Grand Mayfull Taipei

A 25-Storey Tower Built Around Five Restaurants

Grand Mayfull Taipei opened in 2015 as a 143-metre, 25-storey tower in Zhongshan District, and it was built with an unusual premise: the hotel would be judged as much on its kitchens as on its rooms. Five separate restaurants operate across the property, each with its own chef and identity rather than a single buffet-led dining program stretched thin across the building. The result is a hotel that reads less like a conventional business tower and more like a small collection of restaurants that happens to have 146 rooms upstairs, with a grand ballroom and five basement levels rounding out a property built for both guests and events.

Why It Works

The Michelin Guide named Grand Mayfull one of Taipei's three best luxury hotels in both 2018 and 2019, and that recognition tracks with what the hotel actually does well: MIPON, its Taiwanese restaurant, has been commended by the Michelin Guide in the same two years, which is a rare distinction for a hotel dining room rather than a standalone restaurant. Pair that with the World Travel Awards naming it Taiwan's leading hotel in 2017, and the pattern is consistent industry recognition across several years rather than a single good season.

Why This Location

Zhongshan District sits between the Songshan Airport corridor and the older commercial core around Zhongshan MRT, a part of Taipei known for design shops, independent cafés and the kind of streets that reward walking rather than taxiing. The hotel's address on Lequn 2nd Road puts it within easy reach of the Shilin night market and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, while staying close enough to the airport for a short transfer on arrival or departure. It is a useful base for travellers splitting time between business meetings and evenings spent exploring the neighborhood on foot.

Fast Facts

• Price: Upper-upscale

• Vibe: Glass tower, five restaurants, skyline pool

• Rooms: 146, including 20 premium suites

• Best For: Travellers who prioritize dining and a rooftop pool

• Our Favorite Thing About the Hotel: The heated outdoor pool facing Taipei 101

• Dining: Five restaurants plus a poolside bar and a café

• Amenities: Heated outdoor pool, sauna, grand ballroom

• Attractions: Shilin Night Market, Taipei Fine Arts Museum

The Pool and the Suites

The heated outdoor pool is the hotel's signature space, set with a sauna and a clear sightline toward Taipei 101, and it stays usable across more of the year than an unheated rooftop pool would allow. Of the 146 rooms, the 20 premium suites are the ones worth the upgrade: they sit on higher floors with the fuller skyline views, while standard rooms are comfortable but oriented more toward the business travellers the tower was originally designed around. The seven-metre ceiling in the ballroom gives a sense of the scale the building was planned at from the start.

Five Kitchens Under One Roof

Palette handles the all-day buffet, Chiu Yuet Fong serves Cantonese and Teochew cuisine built around dim sum, MIPON is the Michelin-commended Taiwanese dining room, Haruyama covers Japanese cooking, and GMT rounds things out with Italian. Add Cocoon, the poolside bar with its own skyline view, and Moment, a café and bakery for mornings before meetings or sightseeing, and the hotel functions as a dining destination independent of who is actually staying there. Guests who book a multi-night stay can realistically eat a different cuisine every evening without leaving the building.

Before You Book

This is a hotel for travellers who want their accommodation to double as a dining itinerary, not a quiet retreat away from the city. The grand ballroom and business facilities mean it also draws a steady flow of corporate and event guests, so travellers seeking a purely leisure-focused stay should factor that into expectations, particularly on weekdays. For anyone planning to eat well in Taipei without leaving the building, it is difficult to find a stronger case elsewhere in Zhongshan.