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We love the location of this hotel that it is located just above the Namba Station. The room was big enough for our family of 4, which fits our American standards. Tons of restaurants and shopping inside the station or outside on the streets. Walkable to Dotonbori and other areas. Daily breakfast buffet was a plus as most places don't open until 10am.
Lauren
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
4/10 Poor
Carol
Travelled with family
13 May,2024
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Got charged $130 for an early check in at 9:40 am, it took two elevators to get to the room, no bathtub, 20 minutes to figure out how to turn on the lights, VERY small room and bathroom, no TV directions, overall very disappointed
Carol
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
4/10 Poor
Carol
Travelled with family
13 May,2024
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Would not stay here again, no bathtub, very small room, no TV direction, very small bathroom, limited dining, coffee opens at 9:00am , nice looking lobby but they should put some of that money into the rooms!
Carol
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024
Response from m on 15 May,2024
Dear valued guest, We appreciate your feedback and for your constructive comments following your recent stay in our hotel . This will allows us to improve our service quality. So that the next time you stay with us, we will be able to provide you with a distinctive and enriching experience. I have highlighted your comments with our team especially at house keeping to ensure improvements are made. Also, we do offer bigger rooms that you might like, you can check thru our website.Sincerely, Shirly SantiagoDirector of Guest Experience and QualitySwissôtel Nankai Osaka
Want to thank the front checkin personnel, Geoffrey (from Canada), for being super helpful, flexible and accommodating. He has made the staying experience even better!
Love the location, close to everything. The room was pretty decent except for the light switches. There has to be some other light switch that controls the room lights instead of just the room key! Once you remove the key it turns off the entire lights in the room. If you wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, there wasn’t any light switch except using the room key which turns on all lights in the entire room including the TV! It was torture!
Room was quite dated, felt more like a 3 star hotel. Shower design seems nonsensical with no way to fully enclose it to keep the water in. Location is great and staff was friendly, though.
Gerald
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from M on 2 May,2024
Dear valued guest, We appreciate your feedbackand for your constructive comments following your recent stay in our hotel . This will allows us to improve our service quality. So that the next time you stay with us, we will be able to provide you with a distinctive and enriching experience. I have highlighted your comments with our team especially at housekeeping to ensure improvements are made Sincerely, Shirly SantiagoDirector of Guest Experience and QualitySwissôtel Nankai Osaka
The breakfast buffet on the top floor was great and had a nice panoramic city view. The room was spacious. Amenities like the pool and fitness room were excellent.
Great place to stay. Great access to the station, shopping and restaurants. Beds were a little on the hard side but the room was spacious.
Jody Lynn
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024
10/10 Excellent
Stanley
9 Apr,2024
Stanley
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
6/10 Okay
Masayasu
5 Apr,2024
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
They appeared to have cut down so much. room is compact and the shower closure looks OK but splash to the bathroom floor and toilet paper is so thin.
Masayasu
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from M on 2 May,2024
Dear valued guest, We appreciate your feedback and for your constructive comments following your recent stay in our hotel . This will allows us to improve our service quality. So that the next time you stay with us, we will be able to provide you with a distinctive and enriching experience. I have highlighted your comments with our team especially at housekeeping to ensure improvements are made.Sincerely, Shirly SantiagoDirector of Guest Experience and QualitySwissôtel Nankai Osaka
Very nice hotel in central location, just not so convenient to get outside and explore. Need to go through a two elevators or several stairs. Also went during high season so not adequately staffed, hard to find help. But staff very friendly and helpful when you do request it. Would stay again.
A great hotel with a great service, location. Lots of dining options, shopping mall and tons of other shop ping options. 7 minutes walking distance to dotonbory (I am not a fan of crowds but someone may like it it) right on top of subway and train station.
We booked a room for 4 and it was spacious with 4 beds , a balcony upstairs and a spacious and wonderful bathroom. Great location and hotel staff friendly and accommodating. Would return !!
Penne
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
8/10 Good
Borwin
Travelled with family
13 Mar,2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
old renovation but clean, very convenient location
Slap bang in the middle of everything- shopping, dining, entertainment - it’s all there.
Train station is in front of the hotel and there’s a shopping mall attached to it. Dotombori and Shinsaibashi is within walking distance. The staff are friendly and helpful and the facilities are excellent! Nice indoor pool and gym and great breakfast! Highly recommended
Great views from our room . Only complain was that our non-smoking room smelled like old cigarettes but the staff was very friendly and allowed us to switch rooms. The breakfast was not bad but it was the least favorite out of all the other breakfast we had at other hotels. Overall, the room was very spacious and comfortable.
Love staying at this hotel! I stayed here with my family, and the service was excellent from check-in to check-out. The multi-lingual staff are amazing. There was a lot of space for my family (2 adults and a 23 month-old). The hotel is connected to the Namba train station, Takashimaya department store, and many shops. Would definitely recommend staying here!
Terrible bed quality. Tiny room and dated. Breakfast was the worst among five star hotels I’ve ever visited all around the world. The worst swissotel among it’s properties for sure.
Hwa Mok
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Shirly Santiago on 4 Mar,2024
Dear Valued Guest, We have taken note of your comments regarding your overall staying experience, and we are very sorry to learn that we could not exceed your expectations in various areas. May we suggest that the next time you would like to reserve a room with us, please contact us at directly and we would be glad to introduce you our different room products that offer a wider surface and space feeling. Comments like yours are very important to us, as they help identifying opportunities for better understand our guest requirements and enhance our products. Sincerely, Shirly SantiagoDirector of Guest Experience and QualitySwissôtel Nankai Osaka
The Swissotel Namba is well designed, very friendly, knowledgeable and helpful staff, clean, very modern, accessible to all modes of transportation, close to major attractions and great restaurants. We enjoyed our stay and would stay there the next time we are in Osaka.
The location is awesome. Easy access to the train and bus systems. Very close to lots of shopping and Dotonbori. The staff were super helpful and the amenities were good.