Iza Asakusa Guest House

We didn’t stay long there but you could tell it was a nice place for anyone travelling on their own to meet other travellers. It was raining heavily when we arrived and the staff were welcoming and kind and the downstairs seemed cosy.

I just think we completely misjudged this booking as the reviews were so good we were expecting something a lot better. We reserved a double bedroom with shared bathroom, and I’ve honestly never stayed anywhere so bad since I was a teenager. Really poor quality, not nice to spend any time in the room at all. The tiniest window and the whole thing felt really shabby. The communal bathroom was right outside the door so got woken up by hair dryers and banging around Really early. There’s also no lift so carrying baggage 3 flights of stairs wasn’t great. The worst thing was that when we got checked in the staff forgot to give back our passports. Obviously a genuine mistake and we didn’t realise until the next day. We were flying to Fiji that evening so had to go all the way back to get them which messed up our plans a bit that day. I called and there was no answer, and emailed as we were on route back and received no reply. Luckily the passports were there but it had the potential to really mess our trip up. It was a little unclear who actually worked there and who were guests and it all felt a bit unprofessional. We stayed at a much better location the week before at a different place which was brilliant in comparison for not much extra per night. Overall was really happy to leave as just wasn’t what we were after at all.