Ark Hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi — Hotel in Osaka

Located just outside Osaka metro’s Nagaharobashi station’s Sakaisuji line and 10 mins walk to Dotonbori. If you’re looking for privacy and spacious rooms at a very affordable price then this is the best hotel for you!!! Perfect for couples or solo travellers for their standard rooms which we booked via Agoda. At just 75 SGD per night we got a good deal for a hotel in Osaka, it was a spacious Double room at 12 sqm. Nowadays, less than 100 SGD for this type of room is quite difficult to find in a big Japanese city especially those near Metro or Train stations. As mentioned the hotel is just outside the Nagaharobashi metro exit 4 and it has a big spacious lobby. They provide daily breakfast but we didn’t avail of it . Toiletries and Amenity kits are provided near the lift at the right side of the lobby for your own pleasure. Checkin was quick and easy and we were booked on the 5F. ||The space is the plus for this room enough to acommodate your luggages, shoes and other stuff. They don’t have wardrobe but have wall hooks for your clothes and towels but could have add more because I see only 3 on the right side. The hotel and room concepts is classic hotel style with a touch of modern vibes and Earthy colour tones. The room has combination of Earthy neutral colours of Brown, Beige, and Gray. It has a Grey floor carpeting which gives warmth to the overall feel. The Japanese style automatic bidet toilet and tub is on the left side. Toilet is my favourite part of the room because it is big and spacious compared to other hotels. It follows the Yellowish tone of room, provides clean and soft towels and container types Body wash/Shampoo/Hand wash which were very aromatic and has a lovely honey floral scent. Water pressure is strong and heating works perfectly. It is easy to fill in the tub with strong pressure in just few mins. The automatic Japanese toilet works perfectly and it has the perfect fit for cleaning your behind. Next is their study table/flat screen TV area which is located on the other side of the toilet opposite the bed. The white canvassed wooden study table is enough to fit your food and personal stuff. At this side, they provide the water kettle, complimentary cups and tea. They don’t provide free water but in Japan water is relatively cheap for purchase so its fine. There are 2 nice classic style lamps attached on the wall in between the wall mirror. The TV has local channels only and they provide free WIFI which is very fast and stable. We have the city view so its quite nice to peek thru our window both day and night. And then the small Double bed is just enough to fit 2 small adults like us and its perfect moslty for solo travellers. The room has enough space to increase the size of the bed which they could do in the future. The bed has warm, soft blanket but the pillows are quite hard and the mattress a bit on the firm side if you like this type. There is a wooden headrest with power, USB and type C outlets as well as lighting and airconditioning controls. I loved that they provide type C outlet which is now the most common type of charging outputs for electronics gadgets. There is compartment on top of headrest enough to fit your cup or can of beer as well as a small bed lamp by the wall side. We booked via Agoda without cleaning service, however, the hotel cleaned our room one time during our 5 night stay so kudos to Ark hotel!!! ||They also made sure to replenish our towels daily, throw our trash and provide us with the Blue/White chequered Sleeping robe which is quite unique color pattern yet I loved it very comfy and soft. In our room just like other typical Japanese toilets we have the comfy Brown slippers and they also provide the disposable ones, Air purifier, Blow dryer, Fabric conditioner spray and Shoe horn. There are free ice machines on some floors in the hotel and just like check-in, check-out was also fast and smooth. To conclude my fantastic review of Ark hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi, if your looking for a nice and a quick place to stay away from the busy areas of Osaka then look no further Ark Hotel Osaka Shinsaibashi if here for you. Keep up the Excellent work Ark Hotel Shinsaibashi, looking forward to book your place again!!! Arigato Gozaimasu!!!...

