Hotel Sun City Ikebukuro — Hotel in Tokyo

I stayed in this hotel for one night. It is conveniently located only a few minutes away from the East Exit of ever-crowded Ikebukuro Station. If you know the language and can ask people for directions you will find the way very easily. || The stuff were very friendly. I even got an upgrade from the panorama-single-bed room to the double-bed-room on the 36th floor, to be able to see the waking up city in the morning. The hotel should be commented for signing guests on a commitment for not smoking in the rooms. As such my room, I guess also the others, was free of tobacco-odor. || The room itself was very clean and comfortable with TV channels in several languages. There was also an air purifier in the room. Since there were no instructions in other languages, you have to know Japanese in order to know how to manipulate the air purifier effectively. No trouble with WIFI. Yet, the room was too hot during the night. As there was no way to control the temperature in the room I sweated all night. Complaining on the situation at the reception desk in the morning I was told, oddly enough, that the hotel controls the temperature in each and every room from a central control room. Upon a complain from an individual guest, the temperature in a specific room can be adjusted. I guess it would have been more simple and logic to enable the guests to control the temperature with a related remote controller in the room, rather than forcing them to run down and up in the elevators to ask to decrees or increase the temperature as soon as it becomes colder or warmer in the rooms. It should be noted that this is the situation even though the hotel have done recently major renovations in the rooms.|| As for breakfast and other gastronomical matters, there is a huge shopping mall on the firsts floors of the hotel, and one can find numerous coffee shops and restaurants to grab any food one likes. Also, the convenient store on the first floor of the hotel opens all night, offering a wide selection of food...

I stayed in this hotel for one night. It is conveniently located only a few minutes away from the East Exit of ever-crowded Ikebukuro Station. If you know the language and can ask people for directions you will find the way very easily. || The stuff were very friendly. I even got an upgrade from the panorama-single-bed room to the double-bed-room on the 36th floor, to be able to see the waking up city in the morning. The hotel should be commented for signing guests on a commitment for not smoking in the rooms. As such my room, I guess also the others, was free of tobacco-odor. || The room itself was very clean and comfortable with TV channels in several languages. There was also an air purifier in the room. Since there were no instructions in other languages, you have to know Japanese in order to know how to manipulate the air purifier effectively. No trouble with WIFI. Yet, the room was too hot during the night. As there was no way to control the temperature in the room I sweated all night. Complaining on the situation at the reception desk in the morning I was told, oddly enough, that the hotel controls the temperature in each and every room from a central control room. Upon a complain from an individual guest, the temperature in a specific room can be adjusted. I guess it would have been more simple and logic to enable the guests to control the temperature with a related remote controller in the room, rather than forcing them to run down and up in the elevators to ask to decrees or increase the temperature as soon as it becomes colder or warmer in the rooms. It should be noted that this is the situation even though the hotel have done recently major renovations in the rooms.|| As for breakfast and other gastronomical matters, there is a huge shopping mall on the firsts floors of the hotel, and one can find numerous coffee shops and restaurants to grab any food one likes. Also, the convenient store on the first floor of the hotel opens all night, offering a wide selection of food...

Chose this hotel as it was recommended by a female friend. Really excellent!! Do not expect a five star hotel, but service and amenities are really more than sufficient. Stayed for 5 nights in a double room 14 sq m (facing the street, not the railway) and it was quite spacious. Tokyo was really cold when I went (below 10 degrees), so I was glad there was a heater! The nearest exit is the North Exit, which has no escalator, but it's quite a manageable staircase (my luggage was around 14kg). Otherwise, exit via the West Exit next to TOBU department store, there is an upriding escalator there. Walking to Hotel Sun City from there takes less than 5mins. I was early for check in, so I left my luggage with them at the reception, and when I returned in the afternoon, my luggage had been properly moved to my room. For non smokers, remember to double check after you get your key that they assigned a non-smoking room to you, as I was initially given a smoking one even though I booked a non smoking room online. The room key is a normal key, but it has to be returned to the front reception whenever you leave the hotel. For security purpose I guess. I was quite impressed that my room had a Powercube (the red one) hehe. And there are so many restaurants and shops nearby, you will never starve or need to walk far for basic necessities. Ikebukuro is a maze, but there are two 7-Eleven and two Family Mart less than 5mins away, really easy to find. TV (tokyo channels), fridge, electric jug, shower, WIFI, all worked well. Room was very clean! The staff seem to understand English, but I cannot confirm as I used Japanese with them. The hotel provides laundry service, tell them you want "cleaningu". I got my clothes back within the day, fees were reasonable (this was an additional charge, separate from room fee). My only small complaint is that there is no full length mirror in the room :(...