Howard Villa

The location is quite nice, very close to the night market in Kenting. The staff are doing their best and the outdoor jacuzzi was very nice.

I’m not sure where to start... We really wanted to give this place a go and after lots of research in the Kenting area I felt this might be a good choice. It’s by far the worst hotel in terms of value for money and is definitely not a five star hotel by European standards. I knew that most reviews mentioned the hotel that this belongs to and the fact that it was outdated and depressing but that wasn’t the case of the villas. We really felt this applied to the villas as well, as the design is definitely at least 20 years old and most of the facilities were very old. For example, none of the sockets worked for our European or Mainland devices in this hotel, even though we had no problems in more modern hotels in Taiwan. The staff did provide adaptors when we asked for these. The villas have two breakfast options, one in the main hotel and one in a lounge for villa guests. We tried both over our stay and they are both very Asian focused with a lot of processed meat. Starbucks is just around the corner though, so we used that a few times during our 6 day stay. We also felt that while the room was generally clean, the staff awareness of what is clean or problematic was quite concerning. For example, one morning a very big bug was flying in the breakfast lounge area and when we told the staff about it we got a slightly dismissive okay back and nothing seemed to be done about it. On that same note, the deer farm as it is called is a very upsetting small zoo that’s next to the main restaurant and that you can pay to feed. The animal rights issues that this entails is one thing, but the smells are another one... The dampness in the rooms is definitely an issue as well. Because the villas are in the basement of the hotel, there is little sunlight and on the two nights when it rained our dehumidifier filled up in a couple of hours. If you have any breathing issues, I would not recommend staying here although it’s great that the hotel provides a dehumidifier.

The staff were quite friendly and helpful. The location is quite close to where everything goes on. And transportation is convenient.

The breakfast is below average compared with 5 star hotels elsewhere. The villa is downstairs to the hotel, so on the upstairs there are actually a lot of hotel guests who make quite a lot of noise. Also the indoor private pool is not private, because from the upstairs you can actually see everything.