Eisei Stay — Hotel in Tokyo

My wife and I toured Japan for two weeks and stayed in four hotels and Eisei Stay was the third and only service apartment that we chose.

The room was really clean and the management staff and cleaners were polite. Room cleaning was restricted to once every two days of stay.

This service apartment uses the keyless type of entry. Just press a few numbers at the door and you'll be able to enter the lift and your room.

The building and rooms seemed really new, and it was as if we were their first customers. We were given a room facing the back, and there was morning sun, which we used to dry a few of our clothes using their drying rack on the small balcony.

The apartment itself is only a short 5 minutes walk to Ikebukuro's West (N) exit (yes, it's really confusing at first!), and there's a number of convenience stores and Korean BBQ restaurants nearby. Surprisingly, there's no clothes dryer in the apartment, so I had to bring my washed clothes everyday to Peace Coin Laundry. Just 200yen is enough to dry quite a lot of clothes.

I recommend Rico's convenience store more than the rest, as it's more like a mini market, with fresh fruits, vegetables and meat, in addition to the usual items you can find in a convenience store. Sugi pharmacy also has lots of items and opens till 11pm. It's like a pharmacy, beauty and convenience store all in one.

Do consider this if you're looking for a modern, and clean apartment...

DISAPPOINTED！I booked a triple room from 10.5 to 10.10, this hotel is similar to homestay，there is no hotel front desk, you will be sent a check-in code to your mailbox, and you will have a room password by typing the check-in code on the ipad at the front desk before you enter the room. The hotel sent the same check-in code to me and another pair of tourists from Hong Kong at the same time. My friend and I were still lying on the hotel bed when the door was opened by some strangers. Since there was no Japanese number for all of us, there was no way to contact the hotel directly. We immediately contacted our respective reservation platforms, but there was no result of any processing. I contacted my friends in Japan to negotiate directly with the hotel, and the end result was that because of the hotel's mistake, the same check-in code was sent to two groups of tourists. After this incident, I did not receive any apology from the hotel, which made me very angry. My friend told me that the hotel was very strange. After the call, the front desk asked us to provide the name of the hotel. The front desk seems to be an intermediary that docks a lot of homestay, which is...

Ikebukuro is a great hub: 1) It's just off the beaten path which means you can relax and not feel overwhelmed by the population density. 2) It still has everything (Don Quijote, conbini, cafes, Sunshine City etc). Top qualities of Eisei stay is the included fridge/microwave/washer and shower/furo. We didn't end up cooking because there are minimal utensils and no spices - but frankly we didn't need to. The beds were great, but hubs was annoyed he had to sleep separately and they may be too small for larger persons (no Cali Kings or even Queens here). Overall...