Watermark Hotel Kaohsiung

Near train station, metro statio to airport. Nice and new building. Friendly hotel staff.

We stayed for 2 nights in a Super Deluxe Room. The room was clean and comfortable, especially the bed, and has a good-sized bathroom. Plenty of work space. It is well located next to the main train station with easy links to the HSR and city centre. The area is undergoing some much needed improvements so will have a nicer outlook when it is all done. Breakfast was OK, a bit minimal for a Western palate but good enough. I would have liked to have more choice of eggs (boiled, cold only), a wider choice of fruit, and maybe a croissant or other pastry. The coffee was good though. The hotel falls short on some small details, cutting corners to save money. For example, they provide a kettle but then give a paltry choice of two different teabags and one coffee sachet (and no spoon), which is not good if you are 2 people in the room. There is hardly any hanging space for clothes, no drawers/shelving. The hand towels are very small, and the hair dryer was a very cheap and ineffective model. There was no hand soap in the bathroom - only body wash and hair shampoo/rinse in the shower unit - not easily reachable to where you washed hands. There were no hooks in the bathroom. One more annoying issue is that you have to log in to the wifi connection every time you come back to the room - it does not reconnect automatically and both the name and password are complex ones. Overall, a reasonable stay for 2 nights but I wouldn't recommend it for a longer stay.

It took us 5 minutes from MTR station to the hotel. The room is large enough for us to open 2 large luggages at the same time. For me, there had many different TV channels to watch. As having a balcony, the view is very good. The breakfast provided is not bad as there are different types of food including local and western types. Moreover, the coffee is free for the whole day. The staff is nice and helpful.