Hotel Monterey Osaka

Convenient location. Spacious room.

Hotel covers the top 7 floors of tower block. from floor 8 to 14. part of the hotel has a small church built into a courtyard forming a feature one can visit for free. The church was locked when we visited, but didn't ask to go inside. The lifts give the appearance of being old fashioned, but are modern and function efficiently, there are 3 of them so not a lot of waiting. Room size adequate for 2, had 2 rooms. Each room is basically a bedroom with a desk area and adjoining bathroom. Shower is in the bath and bath is very tall so due to our ages we didn't use it as frightened to get in/out especially when wet and possibility of slipping/falling. Only there for 2 nights. Breakfast buffet style, very large choice but mostly Asian. Didn't try the restaurant for evening or mid day meals.

If taking the bullet train back from Osaka or Kyoto this hotel is a 12 minute walk from the stop "BEFORE" Tokyo station. So get off at Shinagawa station and just walk 12 minutes to this hotel. Which is nice if you are flying out of Haneda airport to go home. From this hotel you can walk 9 minutes up to the Tokyo Metro and go one stop to "Mita" station which has great food options and can take the train to Haneda airport (one of the trains turns into the Keikyu Line). Nice hotel, great staff, comfy rooms and bed.

This older style hotel is designed to look like an older classic Austrian venue in its décor and various sitting rooms. We stayed in 3 Monterey chains throughout Japan. They all differed in design, but the breakfasts were quite similar and very good. This hotel has a charming open courtyard with tables and chairs and a very old chapel. The hotel is in an excellent location that is a short walk from the JR train station. The front desk staff were all very friendly and helpful.

The decor and cleanliness was excellent. We were particularly impressed with the recreation of the church. The single beds were large and comfortable and we liked the options of both firm and soft pillows. It's very close so the airport limousine bus stop and train stations and the lady at check in was very helpful.