Daiwa Roynet Hotel Mito — Hotel in Mito

The hotel is situated at the South Exit of the station. Simply turn right out of the station building (on the 3rd floor) and walk around the promenade. The hotel cannot be missed. The reception/lobby is on the 6th floor. Check in was extremely smooth and the staff very cheerful. As is usual with Daiwa Roynet hotels, payment is made in advance through machines situated to the side of the front desk. We were given packs of tea and coffee for the duration of our stay. Our twin room on the 13th floor was quite spacious when compared to Japan hotel room standards. The bathroom was small but adequate. Basic amenities such as toothbrushes with toothpaste, a razor, hair brushes, and cotton sticks were provided, as were cotton gowns to sleep in. The room also had a small refrigerator. It is necessary to switch this on for use. There is an orange switch close by to do that. My wife's only wish was that they provided shower caps and also had a spare pillow in the room. The room was kept spotlessly clean and a delight to return to. Breakfast is 1,000 yen per person and can be taken either at Hana no Mai on the first floor or at Tully's coffee shop on the 3rd. For our 3 night stay we opted for Hana no Mai. This is a Japanese restaurant chain and both this, and Tully's, are tenants rather than being operated by the hotel. To reach the restaurant you exit the building and the entrance is just to the left. Here, too, the staff were very friendly. The choice of food and beverages available was quite good, as was the taste. We did feel that a few of the cooked food dishes should have been kept warm rather than served cold though, and the bread could be better but overall it was well worth the money. We would definitely stay here again should we...

Lovely hotel from a national chain located conveniently next to the station. Gaijin not welcome though. Been staying in some older country hotels the previous 2 days and been treated kindly all the way, and checked in and out with no troubles. Reservation found and processed quickly.

Today checking in here was a reality slap in the face that I'd returned to the coldness of suburbia/urbia. Reserved the room under my name. 3 unmistakable katakana sounds. Staff couldn't process the data of those 3 sounds in their brains. Finally found the original reservation info email and showed it to them and they found the reservation, albeit with a bit of a disappointed reaction (oh darn I guess he IS our customer :-( ).

That was before check in and just wanted to leave my bag until check in. Came back at check in time and re-pronounced my name as it was reserved to the SAME staff, and they couldn't find it again. Got the email out again and it was found.

Ojisan staff guy brings his charm to the situation and starts grilling me for ID, etc. Finally sort that out and get a room key.

Overall reaction of the oyaji and robot girl counter staff was disappointment that I'd somehow "got in". They'll deny it left and right but I can tell foreigners don't come here much, and aren't...

I drove a rental car to this hotel straight from Narita. I had concerns about parking since the hotel is so close to the train station. There wasn't much information available on the hotel website so I'll write what I experienced (May 2019):||Parking costs 550yen per night (ymmv). The parking entrance is on the north side of the building and is the COMBOX310 parking lot. If you park on the 1st or 3rd level of the parking lot it will connect via the stair well behind the elevators with the building the hotel is in. When you enter the parking lot take the yellow ticket. The hotel front desk will give you a pink ticket. When you exit the lot insert the yellow ticket first followed by the pink ticket. Not knowing this I parked in the temporary lot just outside the train station which is free for the first 30 minutes - enough time to check in. But you could go ahead and park in the COMBOX310 parking lot. If I return to Mito to visit relatives and need a place to stay I will be coming back to...