Name: Liu House
Address: 237 Jishan Street 224 Jiufen,Jishan Street, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, 224, Taiwan
Rating: 8

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Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Non-smoking rooms

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Family room

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Breakfast in the room

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Japanese

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Taipei Songshan Airport

Liu House

New Taipei City

One goes through the front door to what appears to be the accommodation and the private home of the owner of this cozy two-story building with two bedrooms with bathroom and one without toilet. With a living room - dining room on the ground floor where the Taiwanese breakfast is served, without a doubt, for its price, its excellent location, a minute and a half of the bustle and near bus stops, and the cordiality of the staff, make this place a recommended choice against the high prices of Jiufen around its Old Street.

 Cozy and charming a minute and a half of the hustle and bustle.

No English or Japanese spoken, called to confirm my reservation and received no help, I want to cancel but can't even do that, this is not what was advertised, I got excited too soon now I am paying for it with worry.  Sorry I exaggerated they can say no English and yes in Japanese and no Japanese

No English or Japanese spoken

Located at the other end of the Jiufen old street. So do not drop off at Jiufen Old Street main entrance( you will if by bus) or else you will drag your luggage walk across the old street to the hotel. 
If by cab, the driver will use other road send you to the nearest drop off point. 3 minutes walk to the hotel.

Very comfy room & spacious.
A simple breakfast provided. Yes, you will not need a delicious breakfast because you will explore the good food along the old street.

Comfy room

Liu House is a B&B run by Liu Mama. Located just a three minute walk away is Jiufen Old Street, the birth place of 'Spirited Away' by Ghilbi.

Before I talk about the property, an introduction of the town is due. Jiufen is a maze disguised as a town ready to enchants those that stumble upon it with its mysterious charm. There are stairs that crisscross up, down - here, there, everywhere! Magic lie in waiting and adventure literally awaits at every corner for those ready to challenge it. The charm of Jiufen is getting lost in this seemingly fantasy like world. There's so much to experience while getting lost you'd purposely want to get lost. So word of warning, be ready to get lost if you deter from the main route.

Now what to expect from Liu House. A comfy home like feel. Its cosy. Its relaxing. A perfect place to have tea or a glass of wine. Its clean but old. Very much so and worn down. Its cute! A huge teddy bear was waiting for us when we arrived...It has beautiful views of the street, mountain and sea below.You'll see the charming yellow glows of light illuminating this ancient town that further enhances the magical feel. It has stable room temperature control. The device may be hard to use for those not used to it, but ask for help if needed. Its timeless; the atmosphere seems to distort reality and the hassle of work and stress are soon forgotten.

Best of all, it has an adorable host, Liu Mama! The poor lovely lady ran out in the rain wearing slippers to pick us up after our taxi driver called. She does everything with so much heart you soon forget that you're staying at a hotel. Though I would consider this more of a homestay. It felt like my grandmother was setting up everything for us to stay... We warmed up with sad joy watching and felt the urge to cheer her on and tried to help! Declined we were to our dismay. 

To all those that commented on her indifference, in all due respect, sincerity is returned with sincerity. The lovely smile she had on her face when we gave her a small lantern toy as a gift was absolutely priceless. We felt she truly appreciated this small item worth next to nothing as she gazed at it so fondly. Mind you we were unable to communicate with her as we spoke little to no Chinese. Even so, we felt loved. She gave us a box of tea when we left that day... We tackled her with hugs. I digress...

What not to expect. A first class hotel. This is the mountain side. Its old, its run down. Relatively undeveloped. The basic needs, however, are there. Please don't expect convenience services of cities. An elevator will not be carrying anyone up. Walking the stairs is all apart of the experience. Its tiring, but a nice change. 

Quality, tasty food is not readily available. Sure its a tourist town and we paid for the food, but its not easy getting stuff up here. I personally found it enjoyable simply appreciating what was offered. The breakfast was simple and relatively bland, but it was prepared with enough care for me to enjoy it. Quite a selection too. Enough to get one started out for the day and to enjoy the other food available in the area. It'd defeat the purpose to fill up here. 

One should also not expect a hot shower here. This would be our only grief here. The water switched from hot to cold quite regularly. We found a trick that somewhat worked was... to turn on the shower, wait 10 secs and then flush the toilet. Surprisingly, the shower stayed warm thereafter.

Final note, a great cosy place to stay for amazing views. Not a high class accommodation. Expect warm service not convienicence.

A warm host to fawn over

Got myself an ocean view room. View is spectacular but the price is not.

Spacious and clean.

Breakfast a bit disappointing with 2 sausages, bread, soya milk and jellies.

Other than that, no complaint.

Room with ocean view

The view is undeniably good as I booked the top floor. Room is clean and sufficiently spacious. However there are a few major problems:
1. Room was too cold in winter. The heating fan provided is just like a matchstick to the little matchstick girl, not much of a use. No heating on beds provided, when all my other minsu provided.
2. The shower was hard to control. The temperature can suddenly turn cold or hot. Not funny at all. Almost caught a cold and my travel companions didn't dare to bathe as a result.
3. Breakfast was not good. Just simple soya milk and hardboiled egg and some really dry sausages :-(
Disappointing stay because I read good reviews prior to going, and I saw advertisements of other nicer accomodations when I was there in Jiufen. Maybe the previous reviewers didn't stay in the topmost room as I did and didn't have the problems I faced, but to me, not staying at the room with a view is pointless if you want an overnight in jiufen. would not return and would recommend my friends to stay elsewhere.

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