Arrow Hotel — Hotel in Osaka

Solo male traveler from Mexico here. A good bang for your buck, however, I would think twice about staying here again. Chose this hotel due to its location and used Osaka as a base city for day trips, since it was my 2nd time in Japan.

PROS: Location is perfect: Close to JR Namba and Dotonbori (around a 5 minute walk to either). Many options to eat nearby, as well as shops, konbinis and other stores. Breakfast was tasty; although it offers limited options to choose from, they were delicious. Room was a decent size in comparison to a standard Japanese hotel room. Mini fridge worked. Hotel was cheap, taking into account that it's in the heart of Shinsaibashi and that Osaka's hotels (in comparison to Tokyo's) are rather on the expensive side (dunno why).

CONS: No view from the room. Room smelt very and strangely funny; even though there was a sign on the window not to open it, I had to, since the smell was really weird and unpleasant (I dunno if the smell was due to humidity, mold or something else). Staff is just... there... No "Omotenashi"... Both Front Desk and Restaurant; they don't speak any English, so a translator is a must. I did not sense nor feel that the area around nor the hotel's were unsafe, since I'm from Mexico (LOL), however, visitors from other countries may feel rather......

We are 3 people and the room is big enough for us. The double full size beds are comfortable. It's even have small little area for sofa in side the room. They provide all basic bathroom kits you need. They have Japanese ropes, green tea, boiling water machine for tea, refrigerator, tv and cabinet to hang clothes. So basically the room is good. |The location is good. It's near dotonbori and glico sign only 5 mins walk. Close to train station numba exit 25, shinsaibashi exit 7, and yotsubashi exit 5. All you can walk there. |You will probably take either the jr line or bus get off at numba from Kansai airport so remember the exit and how to walk. I attached the picture. Hopefully it can help. I minus 1 star for the all smoking rooms in the hotel. Our first night was uncomfortable but after that we get used to haha. Minus another star for poor English speaking front desk. I think the majority of the guests are Japanese so they don't really get used to communicate in English. We found only 2 people that can really speak and give us recommendations for trains and bus. So don't expect much with them to help you...

Hotel: A bit old, 3-star type motel.

Location: about 10 min walk to Shinsaibashi/Dohtonbori area and subway. Located in a small side street. Our taxi had a hard time locating this hotel when we arrived but we helped him using our own Google maps. Suggest to take a taxi if you're traveling with heavy luggages, price is not so expensive since the hotel is somewhat near Namba station.

Rooms: Small but clean. Twin beds. No Toothpaste provided.

Price: Reasonable for twin beds with breakfast

Breakfast: Simple but good and filling. Bread, rice, soup, coffee, chicken karaage (which was tasty for me) and fruits were served by 1 hardworking staff. Make sure to present your room keys upon entering the dining area.

Staff: Kind. They helped us book a taxi to the train station on our check out.

Con: The guests at the other room were talking and laughing loudly in the middle of the night, disturbing our sleep. Not a good experience for us....