My good friend and I visited Cingjing over the weekend, and stayed in Shangrila Music Villa.
1. The rooms are spacious, new and with a nice terrace. The interior design is an imitation of old-English manors.
2. No dinner is provided in the hotel. We are asked to choose to dine either at the Old England (usually a three-course meal for 1100 NTD) or at the Shangrila Hangling Garden Resort (for a much cheaper price). I understand that most choose to dine at the Old England, which provides excellent food at a very reasonable price in addition to the opportunity to take photos and enjoy the architecture at the Old England.
3. The location is a bit far-off i.e. a 30-minute walk from the nearest bus station. We took a taxi there from Taichung, which costed us NTD 2200. We initially asked the hotel to help us book a taxi from Taichung to the hotel, but the cheapest that they quoted was NTD 2500, which is must more expensive than what is usually quoted by taxi companies in Taichung.
4. Good service. Shirley in particular was very helpful. We were very surprised at the attitude of a younger receptionist though. We came back from dinner one night where the hotel had NO ELECTRICITY. We stepped into the lobby and everything was pitch black. Naturally, we asked the receptionist in charge (a younger lady) what was going on. She replied that...My good friend and I visited Cingjing over the weekend, and stayed in Shangrila Music Villa.
1. The rooms are spacious, new and with a nice terrace. The interior design is an imitation of old-English manors.
2. No dinner is provided in the hotel. We are asked to choose to dine either at the Old England (usually a three-course meal for 1100 NTD) or at the Shangrila Hangling Garden Resort (for a much cheaper price). I understand that most choose to dine at the Old England, which provides excellent food at a very reasonable price in addition to the opportunity to take photos and enjoy the architecture at the Old England.
3. The location is a bit far-off i.e. a 30-minute walk from the nearest bus station. We took a taxi there from Taichung, which costed us NTD 2200. We initially asked the hotel to help us book a taxi from Taichung to the hotel, but the cheapest that they quoted was NTD 2500, which is must more expensive than what is usually quoted by taxi companies in Taichung.
4. Good service. Shirley in particular was very helpful. We were very surprised at the attitude of a younger receptionist though. We came back from dinner one night where the hotel had NO ELECTRICITY. We stepped into the lobby and everything was pitch black. Naturally, we asked the receptionist in charge (a younger lady) what was going on. She replied that due to the rain, there was a power failure. We then asked her whether someone was doing any repairs, and for how long we would have to stay huddled up in the cold reception area. The receptionist immediately became very defensive and told us that it wasn't her fault, and that it was the "Government's fault" and the "Government is repairing the electricity right now" and there is nothing they could do about it. We were rather taken aback by her defensive attitude - of course we weren't blaming her or the hotel for the power failure. We simply wanted a reassurance that someone was fixing the problem, that it would be fixed within an estimated period of time, and that the hotel apologies for any inconvenience caused to its guests. We got nothing of this sort, and were left to huddle at the reception/common area that was cold due to the rain and only dimly lit by candles.
Apart from this hiccup, the service was quite satisfying. All of the staff (apart from the young receptionist thankfully there only at night, it seems) were very helpful, helped us arrange transportation, called us to arrange for drinks to be sent to our rooms at night, etc.More
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