Shinjuku Prince Hotel

“Get the larger room if you want more comfort.”

We first booked the smallest room with two twins and its similar to the two other smallest hotel rooms I've ever stayed in. Once also in Tokyo and once in London. These are those ultra tiny rooms where there's absolutely no floor space to open your luggage. I was somewhat OK with the tiny room bu… more

We first booked the smallest room with two twins and its similar to the two other smallest hotel rooms I've ever stayed in. Once also in Tokyo and once in London. These are those ultra tiny rooms where there's absolutely no floor space to open your luggage. I was somewhat OK with the tiny room but my gf wasn't so we upgraded. It came out to an extra $95 USD/day but the larger room was like 2x larger and much better. I'd say do the tiny room if you're on a really tight budget, are traveling alone and only staying for a short trip - or if you plan on spending as little time in your room as possible. Otherwise the hotel is pretty good. It's not a luxury 4-star hotel, but maybe something like an older Marriott. Totally fine and comfortable (once we got the bigger one). Only thing I wish they could control is the halls smell like carpet cleaner. It seems like they can't open the windows or properly circulate outside air so the cleaner smell just kinda sits. The location is great if you're looking for a lot of action, energy, and night-life. There's a ton of restaurants nearby. Kabukicho is basically the red-light district and party area and unlike other parts of Tokyo, you will find trash on the streets, probably mostly from tourists or drunk locals that forgot their manners. Other parts of Shinjuku are right around the corner and tons of great restaurants there too. We didn't try the breakfast. We thought we'd try it at least once but there's just too many food options in Tokyo. Btw, there's a place directly across the street with these dishes of grilled fish with rice and miso. This is a type of traditional japanese breakfast. That place is really good. Their most popular is a mackerel and second is the salmon belly, we tried both. Really good, but I liked the mackerel a bit better. I think it converted to like $7 USD. There's no gym on site and I did a lot of eating. I overheard the hotel staff recommend a gym nearby, but I found a kickboxing gym a 10 minute walk away, look for "muay thai hostel" on google maps - yeah you can sleep there too. Its 4000Y per day to train but its really more like one-on-one with a trainer, so its very reasonable for that. Really nice guys, no experience necessary. Also, there's a coin laundry right next to them so you can wash your clothes while you train.

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“Great location to enjoy Shinjuku”

First time to stay at Shinjuku Prince. Great location for shopping, eating and accessing transportation. I returned my car rental in Odakyu Ace building which is about 10 min walk. I can walk to Shinjuku station for my meetings in less than 10 min. Upon my departure to airport, it's only few mi… more

First time to stay at Shinjuku Prince. Great location for shopping, eating and accessing transportation. I returned my car rental in Odakyu Ace building which is about 10 min walk. I can walk to Shinjuku station for my meetings in less than 10 min. Upon my departure to airport, it's only few min walk to Airport Limousine bus at Tokyu Kabukicho Tower. My son enjoyed walking to Alpen Tokyo as he checked for new Nike model. We also went to have dinner in yakiniku place nearby. The only negative is the room size which is probably expected in any hotel in Tokyo.

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“Great location, average room and ammenities.”

Right next to the Shinjuku Station (in Japan, right next is relative especially around major train stations) as the walk to your destination still may be a long ways especially if you take the wrong exit. The rooms are very average, maybe even cramped for large people but if you're in Shinjuku, you… more

Right next to the Shinjuku Station (in Japan, right next is relative especially around major train stations) as the walk to your destination still may be a long ways especially if you take the wrong exit. The rooms are very average, maybe even cramped for large people but if you're in Shinjuku, you're not spending much time in the room, or shouldn't be. The night life around the hotel is amazing with glittering lights, all kinds of strange night creatures out and about (isn't this why you want to experience Shinjuku?), and restaurants and shops to satisfy any wants. If you are in Japan, you MUST experience Shinjuku at night at least once and this hotel is as good as any there to do so, although you could find comparable cheaper ones around the area.

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