Apa Hotel Akihabara-Ekimae

I cannot fault this hotel, I've now stayed in it on 3 occasions visiting Tokyo and would not stay anywhere else. The location is perfect, across the road from Akihabara station, and round the corner from the heart of Akihabara itself. There's plenty of good resturaunts and bars in the immediate area, as well as a 7-11 opposite that is incredibly convenient. The hotel rooms are modern, clean, and well furnished. It feels like a lot of care goes into the upkeep. The beds are very comfortable. The hotel staff are friendly, accommodating, and extremely helpful no matter what your query is. Their work ethic is second to none and they're a perfect example of great hospitality. The price of this hotel has always been very reasonable, especially for the quality of the stay you get.

Certain rooms have windows that open to a strange shaft adjacent to the interior of the outer wall of the hotel, rather than an outside view. If you have a room on the 7th floor, which is the last non-smoking floor, you can smell smoke from the higher floors in the hallway. This didn't particularly change my experience but it wasn't pleasant.