Hotel Route Inn Hakata Ekimae

“Breakfast buffet, great location, lots of shopping”

Easy access from the train station and bus terminal building. Lots of shopping and some really great restaurants. Highly recommend eating Hakata Ramen. There is also a Lawson drug store right next to the entry of the hotel. Onsen tub available as well as cloths washing machines.

“Great position near transport hub.”

We were booked in here by a friend we came to visit. We arrived by bus from Hiroshima and the hotel is only about five minutes away, the Hakata Station is right there also. From the bus or train station you walk undercover all the way to the hotel, huge shopping centre and lots of restaurants rig... more

We were booked in here by a friend we came to visit. We arrived by bus from Hiroshima and the hotel is only about five minutes away, the Hakata Station is right there also. From the bus or train station you walk undercover all the way to the hotel, huge shopping centre and lots of restaurants right on your doorstep so it was a great choice. We were on the 14th. floor, reasonable size room, small bathroom but not a problem as this hotel also has a terrific hot bath / onsen that you can go and relax in with all the goodies you find at a Japanese onsen. The check in check out was swift and courteous and the free breakfast was quite adequate, plenty of choice but no cereals. The free wifi was very good. One interesting thing is that they do not allow visitors to come up to the room , you have to meet them in the foyer, security issue I guess. All up a good hotel to stay at when visiting Fukuoka .

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“Practically Crawling Distance from Hakata Station”

Main attraction is, of course, proximity to Hakata Station. If you take the overpass connected to the bus terminal and Hakata Station, the short walk is almost entirely covered, and with an elevator. Amenities are decent, so is service or the public bath. Upon check-in, you get a token for a free... more

Main attraction is, of course, proximity to Hakata Station. If you take the overpass connected to the bus terminal and Hakata Station, the short walk is almost entirely covered, and with an elevator. Amenities are decent, so is service or the public bath. Upon check-in, you get a token for a free drink at the vending machine. No canned beer, though!

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“No Air-conditioning and Tiny Accommodation”

The reception staff at the Hotel Route-Inn Hakata are friendly, as everyone is in Japan, but they were uncompromising. Check-out is at the very early hour of 10.00am, so upon checking in late at night at the end of a 26-hour journey from Glasgow to Fukuoka via Dubai and Seoul I asked if I might s... more

The reception staff at the Hotel Route-Inn Hakata are friendly, as everyone is in Japan, but they were uncompromising. Check-out is at the very early hour of 10.00am, so upon checking in late at night at the end of a 26-hour journey from Glasgow to Fukuoka via Dubai and Seoul I asked if I might stay at least until 11.00am. I could, but only if I paid an additional 10% of the room’s rack rate for each additional hour up to three hours. The lift and corridors are dark and there is no security system in effect, such as the need to swipe the room card to operate the elevator. All Japanese hotel rooms are small, but this one is particularly tiny. There certainly is not any room to swing a cat. Tissues and towels had to be moved off the desk to make room for my lap top. There is neither a bedside table or even a shelf on which to place an alarm clock. Such is the space in the toilet that the loo itself is placed at an angle with no room for an average European male leg on the side nearest to the wall, making the whole exercise something rather difficult. I had to move the bottles of shampoo, conditioner and liquid soap to a tiny space on the floor in order to accommodate my toothbrush and shaving gear on the basin. The shower curtain rail is broken in room 510, so the curtain does not close and as the width of the bath is so very narrow this means that water gets everywhere. The shower is a cheap plastic attachment to the sink tap assembly with tiny holes that make the water spray like needles. Not a nice experience. The carpets are dark brown and the quilt cover too, which is dingy. No bottled water was supplied and there was no air-conditioning, so I had to sleep with the window open above a very noisy main road. I had an entirely restless night, despite the bed being very comfortable. I really could have done with a quiet, restful sleep after such a long journey and before starting work the following day. I did not have breakfast as I tried, unsuccessfully to sleep longer instead.

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