New Otani Osaka

“Loved this hotel”

I really enjoyed the stay at this hotel. The room was large and comfortable, and had a very nice seating area (two chairs!) and a good workdesk area. Everything was spotlessly clean, the location by the river is scenic, and breakfast was excellent. The room was very quiet. Cost was reasonable … more

I really enjoyed the stay at this hotel. The room was large and comfortable, and had a very nice seating area (two chairs!) and a good workdesk area. Everything was spotlessly clean, the location by the river is scenic, and breakfast was excellent. The room was very quiet. Cost was reasonable for the quality of the hotel. I particularly liked the location beside the river and across from the big park, as there are walking paths on both sides of the river, and the park itself has many great walkways for wandering. The only downside to the location is access if you are coming by train. If you are coming in to Osaka station, you will have to change trains to the loop line and go to Osakajokoen station; then the hotel is an easy 200 m walk. I came in to the Kyobashi station, and walked the 750 m from the station - not too bad, but a bit of a distance with luggage. For Shin-Osaka station, a taxi is the only reasonable option, as getting here would involve two train transfers. Also, for access to or from the KIX airport, this hotel was excellent. There are trains which go direct to the airport from the nearby Osakajokoen station (several daily). The train ride takes awhile to get to the airport (I think it was about one hour), but there are no transfers and the airport is the final stop on the line. For touring Osaka, access to the metro is only 200 m away, and the JR loop line is also only 200 m away. Osaka is quite spread out, and the tourist attractions are also spread out, but the metro and/or the JR loop line usually makes access easy. In any case, this hotel is within walking distance of some tourist attractions: right across from the very nice Osaka Castle park (and the castle), reasonably close to the Osaka Museum of History, and the pier from which river cruises leave is right across from the hotel, on the opposite bank of the river. The castle-view rooms are worth the extra money, in my opinion. The staff were exceptionally helpful. Since I arrived about three hours before checkin time, they stored my luggage until later in the afternoon. They also stored my luggage on checkout day, as I had an evening flight from KIX and didn't want to take luggage along on the last day sightseeing in Osaka. Another plus for the front-desk staff: I was looking for a laundromat, and had tried finding something on mapping programs and search engines, without much luck. The front desk people were much more helpful, and supplied me with the name and location of a laundromat that was just over two blocks away, and very clean. Definitely I will stay here again the next time I am in Osaka.

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