Hotel is a very short walk (down sidewalk) from Shin-Osaka station. Comfortable rooms - built for business people, but suitable for tourist as well as it is a short drop down to Osaka station, plus there is express train from Shin-Osaka to Kansai airport (bus to Itami). Breakfast is sit-down (not buffet) - you order Japanese style or 'Western'. Staff... More

I am very surprised that this hotel ranked #79 only when it is far better than the other hotels I have tried in Japan. First, the price was 50% off when we booked. We had a massage chair in the room!!!! Imagine that. We also had a trouser press. The location was very convenient as it was beside the Shinkansen... More

We stayed at the Hotel Laforet Shin Osaka in October 2009. We arrived very late at the hotel (9:30pm). We found it quite hard to find the hotel - as we do not speak Japanese and neither can we read Japanese. The map that we downloaded from the internet (not sure if it was the hotel's website) didn't really adequately... More

This hotel is located next to the shinkansen station which was very convenient for me. I travel different companies all around Osaka and it's nice to set up camp near the station. Overall the hotel was quite nice, rooms are bigger than typical Japanese hotel. It was clean, quiet, and free of smoke odor. Best of all, the room rate... More

This hotel is a nice hotel close to Shin Osaka station, but not more than that. It may fit business people who need to be close to Shin Osaka. Rooms are spacious and comfortable. There is no way to listen to CNN in English. The Japanese language voice channel is constantly on. This is not the case with Japanese TV... More

I have stayed in the Laforet a few times when in the Osaka area and always found it a comfortable western style hotel. The room rates have always been reasonable, especially when comparing with Tokyo price levels. And the rooms themselves are adequately sized and comfortable with the usual business facilities you nowadays expect, except that you have to pay... More

Very good location for shinkansen. Convenient with many rest. & shops around. Clean room & good service. Reasonable rate. More

This hotel I am sure was once very good. It has the feeling of an expensive hotel that is past its prime. Service was just average, breakfast was nothing special and the bathrooms really let the room down. Internet connection I'm sure would have been good but the instructions were impossible and in the end I couldnt get it to... More

We booked this hotel through a Japanese travel agent. We initially wanted to stay in Kyoto but our agent indicated there were no available hotels or ryokan with our price range during the time we wanted to stay there. I was nervous because there were no reviews on tripadvisor.com. The hotel is in a superb location if Osaka is just... More