Hotel S-Presso East — Hotel in Osaka

This is a hotel that I almost couldn't book because someone booked it before me. I was forced to book its sister hotel, -Ebisu, which looked much older & did not have an elevator. (!)

Thank goodness someone cancelled at the last minute, & I happened to see it, so I quickly booked this hotel. I like this hotel because it looks very new & it's wide & spacious.

It has a kitchenette & a fridge that is bigger than most business hotel, & a microwave oven.

But the bad thing is you have to walk a very long way to get your free breakfast, and by that, I mean about a 20-minute walk. Please remember that Google estimate is not accurate as the traffic light in Japan takes a very long time to turn to green men. And there are many traffic lights along the way to Central Hotel. By the time I got there, I was tired before I even started my sightseeing. Thank goodness they have a decent variety of breakfast. So I always make sure to eat my fill. No, I don't mean things like white bread or danish pastry. I mean solid meals like white rice.

Wherever I get there, their miso soup pot is always empty. And no, they don't top it up.

I always eat my rice with their fried chicken. This is quite good. Since mini cherry tomatoes are expensive in Singapore, I make sure to eat a lot of them wherever I go. Japanese milk is also expensive in Singapore. So I also make sure to drink a lot. Occasionally, they offer stir-fried noodles in addition to white rice, & I also make sure to have some of that, although it can be a tad too oily.

During my 2 weeks stay here, I quickly found out that the hotel is not properly insulated against the elements. So I found that the room was always cold. Not that I minded as this made my body burnt more fats and made me hungry, & I could eat some more Japanese snacks.

One very important point to take note of is that they have paper thin walls and windows as I could hear the passing star of screeching motorcycles frequently. Sometimes, this would happen in the middle of the night or early morning, & I felt very annoyed. The hotel in Nagoya that I stayed at had much better insulation against the weather & thicker walls & windows, so I was not bothered by traffic sound when I was trying to sleep.

Which brings me to the next point.

Because I stayed here for a long time, I have observed that there were groups of people who came back at odd hours several times a week, like 2:00 a.m. plus. And then I could hear their footsteps, dragging of the chair, things dropping on the floor, doors opening & closing, their talking as I was trying to get back to sleep. I wore ear plugs nightly, & I could still hear them. (!)

This made me very frustrated as I had to get up at a set timing early the next day to go to Hotel Central for free breakfast. I don't think these people are tourists. I think it's more like they are permanent residents who work at F & B or convenient shops with late night closing hours.

On my last few days here, one early morning, like 4 to 5 am, I was awakened by a mad man who banged on the glass door downstairs VERY loudly & for a very LONG time.

Because I stayed on the 2nd floor, I could hear him very loudly. This was despite the fact that I had my ear plugs on when I slept. (!) I very much wanted to tell him to shut up & stop disturbing the rest of the guests.

I think that if this hotel was constructed with soundproof materials, all these nuisance would be greatly reduced & the guests' sleep would not be badly disrupted.

This hotel is located in the middle of a housing area, so it is quite far away from train stations.

From the moment I tapped my card at the station gate to the moment I reached my hotel door, it is almost always a 20 to 25-minute walk, inclusive of time spent waiting at traffic lights.

I was very tired from a whole day of standing & walking, and I still had to spend a long time getting to my hotel. When I went on a shopping spree & had to carry a lot of things back all by myself, the journey back was much worse. Each second spent waiting at the traffic light made...

We stayed a little over a week on the first floor room on Dec 2022.

Pros: Very large room, separate toilet and shower room. Kitchen, fridge and microwave for cooking and preparing your own food.

Cons: The check in was a bit complicated. There is an unmanned reception desk and you have to check in on your phone via QR code (takes you to a google form). If you have any trouble, they communicate to you via an ALEXA(?) speaker. Be sure to reduce the volume so the passcode to your door isn't broadcasted out loud.

The stay was very uncomfortable. The room was very cold due to a constant draught from the window, no natural light as the window offered a a view of a brick wall 5cm away, and the room was very very dry. The aircon struggled to heat the room and exacerbated dry climate to the point our sinuses, throat, lips and eyes were painfully dry throughout our stay.

There was a kettle but no mugs and no chopping board. I emailed to request for mugs and a humidifier to help with our stay but was told they could not provide it. We were scheduled for a room cleaning (available if you are staying for longer) but that did not happen.

The location was nice and quiet with a few decent restaurants around, but it was about 15 mins walk to nearest train station and 25 mins...

Stayed at this place twice in the last week. Found the hotel, room and location really good that we were happy to stay again for another night when returning back to Osaka. The front desk isnt manned and so the check in process can feel a little longer however it is still simple. I would be great to have a phone line at the hotel to call through to the main Hotel S presso Central for any issues customers. Otherwise really enjoyed the stay. Lee who was the front desk Manager at the central location was very hospitable and polite. His warming nature and kind heartedness is what we liked the...