The best hotels in Taipei for 2025
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There’s never been a better time to visit Taiwan’s spectacular capital, where sky-scraping hotels – including the recently opened Capella Taipei – tower over temple-filled historic districts and fragrant street food markets. Taipei is a city which is surprisingly easy to explore, thanks not only to its fast, efficient MRT train network but also because it's relatively compact in size. It’s also a brilliant destination for those who love to combine urban explorations with adventures in the great outdoors – the city is surrounded by forested peaks such as Elephant Mountain, which is easily accessible from the city centre and criss-crossed with a tangle of hiking trails. Here, we round up the best hotels in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Shangri-La Far Eastern
Stay in any one of this hotel’s 420 rooms or suites and you’ll enjoy fantastic city views (bag one of the Deluxe Taipei 101 View rooms to see the city’s famous skyscraper especially well). I was particularly smitten with the window-side seating areas in the bedrooms. You’ll find the hotel in the heart of Da’an District, famous for its fine dining restaurants and bars, not that you need to leave the hotel to refuel – its restaurants include Shanghai Pavilion (try the Chongqing stir-fried chicken with Sichuan pepper), Marco Polo for Italian cuisine and Ibuki for Japanese delicacies. Li Bai Lounge, with its moody lighting and fantastic city views, is a brilliant spot for a sundowner. Overindulgences can be offset with a session in the gym or laps of one of the two pools (one of which is the highest rooftop pool in Taipei), and the hotel’s fantastic SOCIE spa has an encyclopaedia-like menu of treatments, although for jet-lagged limbs it’s got to be the bamboo joint release massage. Make sure you take time to admire the hotel’s fantastic art collection (concierges will happily arrange complimentary art tours). Among my favourite pieces were Shen Cheen’s Along the River during the Qing Ming Festival – two silk scrolls depicting the ancient capital of Kaifeng – and the wooden Kuan-Yin Buddha statue in the hotel’s lobby.
Address: 201 Tun Hwa South Road, Section 2, Taipei 10675 Taiwan
Price: From around £201 per night.jpg)
Mandarin Oriental Taipei
This five-star hotel is in Songshan, a neighbourhood famous for its ancient temples and fragrant street markets. A truly palatial property that combines European architecture styles with Asian aesthetics, it’s hosted countless dignitaries and royals over the years (some of whom have tied the knot in its stunning Grand Ballroom), and there’s a real sense of opulence. Enter the lobby and you’ll be dazzled by the 1,400-kg chandelier by Czech artist Tafana Dvorakova, who took nine months to assemble the 50,000 crystal beads. The hotel’s 350 bedrooms and suites, which range in size from 55 square metres to 70 square metres, are some of the largest in Taipei, and it’s another hotel stuffed with art – in this case, 1,700 pieces by artists from all over the world. That said, there’s a huge focus on Asian artists, including legendary Chinese ink master Wei Zhu. There are endless opportunities when it comes to sating your appetite, although the most popular restaurant is Ya Ge, a Michelin-starred Chinese restaurant. The hotel’s spa specialises in traditional therapies, and its most popular treatment includes Formosa, a therapy which uses butterfly massage techniques to re-mineralise the skin.
Address: No. 158 Dunhua North Road, Taipei 10548 Taiwan
Price: From around £266 per night.jpg)
Hotel Resonance Taipei, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
This 175-room hotel is hard to beat when it comes to location – it’s in the heart of buzzing Zhongzheng and just 100 metres from the Shandao Temple MRT station, which is just one stop from Taipei’s main train station. It’s the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton property in the Asia Pacific region and has the feel of a boutique hotel – its sculpture-filled public spaces are airy and light, and the sleek, modern rooms (split between eight room categories) have clearly been designed to make the most of the views. The hotel was once surrounded by forests of camphor, which is a key ingredient in film reels – hence the nods to movies in the bedrooms. These include quirky microphone-shaped reading lamps and “on-air” do-not-disturb lights. And while many hotels have now rolled out bespoke fragrances, this hotel’s signature scent is a cut above – Forest #56, spritzed throughout public areas, is named after the 56 trees which surround the property, and combines the scent of camphor with notes of metal, offering a (surprisingly pleasant) nod to the metal refinery which once stood here. Sounds weird, but it works. The one downside about this hotel? The lack of restaurants – the only dining outlet is the Starbucks in the lobby. That said, you’ll never go hungry, because the hotel is surrounded by some of Taipei’s top food and drink spots, including Fu Hang Soy Milk and Moon Moon Food, a Michelin guide-listed restaurant where the most popular dishes include sesame noodles and Taiwanese hotpots.
