ibis Styles Tokyo Ginza

The perfect budget hotel and close by from the major shopping area at Ginza. The hotel is located just behind the main strip of Ginza which houses all the shopping brands, the perfect place to stay on budget if you want to spend more on shopping. It is 500 meters walking distance from Ginza station and Don Quijote and Uniqlo flagship store is only a 5 min walk from there. The rooms are neat, clean and tidy, although small. Personally as I require a lot of space, I would opt for 1 person per room, but if you are okay with 2 people staying, that should be fine as well. The biggest asset to the hotel are its staff and by staff I specifically mean Niru, Maya, Daisuke & Thai Ting. They ensured to make my stay very comfortable and especially Niru who always had a smiling face whenever I used to pass by and treated all guests with respect and courteousness. If you see her at the front desk, go up to her for check in or any help, she will gladly help you out. I was staying at the hotel on two occasions for a couple of nights on each occasion and my only negative experience was during the second stay. The hotel provides bottled drinking water to guests on a per day basis, which ideally in any hotel in any part of the world (be it the lowest rated or highest rated is 2 bottles per day). During my first stay, I was given 2 bottles of water. However during my second stay on the first day of check in (was being checked in by the Front Office Manager - Christopher Pasquier), when asked for water, his staff first gave one bottle, when I asked for another - he mentioned we only give one per guest and when I mentioned that on my first stay I was given 2 per day, his reply was "YOU ARE LUCKY!" Personally I found this remark by Christopher to be extremely rude and should not be used when dealing with guests. Secondly Water is a basic necessity of life you are not doing a favour by serving water. Unlike many other hotels (Even Ibis Osaka) they have a water dispenser at the lobby where guests can refill their own bottles, this one does not have the option to do that. I am aware that you can fill water from the bathrooms in the rooms, but I am not very comfortable with that (thats just my personal preference). All in all, I would definately recommend the hotel and their staff for their hospitality. If I do go back, I shall definitely stay there. Arigato Gozaimasu 🙏🏻