Just came back from my 1st ever trip to Tokyo. I was debating between the Tokyo Green Palace and The B Akasaka, but ended up with The B through a great deal Orbitz offered which included breakfast.

Access to the hotel could be a bit tricky for foreigners from the Akasaka station. If you took the Narita Express train to Tokyo station, make sure you take the Marunouchi line and transfer to Chiyoda line at Gojigidomae station instead of Kasumigaseki because there is no escalator/elevator at the latter station.

Once arriving the Akasaka station, take exit 3b which has an escalator to get out of the station. There is an elevator hiding near the TBS Blitz that can take you and your luggage up without the climbing the hill. If you have trouble finding it, feel free to ask around (I'd recommend to ask someone working at the TV station).

Hotel staff are very courteous and willing to help. They even brought out the SIM card that I ordered online before I asked for it while checking in.

Room is small in western standard, but meticulously clean. The way the room was laid out was not so good for large luggage. I had the standard single room and the space was just right. Bathroom is roomy in Japanese standard and the shower is great. However, the water heater might be a little weak as the water wouldn't get hot when I tried taking shower for couple times. Fortunately, the indoor temperature was warm enough to be able to bear the cold water. I visited in late November and the hotel had switched to provide heat only which made the room rather toasty (perhaps a bit too toasty at times).

The area is rather quiet and there are many restaurants nearby. There is also a 7/11 inside the Akasaka Biz for quick snacks or light meals.

Breakfast was not as boring as some other reviewers have noted. I enjoyed both the Japanese and Western selections. Everything was fresh and well prepared. I also enjoyed the coffee machine at the lobby.

Checking out was a breeze as well. Overall, I enjoyed my stay at The B and would love to come back again!


第一次到東京，決定試試這家口碑不錯的商務酒店。很多人都說到它有點難找還而且還要爬坡，但其實如果是從成田到東京火車站，搭丸內線在國會議事堂前站（記住，不是霞ケ関站）轉千代線然後在赤坂站下就ｏｋ。　如果要到酒店，請用３ｂ出口。因為酒店離ＴＢＳ電視台很近，可以利用３ｂ出口附近電視台的電梯這樣可以免掉帶著行李爬坡的麻煩 。如果找不到，可以問周邊的人（我自己是問了親切的電視台警衛大哥）。　出了電梯直走就可以看到酒店了。

工作人員態度都很好而且很有效率。房間打掃得很乾淨。單人房坪數其實很小，但五臟俱全。我喜歡他的洗澡間。淋浴很舒服可是熱水器有點弱因為曾經有一兩次洗到一半水變冷。因為去的時候是冬天，酒店全面供應暖氣不能調氣溫所以有時熱到會把窗戶打開透透氣。因為房間採用開放式設計, 所以就算是雙人房都可能不太適合與朋友共用.

早餐是吃到飽模式，選擇其實算多的（跟同等級歐洲酒店比的話）而且很新鮮。大廳的咖啡機免費無限供應咖啡而且比早餐提供的好喝.

酒店附近還算熱鬧,但晚上很安靜, 除了有時候會聽到走廊有其他旅客大聲講話或關門...

基本上,我是挺滿意這家酒店的. 如果下次來東京有機會的話我還是會考慮回來住的.

This hotel belongs to the category "Japanese Business Hotels", hotels designed to provide economical (for Japanese standards) and no frills accommodation to domestic business travelers. Japanese travelers are familiar with the type of place and know what to expect. For foreigners, it may be a little trickier.

Hotels in this category are generally modern and of good (midrange) quality, tailored to cater to individuals not spending any leisure time in the hotel and willing to pay just for the essential space, service and amenities to rest and sleep.

About "The b Akasaka", key item of interest to international travelers will certainly be the size of the rooms. The hotel provides accurate and truthful representation on their website and at time of booking you will know a Single Room comes in a size of 10 sqm (107 sqf) with a bed large 110 cm (3.6 ft), a Double Room comes with 13 sqm (140 sqf) and a bed of 140 cm (4.6 ft), a Twin Room comes with two 97 cm (3.2 ft) beds in 17 sqm (183 sqf). Whether you travel alone or with a companion, these may easily be some of the smallest rooms (and beds) you have ever stayed traveling.

I spent at this hotel three days in a Double Room in a business trip. The first impression as I walked through into the room was of disappointment, barely the space to drop the luggage and walk around the bed, which actually turned to be basically no space after opening my luggage and hanging my clothes on the wall (no wardrobe); but I got quickly adapted and in the end enjoyed the experience as a kind of fun. Had I traveled as a couple, my Double Room would have been too small even for my easygoing standards.

If you can cope with the space, all the rest works fine for the hotel grade. The hotel is housed in an elegant building on a quiet hill in an upscale part of town. Service is efficient, infrastructures and amenities are modern, rooms are (i.e. my room was) clean. Wireless available in the lobby only, internet cable in the rooms. TV with Japanese channels only but I believe you may buy pay TV card for an extra charge. Breakfast is very basic but you won't leave hungry. Location also works pretty well, with large choice of restaurants and bars just a few-minute walk away. Subway station is also few minutes away.

All in all, this hotel is ok so long as you understand you are choosing a place suit basically for just resting and sleeping and are willing to live with the discomfort of staying in a very small space.

A small but very good hotel. This was the first stop on our visit to Japan. The room was small, shower great and lovely to have fridge and kettle. A big plus was the wonderful coffee machine in the foyer. We arrived about midday, jetlagged, but could not access our room until 3pm, which was a negative for us. The area is very quiet, ..a short walk from the metro, restaurants bars temples etc. Breakfast was good. It was a great introduction to Japanese hotels for us.

We enjoyed three nights at this hotel. We arrived fairly late due to the flight schedule and the first thing happening while walking through the door was the staff greeting us by name. Apparently they have been waiting for us and we were the only guests "missing" that night. Check-in was flawless and we enjoyed a free coffee from the publicly accessible Seaco Espresso machine in the lobby.

The room is quite small but functional and sparkling clean. The bathroom is indeed only separated but a glass wall (partially blinded), so this is something to get used too. The shower is awesome, a rainforest shower type with many heads and sufficient water pressure. The beds are nice with two pillows on top and a sufficiently soft mattress. The in-room a/c was efficient as well, very important since the outside temperature was over 90F when we stayed there.

The breakfast is okay with many western and Japanese choices providing a good start into the day. There is a free Saeco coffee machine in the lobby making way better coffee than what is provided at breakfast.

I would also like to address issues from other reviewers here:

- The hotel is indeed located at a steep hill, however, a public lift eases that and circumvents any climbing. Fortunately, the lift is right by the metro station and about 150m away from the hotel (2 minutes). Just go straight out of the hotel into the little side road and you will see the lift on the right hand side before the side road curves to the left. Easy and very convenient.

- The room, at least for Japanese 3-star hotels, is not particularly small. Although I am far away from calling is big or spacious, you may encounter many smaller rooms while in Japan.

- We paid a fixed fare of about 100$ to the hotel (including the night surcharge and all tolls) and about $80 from the hotel to Haneda airport. Taking a cab from Narita is just a bad idea, I mean honestly who would take a cab for more than 50 miles in a high-price country like japan and get upset with the price afterwards? Furthermore, the taxi driver had no issues at all in locating the hotel.

- location: Minato is a very quiet, safe, and somewhat upcoming area in Tokyo. While it is not very close to all the sights and it is true that you need to change metro lines at least once, we liked the quiet environment with no interruption to sleep at all. There is a sufficient (if not overwhelming) number of restaurants in walking distance.