Benikea Calton Hotel Fukuoka Tenjin

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.

Location was 2 stops from Hakata station . The property was clean . Reception was quite small but okay. The rooms are small but clean , typical of a 3 star japanese hotel. There is a 24hour supermarket which is good if you want to get food anytime of the day. The best part is there is a nearby airport bus station which is very convenient going to the airport. They also allowed us to leave our bags after checkout (for free). Can never comment on the breakfast because we didn't buy. There is also a good ramen restaurant near the hotel . Just ask the receptionist for direction. Overall it was good.

The room could've been bigger. Space was cramped we cannot fully open our luggages.

The bed.