Capsule Hotel Astil Dotonbori

Very convenient location.

The concept has to improve. It is very annoying that guests have to leave their key when exiting the hotel. Very often we had to queue up with people waiting to check-in to the Hotel. Waiting many minutes just for leaving the hotel. The same happens when returning to the hotel. We had to queue up everytime waiting for people in front of us to check in. Just after Anwältin time they handed us our keys.

Breakfast included was a nice touch. 24hr reception was much appreciated too.

Not being allowed inside from 11am-3pm was a real bummer, especially after a big night out when I expect to sleep in til noon at least. This is Osaka the city of night life after all! Having to leave my suitcase in the reception area because it wouldn't fit in the lockers or capsule too was very inconvenient - I had to make runs every time I needed something.

Great location. Very nice clean. Quiet.

I highly recommend not going when the temperatures are high. It was so so hot inside the capsule I sat there fanning myself for hours. Of course once I fell asleep, it was ok but I woke up in the middle of the night and had to fan some more. It was hot af. the only way to get it to be bearable was to completely open the privacy screen which sucked. Each capsule doesn’t have ac. They just have these vents inside the capsules but the vents are really tiny and almost nonfunctional because the screens in front of them are dirty/clogged and the fans are low powered. Would I stay here again? Yes, only when it’s cold outside. Absolutely skip when it’s hot. But I just did this for the experience. If you can’t afford anything else, then I would highly recommend taking a usb fan with you. They have USB ports in the capsules. Everything else was good. Just too damn hot.