HOTEL MYSTAYS Sakaisuji Honmachi

This hotel is beyond three stars. They have a laundry room for free, but you have to push a liquid wash and they also provide ice cube for free in this room. I love this hotel .  The best station to go to this hotel is Kita Hama station exit 4 (Kitahama department store or sth) it has an elevator and quite free steps. It’s very much better than going from Sakaitsuji Hommachi. But one thing I need them to reconsider is the breakfast time as it closes at 9:30. 

overall the hotel is good. location around 1km plus to osaka castle. and near to several subways station too. room and bathroom just nice, not too big and not too small..

Location 3.5/5 Friendliness 3.5/5 Clean 4/5 (There were little spots on the blanket) Amenities 4.5/5 Overall worth the price and I love Osaka.

Little away from Metro station, as compared to other hotels we booked ealier. It's usually for business travelers, takes almost 10 mins by walk from metro rail station. Not much to see locations around, tall buildings which are basically business skyscrapers, rooms were small (in Japan its usual) and even queen beds were small, not suitable for family of 3 to sleep. It's ok for 2 adults but if you have 1 kid, you are not going to have sound sleep, and everything was tight in there. Pros: 7 Eleven is close, and have chairs to sit outside, so you can enjoy lunch after buying from the store. Cleanliness in the room. Staff let us do 15 mins early check-in. Helpful Staff. Cons: The biggest one is, the smoking area is close to the reception area, and if you can't tolerate the smoke, its the worst area to sit waiting for your check-in. I never seen a hotel's reception with so much smoke smell, you will feel like you are doing passive smoking, after 5 mins my family was feeling dizzy. They got to do something about it, or stop taking family reservations. Although Non-Smoking room was fine with no smell.

Convenient location with around 8-10 mins walk to Kitahama station. Do note that there’s no aircon in the room as it’s central aircon. Will need to open window for ventilation. The space is quite small as well which is expected for most Osaka hotels. Didn’t manage to take any photos so just a city view of the umeda sky building :)

The location of the hotel is convenient. And the service is good.