Hiroshima Pacific Hotel — Hotel in Hiroshima

From the railway station, it's quite a walk (approx. 20min) to get to the Hiroshima Pacific Hotel (Hiroshima hasn't a subway system). However, the hotel is in close walking distance to Hiroshima Castle. The reception was friendly although the staff I encountered didn't speak any English. Instead, there was a card with different sentences (e.g. "Check-out time is at…" or "You've already paid in advance for your stay.") translated into English. The staff than put a finger on the respective sentence to communicate with English-speaking tourists. I've never seen that before but it worked effectively. Big plus was the fact that I could check-in two hour earlier than the official check-in time. Unfortunately, when arriving in my hotel room, I found it not to be clean at all: on the (new?) bed sheets were (pubic?) hairs, the same on the bathroom walls. Additionally, the bathroom was filthy (mold: not all the corners were cleaned very well) in a way that I didn't even dare to look more closely. Reading through the existing (mostly positive) comments here, I feel bad to tell about a different experience. I also wanted to justify it and therefore uploaded pictures of my room. As I was luckily only staying one night and as I wanted to jump right into sightseeing the city, I didn't ask for another room. Anyway, at least, the room had a fridge and complimentary and...

We spent four nights at the Hotel Pacific Hiroshima this past week. We arrived on the train just before midnight, and, with the help of kind strangers, were able to walk to the hotel in just over 15 minutes. The pleasant man at the reception desk spoke decent English, but advised us that he was the only person at the hotel who could and that he would by off duty for the next few days! Despite this, we had no trouble communicating simple questions to the other staff members and they were as pleasant and helpful as they could be. The room was quiet and small, but bigger than we expected, the bed was comfortable and there were two extra chairs, a small table and a desk. There was a fridge and kettle in the room and coffee, tea, and miso soup mix available downstairs, which was an added bonus. We were able to walk to most attractions within the city, and went to Miyajama Island from the Hiroshima train station. The only thing that we found negative about the location was the lack of relatively inexpensive (by Japan standards) places to eat nearby. ||Other than that, we would recommend the Hiroshima Pacific...

Stayed here for only one night, thank goodness to say the least. The "non-smoking" room we booked smelled like it used to be a smoking room and all they did to cover up the smell was an over powering perfume that would give anyone a migraine. The carpets were dirty and there was very visible black colored mold in multiple areas in the bathroom.||||I am certain they washed the non-smoking sheets with the sheets from the smoking rooms because they distinctly smelled like an ash tray. Also they starched the sheets which made them very rough and uncomfortable. The pillows were literally like sleeping on hard bags of sand, as they were filled with rice.||||I have stayed in some rougher countries (back country Peru), and was thoroughly grossed out by this place. Throughout several floors, the carpets are visibly stained (black from the walking areas, and spilled food?) I would have expected much higher quality- the photos on Expedia are extremely misleading. Save yourself the trouble and don't even...