Evergreen Palace opened in Dec. 2019 and currently still in soft opening phase. Overall the stay was good with room for improvement.
Hotel still had that fresh renovation smell and breakfast buffet was acceptable for a business hotel.
Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum was right across the street within a short 5 - 10 min walk. Otherwise, there is not much to eat around the area (besides McDonalds), you will need to drive to the nightmarket downtown which took around 25 mins. Definitely go there and try out the famous Chiayi chicken rice.
Some areas of improvement needed at Evergreen:
1. the hairdryer was too weak, even as a guy, it took 10+ mins to dry my hair
2. you need to sign out for the treadmill key and remote control from gym reception... receptionist needs to tell guests proactively and also put up a sign in the gym
3. room card had problem swiping when checking in on the first night, had to go down and get it reprogrammed