Hotel Nikko Osaka

We stayed at the Hotel Nikko for 2 nights during our time in Osaka. It was a great hotel, in a prime location, and surrounded by shopping and eateries. We had no problems navigating to restaurants nearby whenever we wanted to dine out. Also, it’s located in the «Times Square» of Osaka, so everywhere you go – there are tourists and people around all day and all night.
Rooms were comfortable, and just right.
Hotel is modern, and their concierge staff is very helpful. They helped to arrange reservations for us to dine at local restaurants, since we didn’t speak any Japanese and would likely have a hard time communicating with the restaurants.
Since it rained a bit, we borrowed umbrellas from the lobby staff, and went on our way to explore. I’m really glad we stayed at his hotel during our time in Osaka, it made all the walking and exploring more convenient!

Now why would a person who LIVES in Osaka offer a hotel review? What can he possibly know about hotels in the city he resides? Well… I like staying in hotels. Also, given my line of business I have to know what hotels are crap and which are not.
NIKKO is the real deal. Great staff and lovely service. VERY CONVENIENTLY located in Shinsaibashi…, close to shopping centers, clubs, bars and all the stuff you want to get into. This is a great place to stay if you are visiting Osaka.

Being married to a Japanese woman who is from Osaka, we have been coming here for over 18 years now each and every year and on our most recent trip to Japan we were treated to a most unexpected surprise. We were surprised to find out that our rooms were upgraded for our two three night stays on separate occasions here in this hotel and we were very shocked because that has never been done before.
I never thought that we would ever get a room upgrade because we never asked, but they should know that we come here every year so i think we should at least deserve some type of reward for our loyalty here. But this year i don’t know if they changed the General Manager here or Front Desk Supervisor but we left the Nikko Hotel this year very happy people and that’s why i’m writing this review as soon as we arrived from Osaka to Honolulu today.
So my wife asked why we got a room, upgrade and our front desk person said it’s because we have been coming here for the past 15 years and that’s the reason for the upgrade. So we asked if we could request for this particular wider room because as a big guy like myself from Hawaii, i love the spacious rooms of the Nikko Hotel but this room was just the perfect size for the two of us considering we bring a whole lot of goodies back to Hawaii because we only come here once a year and this room 1701 was such a nice room especially for Japan standards. So that front desk lady programmed our names in so when when we come here next year, she will have that room request made available to us and that made me very happy that after all this time coming we are finally being recognized and being in the tourism industry in Hawaii that is first class service on Nikko’s part.
As for the location here, the reason why i love it here is the proximity to the Takashimaya Department which is only one stop after the Shinsaibashi line or you can even walk there, also the Daimaru Department store is right across the hotel.
Also you can walk through Dotonbori and see the beautiful night lights with the Glico Man and Asahi lights all lit up. And if it’s eating spots you are looking for, there are tons of place you can go that are only a hop, skip, and a jump away from this place.
I also like the fact that we have tons of luggage stuffed with goodies to take back to Hawaii with us and there is an Airport Limousine Bus right in front of the Hotel that will take us back to Kansai Airport which is a relief for us.
And i will say the porters here are very efficient and professional. They always help us with our heavy bags when we leave without complaining and even put perishable things in the freezer for us before we go back to Hawaii and that is first class service if you ask me.
And everyone in this hotel is always eager to please and they are always at your service and that is Japanese standards all the way. They truly run a first class hotel here. I really appreciate the service here over the years and that’s why we stay here every year but after getting our rooms upgraded for the first time this year, we will definitely be making our stay at Nikko Hotel in Osaka a permanent place to stay instead of going to the Swissotel in Nankai.
So the hotel staff at the Nikko Hotel Osaka, Thank you very much for the wonderful hospitality and to the General Manager running this Hotel, please keep up the great standards that Nikko Hotel upholds…
Aloha, Ramfis and Misao Benigno

I love Hotel Nikko Osaka! The rooms are spacious, and although I’m not sure how much it cost (just a kid taking advantage of her mom paying for vacation heh) it was really upscale, clean, and modern. For three people, we fit in one room and all got our own beds! The breakfast buffet restaurant was really modern as well, and the food was decent. The lobby is really nice and the hotel location is convenient for accessing major shopping streets, like Shinsaibashi street market and the food street (go through shinsaibashi, pass through the whole thing, the road with Starbucks.) Osaka is famous for takoyaki & okonomayaki (sp?) and there’s a lot there so try!