I stayed at Ark Hotel when Typhoon Jebi hit. ||||The hotel isn't as bright as it looks in photos. In fact, it has a very dark setting with dark carpets, furniture, and comforters. It's evidently outdated, but fairly clean, which was nice. ||||My family and I stayed for 4 days, 2 of which that were spent without electricity. It was understandable for the hotel to have a power outage when the typhoon hit, but the hours that followed were inexcusable. None of the staff knew when the electricity would be fixed, and the hotel ended up being, what I would assume, the only establishment working in darkness. For a hotel that is located in a disaster-prone country, you'd think that emergency supplies are quickly ready. However, we felt that this wasn't the case as the dark stairways were lit by mere flashlights taped to the corners of each landing. We'd still have to use our phones for more light as the flashlights the staff put were not enough. The breakfast buffet was not available, so they gave us food bought from what looked to be a convenience store, and cold coffee. ||||When we asked the staff about their generator, they said that it wasn't powerful enough to cover all the rooms (airconditioning, toilets, etc.); it only covered an emergency light that could not be turned off when you wanted to sleep. We asked to be transferred to another hotel for a night at the expense of Ark Hotel because we, and many other guests, felt that we were not getting the value for our money considering that the rooms were hot, the elevators weren't working (imagine being on a floor above the fifth with all that luggage!), and breakfast couldn't be served properly. They were kind enough to do so, but only if you brought it up and made sure that they took note of such request. If you didn't ask, they didn't offer to do so.||||Those 2 days were quite stressful mainly because no one could say when the line would be fixed. Many of the staff would also admit that there was no one there to fix it yet (especially in the first 24 hours), so it took a very long time for the hotel to return to its usual operations. At the same time, they'd tell us that the hotel was not the only one without power, and that there is a whole line of buildings that were affected. It was very difficult to believe though, because there were no other buildings around that did not have electricity.||||Before we left, we told the staff that they should be ready for these kinds of situations, especially when considering that other hotels did not encounter the same issue.||||I wouldn't stay at this hotel again, and I think the hotel we were transferred to was actually much better (Hotel Sunroute...

I stayed at Ark Hotel when Typhoon Jebi hit. ||||The hotel isn't as bright as it looks in photos. In fact, it has a very dark setting with dark carpets, furniture, and comforters. It's evidently outdated, but fairly clean, which was nice. ||||My family and I stayed for 4 days, 2 of which that were spent without electricity. It was understandable for the hotel to have a power outage when the typhoon hit, but the hours that followed were inexcusable. None of the staff knew when the electricity would be fixed, and the hotel ended up being, what I would assume, the only establishment working in darkness. For a hotel that is located in a disaster-prone country, you'd think that emergency supplies are quickly ready. However, we felt that this wasn't the case as the dark stairways were lit by mere flashlights taped to the corners of each landing. We'd still have to use our phones for more light as the flashlights the staff put were not enough. The breakfast buffet was not available, so they gave us food bought from what looked to be a convenience store, and cold coffee. ||||When we asked the staff about their generator, they said that it wasn't powerful enough to cover all the rooms (airconditioning, toilets, etc.); it only covered an emergency light that could not be turned off when you wanted to sleep. We asked to be transferred to another hotel for a night at the expense of Ark Hotel because we, and many other guests, felt that we were not getting the value for our money considering that the rooms were hot, the elevators weren't working (imagine being on a floor above the fifth with all that luggage!), and breakfast couldn't be served properly. They were kind enough to do so, but only if you brought it up and made sure that they took note of such request. If you didn't ask, they didn't offer to do so.||||Those 2 days were quite stressful mainly because no one could say when the line would be fixed. Many of the staff would also admit that there was no one there to fix it yet (especially in the first 24 hours), so it took a very long time for the hotel to return to its usual operations. At the same time, they'd tell us that the hotel was not the only one without power, and that there is a whole line of buildings that were affected. It was very difficult to believe though, because there were no other buildings around that did not have electricity.||||Before we left, we told the staff that they should be ready for these kinds of situations, especially when considering that other hotels did not encounter the same issue.||||I wouldn't stay at this hotel again, and I think the hotel we were transferred to was actually much better (Hotel Sunroute...