Fenchihu Hotel

This is the main fenchihu hotel with the railway bentos. Front desk staff are very nice and helpful! The pork bento is also strangely much better than the chicken one imo (and full of veggies which was super enjoyable). You do need to first carry your luggage down a steep flight of stairs from the train station to get to the old street, which is where they are at (right where the 7/11 is, you can't miss it). There's no bottled water, but there is a water dispenser. They also provide 2 in 1 soap in the toilet. The room was very clean but (1) they don't do daily house keeping, so my trash really piled up after 3 days, (2) there is no aircon and the blanket is THICK so I would recommend that you turn the fan on, it helps alot, and (3) I had drain flies appear in the toilet on the second day and the drain did start to stink. Breakfast voucher is 200 NTD per room per day for use at the 7/11.

We stay here after visiting Alishan. It's not near Alisha, it's located in a very small town. One of the better hotels in that town, there is a small night market but we were late so by the time we arrived most shops are closed. They are next to 7-11 very interesting design and decor. Provides nice traditional railway bento boxes for ordering.

I had to book a quadruple room as they didn't have any double rooms available when I booked it so they gave the one in the corner and it was fantastic because I had good views. They give vouchers for breakfast at the 7-Eleven so I got 4 vouchers, letting me buy whatever I wanted( except electronics devices, cigarettes or alcohol). It was worthy The staff can speak good English (at least one guy at that time). You got a discount for the lunchbox I'd recommend it!

This is probably the most established hotel in Fenqihu, when you’re on the way to Alishan, either as a pitstop to get bento lunch or as an overnight stay. The facilities are very old and dated (I think maybe 90s renovated?), I stayed in the Japanese inspired room so it was on a tatami and low tables. There’s even a solo Japanese tub for you to soak in. All good. I appreciate the multiple wifi names as the property is quite sparse so the wifi signal is bound to be terrible. With multiple wifi spots with the same password, it’s easy to connect and have good wifi. I don’t like that the aircon is non-existent that there’s a fan. There’s a dehumidifier because the room is very humid from the bathroom. I think a lot of renovations need to happen to make this place more desirable. The 3 walking tours are amazing, the guide is so informative and helpful, she takes really good Instagram content! She only conducts the tour in mandarin so take note.

Nice hotel, staff are friendly and helpful. Is right by train and bus (Fenqihu is tiny though so everything is close). They have free tours of the area.

Spacious room, a good place for transit to alishan Mountain next day