When compared with so many great hotels in the world many things are average about this older, but considered luxury for Kaohsiung, hotel. I give it a Very Good rating for Value because when you factor everything (country, city, locality, culture, relative to other hotels in the vicinity, etc. and your budget) it is not that expensive for what you get and many things about it are nice. But for each of the rated categories below other than Value (Service, Sleep Quality, etc.) I evaluate my experience to the best and worst in the world that I have experienced (say from a very scary mom-and-pop motel to the Four Seasons). Rooms at the Hi-Lai are large (even for U.S. standards) if dated. Beds are old and stiff and was actually not that comfortable but tolerable. Breakfast buffet has good choices but average in quality and taste; coffee though was particularly good and what I would consider German style which I favor, rich, smooth, not bitter, and deceptively potent. The fact that the hotel is integrated with a department store and basement food court is a definite plus; you can take care of souvenir shopping and food very expediently. In short, if you are visiting Kaohsiung for business or pleasure, out of all the hotels in the area that I saw, this has the most going for it. I would say the real issue with the hotel is indirect - if the city of Kaohsiung was more dynamic and exciting then the hotel would adjust somehow to keep pace and therefore its late 70s looking lobby with karaoke night may be refurbished with something more chic. And the outdoor swimming pool, which is very functional, may also be more inviting and be more of a fun and chill gathering place on summer evenings. Short-and-sweet: Hi-Lai is your best choice in Kaohsiung right now even if it would be considered only average in say New York or Tokyo. Side-note: Exec Level and its lounge was disappointing and I do not recommend paying more for it.

This is an older hotel that shows its age in both décor and room size. But it is well-run, clean, conveniently located and has a very courteous and attentive staff. It is simply a standard old-style city hotel that hosts tour groups as well as business travelers. The "king" beds are typically Asian -- two twins pushed together.

Our tour group stayed for one night at this tower block hotel. I was given a very comfortable and clean room on the 29th floor. The main restaurants are near the top (eg 43rd floor), but pricier ones (though I didn’t try) are lower down (eg on 10th floor). The lower floors (ie 2nd to 8th?) are taken up by a department store.

I have stayed here many times and this is a good hotel.
Large nice rooms and well maintained.
Staff is very good and hotel location good with a lot of shopping around.
I don't like the room service food or the restaurants very much in this hotel.
Best feed in town is probably the tapanyaki downstairs in the food court. Cheap also.
They have a pool also but quite often closed for renovation.