Title: Squeaky Clean and Good Storage, But Be Aware of Strict Cashless Fees and Missing Essentials
Review:
I recently stayed at the Sotetsu Fresa Inn Kobe Sannomiya. While the hardware of the hotel is good, certain policies and service gaps significantly impacted the comfort of my stay.
On the positive side, the hygiene standards here are excellent. The room was spotless and very modern, which is always the most critical factor for me when traveling. I also want to express my appreciation for the luggage keeping arrangement. Being able to store my bags securely and easily both before check-in and after check-out was a huge help, allowing me to explore Kobe freely without the burden of heavy luggage.
However, international travelers need to be aware of a major caveat: this is a strictly ”cashless” hotel. I attempted to pay with cash to avoid bank fees, but was refused. I was forced to use my VISA card, which meant I was hit with foreign transaction and exchange fees that amounted to roughly an extra 5% cost on my trip. I found this policy very rigid and frustrating for guests who prefer using cash.
Furthermore, the in-room amenities and service were disappointing. Guests should know that the rooms are completely bare of essentials—there are no razors, toothbrushes, or toothpaste provided in the room. Realizing this late at night caused unnecessary trouble. Additionally, the housekeeping service lacked attention to detail; even though my Yukata (sleepwear) was clearly used and left out to be changed, the staff did not replace it with a fresh one.
Overall, Sotetsu Fresa Inn offers a very clean environment, but the lack of basic in-room amenities and the strict payment policy make it difficult for me to fully recommend it to travelers trying to manage their budget and convenience.
1. Hotel antigo muito mágico e sofisticado
2. Bebidas e snacks gratuitos de boas-vindas após as 15:00h.
3. A vista do quarto é muito bonita, de frente para o porto para ver o pôr do sol, visão noturna e luz da manhã, o quarto também tem uma pequena varanda, parece morar em um barco
4. Existe um serviço de autocarro gratuito de e para Sannomiya (diariamente) e Shin-Kobe (apenas 6 dias)
5. O conteúdo do café da manhã é super rico
6. O hotel cheira a fragrância, esse cheiro é a fragrância sofisticada de décadas atrás🥰
7. O isolamento acústico das janelas externas é ruim e você pode ouvir as atividades no porto
8. Tem poucas tomadas, pode ser um hotel antigo
9. No geral, gosto muito, apesar de velha, mantém um ar clean, elegante e de bom gosto, que não decepciona!
The reception staff provided exceptional service, including a complimentary room upgrade. The spacious accommodations were impeccably clean. A nearby shrine offers an additional point of interest.
The hotel is well located and the room was clean. However, I felt uncomfortable during check-in because I did not receive a welcome/check-in bag while other guests did. There was no explanation given, which made the experience feel unfair.
I hope the hotel can improve transparency about guest amenities.
A localização é estratégica e tive uma boa estadia. O quarto é bonito, a cama é confortável e eles oferecem água e café gratuitos das 11h às 18h. As comodidades são um pouco deficientes (não há loção facial, elásticos de cabelo nem nada), e eles têm chapinha, mas eu mesma preciso levá-la à recepção (geralmente eles entregam coisas assim no quarto). Mas, no geral, foi uma boa estadia e acho que valeu a pena.
Hotel is located in Hankyu building. Near to JR West exit or Hankyu east exit. Hotel lobby is at level 17.
Excellent view from hotel lobby and room itself
However front counter rejected request to provide extra mineral water upon request, says strictly 2 bottles per night
Amenity bar provides toiletries but no shower cap.
Hotel executivo padrão com quartos de bom tamanho. Duas malas de 66 cm abrem facilmente. Ótimo bar self-service 24 horas.
Tive um pequeno problema com o ralo da banheira (transbordando para o chão do banheiro e quase saindo do banheiro), mas a equipe limpou tudo muito bem.
Seria ótimo se a recepção pudesse ajudar com os arranjos que só podem ser feitos por telefone.
A localização do hotel é muito próxima da Estação Sannomiya (JR e Metrô) e de fácil acesso. Todos os funcionários são muito gentis e prestativos.
Cheguei cedo ao hotel e deixei toda a minha bagagem na recepção até que meu quarto reservado estivesse pronto para o check-in.
Em suma, estou muito satisfeito com os serviços do hotel e com certeza voltarei a me hospedar aqui em minha próxima viagem de negócios a Kobe.
