Room: The room was clean, nicely lit with modern design, there was also plenty of space/surface around to open your luggage or to place stuff. I’m not sure if it’s a thing to have hard beds in Taiwan’s hotels but out of the 6 I stayed for this trip, only GAYA hotel had a nice soft bed! If our schedule were not so packed we would certainly have slept in much longer.
We were on a trip to celebrate our wedding anniversary and the hotel staff left a nice congratulatory note on the bed which lent a personal touch to our stay here.

Location: It is walking distance from many eateries and we easily found 2 great places to have dinner and dessert. Tiehua Music Village is just across the hotel but unfortunately it started raining heavily after dinner and we did not get to visit.

Breakfast: the spread was not super huge but sufficient for me. There was a separate counter for beef noodle soup and my husband got a bowl with generous portion of beef. Perhaps it was off peak season when I was there, but it wasn’t crowded when I had my breakfast.

Overall: We really enjoyed our short stay at GAYA hotel! There were many cute and interesting designs in the public areas of the hotel which made walking around fun too.

We stayed 2nts in a two queen bed room on the higher floor. The room was spacious and fairly clean. There was a balcony with a view overlooking parts of the city and out to sea. I would recommend maintaining the balcony sliding door area and balcony so that can guests can comfortably step outside.

The breakfast buffet has a variety of options but mostly asian. All foods were precooked and were just ok. It would be a nice touch to offer freshly cooked eggs to order. The dinner buffet was also just ok, the highlight was that you could order freshly blanched green vegetables which was suitable for my young children.

This hotel had a lot of foot traffic with coach loads of tourist checking in. Across the road is a night open air market with afew small open air bars. The original railway station site is at the end of this market followed by a shopping mall. If staying on lower floors it could be noisy up until about 11pm or at least before midnight which was when we stopped hearing the entertainment outside from the streets.

We booked this hotel 15mins before we arrived to check in and the price point for the room was quite high for the value, granted it was a weekend and last minute. However it is most likely one of it not the best hotel on offer in the town center of Taitung. We met the owner of the hotel upon check in, she was a kind lady and did her best to accommodate us on such short notice and to make our stay comfortable.

The room and pool are very nice but breakfast gets loud, hot, and crowded. Also at breakfast they don't cover the food which doesn't pass my hygiene level. Lastly checkout is 11:00 am which to me is very early. I wouldn't stay again but the price is decent.