Liked:
- Superb, spacious room, with a beautiful view. I woke up and wondered for a few seconds whether I was on a moving ship
- Good breakfast
- Close (1-2 min) to Beppu Tower bus stop
Did not like:
- I did not feel comfortable with the staff. They would not even try to speak Japanese to me, even though I replied in Japanese to them. Neither Japanese nor English is my native language, but I want to speak Japanese while in Japan, and have had many wonderful experiences doing so
-It's one thing switching, 勝手に, to English as a default, it's another thing rushing customers in, then from one place to the other (temperature-measuring stand, hand-disinfecting stand, proper check-in, amenity, elevator), using gestures and isolated words, as a substitute for language. Politeness is lost in the process. From the first to the last second I was in that hotel, I felt not welcomed. I do understand that the lobby was crowded at check-in, but it never got better
- The main window in my room did not close properly. All night, I could feel a flow of cold air on every part of my body that was not shrouded by the (otherwise warm) futon. The room never really got warm. Under normal circumstances, I would have contacted the front desk before even going to bed, but based on my previous interactions I felt the interaction would go terribly
- A bit more to say, but no characters left. Nothing really bad, but still. Two words : look elsewhere