Address: No. 7, Linsen S Rd, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan 100
Price: From around £166 per night
Capella Taipei
Capella is quickly establishing itself as one of the world’s swankiest hospitality brands, and the newest property is the Capella Taipei, which opened in Songshan in April 2025. It’s a thing of beauty – a mansion-like hotel designed by André Fu. There’s a vast sense of space – you’ll find the 86 rooms spread across four floors, starting on the 14th floor, which means fantastic views over both the city and forested peaks on Taipei’s outskirts. A special mention should go to the Pool Terrace Suites, which include the Skyline Pool Terrace Suite – book one of these and you’ll get a private outdoor deck with a cabana and sun loungers, along with a heated lap pool and a jacuzzi. Add four restaurants (Rong Ju is already being referred to as one of the city’s top Cantonese restaurants), a chic café, and Plume, the hotel's beautiful cocktail bar, and you’d be forgiven for staying put. But exploring further afield is easy here, thanks in part to the team of Capella Culturalists – employees tasked with showcasing their city, whether it’s with a Taipei-specific history lesson, a traditional breakfast eaten beneath one of the property’s ancient banyan trees or a guided visit to a local temple.
Address: No. 139, DunHua North Road, Songshan District , 105 Taipei, Taiwan
Prices: From around £391 per night
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©amba Taipei SongshanAmba Taipei Songshan
A growing number of hotels are going all out to cater to travellers who have been on the road for more than just a few weeks, and the 189-room Amba Taipei Songshan does this incredibly well. There’s a communal laundry room with a washing machine and a dryer (no more washing your undies in your bathroom sink). Despite this hotel’s wallet-friendly rates, every tech-filled bedroom has eight power outlets, a Nespresso machine and a Bluetooth speaker. Other reasons to love this hotel include the wide selection of room types (with sizes ranging from 27 square metres to 107 square metres) and the funky décor, whether it’s the oversized bamboo lanterns in the public areas (there are 17 in total) or the gumball machine in the lobby. But it’s filled with something much cooler than gumballs – sets of miniature “Bua Buei” blocks. Head to any Taiwanese temple, and you’ll see visitors throwing them on the floor after thinking of a question that can be answered with a yes or a no. The way the blocks land reveals the answer. A top tip? Don’t forget to snaffle the very cool Amba flip-flops you’ll find in your room – every guest gets a complimentary pair to take home.
Address: No. 8, Section 7, Civic Blvd, Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan 11562
Price: From around £115 per night
W Taipei
Love a selfie? Make a beeline for the pool on the W Taipei’s tenth floor, more specifically, the supersized water droplet, made from polished, reflective metal. Snap a picture of the sculpture and you’ll find yourself framed against the sleek silhouette of this achingly hip hotel. There are numerous reasons to love this slick property, starting with the location – it’s directly above Taipei City Hall station, in the heart of Xinyi District, a fantastic base for visitors keen to tick off big-hitters such as the Taipei 101 tower and the Dr Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. Alongside W Hotel staples (a selfie-friendly WET pool, the hi-tech FIT gym and snooze-inducing W beds, to name a few), expect plenty of nods to the region, including the property’s mascots – cute Chinese Zodiac-themed creatures which you’ll find in the lobby as well as in the bedrooms. Another break from the norm is Yen, the first Chinese restaurant in a W Hotel. And it’s a corker; a gorgeous, minimalist space with a menu packed with authentic Chinese delicacies such as air-cured sausage with Sakura shrimp radish cake. When it comes to the rooms, Spectacular Rooms have the best views of Taipei 101, although views from the aptly-named Cool Corner Rooms, which have 53 square metres of space and spacious lounge areas, are just as breathtaking.
