I must say I really enjoyed this hotel: excellent staff and incredible service. The rooms are huge according to Tokyo standards, and not too expensive if booked through Expedia or similar services. Of course everything is ultra-clean according to Japanese standards, but the building could use here and there a spot of paint. The lobby is impressive, and the interior decoration stylish. The location of the hotel is excellent if you have to be at Waseda University: just across the garden. But if you want to be in the hustle and the bustle of Shinjuku, it will take you a taxi or shutle ride.
On the downside: expensive wired Internet (no wifi), expensive movies, expensive food (2500 yen for buffet breakfast, and the other restaurants and bar in the hotel are even more expensive).
I will certainly go to this hotel again ... if I have to be at Waseda University.
- Rihga Royal Shinjuku
