Via Inn Akihabara — Hotel in Tokyo

A decently priced hotel only within a minute of walk away from Akihabara and on a pretty quiet street despite being so close.

The room is pretty standard quality but not old looking like some hotels visually looking stuck in the 70's with yellowed everything like some hotels around. While i couldn't hear the neighbouring rooms doing their things, the room's door itself is not soundproof and you could hear anyone being noisy from outside as everything reverberate in the corridor since you have view of every other floors up and above from inside, me and my friends sleep were perturbed by some random person constantly knocking at 2h in the morning from many floor under one day. If you want absolute silence, it might not be an adapted hotel if some tourists get real noisy outside the corridor.

I had no problem with the service and employees, the standard was what i expected just like other hotels around Tokyo so far, BUT, you might want to put your south asian hire from the reception desk at the same standard level as the other employees. One day i had a package that had arrived at the hotel and asked him if it was here while i noticed two amazon package behind him. He check the computer and even behind him and say it did not arrived and that i should check later, so i just go out for a few hours and come back to ask the same question to a different person behind the counter. He instantly give me the same two box behind him without problem. He also wouldn't say "welcome" late at night when he was all alone at the counter one night while other employees has no problem to do so. Me and two of my other friend noticed that compared to the many other days we stayed at the hotel.

While it's a minor complain, i wouldn't want the work of everyone at the counter being lowered because...

Fuss-free business hotel in a really convenient location. The highlight of this hotel for me was the bath with a window. It's a feature more often seen in 4 or 5-star hotels and definitely not in this price range in the middle of Tokyo. Gazing at the city view while soaking in a hot bath after a long day of shopping and sightseeing is a mini bit of luxury. I lucked out and got a room on the third highest floor. My room windows overlooked Akihabara Station, and with a view of the Skytree at the corner. It's great just watching trains pulling in and out of the station late at night and this is now one of my favourite things I've done in Tokyo. Do note however, there are a small amount of rooms that don't come with a bathroom window. ||||The free breakfast buffet is another great point of the hotel. It had rather decent offerings for something that's free, with bread rolls to scrambled eggs to cooked salmon to Japanese curry. They don't really change up the menu and I stayed for a week so I didn't go down everyday, but that's perfectly fine since I never paid extra for it.||||Rooms are pretty small as they mostly cater to businessmen staying for a night so with a big luggage it might be cumbersome, but other than that, the hotel is clean and well-equipped. The humidifier is much, much appreciated in the Winter season too. They didn't give bottled water but you have an electric pot. ||||Protip: If you take the main road from Akihabara Station to the hotel it might be about 10 minutes walk, but you can take a somewhat-hidden narrow blue bridge (ask the hotel staff for the map) which cuts the time to about 4 minutes. I won't recommended to use this route late at night though because it's a quiet part of Akihabara.||||All in all, I would say it was worth...

Fuss-free business hotel in a really convenient location. The highlight of this hotel for me was the bath with a window. It's a feature more often seen in 4 or 5-star hotels and definitely not in this price range in the middle of Tokyo. Gazing at the city view while soaking in a hot bath after a long day of shopping and sightseeing is a mini bit of luxury. I lucked out and got a room on the third highest floor. My room windows overlooked Akihabara Station, and with a view of the Skytree at the corner. It's great just watching trains pulling in and out of the station late at night and this is now one of my favourite things I've done in Tokyo. Do note however, there are a small amount of rooms that don't come with a bathroom window. ||||The free breakfast buffet is another great point of the hotel. It had rather decent offerings for something that's free, with bread rolls to scrambled eggs to cooked salmon to Japanese curry. They don't really change up the menu and I stayed for a week so I didn't go down everyday, but that's perfectly fine since I never paid extra for it.||||Rooms are pretty small as they mostly cater to businessmen staying for a night so with a big luggage it might be cumbersome, but other than that, the hotel is clean and well-equipped. The humidifier is much, much appreciated in the Winter season too. They didn't give bottled water but you have an electric pot. ||||Protip: If you take the main road from Akihabara Station to the hotel it might be about 10 minutes walk, but you can take a somewhat-hidden narrow blue bridge (ask the hotel staff for the map) which cuts the time to about 4 minutes. I won't recommended to use this route late at night though because it's a quiet part of Akihabara.||||All in all, I would say it was worth...