GRAND NIKKO TOKYO DAIBA

I booked this room for the view that it offers looking towards the Tokyo skyline. The hotel is located on reclaimed land and sits beside a number of amusement park type facilities. Some locals refer to the location as "the island" and consider it a bit out of the way which perhaps it is but for the view looking back is worth the expense and few extra minutes you may need to spend on the subway/metro train to get there. I paid more for similar size room at another hotel with no stunning view and no regular facilities for this level of hotel, such as fitness center, business center, concierge desk, room service, etc. The amusement and entertainment facilities nearby make it a great hotel for families with children. So in summary, good value.

Despite other opinions, I found this perfect place to access central Tokyo. The Daiba station is just outside the hotel and you are in the Center just minutes away. The rooms are spacious and you have everything you need. The buffet breakfast included in our stay was excellent. Going out and walking to Aqua city or other malls was very entertaining. When we return to Tokyo definitely this will be our choice!

This hotel is impressive. The foyer is huge with chandeliers and marble pillars. There are loads of staff on the front desk who bow to you as you enter, your bags are taken up to your room on a trolley. There are boutiques in the foyer, including one selling souvenirs. In other words, it's what you imagine from an old-fashioned posh hotel. The staff on the desk and in the restaurant speak English. The wifi is free and available all over the hotel. The rooms are medium sized (large by European standards, probably not by American standards) and you get a desk, two easy chairs, a small fridge (not stocked), plenty of drawers and a wardrobe with enough hangers for a week-long business trip. You get two bottles of mineral water daily, though the tap water is also drinkable. The bathroom has a full-sized bath, along with a strong shower and a toilet with all the buttons and features (bidet, heated seat...). They provide shampoo and conditioner, and all the toiletries you might have forgotten (toothbrush and paste for example). I forgot a nightshirt and there was one provided, which got replaced with a new one every day! An English-language newspaper was provided daily in front of my door. It is expensive. And I recommend getting a package with breakfast - I had tokens for the buffet, which included freshly cooked omelettes made to order, as well as the core components of a British, American, European, Chinese and Japanese breakfast. My colleagues who did not have the with-breakfast deal found breakfast far too expensive and ended up eating out. It is in a quiet part of town, right next to Daiba station on the monorail (Yurikamome line). It took about an hour to get there by train and monorail (one change) from Narita airport. On my return I took a taxi to Haneda airport-about 25 minutes at 6am. There's a taxi rank outside the hotel, so no booking and waiting. It was easy to walk to my conference venue and the whole area is pedestrianised and open for walking around. There are loads of shopping centres, all with plenty of restaurants for all tastes nearby. I didn't try out the hotel gym, because there were pleasant places to run outside - and that was fine as a woman alone at 6am, I never felt any concern. You can run 5km without crossing a road - and the route for that is sign posted (look for Odaiba running course).

The room is big and beds are very comfortable. It is also a place where kids will enjoy specially in the bathroom with a big bath tub. Staffs are very helpful but they need a person who can speak and understand english to attend to their tourist guest needs and make their service excellent in providing directions(specially the closing time of trains going to the airport and a tourist information desk will be much appreciated). Location is very near to the train station and shopping mall and convenience store. Breakfast is tasty but is a little of what we expected for a buffet in an expensive hotel. It will be more better if there will be a lot of options since it is the best meal of the day for us who will tour all throughout the day and explore nearby tourist spots. I also hope that they have a place for little children in the lobby since you cant stop these children to play and make a noise.(Children are still children and not adults who follow all instructions). We did not see the pool and hoping even though its cold, they will let their guests see it open. Free shuttle to and from Disneyland is of great help to us. We will still book in this hotel in the near future.

As everyone else has said good clean hotel .Friendly staff and very polite .Now the breakfast in my opinion was very limited for the western style no baked beans ,convenience store at hotel open 24hrs Aqua city shopping mall two minute walk away.The water pressure in the shower is very good and always plenty of hot water.After 4 nights in this hotel when we left the staff waved us off.