There is a safe, we kept all electronics and money there. We only had house keeping come in once. With no issues they provided us with new sheets and towels. We did try to eat the breakfast buffet at the Jade restaurant upstairs, be advised its not free. You have to purchase the package at booking or pay the front desk which is what we did. It was embarrassing because we did not know and due to the language barrier they turned us away. But the front desk manager was super helpful. The buffet is a mix of Asian dishes like congee, stir fry noodles, miso soup and some American dishes like eggs, hash browns and cereal. It might not be for everyone. Overall it was an enjoyable stay, and the location is prime since we relied solely on the transit system. Which is awesome, you can get anywhere by rail.

My husband and I stayed at the Cosmos Hotel for the entirety of our very first trip to Taiwan, and we very much enjoyed our stay. This hotel is very conveniently located near the subway station, making it very easy to get around town or to many major tourist attractions. As our trip was only four full days/four nights, we were really able to maximize our and make the most of our short time in Taiwan. The entryway of the hotel was very elegant, and the staff were very professional. We were given coupons for the dessert shop near/attached to the lobby. The room was clean and neat every day throughout our stay. My husband and I received a room that was meant for 3 people, so the room was spacious. The room itself could use some updating/modernizing, but the main thing is that everything was working and clean. Breakfast was included with our stay and the breakfast consisted of different foods to cater all kinds of dietary needs. They had a salad bar with fresh greens or cooked greens, a station for porridge with toppings, a grill area for noodles and scallion pancakes, a dim sum area with a small variety of steamed goods, and a drink area. The drink area had various juices, milks, soymilk, and a probiotic drink. The food choices did not change from day to day. Overall, our stay with Cosmos Hotel was a very positive one. My husband and I agree that we would definitely stay here again the next time we visit Taiwan, and we recommend staying here if it's your first time visiting Taiwan and/or if you have a short trip and want to be efficient with your time!

Chinese styled accommodations but many amenities in the room. We were on the top floor and for a last minute reservation through Priceline. They can use these cute brick figurines as a VIP check in. Room was comfy. They didn't have two beds available. But we got a large room. The service was very good. And it was convenient to be next row Taipei Main Station and Tim Ho Wan dim sum.

Excellent 5 Star hotel in downtown Taipei. My room was a very spacious suite, with a lovely living room and separate bedroom area. The hotel is in a very busy downtown area with lots of parks, museums, shopping, all within walking distance. The room offered modern facilities and plenty of outlets for plugging in devices. The hotel also offers a morning breakfast with a variety of Chinese and western items. The air conditioning in the room was a bit disappointing in that it didn't work as well as some of the other places we stayed at in a Taipei. But they got us a table fan, and with that the room was cool enough for a good night's rest.

Awesome place for our stay in Taipei! The room was clean and comfortable, and you really can't beat the location. Getting around the city and nearby villages was so easy, as the hotel is located right outside of the M3 exit of Taipei Main Station, which has the MRT as well as railway lines. The hotel came with great amenities and very friendly and welcoming staff. At check in, we were given coupons for drinks at the business lounge and a mango shaved ice dessert at the dessert shop on the first floor. The room itself wasn't incredibly spacious, but fit us well and suited all of our needs. Everything was clean except for one of our hand towels, where we found a single strand of hair after unfolding--but all of the other towels were fine. The only drawback was the floor we were on had a bit musty smell, but the room smelled fine, especially because we were able to control the level of air flow there. The room decor doesn't feel the most modern, but again, everything was clean and we didn't have a problem with our room. Overall, it's a great, affordable hotel in the heart of Taipei, making it super convenient for tourists to stay while traveling around the city. Would stay here again!

Came here for a meal only (did not stay at the hotel). Met lots of family here for a reunion meal and the staff did a good job of making sure the food was out in a reasonable time and taking care of the drinks. The banquet room was pretty clean and the staff was pleasant. The food was good and we had a great time. I didn't stay in the hotel room so can't comment on how the hotel itself looks.

The rooms are extremely small. My coworker's room was described as a bed and bathroom. He mentioned there was no room to place his luggage on the floor. However, the rest of the hotel is very nice. The hotel has deals with local food places for discounts, along with a good compliment of its own restaurants. The room was clean and amenities good. And the location is excellent! It's right next to Taipei Main Station with access to MRT, high speed rail, and standard rail lines! From this hotel you can get to most places in Taipei with a little light rail (MRT) travel and walking.

I stayed here recently with my fiancé and his family. We had the total of three rooms. Besides the fact of how convenient the hotel was to the main station, the rooms itself was pretty bad. As soon as you walked in to the room, you can smell how musty and old the rooms are. It felt like they need to change the filters in the rooms. I had to sleep with the window open to get some air circulation in the room and the a/c didn't not work very well. Oddly enough, I had to have to window open with the a/c on to cool the room down (luckily the temperature was cool outside). When I closed the window (cause the noise pollution was horrible) and have the a/c on, I would have a smell of cigarettes coming in the room. The smell was coming from the vents. So ask for a room with a window!! We had one room with a fake window. After a shower, the room became even more humid due to poor air circulation. The trash cans are small and some of the rooms where cramped. The reason I am giving it a three and not lower is because the customer service was great. The rooms where fairly clean and the employees helped us when we needed help getting to places. They allowed us to extend one of our rooms with a half a day charge since our flight didn't leave til later that night. So good location and customer service but horrible air circulation and cramped room.

we stayed here on the taiwan portion of our asian vacae and for someone who's never been to taiwan and doesn't speak mandarin very well, you couldn't find a more convenient hotel! located above a major subway hub means getting around is ridiculously easy. just figure out which subway line you need to be on to get to whatever night market you need to get to and viola, chances are there's a subway platform just below. woot. staff was friendly and many spoke english (i think a couple spoke cantonese for hk peeps too). rooms were average size for asia, modern enough, and clean. free wifi was available in lobby but i don't recall how good it was. the included bfast buffet available to guests in the dining area was awesome. we started our day usually with some simple taiwanese fare but you could get omelets and bacon, etc...if you so desired. the hotel is also located near restaurants and places to shop but we didn't really venture near by too much. i'd definitely come and stay here again if only for the convenience to the subway station below.

Located in a convenient location, the Cosmos Hotel is basically in the center of the city area. There are plenty of places to shop and to especially get food in the vicinity. My room was clean and decently sized. The staff is very polite and the hotel itself is clean. The restaurant in the hotel is not recommended mainly because there are places outside in the area that are much better in terms of portion and quality of the food. Great hotel to stay in nonetheless.