Moxy Osaka Umeda — Hotel in Osaka

The hotel is only short 5 min walk from JR Fukushima station (Osaka Loop train line), and around the station you’ll find plenty of alleyways with delicious restaurants and izakaya (Japanese small bars) which are open late into the night. It is however a slightly longer 10-15 min walk to JR Osaka Central Station and Umeda and Nishi-Umeda subway stations. ||The hotel is a modern 12-storey 4-star hotel and because its relatively new (opened September 2020) not all taxi drivers necessarily know where it is. It is prominently located on the corner of two of the main streets, with limited on street areas for taxis to pull up. There is a Lawson convenience store right around one corner and the Kami Fukushima Park around the other.||As soon as you enter you can tell that this is not your boring traditional type of hotel. The lobby, with its two storey windows facing the street, let in an abundance of natural light. It has a funky industrial feel, with bare concrete, neon lights, video games and antique fixtures. The reception desk also doubles as a bar. The young staff spoke English and their enthusiasm, even for a tired traveller, was uplifting. The check-in process was very smooth and a plus were the free drink vouchers.|Our room, a standard double, felt roomy even though it was a standard 20sqm in size. This was due to the well thought out room layout, with a series of wooden pegs along the entire length of entry wall – displaying an array of foldable furniture, ingeniously maximising the available space. The room was modern and stylish, with plenty of natural light streaming in from the large window overlooking the street and couple of splashes of funky neon touches. The bed was one of the most comfortable that I have slept in on our entire trip through Japan. The mini-fridge on the wall however was one of the smallest I’ve encountered, just large enough to hold three water bottles and nothing else. The bathroom although not spacious was well laid out and didn’t feel cramped. The walk-in shower was similarly sleek and stylish, with really good water pressure.||They had a decent coin-laundry on the second floor, which appeared to be hardly used (could do with better ventilation in the room). They also have a modern high-tech gym on the same floor.|Breakfasts are served on the ground floor, an extension of the lobby area, with the bar serving as part of the buffet area. It was a mixture of Japanese and Western breakfast staples, catering for the diversity of hotel guests. There are a number of do-it-yourself stations including build-your-own ochazuke (rice, dashi broth and pickled toppings) complete with instructions in English, DIY salad bar, make your own miso soup with a range of ingredients, bread station, scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns. Although not a big, sweet pastry fan I did enjoy the colourful donut stand. Even though it was a budget breakfast it was high quality and full of fresh ingredients.||As we had a late check-out we appreciated being able to store our suitcases in the secure self-service lockers around the corner from the reception. ||The only draw back was the groups of boisterous young foreign travellers who continued to yell and talk loudly whenever they were together in the lobby/dinning area. ||We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Moxy Osaka Shin Umeda it was the perfect end to our...

The hotel is only short 5 min walk from JR Fukushima station (Osaka Loop train line), and around the station you’ll find plenty of alleyways with delicious restaurants and izakaya (Japanese small bars) which are open late into the night. It is however a slightly longer 10-15 min walk to JR Osaka Central Station and Umeda and Nishi-Umeda subway stations. The hotel is a modern 12-storey 4-star hotel and because its relatively new (opened September 2020) not all taxi drivers necessarily know where it is. It is prominently located on the corner of two of the main streets, with limited on street areas for taxis to pull up. There is a Lawson convenience store right around one corner and the Kami Fukushima Park around the other. As soon as you enter you can tell that this is not your boring traditional type of hotel. The lobby, with its two storey windows facing the street, let in an abundance of natural light. It has a funky industrial feel, with bare concrete, neon lights, video games and antique fixtures. The reception desk also doubles as a bar. The young staff spoke English and their enthusiasm, even for a tired traveller, was uplifting. The check-in process was very smooth and a plus were the free drink vouchers. Our room, a standard double, felt roomy even though it was a standard 20sqm in size. This was due to the well thought out room layout, with a series of wooden pegs along the entire length of entry wall – displaying an array of foldable furniture, ingeniously maximising the available space. The room was modern and stylish, with plenty of natural light streaming in from the large window overlooking the street and couple of splashes of funky neon touches. The bed was one of the most comfortable that I have slept in on our entire trip through Japan. The mini fridge on the wall however was one of the smallest I’ve encountered, just large enough to hold three water bottles and nothing else. The bathroom although not spacious was well laid out and didn’t feel cramped. The walk-in shower was similarly sleek and stylish, with really good water pressure. They had a decent coin-laundry on the second floor, which appeared to be hardly used (could do with better ventilation in the room). They also have a modern high-tech gym on the same floor. Breakfasts are served on the ground floor, an extension of the lobby area, with the bar serving as part of the buffet area. It was a mixture of Japanese and Western breakfast staples, catering for the diversity of hotel guests. There are a number of do-it-yourself stations including build-your-own ochazuke (rice, dashi broth and pickled toppings) complete with instructions in English, DIY salad bar, make your own miso soup with a range of ingredients, bread station, scrambled eggs, sausage and hash browns. Although not a big, sweet pastry fan I did enjoy the colourful donut stand. Even though it was a budget breakfast it was high quality and full of fresh ingredients. As we had a late check-out we appreciated being able to store our suitcases in the secure self-service lockers around the corner from the reception. The only drawback was the groups of boisterous young foreign travellers who continued to yell and talk loudly whenever they were together in the lobby/dining area. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Moxy Osaka Shin Umeda it was the perfect end to our...

Recently in April 2024 me and my husband stayed accross Japan & Korea in different moxy, and in Osaka we stayed at this Moxy.

Let me say that the concept of the Moxys was espectacular, they have little space but they have exactly what you need all in a . compact room. All of them had their pros.

Now this Moxy was the only one I particular did not like. This neighborhood seems to be the least maintained of all the neighborhoods we visited. The pro would be that the train station is like a 6-7 minute walk from the hotel. So that's was really convenient.

However, when we arrived to this Moxy early in the morning to do pre check in and leave our bags, they did not take my credit card or any of my information. We did leave the bags tho, but I left worried that they would give my room away since I knew I was going to be out and would not come back until late at night & I did not see them write any comment saying I had arrived to the hotel.

We come late at night & thankfully check in was really smooth. Let me say the girl that check us in (I think she is from argentina) she speaks, english, spanish and Japanese. She was the bomb, our check in went smooth. However, when we arrived to the room the AC did not seem to be fully functional, or at least the AC’s in this hotel we're the only ones we had trouble with and the room had a strong odor to perfume. So I asked to switch rooms bc it was already late. She changed us immediately and the other room the smell was way better however, and when I told her about the AC problem she told me she could control it from the reception I think, and that she will place it cold for me. However, the AC kept turning off during our stay and the room became very hot for me so me and my husband had to constantly get up during the night to turn it ON and COOL the temperature which resulted in us not getting the best sleep.

I want to clarify this is not the agents fault. She changed our room and we were better in the second one. But it gives us the impression that the rooms in this particular Moxy were not the best. I dnt know if thats the setting of the AC in this hotel but it was inconvenient and interrupts your sleep, additionally I dnt know if the smell in the rooms is a particular odor they place in the rooms but the first one was just terrible, the second one was almost non existant but it was still there that why now im not sure if there is something they use in the rooms that gives that smell.

So we tried two rooms at this hotel, our only complaint perse is the AC. Pros, the hotel Is near to places to eat and train so that is great and again the agent that checked us in was amazing. So it has it...