Hotel Monterey Grasmere Osaka

Location is very convenient to go to restaurants and shopping. It is also next to OCAT which is great as we can just take the bus from Kansai airport to the hotel without carrying the luggage up and down the stairs in the train station. For people who never travelled to Japan before, it is wise to pick a hotel that a bus can take you to the hotel as the train lines can be quite complex and some of the train stations don't have lifts or escalators for transfer.

Excellent location, walking distance to Dotonbori district with so many restaurants and shops and the hotel is also connected to Osaka Namba station. This was so convenient for taking trains to explore the city and once we arrived, we just walked underground from the station to the hotel. There is a wonderful grocery store right under the hotel with so much good food, bakery items etc. The hotel itself is beautiful and well kept. Staff is professional, they speak excellent English, and are very helpful when we had questions. There are a couple restaurants within the hotel but we didn't eat there as we were outside most of our time. We absolutely recommend this hotel for your stay in Osaka.

The hotel is within walking distance to Dotonbori and Shinsaibashi. The subway is just nearby and it's convenient to move around the city and to walk to take different lines to different places. There is a supermarket just below the hotel and is super convenient to get essentials. and it closes quite late There are also nice cafes just below the hotel - Starbucks, Mcdonalds, Italian Tomato for lovely breakfast. We took the bus back to the airport which was super convenient, and purchase of bus ticket was easy. Don't consider taking the train to KIX airport as the Namba-Nankai station is way too far to lug your luggage and walk. Take the bus instead which is just below the hotel and it's super efficient and convenient. We love the location and the hotel and would seriously consider staying here again if we return to Osaka. What we also like is that booking.com arranged a free airport transfer to the hotel and it really helped, especially when we just landed and was unfamiliar with the place and it was sunset by the time we landed in Osaka.

Overall great stay. Place was close to dontonburi with a 12 mins walk. Walkable via underground around 15 mins. Bus to Teppozan for the Aquarium is just outside the hotel. 10 mins train ride at JR station to Tsūtenkaku. Toyota rent a car is also just right outside. A few great places to eat with great reviews around the 400m radius Rooms were spacious and offered great city view no matter which rooms. 4A 2C at the corner room with 2 twins bed was comfy enough

The location is excellent, right under the hotel is the way leading to Namba station. And it is within walking distances to Dontonbori , Kuromon market, Shinsaibashi…with lots of shops and restaurants. The hotel does not provide laundry machine but they have laundery service or you can choose to wash outside which is only 250m away. We booked twin room with extra bed, all beds are comfortable, room is small as most of hotels in Japan but super clean.All staffs are polite , helpful and speak good English. It is nice that they help arrange delivering our luggages from this hotel to our hotel in Kyoto. Only one small thing is that it seems the carpeted corridors are not regularly vacuumed.