About Hotel Consort Shin-Osaka
Hotel Consort offers simple accommodation in the Yogodawa-ku area
of Osaka, opposite Minamikata train station.
The simply decorated and furnished rooms all have blackout curtains and include free Wi-Fi, an LCD satellite TV, a mini-fridge, and tea-making facilities. The en-suite bathrooms include free toiletries, a hairdryer, and a high-tech toilet. Upgraded rooms also include a seating area.
Hotel Consort has a reception desk with a concierge service and tour desk. There is a laundry service available, as well as guest laundry facilities. Free parking is available on-site.
A buffet breakfast of Asian and Western foods is available on a morning for an additional charge. The hotel restaurant offers Japanese cuisine with seafood a speciality. There are shops, cafes and a good choice of restaurants in the area around the hotel.
Umeda Arts Theatre is two-kilometres away while Osaka Castle is six-kilometres. Osaka Kansai Airport is 55-kilometres away.
Positive Reviews
positive:
Good Wi-Fi service
Guests like that the Wi-Fi is free and say that it works very well. They do not struggle to connect, or have any significant problems with signal strength. It works quickly, so you will be able to browse the internet and keep in touch with business contacts, family, and friends without problem.
positive:
Perfect location for Osaka and beyond
The hotel is next to a subway station and train station, allowing quick and easy travel into central Osaka and a direct link to Kyoto. Shin-Osaka station, from where you can catch the high speed train to Tokyo, is only one subway stop, or a ten-minute walk, away.
positive:
Essentials included
You do not need to worry
about forgetting anything at this hotel as you are provided with everything you
might need. As well as the usual toiletries and hairdryer there are bath robes
and slippers, with extra items like toothbrushes and toothpaste, hairbrushes,
and razors, provided by reception.
Negative Reviews
negative:
Compact rooms and bathrooms
Hotel rooms in cities are often on the small side and rooms in Japan
particularly so, certainly by western standards. This hotel is no different,
with guests finding the rooms to be compact, saying that there is little room
for any luggage, and bathrooms are cramped to use.
negative:
Limited Western breakfast
Guests enjoy the breakfast at the hotel, saying that the choice of
Japanese items varies daily, but there is too little Western choice for some. If
you would prefer something else, there are 24-hour convenience stores nearby so
you can get something to start the day.
negative:
Smell of cigarettes
It would seem that smoking is still permitted in parts of this hotel.
This has not gone down well with some guests, who do not like the smell of
smoke that lingers in the air.