Hotel próximo a Awaji Island,Awaji6.3% dos visitantes escolhem essa área
TTrip LOVERss2025.07.01
As salas são típicas da marca Fairfield, o que significa que são bem mantidas e limpas.Apreciei especialmente a utilização de cores azuis no tapete e accentos de parede, que acrescentaram um bom toque à decoração.
Um Grande desconto é a localização do hotel, não há muitos restaurantes, lojas ou locais de viagem próximos, o que pode ser inconveniente para turistas que procuram explorar a área.
**Actividades limitadas **: devido à falta de atrações próximas, os meus companheiros e eu encontrei-nos gastar mais tempo nas áreas comunais do hotel do que gostaríamos.
Embora o hotel tenha UMA estadia agradável com quartos limpos e decoração atraente, a SUA localização é UMA desvantagem significativa para aqueles que Querem explorar a área circundante.Se você planejar ficar aqui, você está pronto para alugar um carro.
Review of The Royal Park Canvas Kobe
I recently stayed at The Royal Park Canvas Kobe and found it to be a comfortable and convenient base for exploring the city. The hotel is about a 10-minute walk from Sannomiya Station, with plenty of restaurants, shops, and convenience stores nearby. Kobe Chinatown is close by, and iconic spots like the “Be Kobe” monument and Kobe Tower are within a pleasant 25-minute walk. The Kitano Ijikan district is also easily reachable on foot.
The hotel offers self-service check-in and check-out through machines, with front desk staff standing by if assistance is needed. My room had a relatively large bathroom, which added to the comfort. The buffet breakfast was not bad, and a fun highlight was the free ice cream available from 8pm to 10pm.
A thoughtful touch is the presence of two donation bins where travellers can drop off unwanted clothing—an environmentally friendly and community-minded initiative.
Overall, The Royal Park Canvas Kobe is a well-located, comfortable stay with nice little touches that enhance the experience.
Ótimo
1594 avaliações
9,3/10
Preço a partir de
RUB 4.220
por noite
Verificar disponibilidade
Veja todos os hotéis com Wifi em Hyogo Prefecture
Explore avaliações de hóspedes de hotéis em Hyogo Prefecture
Ver tudo
9,2/10
Great
ZZhezidashuA very satisfying trip to Awaji Island was made even better by our hotel. Everything was arranged in the best way. We changed buses from Kyoto and confirmed the pick-up station through the Ctrip platform. When we arrived, it was still early, so we took the free shuttle bus to go shopping (with luggage back to the hotel). We used the coupons to buy lunch and ice cream at Hello Kitty. When checking in, the male waiters all kneel down to serve, and confirm the information of dinner and going out the next day. The room we stayed in is a single-family round house like a yurt with a viewing balcony and a wooden bath. The details of the room are all local characteristics (dressing box, free mini bar/dessert, washbasin are all petrified wood). The central roof is transparent and empty, and you can also observe the stars. We enjoyed the food here for 5 days, especially the dinner was not repeated and changed in various styles. What surprised me was that the waitress could perform saxophone and flute at dinner, and there was a restaurant like a stage on the island where you could also enjoy the waiter's musical performance. The 20,000 consumption vouchers given for 5 days are enough for you to go out for free at noon. We also bought Hello Kitty exclusive gifts for the children at the Big Apple with the vouchers. This trip to Awaji Island is more memorable than the trip to Kyoto, and the people are simple and honest. Everyone is working hard to promote tourism in Awaji Island, which is worthy of praise. I will bring my children here next time.
GGuest UserNice, modern and new hotel in Kinosaki onsen with great hospitality from the hotel owner and his staff. I was welcomed by the owner at the door when I arrived, and they even prepared a beautiful greeting card on my arrival. Welcome drink was provided and the owner recommended good restaurants and provided the USP of each onsen in Kinosaki. The room is spacious, clean and new! I especially like the Japanese style of the hotel. Yutaka and 1-day onsen pass were provided for my stay. As the next day I had to move to another hotel, the owner very kindly helped me to transport my luggage to another hotel near the JR station.
Overall, excellent stay, excellent people and excellent breakfast! :)
Would love to visit Kinosaki onsen again and stay with Utsuroi Tsuchiya.
AAnonymous User对不是日本人完全不友善的酒店
Not foreigner ( Western & Asian) friendly. We travelled around 70 Roykan in the last 3 years and this is the wrost service we ever had. Japanese get to seat and offered juices when they checked in while we have to stand at the front desk and no juice offered. We asked for the yukata rental (free rental) and the young staff just ignore us twice. We asked for sizes a few times then he just said it’s all here. Then when we picking the only two small sizes he grabbed and give it to the Japanese girl and ignore us or never ask us before he took it as he knows we are looking into those. Very rude.
