Oak Hotel Ikebukuro

Plus: Very clean. Quiet. Manager was very helpful and seemed like genuinely nice guy.

Minus: Room and lobby were small. Hotel located in a small lane that was difficult to find by our taxi driver. Still, the hotel was well constructed and not at all shabby, which was a very pleasant surprise...

Plus: Staff talks english very well.

Minus: The location is hardly to find for first time.

Plus: Big clean and tidy room, also with the bathroom with the hot tub. Good WiFi signal. Staff is fluent in English and has a lot of helpful information. The hotel has the 7-11 nearby.

Minus: Location is too far from the main street, grab a cab from Ikebukuro JR station might helps.

Plus: Good sleep.

Minus: The room is so tiny. There is no curtain in the bathroom. It's more likely to be a japanese bathroom rather than a western bathroom.

Plus: Tiny, tiny rooms. Even by Japanese standards, this was a 1950s business hotel.

Minus: Bigger rooms, could touch both walls while in bed.

Plus: Quiet, but close to main street, big bathroom with seperate toilet room, friendly staff, free use of washing machine

Minus: At some places not very clean, bed for third person was not comfortable