We have just returned from a great 4 night stay at this hotel. If you want to experience the lively exciting part of Tokyo, the location of this hotel puts you in the heart of Shinjuku, the area that seemingly never sleeps! The hotel is right on the doorstep of Golden Gai and an 8 min walk to the infamous 'Omoide Yokocho' (Memory Lane) for a wonderful yakitori experience - if you don't mind sampling the stranger parts of an animals body!

If you are coming from the airport via the Airport Limousine bus, it's a 10-12 min walk to the hotel. If you have a few bags, definitely take a taxi there, it's just 710 yen and worth it! Make sure you have the hotel name and address printed off in Japanese or they might not understand.

After reading another Tripadvisor review, we requested a quiet room on the 'backside' of the hotel which was perfect. We booked a standard double room, it was pretty 'compact', and on reflection, as we were carrying skis etc., we should have booked the next room size up - there really wasn't enough room to swing a cat once all our bags were in, but as we were out and about most of the day, it was adequate for our needs. The bed was very comfortable and the in-room broadband internet access was great. There was a small fridge in the room which we quickly filled with beer from the extremely convenient 24hr Lawsons minimart on the ground floor of the hotel. The bathroom (shower and great bath) was very well stocked with all the amenities you would need for your stay. We weren't offered the 500 yen voucher for not having our room serviced, they won't offer it, so don't forget to ask!

We found breakfast to be good enough to kick start the day; cereal, toast, croissants, juice. The hot offerings were a little strange, but this is a hotel trying to cater for all nationalities, just not sure they've hit the right formula as yet.

We wouldn't really recommend this as a young family hotel, it is in the heart of the red light area and there was a blatant display of touts around - you can avoid them by turning left outside the hotel and sticking to the main road though!

We recently stayed in this hotel and it was a regular experience; nothing out of the ordinary.
However, we disliked the response we received when requesting a late check out. The front desk staff requested a steep price for checking out at 2 PM (I belive it was close to half of the price we paid per night!). We thought this was unacceptable as check in at this hotel is at 2 PM and check out at 11 AM.

As mentioned, the rooms are TINY, but it's what you get in Tokyo, they are immaculately clean and well stocked with supplies. The rooms are modern and there was free high speed internet. The hotel also had laundry facilities for about 500Yen.

The breakfast buffet is a little bit boring and isn't changed much say to day, but wasn't an issue for us. They served toast, cereal, rice, fries, chicken, soup and stew each day, so little variety.

The location, which is a short walk from Shinjuku station is excellent, I didn't see any of the 'red light' district supposedly around the hotel, the whole area is packed at all hours.

The only minor downside was that the rooms were fairly noisy.

Stayed at this hotel for 12 nights in a single room. A very good size room for Tokyo. Also a reasonable room rate! Was happy to find haning space and a shelf above it for clothes storage. Having stayed at a couple of hotels in tokyo before, this was a luxury li hadnt previously had. Room had a sweet little couch under the window, a quite nice bathroom, one that even had a bath. Once again, relative to other japanese hotels i found it to be 'spacious' you cant judge these hotels by their counterparts in other major cities in the world. Its just not the same here. Only had breakfast once but it was a nice yet not too extensive buffet. If you request not to have your room serviced you are issued a 500 yen voucher. Although cant refuse service 2 days in a row. So I did it every second day and managed to accumulate some money for nothing! Great!
I found the location very convenient to shinjuku area and station. It was central to so many shops and caves I wanted to visit in the area. Some people have commented on the area being a little unsavory. I didn't find it anything to worry about at all. It may be a little off putting if you have a family and are venturing out at night though. I which case the back path mentioned by other posters is ideal. It completely avoids the African pimps. Though they know who not to harass.