Benikea Calton Hotel Fukuoka Tenjin

nice staff, breakfast is good but served and closed too early, location wise and hotel is clean.

check out is 10:00 am unlike others which is 12noon, small room and even it is non smoking room the comfort room is smell cigarette

Was a very nice, comfortable property. Fairly close to an area called Tenjin. Many department stores and shopping area, so good and close if you like to Shop or window shop. After taking Kuko Subway from Fukuoka Airport to Tenjin Station, went up street level and walked to Hotel. 10-15 minutes depending on your pace. Believe direction was South (Maybe wrong) Not much around hotel but convenience stores across the street and close by on same side of street. Room comfortable size, and clean. Has Cafe room for breakfast at 700 yen, which is not bad as Buffett and went back for second cup of coffee. Coin Laundry available on first floor . . Convenient. Lobby and Cafe floors immaculate, shiny and clean like glass, which was nice feeling. Staff friendly.

Still confused where I could go up or down when I walked from hotel to Tenjin Station. That’s a minor issue. Liked the hotel, no problems there.

I like the ambiance. Their breakfast is good, costs 750 JPY. Near 3 bus stations, around 10-min to 15-min walk. Near a 100Yen store, around 100m (or less) from hotel.

The room was smaller than I expected. Their bed is a little hard, it could have been softer. Should have put English as language on the air conditioner, had a hard time figuring out the switches.

Located on a main road so it is noisy or convenient depending on how you look at it. Tenjin Station (main) is quite a walk away, Hakata Station is a shorter walk but not much. There are lots of places to eat nearby, includig hawkers by the road. Staff are friendly but a bit too robotic to my liking, they are well prepared and about everything is on some cards, in English, eg checkin and checkout time, how to use the room key. Breakfast is good but continental stuff is lacking.

Room keys are the old school type. The problem is that they want you to deposit it when you leave the hotel and they will go through a series of questions to establish your identity. The issue can be resolved with a key card or something like that, or a more friendly identification process. To be honest, I just went out with the key if it was for a short time.