CHECK inn Taipei Songjiang

The good: I liked the style/interior design of the room. All the furniture, floors/ceilings, toilet, shower, etc..were all in good shape. Room condition was very nice. You get a nice big sink with organic soap. Shower comes in the form of a stall with door (I hate the open showers that get water all over the place) with a nice shampoo/bodywash that you can pump from a big bottle (not those little tiny, one time use packages). The room cleaner was very nice and came every day. Restocked water bottles, coffee, and tea. I always had an umbrella, but it seemed like they had some for you to use in case you didn't have one. Can't speak to the food/breakfast quality as I did not eat there. The bad: Two things. First, it's very noisy. I expected some noise from adjacent rooms, but what I was not prepared for was how loud the water pipes were. I kid you not...it seemed like I was under a waterfall. You can forget about sleeping. I stayed for four nights and had that issue two of those nights. They did however offer to move me to a higher floor. Second, although it's a no smoking hotel, the very first thing I noticed when walking in was the smell of cigarette smoke. It was coming from the vent in the bathroom, so probably someone smoking in another room. Again, this happened twice during my stay. They gave me some machine that they said would help, but not sure it did. Overall, I still liked the hotel. Probably bad luck with the smoke. Hopefully I'll get a higher room next time.