Finders Hotel

The hotel has a nice "adventure" concept and a good lobby to hang out and spend some time with tabletop football, darts, a movie area as well as free drinks, snacks and instant noodles. The staff is nice and helpful. Only bad thing here was a quite dirty looking carpet, probably just vacuum cleaned and not washed regularly. Unfortunately, the rooms can't keep up with that. At first I had a room where I heard a very loud whistling noise when the neighbors were taking a shower (usually started about 1-2 minutes after I could hear the water running - you can always hear water noise from other rooms). After I asked for a room change I got one without that problem, only the fridge made some annoying noise. The much worse problem however was the general condition of the room. In the sleeping area, the carpet was partly broken and had a lot of dirty spots. The wallpaper was partly broken in the first room, in the second room just a few scratches. The bathrooms on the other hand were awful in both rooms. Bad maintenance with mould around the corners of the basin and the shower and, the worst of all, even on the shower head (which would be so easily replaced)! Also in both rooms the ceiling fan and the lamps were full of dust, that's improper cleaning. In the second room from the beginning there was some loose dirt behind the bathroom door and was only cleaned up after the third night. The bathroom door as well as the shower door in the second room didn't close properly.

Gut: The location is good, the concept as well. I liked what they offered in the lobby. The beds were comfortable.

Nicht so gut: Proper cleaning and maintenance are absolutely necessary in a hotel. As both rooms were quite similar in bad shape, it seems to be a general problem.

Lage: Just in between NTU Hospital, Taipei main station and Ximen. Less than 5 minutes walk to NTU Hospital exit 4, about 7-8 minues to the airport MRT.