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Cheap hotels downtown in Taichung City

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Updated 1 September 2026 · 10 Taichung City hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Taichung City, out of the 10 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.

Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $28.

Unique Hotel - Smile 73 Hotel

Highest rated of the five

Unique Hotel - Smile 73 Hotel

★★★★★4.5 from 2,810 reviews

Unique Hotel - Smile 73 Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 2,810 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 4 star property, found under city centre and around $28 a night on the dates we checked.

10 hotels in Taichung City qualified for this list and five made it. CHECK inn - Taichung WenXin ZhongQing 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
  • Step free accesslevel entry and a lift

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All five, ranked

  1. Unique Hotel - Smile 73 Hotel1

    Unique Hotel - Smile 73 Hotel

    ★★★★★4.5 from 2,810 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  2. CHECK inn - Taichung WenXin ZhongQing2

    CHECK inn - Taichung WenXin ZhongQing

    ★★★★★4.1 from 1,017 reviews

    • Parking
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  3. 西苑旅店Garden Hotel台中住宿3

    西苑旅店Garden Hotel台中住宿

    ★★★★★4.1 from 319 reviews

    • Restaurant
    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning
    • Accessible

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  4. Kiwi Express Hotel4

    Kiwi Express Hotel

    ★★★★★4.1 from 2,486 reviews

    • Kid friendly
    • Air conditioning

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  5. Adagio Hostel, Taichung5

    Adagio Hostel, Taichung

    ★★★★★4 from 502 reviews

    • Parking
    • Air conditioning

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How this list was put together

10 Taichung City 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.

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