APA Hotel Tsukiji Eki Minami

I like the connivence of APA. Room was clean and bathroom had great amenities. I like how I could actually open the window for fresh air even though there was no view. Truly didn’t expect a view. Pretty small but for the price it’s ok. I’d stay at another APA.

First impressions I arrived at the hotel around 1pm to drop one of my bags off at reception and collect a sim card that had been delivered. To drop off baggage you have to scan a QR code, the staff were great they assisted me with the QR code as I hadn't connected to the WiFi yet. They will give you a ticket to claim it back later. The staff could speak basic english and were happy to use Google translate if they couldn't understand you. The reception area was immaculate, I loved the attention to detail, I noticed staff would carry anti bacterial spray and clean the lift buttons after calling the lift! it was great to see the pride they had in keeping everywhere clean. a nice touch when leaving the hotel in the morning was a bow and good morning from the reception staff. Room The Room was fairly small as expected for Tokyo but not too cramped. Bed - The mattress was a little harder than I expected but I still slept great each night. I think it's a Japanese preference for a firmer mattress. The bed's headboard had 4x power sockets and a USB socket. There were also light switches for the reading lights, the desk, the bathroom and even one for underneath the bed so you could see inside your luggage stored under the bed! great attention to detail again! 'the goodnight' mode turned every light in the room off. Bathroom - Bathroom was tiny but everything worked, was clean and had plenty of toiletries provided the shampoo was good quality and smelt great. The container in the bathroom had toothbrush and toothpaste, flannels, disposable razor etc and refills were available. The cleaning staff would leave a bag of extra towels each day and a refill of some of the above items. WiFi - They had fast free WiFi and they had seperate networks for each floor of the hotel. I've never seen this at any other hotels and it makes total sense and I had a fast and reliable connection throughout my stay. Probably the best wifi I've had in any hotel. TV - big screen size for the room, think it's a 50"? Another nice feature I hadn't seen was information on the TV homescreen telling you when cleaning was scheduled, your check out date etc even things around the hotel like lift maintenence were shown on the main home screen. Screen mirroring allowed you to link android or iPhone to the screen. Although it can't mirror from Netflix or other streaming platforms for copyright reasons.I used it with the YouTube app and worked great. Tea and coffee - They had a kettle with sachets of green tea, coffee and milk powder(creamer) the kettle looked brand new and was very clean. Mini fridge - Again this was immaculate. Overall very impressed with everything and would stay again!

Actually stayed in August 2016. Took the Shinkansen from Osaka and stopped here for a night stay, to check out the Tsukiji Market. Super small but decent hotel. Super small bathroom too, but it’s very practical given we were just there for a few hours. I think we checked in around past 10pm and had to wake up around 2ish am and started walking to the market for an early queue. I think we got back around 6-7am and checked out around 1.. so we basically had appx 6 hours in total of experiencing this small hotel, and I must say tho it was short. I slept really well. Could be the comfortable bed. Thumbs up. I think this sorta hotel is good for budget travellers!