Great location. Close to a local night market. Though it's small, its food is hugh-quality. It's way better than Dongmen near Yilan, which is more popular, but not as clean or delicious.
Behind the hotel are beautiful mountain trails. Paomagudao is a historical trail that leads into a quiet three layered waterfall.
There are also plenty of hot springs outside of the hotel. The hotel's hot springs are not readily available. They are open only on certain days during certain times...bummer
But at least you have your own personal hot springs bath In your room.
The staff was helpful and met all our needs. Breakfast buffet was simple and fresh.
In two days, you can easily see all of Jiaoxi. We traveled from one side to another and all around. The Jiaoxi train station makes it extremely easy to travel to nearby hot spots, like Wai'ao beach and Yilan.
I speak intermediate Mandarin and I found traveling and looking around smooth sailing. But it may be difficult to ease your way through the station to neighboring places if you don't speak Mandarin. Not a lot of people speak English here.