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The best 3 star hotels in Chiayi

Talia Ben-Ari

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Updated 1 September 2026 · 29 Chiayi hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Chiayi, out of the 29 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.8 down to 4.4.

Lantan Moonlight Hotel is the one I would book myself.

Lantan Moonlight Hotel

Highest rated of the five

Lantan Moonlight Hotel

★★★★★4.8 from 1,225 reviews

Lantan Moonlight Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.8 from 1,225 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is a 3 star property, found under city centre and around $63 a night on the dates we checked.

29 hotels in Chiayi qualified for this list and five made it. Home Way Hotel・Green Hotel・Chiayi is the one I would book if the first is full.

Why it works for this trip

  • Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
  • Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
  • Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze

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All five, ranked

  1. Lantan Moonlight Hotel1

    Lantan Moonlight Hotel

    ★★★★★4.8 from 1,225 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning

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  2. Home Way Hotel・Green Hotel・Chiayi2

    Home Way Hotel・Green Hotel・Chiayi

    ★★★★★4.5 from 2,295 reviews

    • Bar
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  3. Meant to Be3

    Meant to Be

    ★★★★★4.5 from 699 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Parking
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  4. 嘉宮旅社4

    嘉宮旅社

    ★★★★★4.5 from 350 reviews

    • Air conditioning

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  5. 日光輕旅 晃拾光5

    日光輕旅 晃拾光

    ★★★★★4.4 from 500 reviews

    • Air conditioning

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How this list was put together

29 Chiayi hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

Talia Ben-Ari

Talia Ben-Ari Turkey, the Gulf and Egypt

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