Azu garden Nippombashi — Hotel in Osaka

I stayed for about a week here at the Azu Garden Hotel. The Location is great for people looking for a little nightlife. It is about a 2 minute walk away from one of the most famous places in Osaka called Shinsaibashi, great food (takoyaki, okonomiyaki) bars, beautiful women ect. It is also really close to the Subway line, but it is a longer walk to the main station at Namba where you can catch the JR line. From the namba station its only about 10 or 15 minutes from Osaka-Shin station which is where you would take the Shinkansen (bullet train) or catch other lines to other parts of the city. Another great thing is that Kyoto is only about 20 minutes from Osaka-Shin station!||||The Hotel room was a little old but still clean. The room was much bigger than I expected, and much bigger than most of the Hotels in Tokyo. At the front desk when I checked in they did have an english speaking gentleman who was very helpful, but at times there was only Japanese speaking people at the front desk which did make it a little hard to communicate. The only thing that I really disliked at this hotel was their cleaning policy. They dont change or clean the room or the sheets for one whole week, and you have to exchange your towels and get more soap shampoo ect at the front desk. It wasn't that bad but still it is nice to come back to your hotel and have clean sheets and more soap at the end of the day. ||||Overall my stay here was nice, and you cant go wrong staying here considering it was really inexpensive for a larger room with such a great Location. Ahhh almost forgot that breakfast is included for no additional charge. Breakfast is Cabbage Salad, a hard boiled egg and toast with butter, not...

The Azu-garden is my usual choice for a hotel in Osaka, I've stayed there on several occasions, most recently in March 2012 and going back there next week (07/2012).||||The location is great for nightlife with the Dotonbori/Soemon-cho restaurants and bars just around the corner (literally) from the hotel. Some locals feel that the Minami area is not the safest part of Osaka but a tourist (male or female) has nothing to worry about. Nippombashi subway station is a few minutes walk from the hotel and Namba station is about 15 minutes away by foot.||||Some of the staff speak some english while some are japanese speakers only but I've never had any problems regarding my bookings. Bookings can be made directly via their website, no pre-payment required and the hotel accepts all major credit cards when you pay at check-in time.||||The rooms (note that I've stayed at single rooms only) are quite spacious for japanese hotel rooms with wooden floors, small kitchenette (stove, fridge and water cooker) and ensuite toilet and shower. The rooms are not cleaned daily but once a week only. That being said, I've never had any problems getting new towels from the cleaning ladies working on the other rooms.||||Vending machines are available as well as a small cafe at the ground floor for breakfast, which I haven't tried though as there are plenty of cafes in the area. There are also coin operated washing machines available on the ground floor||||Overall considering the price, location and rooms I think that this hotel is fantastic value and something of a bargain. Only minus is the lack of internet connection in the basic rooms, I think it's only available with the more...

The Azu-garden is my usual choice for a hotel in Osaka, I've stayed there on several occasions, most recently in March 2012 and going back there next week (07/2012).||||The location is great for nightlife with the Dotonbori/Soemon-cho restaurants and bars just around the corner (literally) from the hotel. Some locals feel that the Minami area is not the safest part of Osaka but a tourist (male or female) has nothing to worry about. Nippombashi subway station is a few minutes walk from the hotel and Namba station is about 15 minutes away by foot.||||Some of the staff speak some english while some are japanese speakers only but I've never had any problems regarding my bookings. Bookings can be made directly via their website, no pre-payment required and the hotel accepts all major credit cards when you pay at check-in time.||||The rooms (note that I've stayed at single rooms only) are quite spacious for japanese hotel rooms with wooden floors, small kitchenette (stove, fridge and water cooker) and ensuite toilet and shower. The rooms are not cleaned daily but once a week only. That being said, I've never had any problems getting new towels from the cleaning ladies working on the other rooms.||||Vending machines are available as well as a small cafe at the ground floor for breakfast, which I haven't tried though as there are plenty of cafes in the area. There are also coin operated washing machines available on the ground floor||||Overall considering the price, location and rooms I think that this hotel is fantastic value and something of a bargain. Only minus is the lack of internet connection in the basic rooms, I think it's only available with the more...