Osaka View Hotel Honmachi

Fantastic location, about 3 mins walk to a train station, surrounded by restaurants, convenience stores, small supermarkets and pharmacies. The front entrance is small but very peaceful and beautiful. The lights in the trees make it easy to recognise at night. Reception is very professional and will try their best to answer any questions you might have, but it's better if you can speak some Japanese. Very close to the shopping street but not loud from outside noise. There was a construction happening on the other side of the same street but the windows seem to have pretty good sound insulation (could still hear some but not too loud if you're a deep sleeper). I loved the window design where they have a screen door covering the window so you can open the blinds to let natural light in while still maintaining your privacy with the screen door. Another feature I loved is the warm light between the window blinds and screen door - if you close the blinds and only turn on the window light, and close the screen door, it creates a very calm and relaxing atmosphere to get ready for bed. Towels and bedsheets can be changed upon request with a sign but cleaners may knock on your door any time in the morning despite the signs indicating that cleaning will be completed as long as you request it before 1pm. The walls seem to be a bit thin as you can hear the cleaner vacuuming and opening doors in the rooms nearby in the morning. There are multiple facilities across different floors and I did not encounter any issue of crowding at these facilities. I really appreciated the lounge space they have from 3-9pm where they include drinks, snacks, and a hotel diary for guests to write in. There are also many seats and tables here for guests to eat or work at. I did not purchase their breakfast buffet so no comment on that.

Location quite good. Breakfast not very nice. Encounter minor earthquake, staff were patient to explain to us what to do. Enjoyed osaka overall for their takoyaki.

Location good, sizeable room, front desk helpful. Would recommend