Hostel Happy FamilyvsGrand Hyatt Taipei
Hostel Happy Family and Grand Hyatt Taipei are both endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Grand Hyatt Taipei ranks significantly higher than Hostel Happy Family. Grand Hyatt Taipei scores 86 with approval from 6 publications including Lonely Planet, Rough Guide and oyster.com.
Hostel Happy Family
Section 1, Lane 56, #2, Zhong Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan
From $0/night
- Air Conditioning
- Refrigerator
Rough Guide
"Backpacker institution, with clean, if rather ageing, rooms close to the main station."
Michelin Guide
"This Taipei hostel has seen backpackers and expats come and go for decades, and couldn't be more convenient to the island's transportation hub."
Grand Hyatt Taipei
No.2 Song Shou Road, Taipei 110, Taiwan
From $199/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide
"Gargantuan five-star with vast, marble-clad lobby and 856 luxurious rooms in the heart of Xinyi’s business district."
Condé Nast Traveler
"This "grand building" next to the Taipei 101 tower has pastel rooms, and executive suites with "luxurious marble tubs" from which "you can watch the tower light up as the sun sets"." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Business-friendly hotel tower, centrally located in the World Trade Centre complex in the Hsin-Yi district, next to the Financial Tower; a new spa opened in the fall of 2009." Full review
Michelin Guide
"Next door to the Taipei World Trade Center and Taipei 101, and a short distance from City Hall, the Hyatt sits in the heart of new Taipei."
Star Service
"This hotel has immediate access to the convention center and exhibition hall and is located just steps away from a small park across from the front entrance and the Taipei 101 tower." Full review
Lonely Planet
"The Grand Hyatt is huge (more than 850 rooms) and looms like a massive stone hawk, wings outspread in the shadow of nearby Taipei 101." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"A gigantic business hotel with 853 rooms, all with sleek -- if generic -- interiors and marble bathrooms; many have excellent skyline views." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"As the hotel of choice for VIPs visiting the Taiwanese capital, the Grand Hyatt offers luxuriously appointed rooms with service to match." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide
Recommended
"The opulence of Grand Hyatt Taipei greets you as you enter the white marble lobby and open atrium, which is centered around a gorgeous gold and marble fountain." Full review