Heiwadai Hotel Arato

“Very good value • Close to subway and the beautiful Ohori park • Helpful and friendly staff”

Low price - good value. Close to subway and Ohori park with lake. The subway is fast so we felt this location was central snd good for us. Japanese hotel with small rooms, but that is sometimes all you need. We slept well at 8th floor. We appreciated the friendly staff. The breakfast was a bit too … more

Low price - good value. Close to subway and Ohori park with lake. The subway is fast so we felt this location was central snd good for us. Japanese hotel with small rooms, but that is sometimes all you need. We slept well at 8th floor. We appreciated the friendly staff. The breakfast was a bit too simple. All in all, we enjoyed our overnight stay.

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“Old Hotel but good location”

Hotel allow us check in at 11am. How cool is that? The bathroom is small.staff is helpful and friendly Nearby subway which is same line with the airport.we chose Japanese style room. The staff change the bedding everyday.

“Good budget option, terrible breakfast but everything else ticked the necessary boxes.”

We booked this hotel primarily for the price, location and the curiosity of trying the Japanese room. The Room Essentially, as you entered the room, the bathroom was on the left, a wardrobe was to your right and straight in front was a curtain. Beyond the curtain, was a square room. The floor was … more

We booked this hotel primarily for the price, location and the curiosity of trying the Japanese room. The Room Essentially, as you entered the room, the bathroom was on the left, a wardrobe was to your right and straight in front was a curtain. Beyond the curtain, was a square room. The floor was made from the cushioning that you find in temples and shrines where sitting on the floor is appropriate and the done thing. Two futon mattresses were laid out on the floor with bedding, and a small table held the TV, tissues and kettle. There was a small fridge towards the back. The pillow was nice, which was hard to come by in Japan. The room was alright: large enough for us, although it was in desperate need of a lick of paint. The bathroom, however, followed the traditional Japanese way of being absolutely tiny and very difficult to move in. It wasn’t pleasant. We were unsure if the stains on the bedding were from us… and the electrics were a bit questionable. I’ve never seen an air-conditioning unit like it: it was pretty old! The Common Areas It worked though, and the place certainly had character and did the job. In like fashion, the hotel itself was fairly tired and marked. The carpet in the hallways had stains, the doors were ‘well-used’ and the walls scuffed, bashed and scraped. It was an old building with dirty and damaged wallpaper, ceilings and fixtures. There were sofas in the reception area, next to a vending machine that sold alcohol and a microwave for guest use. The amenities were available at reception and these were standard as found everywhere pretty much in Japan. The laundry was easy enough to manage (we had experience elsewhere) but we found the dryer wasn’t very good and took an hour to dry the clothes. Detergent cost 80 yen from reception, 200 yen for laundry and 100 yen for dryer twice. Breakfast The breakfast in this hotel was absolutely awful. No sugar coating. Downright abysmal. Especially since the screen in your room advertised you this wonderful breakfast that was included with your stay. They advertised a Japanese-style mini buffet featuring rice, scrambled eggs, sausages, miso soup, side dishes, and the images showed a good choice of food. Do you want to know what we were greeted with? A bowl of boiled eggs and plastic bags containing a croissant and a bread bun. These were accompanied by a sign warning guests to take just one bag each. Look at the state. Their website even mentions ‘continental breakfast’. Not sure which continent they’re emulating but it was rubbish. Apple juice, cold or hot water were available as drinks. On the second morning we actually took two bags each because we were hungry and rather narked about not getting what was advertised. Kind of a Japan theme really…. For the price of around £25 per night, we were on the whole fine with this hotel. It was a good budget option, and with the exception of the madly mis-advertised breakfast, ticked the necessary boxes.

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“Great Value, close to subway and parks”

Overall, I had a very good stay here while visiting Fukuoka around the cherry blossom season. Stayed in room 311 (Smoking Room) and room was a little small. But for the standards of rooms in Japan, it would be considered an average size. Bathroom was similar. Wifi worked fine throughout my stay… more

Overall, I had a very good stay here while visiting Fukuoka around the cherry blossom season. Stayed in room 311 (Smoking Room) and room was a little small. But for the standards of rooms in Japan, it would be considered an average size. Bathroom was similar. Wifi worked fine throughout my stay. Five minutes from the subway and parks! Perfect during Sakura season! Lots of stores and restaurants nearby! Breakfast was very filling, even though there wasn't that much variety. Overall, for the price i paid, it was what i was expecting.

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