Hotel Keihan Tenmabashi Ekimae

This was one of my favorite hotels we stayed during Japan trip! The room was SO spacious and inexpensive! Very beautiful decor and tons of amenities! Was across street from station and mall! Quieter area of Osaka. I can't rave about this place more. Best bathroom and fastest wifi. Staff spoke englilsh and was super friendly. Helped out with luggage delivery to a very rural area of Japan. I cannot recommend this place enough! You get the biggest bang for your buck here. The beds were also the comfiest we had. Spent time in Osaka, Tokyo, and Kyoto, and Gifu area. Very modern while keeping that traditional Japanese touch. Will definitely stay anytime I go back to Japan .

There was plenty of amenities for you if you forgot things like razors washing stuff etc and also shampoos and shower gel and conditioner in the rooms Also the laundrette was good (3 of them ) and you could keep an eye on them from your hotel screeb till one came available- we did need to put in another 100yen thou to fully dry Also all the controls in the room are controlled by a tablet near bed side which was good and water provided daily too

This hotel really took us by surprise. We got a great deal through Booking.com, because it seems like it is quite a fancy hotel normally. The room was great, pretty spacious, and everything about it worked nicely. The AC was comfortable, right humidity for nice sleep, and the moodlights at the headboard of the bed was a nice touch. The bed itself was also good! The hotel is directly across the street from the metro station, which takes you down to Dotonbori with only a brisk walk, or to Osaka station from where you can go anywhere else. The area is lively without being hectic, and there is a Uniqlo/GU in the mall across the street.

- Modern hotel. Room was small but enough for two. The control display at the bedside was very useful. - Generally very clean - Good location, 15 minutes on foot to Osaka Castle and right next to a bigger train station - Breakfast was nice but will get very crowded after 8am What bothered us: - Street was pretty loud at times, even on the 7th floor where we stayed and with windows closed - Staff was friendly but overall very poor English skills. Some had to use a translation device for simple requests but they at least tried, others pretty much gave up right away and told us to come back later. We would have expected a bit more from receptionists in a hotel with lots of international tourists.

We were upgraded to a larger twin room (there are two larger on each floor) which was wonderful, spacious and well worth having as the standard twins that the rest of my family were in were pretty tight for space. Location was good, not great, for the whole city - opposite a station and a small mall (Muji, Uniqlo, supermarkets etc etc). Great location for both the castle and our bike ride with Cycle Osaka however - highlights of our stay in Osaka. Beds and bathrooms were very comfortable and clean. If travelling on to Kyoto the journey couldn't be easier. 400Y for a Keihan mainline train from the station over the road. Super easy and cheap and 40mins. We paid to transfer our luggage but needn't have, it was an easy hop onto the train.