Most of ryokan will bring you to the room or assist to bring luggage or already put in the room for you. This one you do everything yourself after check in.
When we get into the hotel room it’s hot as no aircon is on. Then air con is broken so we called reception. With their broken English they insisted I don’t know how to turn on the aircon which I told them the air con is broken, after 15mins on the phone showing me how to on I keep telling them to send the staff up as we are so hot in the room as it’s summer and no window open and no fan was on after moving luggage. They came up and fix the air con for 45mins then told us it’s broken and need to change room. The whole hour we were sweating but no offer of water / drinks or anything and we just stand in the room while they fixing. When they decided the room need to be changed, they asked us to wait downstairs but leave the luggage in the room so we thought they will move luggage to the new room but they did not. Staff see us so hot at lobby didn’t tell us there is free drinking machine that we can get ice juices , they just watch us hot and sweat and not saying a word. When the new room is finished, they gave us the new room key and asked us to move the luggage ourself and return the old key. No help at all and wasted 1.5 hours of our onsen time. No apologies as well. I feel like being treated like a trash. Not enjoyable at all.
I paid extra for the sea view room which when they change my room they offered a slightly bigger room but my sea view was mostly blocked (in the pic )which I am not so happy.
There is amenities corner at the lobby, at night after the onsen we come back and want to take the lotion as early on it was gone and they didn’t replenish, the female staff have a bad attitude and flip her eyes ask us which room we stayed, we showed her the key and she said the cream is already in the room which her broken English. There is one set in the room but those are small one time pack which we finish after we had the onsen so we want to take another one. She was rude and insist we can’t take. Her attitude was so bad seems like we are stealing. There is an amenities cornor, if you not allowing guest to take please do not have this setup.
Food is okay with the buffet. Wagyu beef is nice but they is a normal standard for Japanese onsen buffet nothing too special.
Overall, with the price paying compare to other roykan in Japan, this hotel have very bad service to non Japanese. There is also nothing special for this onsen. Probably best to try somewhere else.
DDaria GrWe stayed at the hotel in October 2024. We took two rooms for two.
Pros:
1. Magnificent rooms in the style of a classic ryokan: everything is very beautiful, authentic, lots of small details, notes and tips for guests, interesting trinkets in the room. We had beds, not futons, but this is not a minus - the beds are very comfortable. The view from the room (3rd floor) is of the mountains. The cleanliness is perfect, the room has everything that should be in a classic ryokan room: from tatami to a low table for relaxing.
2. Incomparable kaiseki dinner. Excellent sukiyaki breakfast (you cook it yourself).
3. The most beautiful interiors of the hotel, it is interesting to walk around it, exploring it from the inside. The hotel is beautiful from the outside too.
4. You can smoke in the rooms (we did not do this, and the rooms are not smoked at all). There is a smoking room at the entrance to the hotel.
5. Wonderful staff. All requests and complaints are satisfied within minutes. They speak English poorly, but it's not a problem, we communicated through a translator. The guys are cool, cheerful. Quick check-in, a bunch of reminders about where and when to come / what and how to do correctly.
6. There is a private onsen (we did not use it).
7. They give a free pass to 7 public onsen. They give discounts on souvenirs.
8. They give excellent yukatas for onsen, for women - they will give beautiful ones, the choice is huge.
Nuances:
1. The only downside of the hotel is the distance from the center of Kinosaki (15-20 minutes walk through not very beautiful places). But! There is a free transfer from the hotel to the city center, plus there is a transfer station-hotel-station. And the walk from the hotel to the center of Kinosaki did not bother us much.
2. This is not a business hotel, so there is no washing machine, iron or shower in the room. The shower (and in fact - onsen) is shared on the minus first floor - separate for men and women.
GGuest UserThe hotel's location is absolutely fantastic, right in Sannomiya. It's just a short walk to Sannomiya Station, the airport bus, and Daimaru department store. Directly across from the hotel is a 24-hour Don Quijote, spanning four floors – I always end up buying so much there! They also offer late-night snacks. While the room isn't huge, the separate wet and dry areas in the bathroom are a rare and welcome feature for a Japanese hotel.
CcorangThis is a great family-friendly hotel, featuring both indoor and outdoor playgrounds that are perfect for kids. The breakfast is good and offers a satisfying start to the day.
