Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo Ikebukuro

“Great stay”

Excellent two night stay prior to cruise around Japan and SK. Efficient check in, friendly staff, nice location, very good rooms and comfy beds, great bar and restaurant on top floor with great food, handy shop on ground floor, excellent breakfast with loads of choice and great value.

“Lovely hotel, great staff, fantastic location”

We really enjoyed our stay at Hotel Metropolitan. Staff were very attentive and went out of their way to upgrade us to quieter (and bigger!) rooms after hearing about our stay in a very noisy hotel just prior. We appreciated this so much! Our rooms were very spacious and well-equipped with lots of… more

We really enjoyed our stay at Hotel Metropolitan. Staff were very attentive and went out of their way to upgrade us to quieter (and bigger!) rooms after hearing about our stay in a very noisy hotel just prior. We appreciated this so much! Our rooms were very spacious and well-equipped with lots of extras provided - pyjamas, toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, shaving equipment, face and skin creams etc The mini-fridge was restocked with water daily. The bathroom featured a small but deep bathtub which also doubles as a shower. There are lots of restaurants and eating options inside the hotel, we particularly enjoyed Ovest on the 25th floor with views to rival Tokyo Skytree. The location was perfect for us, Ikebukuro has plenty of shops, malls, cafes and restaurants and the subway is just steps away from the hotel. We found anywhere we wanted to go to be easily accessible from there, suited us perfectly. There is a gym/fitness club which can be accessed for an extra fee of 2200 yen and it was very well-equipped, I did not have time to use the pool but it looked nice. The hotel is also a stop for the Airport Limousine bus which made getting to and from the airport very straightforward. What sets Hotel Metropolitan apart is the staff, they seem to be everywhere and appear at your side like magical fairies whenever you need help. They could not do enough for us and went above and beyond helping us to book dinner reservations, a trip to the Gotemba outlet mall and luggage forwarding. The pride they take in their work is evident and really made this a lovely stay. If I had to make one criticism it would be that the rooms could be a little more soundproof but I would love to come back to Tokyo and stay here again.

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“Business Trip in Japan”

Very good location, just a few mins walk from the subway station. Street is not so busy away from the crowd of Ike. There are also restarurants nearby. Room is clean and of ample size. Hotel food is quite expensive compared to restau outside. But there is a convini inside the hotel. Staff is grea… more

Very good location, just a few mins walk from the subway station. Street is not so busy away from the crowd of Ike. There are also restarurants nearby. Room is clean and of ample size. Hotel food is quite expensive compared to restau outside. But there is a convini inside the hotel. Staff is great.

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“Hotel Metropolitan Ikebukuro”

Nice business hotel with a wonderful location, right across the street from the Ikebukuro station, which is one of the most useful stations in the Tokyo metro/JR system. The hotel also has an easy bus shuttle to both airports. It's a Tokyo hotel room so the rooms are small, but the first room the… more

Nice business hotel with a wonderful location, right across the street from the Ikebukuro station, which is one of the most useful stations in the Tokyo metro/JR system. The hotel also has an easy bus shuttle to both airports. It's a Tokyo hotel room so the rooms are small, but the first room they put two of us in (staying for nine days!) was not only very small, but was probably the worst designed hotel home I've ever seen: the closet was tiny and dark with no light, and the room had one tiny drawer for storage of clothes. Don't let them put you in a room like that, and we moved to a bigger and better room ASAP. Other than that issue, the rooms are nice with good HVAC. We had the breakfast buffet one day. It was just OK and definitely not worth the money. We ate out every other morning. There is a good breakfast place beside the Global Ring park and block away, just across from the train station. All the staff were super courteous. A special shout out and complement goes to the concierge, Marika. She went above and beyond to make a birthday dinner very special for us.

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