Definitely the strangest hotel I stayed in in Taiwan. There are both good and bad points and some really weird things. Overall would not stay here again unfortunately.
The good: the view of Da'an Park is amazing and excellent value for the money. The hotel is older but has a lot of quirkyiness, an 80s style atrium and glass elevator, a gothic look with a lot of old wood, multiple renaissance style paintings, a truly amazing bathroom, and well proportioned rooms.
The bad: this hotel does not have fire doors which is the main reason I would not stay here again. The service was curt and while not rude was not particularly helpful or friendly. I speak Mandarin fluently and asked whether there was a place to wash clothes was told "Please turn right." Because I had read Hotels.com reviews, I knew they would provide detergent. So I asked about this, and the woman just wordlessly turned around and gave it to me, but there's literally no sign anywhere saying that and she gave no indication that she would have provided this if I had not explicitly asked. At minimum this would have involved another trip to the desk. I am a Mandarin speaking Anglophone Asian. The people at the desk seemed significantly less weird with white guests, so ymmv on this point. It was mildly annoying, not a real dealbreaker.
The weird: pretty strong smoking smell on the 12th floor and....a mirror on the ceiling, which we chose to mostly find funny.