Beimen WOW Poshtel

The accommodation maintains high cleanliness standards and offers a well-equipped common area. It is conveniently located near Taipei Main Station and the staff provides friendly and multilingual service.

The location is quite good, only about 15mins away from Taipei station. The public area is comfortable and there are free tea and coffee provided 🤩

I absolutely recommend this hostel: Perks: Right in the city centre, very close to Zhongzhan MTR station. There is a shower room and a separate toilet within the bedroom! There are also more toilets and shower rooms right outside the bedroom so you never have to queue fot anything. The highlight of the hotel is the kitchen! Gorgeous, spacious, it's also a TV, sofa, resting area as well as a dining room. All in one huge space. I love that they actually have a genuine coffee machine and you can make yourself real espresso for free! Free hot water, cold water 24/7 too. The kitchen area is also very clean. I also found this hostel generally very quiet, perfect for resting. I guess it's also down to whoever is staying at the time you're staying but I guess I was lucky. The hotel also makes it clear about being respectful and being quiet after 10pm is a must. Downside: The staff are rather cold and stick to business. Especially the male staff. I heard a tourist ask one of the staff if he could do something and the staff just told him: 'no' (^～^). Not 'I'm sorry but this won't be possible' or anything as polite and cordial as this. I also asked, in Chinese, if I could take away one of the books that were on display at the library and he just replied: 'Just put it back after you read it', in a harsh tone. (^～^) I'm not sure whether this is cultural or whether these two guys are just different from the crowd. Another big no no is the double beds in the dormitories. I'd never seen double beds in a dormitory before (and I've stayed in tonnes of dorms around the world). The first night, two young girls were staying in that double bed and they were watching something funny on their phones and just laughing and chatting. It lasted a long time, I had to tell them to shut up after one attempt. I'm not sure it's a good idea to allow two people to sleep on the same bed in a dormitory. A dorm can already be noisy but then it can get out of hands (ToT). Why not share a double room in a hotel if you are lucky to be traveling with a mate?