Hotel Nikko Alivila

“Phenomenal Stay Experience at Hotel Nikko Alivila”

Stayed 3 nights at Hotel Nikko Alivila. The location of the hotel is fantastic, just about an hour drive from the Airport and about 50 mins from Naha via the Highway. It is a beach front hotel with relatively great beach area compared to some other hotels though it still has lots of coral chips an… more

Stayed 3 nights at Hotel Nikko Alivila. The location of the hotel is fantastic, just about an hour drive from the Airport and about 50 mins from Naha via the Highway. It is a beach front hotel with relatively great beach area compared to some other hotels though it still has lots of coral chips and broken shells so a “wet / aqua shoes” is highly recommended. The tides comes and go in Okinawa. During low tide, it is very fun to do the intertidal walk along the shallow area to experience the abundance sea creatures and fishes. It was amazing! You can see a lot of tropical fishes by just walking in the shallow water. The hotel room is very generous in size, more than 40sqm I presumed. It is slightly outdated in terms of deco, but it was immaculately kept to its pristine condition. The toilet is huge with separate room for the WC. The shower has great water pressure, WC with a washer, and all the Bath Gel, Shampoo, Conditioner and Face Wash all provided for. There is a mini fridge and a Coffee machine as well. The TV is extremely small, but I hardly have any time to switch it on. My room is facing the Wedding Chapel, also a well known café next door (Banta Café). It is a instagramable spot so you can just walk over from the resort, it is about 5 mins walk. The hotel has a big landscape Swimming Pool, but with many room inventory, the pool is always busy with lots of children. Nonetheless it is fun to hang out. If you prefer a quiet place to chill, they do have extensive beach deck and umbrellas where it is mostly adults. The watersports centre has lots of activities and it is competitively priced. I was a little upset of the operating hours due to the tide, and they should have at least some communications to all their guests. The watersports centre only operate from 1500 hours to 1600 hours (only 1 hour) as before 1500, it was low tide, and after 1600 the tide comes in … so we only have 1 hour to do the watersports which is not ideal. The breakfast was phenomenal, with 3 restaurants to choose from. This is one of the highlights. You can choose the Western Restaurant for breakfast, Japanese Restaurant for breakfast or a Casual Dining (a mixture and good for family and kids). Parking is chargeable at 1000 Yen per stay. You can go in and out of the carpark with the ticket. The carpark is unsheltered just opposite the hotel. The stay experience is absolutely phenomenal. I would highly recommend this hotel in Okinawa.

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“Wonderful beachside memory!”

Our family of 3 stayed at Hotel Nikko Alivila for 2 nights during hot summer July. Overall experience was wonderful especially the convenient beach access (Nirai beach) as we were travelling with a toddler who loves swimming so we were basically rotating from beach and swimming pool back and forth… more

Our family of 3 stayed at Hotel Nikko Alivila for 2 nights during hot summer July. Overall experience was wonderful especially the convenient beach access (Nirai beach) as we were travelling with a toddler who loves swimming so we were basically rotating from beach and swimming pool back and forth. We also tried the buffet and Japanese breakfast which I think is below average. View from the room was pretty - I gather most rooms would be ocean facing and all lovely. Parking was also easy, right next to the hotel building. Service also great - one of the waiters at the Japanese restaurant actually drew Anpanman characters for my son when he was fussy. The only negative comment is the fact that there weren't enough laundry facility for all guests as a resort hotel - imagine the volume of guests wanting to wash their swimming gear. It was a pain to wait for a free washing machine/dryer. I experienced some hotels which have a 2-in-1 washing machine/dryer which much more time efficient - perhaps the management should look into this? Nonetheless would definitely love to stay in this hotel again.

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“Not for foreigners!”

We don't understand why this hotel even has an english website, if literally the 99% of the staff does not speak english language at all.The japanese politeness is legendary,so how in the world the hotel can not teach it's team even the basics to interact with guests? It is very impolite and mean a… more

We don't understand why this hotel even has an english website, if literally the 99% of the staff does not speak english language at all.The japanese politeness is legendary,so how in the world the hotel can not teach it's team even the basics to interact with guests? It is very impolite and mean approach. Found annoying and embarrassing that at each meal while we were trying to order/figure out the menu, the waiters kept answering in japanese to us... Even the receptionists don't speak english and they try to use tablet with Google translator that either does not work or misunderstands them which results long wait for the simpliest questions.... Why this hotel even accepts reservations from foreigners? What makes the situation ridiculous that the property located at Okinawa which is the base of some 80.000 US military personnel since decades, so locals really had the opportunity to pick up some english in their everyday life... Also the prices are higher than in 5star Hilton downtown Tokyo, while quality of food and overall service is incomparable for sure.

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