The hotel is conveniently located right next to Meriken Park, making it ideal for a relaxing stroll or sightseeing. It also provides a shuttle service to and from Sannomiya. Do note that the pick-up and drop-off points are at different locations, and the shuttle bus departs punctually.
The room is spacious, which adds to the overall comfort of the stay.
ちちなみStaying in Kobe for a night, I booked this hotel after reading reviews that it's close to Sannomiya Station and relatively new. It was super convenient coming from Kansai Airport; I took the airport bus directly to the Sannomiya bus terminal, and after getting off, it was less than a 10-minute walk with Google Maps. Getting to JR Sannomiya Station from the hotel takes a maximum of 5 minutes, and the Hanshin Line is less than 10 minutes away – both are very close! There are plenty of dining options downstairs, and a 7-Eleven right next door. If you walk out the main hotel entrance and turn left, there's a cute dessert shop called Dorsia about five minutes away. Plus, it's not far from the Sannomiya shopping district, so you can easily walk there. I forgot to take pictures of the room, but in a double room, there was no problem opening a 26-inch suitcase.
LLorenaPazInsuaThe room is very comfortable, quiet, and clean. The mattress is also very comfortable.
The hotel staff is very friendly. When we arrived, there was no parking space available right in front of the hotel, and the front desk employee went outside in the rain to guide us to another parking spot in the lot across the street.There is a coffee maker available in the lobby for morning coffee.
GGuest UserI'm fairly certain this hotel used to be the Daiwa Royal Hotel. I've stayed here many times before, even under its previous name, but this was my first visit since the rebranding. Considering the high price, the amenities provided were quite basic. On a positive note, the complimentary drinks and snacks were a nice touch.
The most significant disappointment was the 50-minute wait for breakfast. Had this not been an issue, my stay would have been far more satisfactory. During peak times, such as the busy summer holiday season, I strongly suggest they consider expanding the breakfast area or increasing its capacity. Despite the wait, the breakfast itself was absolutely fantastic. Unfortunately, this lengthy delay significantly impacted our sightseeing plans for the day.
GGuest UserIt's a bit of a walk from the station. The famous internet-famous church cafe is just a three-minute walk behind it. There's a Matsuya downstairs, perfect for breakfast. I stayed in a double room by myself and had plenty of space to open my suitcase. All the essential amenities were there, and the lighting was adjustable. I thought the service was great; the front desk always greeted me when I came and went.
Para reservar um hotel na Trip.com, basta inserir seu destino, as datas da viagem e o número de hóspedes no campo de pesquisa. Em seguida, navegue pelos hotéis disponíveis e selecione o de sua preferência. Siga as instruções para inserir as informações de pagamento e concluir a reserva.
Como encontrar hotéis baratos na Trip.com?
Há várias formas de descobrir hotéis acessíveis na Trip.com. Você pode restringir os resultados da pesquisa filtrando os hotéis conforme a faixa de preço da sua preferência ou classificar os resultados por preço para ver primeiro as opções mais em conta.
Onde posso encontrar as ofertas de hotéis da Trip.com?
O Trip.com oferece uma seleção diversificada de ofertas e promoções de hotéis diariamente, durante todo o ano. Você pode encontrar facilmente essas ofertas especiais em nossa página de ofertas. Além disso, se você for membro do nosso programa de fidelidade, poderá fazer login em sua conta e encontrar tarifas com descontos exclusivos nas páginas da lista de hotéis.
Como conseguir hotel gastando menos?
Às vezes, reservar hotéis no meio da semana é mais barato, mas também depende da estação do ano.
Quantos hotéis estão disponíveis na Trip.com?
Na Trip.com, você pode encontrar mais de 1,5 milhão de hotéis em mais de 230 países ou regiões. Ainda não decidiu qual hotel reservar? Navegue pelo nosso site e encontre sua acomodação ideal!
Posso cancelar ou alterar minhas reservas de hotel na Trip.com?
Depende da política do hotel e da data do cancelamento. Verifique a seção de políticas nas páginas dos hotéis listados. Para cancelar ou alterar suas reservas, faça login na sua conta Trip.com, clique em "Minhas reservas" e siga as instruções.
Como posso entrar em contato com o atendimento ao cliente Trip.com?
O atendimento ao cliente Trip.com funciona todos os dias. Acesse o atendimento ao cliente no site ou app Trip.com e envie sua solicitação. Você também pode entrar em contato por telefone ou chat, dependendo da sua localização.