Osaka Excel Hotel Tokyu

Firstly, I want to start this review with some context. I’m not normally a big reviewer, however, I recently spent 30 nights in Japan, and the reviews on hotels were helpful for me when I was planning my trip, so if my experience helps the next person then great! Together my partner and I visited 32 different parts of Japan, staying in 19 hotels, giving me (I think) a good basis for my review. We stayed in Osaka for 5 nights, using it as a base to explore Nara & Kobe. The Osaka Excel hotel was a brilliant hotel in a vibrant, exciting and fun city. The hotel is close to the tube network, meaning it's possible to explore the city really easily. It's a great location for exploring on foot too, with Dōntonbori, Namba and other popular locations in Osaka all within 30mins walk. The hotel is in a very safe area, which was quiet at night. There are two lifts to get you to the rooms, but we didn't ever have to wait too long for them so it wasn't an issue for us, however may be annoying at busy times - not that we experienced this at all. We also used the laundry facilities at the hotel, our clothes were clean but they didn't really dry - we had to air them in our room (this wasn't too much of an issue as we had time here for them to dry!). The room was comfortable, a good size, with a nice shower and bath, we had space to open our cases and the bed was a good size. It was a really great hotel to base ourselves in for our time in Osaka - which ended up being our favourite city of the trip! We would stay here again - it was everything you need for a hotel base!

The room was really quite spacious, far larger than the others I stayed in in Japan. The separate toilet and shower/wet room was a nice feature. The space for hanging clothes and coats was helpful and the bed was very comfortable. The electric kettle was great for making coffee and tea and they also provided bottled water. Our room had a great view of the area. We declined basic room refresh and fresh towels the first two nights as the hotel says they donate to an environmental cause if you don't require that service. The location was perfect for walking to dinner and shopping, as well as connecting to transportation. It couldn't have been better!

the hotel was easy to access from kansai airport, we took the nankai line (airport express) to namba-nankai and switched to the midosuji line - got to the hotel within an hour. the hotel was a short walk from exit 13 (stairs) / exit 18 (lift access) of hommachi station and about 15 min walk from the shinsaibashi area. the room was spacious and there was enough space to open 2 large luggages and 2 smaller carry-ons.

The room was quite big for Japan standards and beds were very comfortable. The location was easily accessed by metro and walkable distance to the busy Dontonbori area. The street the hotel is on is relatively quiet at night compared to a few parallel streets over where there are covered shopping streets, ideal for souvenirs. Vending machines and laundry facilities are available on a couple of floors in the hotel.

Room was a good size, with very comfy beds. Separate shower/bath and toilet. Location was good - a little walk from the main area but also quiet so that worked well.