Which to choose · Taipei
The Grand Hyatt or the W, Taipei?
The Grand Hyatt opened in 1990 on a then-empty Xinyi site and has since been surrounded by City Hall and Taipei 101, to which it is joined indoors; its 850 rooms and suites are more than any other hotel in Taiwan has. The W, opened in 2011 and refurbished to January 2025, takes floors 8 to 31 of a tower above City Hall MRT, with its lobby, bars and outdoor pool on the 10th floor and Taipei 101 about ten minutes' walk away. The Grand Hyatt is a city within a city, with restaurants from Cantonese to Italian; the W is newer inside, livelier and on top of the metro.
In short
Choose the Grand Hyatt for a 101 View room facing the tower, Taipei 101 indoors next door and a long list of restaurants; choose the W for rooms redone by January 2025, a 25-metre outdoor pool and the MRT beneath the lobby.
A business trip
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Taipei 101 and the World Trade Center are next door, with 13 event spaces in the hotel.
A pool day
W Taipei
A 25-metre outdoor pool on the 10th-floor deck, with the WET Bar beside it from Thursday to Sunday.
The view of Taipei 101
Grand Hyatt Taipei
The 101 View rooms, the Grand Club Premium Studio 101 View and the Grand Executive 101 View Suite all face the tower next door.
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Choose Grand Hyatt Taipei for
- Joined indoors to Taipei 101 and the Xinyi department stores, so you need not go outside
- 101 View rooms and suites look straight onto the tower next door
- Restaurants from Cantonese at Pearl Liang, designed by Tony Chi, to Bel Air Bar + Grill and the Irodori Japanese buffet
W Taipei
Choose W Taipei for
- City Hall MRT station is directly beneath, its exit two minutes' walk from the lobby
- Rooms and suites refurbished by GA Design International, the original designers, over more than two years to January 2025
- A 25-metre outdoor pool on the 10th-floor deck with the WET Bar, and the AWAY Spa on the 12th
Side by side
- Where
- Xinyi
- Xinyi
- Opened
- 1990
- 2011
- Last renovated
- 2014
- 2025
- Rooms
- 850
- 405
- Room sizes
- 33–50 sq m
- 13–43 sq m
- Restaurants and bars
- 7
- 4
- Pool
- Yes
- Yes
- Hot spring
- –
- –
- Awards
- –
- Forbes 4 stars
- Design
- –
- Tadashi Yamane (exterior); GA Design International
- Airport
- –
- Taipei Songshan Airport is 10 to 20 minutes by car and Taoyuan International 30 to 45 minutes
- Brand
- Grand Hyatt
- W Hotels
- Booked through us
- Hyatt Privé
- Marriott Luminous
The rooms
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Which to book. Book a 101 View category: those rooms, the Grand Club Premium Studio 101 View and the Grand Executive 101 View Suite look onto Taipei 101 next door. Club categories use the Grand Club Lounge on the 22nd floor, with continental breakfast, all-day refreshments and evening cocktails.
W Taipei
Which to book. For Taipei 101 from the room, ask for a Fantastic Suite: there are eleven, with floor-to-ceiling windows and a bathtub facing the tower. In the Fabulous Rooms the partition between bedroom and bathroom turns to open the bath to the same view at night.
