How to celebrate Qixi Festival? A roundup of hotel dining and stay offers

▲Looking for a way to celebrate with your loved one? The photo above shows the Sky Lounge at Yunpin Hot Spring Hotel. (Photo provided by Yunlan Tourism Group)

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Do you have plans for this year’s Qixi Festival yet? Still undecided? Here’s a compilation of Qixi dining and stay promotions from various hotels for your reference.

Yunlan Tourism Group

Yunlan Tourism Group’s “Han” Boutique Hotels (Xinzhuang, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Hualien) and “Zhao” Boutique Hotels (Miaoli, Taichung, Chiayi) series are celebrating this year’s Qixi Festival with a special event called 【“Han” Lovers Meet “Zhao”】. Diners or guests who take a couple photo on Qixi Day and upload it to the hotel’s Facebook page can enjoy up to 20% off dining or win various free gifts, with the top prize worth over NT$5,200 + 10% (including one elegant double stay voucher at Zhao Boutique Hotel in Chiayi). Yunpin Hot Spring Hotel is also launching its first-ever 【Love Locked by the Sun and Moon】 Qixi Love Lock event, aiming to create Taiwan’s most romantic new pilgrimage site for love. The renowned Junpin Hotel, famous for its all-you-can-eat lobster, is offering a 【Lobster & Oyster Lover’s Set】, featuring one lobster paired with daily air-flown oysters from Penghu and an all-you-can-eat buffet, priced at NT$2,380 + 10% per person.

The Landis Taipei

This Qixi Festival, The Landis Taipei’s Paris 1930 and Passerelle restaurants will not only maintain their original set menu prices, but those who prepay in advance can also enjoy additional restaurant hospitality perks. At Paris 1930, the Paris Rose Banquet Set for two at NT$4,200 comes with a complimentary sparkling wine, an exquisite rose bouquet, and a Polaroid photo. Passerelle offers an add-on option for just NT$999, which includes sparkling wine and a chef’s special hot appetizer.

Pascal Restaurant Group

Pascal Restaurant Group’s six restaurants have specially created exclusive Valentine’s dinner sets for August 20, blending French, Italian, Japanese, and American cuisines to offer unique Qixi dining experiences. Options range from a fusion multi-cuisine and French beer set for two at NT$1,400 (at the Pier-2 Warehouse Restaurant) to a top-grade wagyu with black truffle sauce set for NT$3,980 (at the French Restaurant). Pascal Bakery has also launched a Valentine’s chocolate gift box, available at a 10% discount (NT$405) for pre-orders placed before August 14.

Taipei Regent Taipei

Continuing the creativity of the “Air Pastry” series, Regent Taipei introduces the “Lightweight Tiramisu,” and has specially launched a “Snowy Qixi” limited edition for Valentine’s. From August 10 to 20, customers can enjoy a 23% discount on the “Snowy Qixi” tiramisu—special price NT$354 (original NT$460) for the 4T version, and just NT$600 (original NT$780) for the 6T. Additionally, Regent Taipei’s Facebook fans are invited to join the “Show Your Love Boldly” campaign: share the Snowy Qixi tiramisu post, tag your loved one, and if your post accumulates 100 likes, the first 10 fans to show their love will receive a free 4T Snowy Tiramisu.

Taipei Eclat Hotel

The hotel has launched an “Love is the Only One” stay package and a “Qixi Romantic Lover’s Set” for couples in love. Until August 16, book the “8/19–8/24 Love is the Only One” package via the reservation hotline to stay in the Premier 9 Qixi Exclusive Room for just NT$9,999. This includes two luxury buffet breakfasts, complimentary in-room non-alcoholic beverages, a “Deep Love Massage Set,” a sweet treat duo for two, a bottle of selected French red wine, and two romantic bathrobes. The “Qixi Romantic Lover’s Set” is available for NT$2,500, featuring a chef-crafted grilled seafood and meat platter (6 oz tender filet mignon + 2 prawns), paired with selected French red wine and a selection of refined dishes.

amba Taipei Zhongshan iCheck Inn

To celebrate its first Qixi Festival since opening, ACHOI will offer a “Sweet Heart” couple set on Thursday, August 20, during both lunch and dinner. This exclusive lover’s menu features seven courses creatively prepared with seasonal ingredients, two homemade desserts, and two glasses of Qixi-limited champagne cocktails—for NT$4,800 + 10%.

