Just writing another review on another great hotel. We are from Ireland on a trip around the world and our first stop was Tokyo. We had no clue of anything about it but thought we may as well give it a go and are so glad we did. The hotel is wonderful. The staff are all English speaking, very helpful (they do not accept tips), and they show that they respect their customers unlike most hotels I've stayed in. It was a brilliant experience. The room was smallish but what a view. Rooms start on the 23rd floor and you can look out over most of Tokyo. The food for breakfast is mostly Irish/English menu as well as Japanese. There is an Irish bar in the hotel building called the Roundstone which they staff were very helpful with. Tokyo itself. Well let me give you a few bits of advice. To get to the hotel get the limo bus service. To get around the city there are about 50 different rail services. Ok well i exaggeratted there but there are a few e.g. The Toei, Tokyo Monorail, JR Lines, Tokyo Subway and some are in the same building which confuses the hell of you. To get to the city you use the Monorail rail to Hamamatsucho them walk down the stairs and out of the building beside the World Trade Centre to get to the subway station and link up to the main parts from there. The main parts to visit are Ueno (Gardens, Temples and a brilliant Zoo), Ginza (Shopping), Shibuya (Main Shopping and busies crossroad in the world), Roppongi (Night life), Akihabara (Electric City - All electrical goods), Shinjuku (Shopping), Tokyo Centre (Temple) and a few others to name a few. Was an excellent experience. Ask for menus in English as they don't provide them upfront. Another note about the metro/subway etc lines is to remember what number you entrance in was e.g. it could be 'B4' so when you go back you follow the signs. It's probably much harder then NY, Paris, London and DC, all of which I'd no trouble with at all but Tokyo was the hardest as most is provided in broken English. N.B. Here is a good subway map http://polaris.nipr.ac.jp/~ipy/sympo/map-files/rosen_eng.jpg

Very nice hotel. Good rail service to all the hot spots of Tokyo. Staff were exceptionally nice - and spoke good English. I asked at reception where the nearest Starbucks was and they walked me there - a 5 minute walk - right up to the door. Now that's service!! There's also a nice path along the river where you can have an early morning stroll along. Would stay here again next time in Tokyo.

Very nice hotel. Good rail service to all the hot spots of Tokyo. Staff were exceptionally nice - and spoke good English. I asked at reception where the nearest Starbucks was and they walked me there - a 5 minute walk - right up to the door. Now that's service!! There's also a nice path along the river where you can have an early morning stroll along. Would stay here again next time in Tokyo.

Zentrale, ruhige Lage. ÖPNV ist blenden zu erreichen, ebenfalls alle Flughäfen. Der Blick aus allen Zimmern ist überwältigend, ob Sonnenaufgang in Tokio oder der Sonnenuntergang, man kommt vom Fenster nicht weg. Das Personal spricht nur leidlich englisch, ist dennoch extrem Hilfsbereit und super flott. Selbst für japanisch Verhältnisse sehr gut. Einziger Wermutstropfen, ist die Rezeption. Selbst wenn man dreimal monatlich dahinkommt, erinnert sich niemand an einem und man muß stets alle Formalitäten neu erledigen. Das ist deutlich unter dem Standard. Da man dies bei jedem Aufenthalt aber nur einmal machen muß ist dies nicht so bitter. Jedenfalls würde ich das Hotel wieder wählen.

We looked at getting a Disney hotel (or nearby, anyway) for a two day stay in Tokyo, and this appeared to be quite handy. As it turned out it cost about 1/3 the price of the resort hotels, and travel to & from Disneyland was no great problem from here. Caught the Kensei line, and after 4 stops we were at the front gate to the Disney Park. We could then see why the resort hotels could charge what they did, as the place was packed..school holidays in Japan are from 25th July to 31st August, so the "close" hotels are all full to the brim. We had no dramas getting around, either to the park (30 minutes) or into Tokyo proper (30 minutes) using the trains, which always run on time. The Dai-Ichi Hotel itself is in a fair location on the waterfront, with good views from the guest rooms (levels 23 - 26). Plenty of shops in the Seafort building to which the hotel is attached, and a great little Irish pub (the Roundstone), which is well worth a visit for some reasonably priced nosh and a few coldies (given it was summer when we were there..it was compulsory to get a few into us each day) Can't fault the hotel, and for the price, is excellent value.