The first room
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Grand Room (King or Twin)
33 sq m · marble bathroom
W Taipei
Spectacular Room
about 43 sq m (13 ping) · sunset-orange scheme; a window sofa that doubles as a daybed
The room to ask for
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Grand Club Premium Studio 101 View
50 sq m · Taipei 101 view · separate bedroom; Grand Club Lounge access
W Taipei
Fantastic Suite
about 69 sq m (21 ping) · Taipei 101 view · eleven of them; mostly open-plan, with floor-to-ceiling windows facing Taipei 101 and a bathtub with the same view
The largest suite
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Presidential Suite
221 sq m · apartment-style; 24-hour butler
W Taipei
Extreme WOW Suite
about 364 sq m (110 ping) · 270-degree city view including Taipei 101 view · the only one, on two levels across floors 29 and 30; two bedrooms, a kitchen, a ten-seat dining table, wine cellar, sauna, spin bike and a telescope
Dining
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Café · international buffet restaurant · breakfast
Irodori · Japanese buffet restaurant
Yun Jin · regional Chinese restaurant
Pearl Liang · Cantonese seafood and dim sum
Bel Air Bar + Grill · European grill
Ziga Zaga · Italian restaurant
Cheers · all-day bar and restaurant · lunch
W Taipei
Seasons by olivier e. · modern French restaurant · 10th floor · breakfast
YEN Chinese Restaurant · Cantonese restaurant · 31st floor
WOOBAR · lobby bar · 10th-floor lobby · afternoon tea
WET Bar · poolside bar · 10th-floor pool deck · Thu–Sun afternoons
The spa and the pool
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Club Oasis on level 5 has a temperature-controlled outdoor pool with a pool bar, a 24-hour gym with an exercise studio for yoga and aerobics, and separate men's and women's wet areas with sauna, steam room and whirlpools (over-16s).
W Taipei
AWAY Spa on the 12th floor, a 25-metre (82-foot) outdoor pool, WET, on the 10th floor, and the FIT gym with Technogym equipment, a sauna, steam room and whirlpools.
Where they are
The two stand 650 m apart, as the crow flies.
Grand Hyatt Taipei
In Xinyi, connected indoors to Taipei 101 and the department stores, next to City Hall
Taipei 101/World Trade Center MRT station
5 min on foot
Taipei Songshan Airport
9 min by car
Taoyuan International Airport
43 min by car
W Taipei
In Xinyi, Taipei's business and shopping district, near Taipei 101
Taipei City Hall MRT station
2 min on foot, Station directly beneath
Taipei Songshan Airport
10 min by car, 10 to 20 minutes
Taoyuan Airport
30 min by car, 30 to 45 minutes
Taoyuan Airport
45 min by train, Airport MRT and metro
The building
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Opened in 1990 on a then-empty Xinyi site, before Taipei City Hall (1994) and Taipei 101 rose around it. In 2013–14 the rooms were stripped to the concrete and rebuilt in 14 categories mixing Eastern and Western references, the largest overhaul since opening; Pearl Liang's interiors are by Tony Chi.
W Taipei
The hotel takes floors 8 to 31, with the lobby on the 10th, of a tower built over Taipei City Hall Bus Station; the exterior was conceived by Japanese designer Tadashi Yamane and the interiors by GA Design International of London on a 'nature electrified' theme, with timber check-in counters, green walls by the pool and an interactive light installation, To Light You Fade, by rAndom International at the entrance. It opened on 14 February 2011 as W Hotels' first in Taiwan and 39th worldwide. GA Design returned for a refurbishment of more than two years, from 2023 to January 2025, which replaced the original saturated colours with earth tones, green and sunset orange, added recycled-terrazzo surfaces, and put digital art by Daniel Brown in the guest-floor lift lobbies.
Booked through us
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Grand Hyatt Taipei
Hyatt Privé
A room upgrade confirmed within a day of booking, when available
Daily breakfast for two
A US$100 credit each stay at Park Hyatt, US$50 to US$100 at Grand Hyatt and Andaz
Some Grand Hyatt hotels ask for two nights.
W Taipei
W Taipei
Marriott Luminous
A room upgrade on arrival when one is available
Daily breakfast for two
Early check-in and late checkout when available
Some hotels add a US$100 credit; most do not.
Still deciding? Tell us your dates and what matters most, and we will say which we would choose, and book it at the hotel’s own rate with the perks above.
Questions
The Grand Hyatt, which is connected to Taipei 101 indoors. The W is about ten minutes' walk away, but sits directly above City Hall MRT station.
The eleven Fantastic Suites have floor-to-ceiling windows and a bathtub facing the tower. In the Fabulous Rooms the partition between bedroom and bathroom turns to open the bath to the same view at night.
No. The 31st-floor Cantonese restaurant is closed for renovation and due to reopen in June 2027; Seasons by olivier e., modern French on the 10th floor, is open.
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