karaksa hotel Osaka Namba

The hotel location is excellent. It’s close to a JR train station which made taking day trips to neighboring cities extremely easy. Our JR Passes were invaluable. It’s also within a 5 minute walk to Dotombori and about 15-20 minutes to Kuromon Ichiban. Both places are excellent for trying out street food. The hotel is clean and the staff were always very kind. The front desk workers always greeted us whenever we returned from our daily adventures. I liked the connecting rooms. This hotel also offers a shuttle bus to KIX for just $10/person and they will hold your luggage for free after you check out so you can do some last minute shopping. The hotel price was reasonable and it came with a free breakfast buffet.

Everything exceeded our expectations. We liked the simple yet tasteful layout of our room. The breakfast choices were enjoyable too! My husband says the Japanese through Karaska Osaka Namba "know how to do it right".

If anything, providing better suggestions as to the types of day tours a visitor to Osaka could do. Even if they themselves don't conduct tours, maybe "hooking up" a visitor with a company or even another hotel.

The location, close to metro and shops. the staff were wonderful and the room although small was really nice. Breakfast was great fresh berries, fruit, catered for all nationalities. Fresh fruit juice and great coffee machines. Found a great little cafe out to the right if the hotel, a few metres down on the right. It is an American style cafe, pasta and pizza etc. We found the train stations quite confusing, especially when u had to exit. Always came out at a different spot and GPS didn't always work. Hence we were frustrated and lost too many times. We were not the only ones. We also took took an excellent tour, the backstreet tour with host Andy. It was the highlight of of our stay in Osaka. Can Google it.

The different exits from train stations which put you in a different spot all the time and we frequently were lost even with GPS.

The staff was great- friendly and helpful. They paid attention to little things that their guests might need- fans and umbrellas. Location was fantastic- there is a Family Mart right across.