10/10 Excellent
david
2 Feb 2025
I like a very quiet, clean, good nick hotel. This hotel clearly fits. I was pretty jet lagged and didn't appreciate someone banging on the door for turndown service right after I got to sleep. There was a do not disturb button I couldn't see in the dark but it worked once I found it. The Japanese restaurants were probably good but I couldn't get a reservation when I wanted and probably looked too shabby to get in without one. I'm pretty much a peasant and look like one. Next time I'll go back to the imperial. Rather than so much staff on the ground floor, I appreciated their floor ladies with whom I could more easily/personally interface. Not to dis the palace staff, they were all very nice and perfectly groomed, just all clustered on the ground floor.
Views of the palace grounds were not to be beat and the room HVAC was perfect and quiet. Since I am a birdwatcher, proximity to the palace grounds was wonderful. Also nice having a metro station in the basement along with a 7/11. Easy walk to Tokyo station. There's an apothecary in a nearby building.
david
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025