Hotel Route-Inn Tokyo Ikebukuro

“Good, depending on your needs.”

First, a notice: there is no parking as advertised, or very little parking that is generally full. Onto the good: 1. Affordable, 2. Great location in Ikebukuro, 3. Has sufficient amenities, 4. Allows guests, 5. Helpful staff. The bad: 1. Central AC that brings in cigarette smoke from other room... more

First, a notice: there is no parking as advertised, or very little parking that is generally full. Onto the good: 1. Affordable, 2. Great location in Ikebukuro, 3. Has sufficient amenities, 4. Allows guests, 5. Helpful staff. The bad: 1. Central AC that brings in cigarette smoke from other rooms. There is a small AC in the room that can help, also. But for some people, it may not be enough. 2. The beds are hard, 3. A little dingy looking.

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“Convenient Location in Tokyo at a Decent Price”

Stayed here for two nights during New Year's 2019. The somewhat outdated rooms are typically small for a Japanese hotel, they appear to be accommodating with a variety of accessories in the room plus a handy (free cell/mobile phone) for guest use. I did try to use it but my calls did not seem to ... more

Stayed here for two nights during New Year's 2019. The somewhat outdated rooms are typically small for a Japanese hotel, they appear to be accommodating with a variety of accessories in the room plus a handy (free cell/mobile phone) for guest use. I did try to use it but my calls did not seem to go through for some reason. Nevertheless, it is available and likely helpful to guests without use of a cell phone or access to the internet.There is a breakfast included which is mostly a typical Japanese breakfast so for Westerners they might find it very limited. Oddly enough during the two days I was there they offered lunchtime food for breakfast along with Japanese breakfast staples of fish, steamed rice and miso soup. Good price and a great location. Hotel Route Inn Tokyo Ikebukuro in Japanese ホテルルートイン東京池袋

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“Great value for awesome location for Budget travellers!”

Knowing Tokyo like the back of my hands, I chose to stay in the Ikebukuro area again for this short 4 day trip. I arrived at Haneda airport and boarded the airport limousine heading for ikebukuro, I advise you to get off at Prince hotel sunshine city, which is only a 5 minutes walk away. The loca... more

Knowing Tokyo like the back of my hands, I chose to stay in the Ikebukuro area again for this short 4 day trip. I arrived at Haneda airport and boarded the airport limousine heading for ikebukuro, I advise you to get off at Prince hotel sunshine city, which is only a 5 minutes walk away. The location is almost perfect, it is 5 mins from limousine bus stop, 10 mins from sunshine city, and 10-15 mins from JR station and major department store. I have stayed in Hotel Metropolitan, and Tokyustay ikebukuro and some other shinjuku hotels, and I am surprised to say this cheap 3 star hotel really deserve my 4 stars rating. The receptionist is friendly and helpful, although at first entry, you see the old fashioned Japanese style lobby and is hit by old fashioned toilet freshners smell. The room key is the old fashioned, key with huge keychain and then we stayed in 6/F. It is important to request NON SMOKING if you are a non-smoker like us ( our room had NO smoking smell anyway so don't worry), cos I can imagine the smokers' room would have a strong smell for non-smoker to handle given the aged hotel. The room is quite spacious for tokyo standard, it is clean despite our floor is the eco-friendly type where they only have room service every 3 days. That was totally fine with us, we take the trash out to the door daily and they put fresh towels and toiletries in a bag every day at your door. On the 3rd day, they did clean our room which was great. I only paid 190 USD for about 4 days in a twin bed room.. price wise it is phenomenally cheap ( after suffering from PTSD from dirty 3 stars hotels in the States) ! Leaving airport is equally easy, we bought ticket at Prince hotel sunshine 1 day earlier ( this is highly recommended as tickets DO get sold out, lesson learnt in the hard way in my previous trips!!! ). I would recommend this hotel to budget travellers like me or those unpretentious frequent travellers to Japan, esp those landing at Haneda. I would stay here again next time.

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“A great little budget hotel. ”

If you are looking for a budget hotel like no further. Good value for money. I stayed a total of 10 nights. 5 nights in a twin room in August another 5 nights in a single room in early September. Rooms are small tight fitting, as in most Tokyo hotel rooms, good decor and friendly staff. There's e... more

If you are looking for a budget hotel like no further. Good value for money. I stayed a total of 10 nights. 5 nights in a twin room in August another 5 nights in a single room in early September. Rooms are small tight fitting, as in most Tokyo hotel rooms, good decor and friendly staff. There's even a washer dryer on the ground floor should you need it. Suggest you take the airport limousine bus service to get dropped off at Sunshine City Prince Hotel and it's a 5 minute walk to the hotel beats dragging suitcases up and down the steps on 5he train line. My son and I both had 30kg suitcase each hence this hotel was a great option. Daily access via the JR line is a 10-15min walk to Ikebukuru station which is very doable. Lots of local cheap eats around within walking distance ramen houses, beef rice bowl gyumeshi

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