APA Hotel Akihabara Ekimae

Room small but equipped with everything. A little cramped bathroom. Comfortable bed and pillows. Good location. Supermarkets nearby.

As people have mentioned, this is close to the Aki station and there are many stores and restaurants nearby. This is a good place to jump off into Aki or the Eastern Part of Tokyo with the train station so close by. The bathroom was okay and the amenities were decent. Also no lack of hot water. Now for how you pay in other ways; We expected the rooms to be small Japanese style lodging but this was ridiculous. You literally couldn't open a suitcase without putting it on the bed. Near zero room to hang anything up. All outlets were on the desk so no reading in bed. And, yes we also experienced near total failure of the WiFi. They say the staff speak English, but that is not really true - our experience was that they barely spoke English and even then only the most basic of things. Somebody mentioned there is only one washer and dryer and that is true - you have to negotiate with every other resident for time on the machines and at night that can get pretty dicey. Also, the dryer was broken, it vented directly into the tiny closet the machine was in, so all it did was recirculate the humid air --- 90 minutes later and my pants were still wet. And here is the real killer - NO HEAT. We tried and tried to get the heat to work to no avail. Right around 2am you would find yourself freezing half to death. Oh, and don't forget the fact that it rains INSIDE the hotel - quite the surprise to walk out in the morning to find the carpets in front of my door soaking wet and everything dripping with ice cold water everywhere. If you want the most basic of rooms, ultra small with virtually no amenities (like heat), then feel free to stay here. If on the other hand you would like a room that you can actually open a suitcase in and has little niceties like heating, then go somewhere else.

This is a boutique type hotel with small room and private bathroom. This hotel is very close tho akihabara station and metro station, also there are close to 24 hour ramen's resto and seven eleven store. If your journey is not for staycation, this hotel is very recommended.