Taipei Sheraton Grand

From now until August 31, Taipei Sheraton Grand’s Chocolat Lounge is offering a limited-time flash sale on éclairs: the “Éclairie” Classic Combo of six éclairs for NT$480 (Qixi special price, originally NT$660). Just share the hotel’s official Facebook event post on your own and a friend’s timeline (publicly visible), call ahead to make a reservation, and present the shared post when you visit Chocolat Lounge on the reserved date to enjoy the discount. Limited to 10 combos per day.

Ambassador Hotel’s Off-Premise Dining Brands

Japanese restaurant YU SUSHI will offer a complimentary 90ml plum wine with every “Chef’s Set” (NT$1,800 + 10% per person) on August 20. Meanwhile, MARKET CAFE’, a five-star buffet restaurant with a New York urban style, will serve a Qixi Valentine’s buffet dinner on August 20, priced at NT$980 + 10% per person, featuring a Qixi-exclusive tropical mango cake. Le Boulangerie will also launch a “Love You” sweet gift box, including four types of cupcakes and a summer-exclusive ice bread, at a special price of NT$320 (originally NT$375).

Taipei Shinewell Hotel

On the evening of August 20 for Qixi Festival, the hotel is offering the “Love You Forever” package that combines dining, accommodation, and popular proposal/confession rooms, priced at NT$12,014 (service charge waived). It includes one deluxe room, two lover’s sets, one sparkling wine or cocktail per person, one flower, two breakfasts the next day, and one free mysterious tarot reading per person. The “Romantic Lovers” couple set includes two lover’s sets, one sparkling wine or cocktail per person, one flower, and one free mysterious tarot reading per person—at NT$5,200 + 10%.

The Place Taipei

La Farfalla Italian Restaurant will launch the 【Flavors of Love】 Italian feast on the evening of August 20, priced at NT$2,699 + 10% per person. The menu includes Chandon rosé sparkling cocktails, cranberry vinegar, foie gras sandwiches, Mediterranean seafood soup, and a choice of two main courses: 36-hour low-temperature braised beef short rib with wild mushroom stir-fry in aged vinegar, or a colorful seafood platter with curry white wine sauce. Unlimited Italian cold and hot appetizers, fresh seafood, vegetables, fruits, and desserts are also included. Couples ordering the Qixi Italian Feast Set will also receive a limited-edition Prada Candy “Mini Kiss” fragrance (20ml).

The Place Taipei is also offering a limited-time 【Sweet Aroma】 Qixi stay package from Saturday, August 15 to Sunday, August 23. A double room costs NT$7,500 + 15.5% per night and includes a La Farfalla Italian Restaurant breakfast buffet and afternoon tea, plus one Prada Candy “Mini Kiss” fragrance (20ml) and three-piece Prada Candy travel fragrance soap set.

Taipei Sheraton

Anton and Twelve Chefs will host the “Heartfelt Qixi” event during the evening of August 20. Anton offers a French-style couple’s feast: pan-seared U.S. beef short rib with green peppercorn sauce, priced at NT$6,888 + 10% per set. Twelve Chefs buffet is NT$1,290 + 10% per person, and customers spending NT$5,000 or more during the event will receive a BVLGARI white tea fragrance bath set.

Taipei Sheraton is also offering a “Good Morning, Lovers” Qixi stay package from August 14 to 24. Stay in a “Deluxe Room” for NT$5,200 per night, and add NT$1,314 to enjoy two Twelve Chefs buffet breakfasts, a limited-edition TWG Tea lovers’ breakfast tea, and a late check-out until 4 PM. For the “Premier Suite,” the rate is NT$8,800 per night (40% off original price), with an added complimentary limited-edition TWG Tea lovers’ breakfast tea and a bottle of red wine. Each room type is limited to 10 packages.

Taipei Garden Hotel

Taipei Garden Hotel is offering Valentine's Day packages starting at a 64% discount for Qixi Festival. The 【Garden Romantic Banquet Package】 starts at NT$4,199 per room per night, allowing you to enjoy a luxurious stay in a premium room worth NT$9,900 at a special rate, plus two buffet dinners for two at the Six-Cuisine Restaurant. The 【Garden Qixi Valentine’s SPA Package】 is NT$4,299 per room per night and includes one free SPA treatment (normally priced at NT$3,000) per person. Both promotions are valid from 2015/08/17 to 2015/08/21.