I love almost everything about Andaz Tokyo, and have stayed there several times. The interior design is very classy, the rooms are spacious and well laid out, the breakfast is the best I've ever had in Japan. However, I had a rather unpleasant experience last night involving a dishonest service staff.
I just checked out of the hotel last night after staying for four nights. Upon checking in, I told the front desk team member that I had a late night flight out on the last night and requested as late a check-out as possible. She told me that the hotel was very full, so she could only grant me a 2pm late check-out. I then asked if I could use the shower at the spa before leaving the hotel around midnight for the airport, and she said absolutely, and that I could also use the lobby lounge.
On the last night, I went to the spa on Level 37 at around 10:30pm, only to discover that it's closed. I therefore went to the front desk, and the same team member I had spoken to during check-in attended to me. She informed me that the spa closes at 10pm. I asked if there was any way they could let me just use the shower for a while. She asked a colleague, who made a call, and then told me that they did not know how to open the shower, and the person who was in charge of it had already gone home.
I was obviously disappointed to hear that. Without me asking anything, she added that she had even checked if there were any rooms I could use, but the hotel was completely sold out for the night, and even the suites were occupied. I therefore left it as that, and decided to go to the airport lounge to shower instead.
However right after the conversation, I was fiddling with my phone and out of curiosity went to my Hyatt app to check the availability of rooms that night (August 13th). To my surprise, I saw that rooms were available at Andaz on the night itself, and at relatively decent rates! I clicked further and found that there were three room types available (meaning there were at least three unoccupied rooms) - 2 twin beds, 1 king bed with bay view, and Andaz suite with 2 king beds.
In other words, the front desk staff basically LIED to me. And she voluntarily came up with this lie intentionally as it didn't even cross my mind to ask to use the shower in one of the rooms. This is especially shocking in Japan, where people are generally very honest. Such dishonest behavior is just unacceptable. I'm not sure how I can bring myself to return to the hotel and have to constantly question the honesty and integrity of the staff. Most disappointing.