Address: 12F, No. 10, Section 5, Zhongxiao East Road, Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan
Prices: From around £231 per night
CitizenM Taipei North Gate hotel
This is Citizen M’s first property in Asia, and it’s a great option for visitors seeking a stylish base on a budget. Not that there aren’t plenty of added extras, including the pre-arrival questionnaire, which will result in personalised tips to speed your journey to the land of nod. The location is fantastic – in the heart of Zhongzheng, a downtown neighbourhood packed with historic and cultural sites, including the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and the 228 Peace Memorial Park, created in honour of the thousands of anti-government protesters who died during an uprising in 1947. As with all Citizen Ms, the 267 rooms are on the compact side, although they’re incredibly well designed, with wall-to-wall windows next to the beds (an XL king-size designed to accommodate up to two adults and a child), and a bedside tablet which can control absolutely everything inside the room, from the blackout blinds to the funky mood lighting. Bonus points are awarded for the colourful, book-filled public spaces, which have shelves loaded with guidebooks and banks of iMacs for guests to use, and for the presence of an ironing room for emergency de-creasing sessions.
Address: No. 3 Section 1 Zhonghua Road, Taipei, 10043
Price: From around £67 a night.jpg)
Hey!CheeseKimpton Da An Hotel
Great concierges are hard to find, but two at this Kimpton hotel, in the historic Da’an neighbourhood, have been certified by Les Clefs d’Or, a French-based membership organisation for concierges who’ve proved they’re amongst the world’s best. But there’s no hint of stuffiness at this five-star hotel, reminders of which are the property’s nightly social hours (attended by the general manager) and high hound count – this is a dog-friendly hotel. And yes, we realise it’s unlikely you’ll have your pooch in tow, but watching Taipei’s beautifully preened pooches strut through the lobby is rather fun. With just 129 rooms, the hotel feels wonderfully intimate, with décor which is simple but stylish – think sculpture-like sprigs of greenery placed in bedside vases, and well-lit working areas which just…work. Food-wise, there’s the Michelin guide-listed Tavernist for delicious, eclectic cuisine (try the crispy pork belly with a roast pineapple sauce). Welcome added extras include yoga mats in every bedroom and bicycles for guests who fancy a pedal-powered exploration of the city. Travelling with kids in tow? Jetsetters-in-training get a welcome gift, child-friendly amenities and their very own happy hour.
Address: No. 25, Lane 27, Section 4, Ren'ai Rd, Da’an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Prices: From around £170 per night
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Humble House Taipei, Curio Collection by Hilton
A four-star hotel in Xinyi (home to the Taipei 101 tower), this 235-room hotel is yet another hotel stuffed with art. 600 pieces are on display at any one time, and the collection is wonderfully diverse. Highlights include the sky garden’s Natural Tower, a rust-coloured sculpture depicting winged dancers, and Yong Liang’s The Day of Perpetual Night, a video installation which initially resembles a traditional Chinese landscape painting, but which is actually a montage of urban developments. The seventh-floor open-air swimming pool, with its swirling, mosaic-like tile work, might not be the city’s highest, but the views of Taipei 100 are breathtaking, and there’s a compact (but gorgeous) spa. There’s just one restaurant and a lounge bar, but La Farfalla, the hotel’s restaurant, is fantastic – an art-filled space with an enormous wine cellar and a menu filled with Italian delicacies. We’re also fans of the various packages on offer, which range from one-night stays with unlimited drinks to weekend packages which combine a one-night stay with two meals. Also worth flagging is the hotel’s green credentials – the building has LEED Diamond certification, relies heavily on eco-friendly building materials and uses extensive plant cover to help reduce interior temperatures.
Address: 18 Songgao Rd, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan 110
Price: From around £347 per night