Hotel Osaka Castle

The location is really great. There is a railway and subway station, market and cafes in the 50m radius. You can easily get to the Osaka Castle Park on foot or go for an evening walk by the river. The sheets were clean and I think the mattress was quite new. The staff was nice and friendly.

From the single room you can see only a wall (no view). Many people complained that the rooms are old but this is not really a huge problem. The problem is however that they are just FILTHY. I think this is the most dirty room I ever stayed in in Japan. The floor was covered in some dark dirt, all sticky and making me not want to put anything on it. One could easily notice stains from dried liquid here and there. The desk as well as lamp and control buttons haven't seen a detergent in years to get to that level of filthiness. Bathroom was not cleaned properly because I could find hair in the bath tube. The floor and bath tube had some strange dark color. Sorry but if anyone cleaned the floor at least once a month with detergent it wouldn't be that dark... Also the amount of dust behind the TV screen and on the only shelf that was available in the room was only a confirmation that no one cares about standards. Finally, there were many damaged equipments in the room. Some sockets' covers were falling off the wall (quite dangerous if you ask me). Bath tube's drain was cracked! Control panel in the desk was "fixed" with the duct tape. There were ethernet wires tangled in the desk (on sight). In addition, the walls and the door are made of some thin material so I got woken up early in the morning by people talking in the corridor. At night I couldn't sleep because I could hear someone snoring loudly... I know that this is a budget hotel not some fancy facility. However, I have comparison to other hotels in that class, located nearby (at least 2 of them, one on the other side of the street) and they are way better. I think this hotel's standard is below the price they are charging. I could compare it to some old dormitory or a decent motel.