Hotel Live Max Namba — Hotel in Osaka

Did a four night stay in the last week of March. The basic accommodations are in desperate in need of updating, and the customer service is befitting of a cheap hotel.||||There were more negatives than positives during my stay, and I would not consider staying at the Livemax Namba again. ||||Negatives: ||||- Rooms are dirty and in disrepair. The light control and key holder at the entrance of my room was loose and held to the wall by two screws, the entire room was covered with a layer of dust, there was tape holding up the access panel underneath the bathroom sink, the hallway had a distinct garbage smell, the HVAC in my room did not work (it was very cold), and there were scuff marks and dings all over the walls.||||- My room was designated as non-smoking, but there was a container full of jelly for cigarette smell absorption and mitigation in my room. The jelly was smelly, hard, crusty, and brown; and had not been replaced in quite some time. The front desk looked embarrassed when I asked them about it and confirmed that the jelly was there for absorbing cigarette smells, but either did not know English or pretended not to know English to avoid providing a solid resolution to the issue (e.g. moving me to a true non-smoking room)||||- Everywhere except the lobby and elevator was dimly lit, including corridors leading to the room and the lights within my room. This is fairly minor, but unnecessary.||||Positives: ||||- The cost of the room was relatively inexpensive, particularly as it was cherry blossom season||||- Decent location - two minute walk from the nearest...

I stayed there in second week of Nov '16. I have been coming to Japan 2-3 times a year in last 5 years. Had my first unpleasant stay in Japan. ||||The room was cold and air heating was too strong to allow me to maintain optimum temperature. I had 2 difficult nights sleeping because either the room was too cold or the room got too hot for my comfort.||||For the first time I found a microwave inside a hotel room. It was a bliss as that meant I could buy take aways and eat in my hotel room. I bought a lot of take aways on my first day, only to find that the microwave couldn't be operated. The power chord was too short to make it to the nearest power socket. ||||The room service was poor. I forgot to tag the room cleaning tag while leaving on the second day. I realised it on my way down to reception, but decided to not go back and put the tag as my rooms have been done in the past without putting the tag. Unfortunately, to my annoyance on my return I had the same messy room.||||The room size was the only good part. The room was big...

i stayed for 5 nights. ||||The street was quiet during the night so i was good. JR Namba was about 2 streets away. Around 15mins walk to Dontobori which is a very big areas and you can spend the whole day over at the place. Supermarket is just a few shops away. hence, i would say the location is very convenient. ||||Room size is reasonable given the price. The room is clean and good housekeeping service. however, the water drainage system is abit lousy. The washroom is abit flooded after each shower as the water takes longer time to drain down. I hope they can solve the issue. But the washroom is clean :) ||||The staff always make an effort to greet us when we go out or return to the hotel. The service was nice...