Hotel the Lutheran

A ten out of ten! I loved my stay with Hotel Lutheran sooo much! The rooms are small but sizable - very typical size in Japan. It's clean and very comfortable. We went in spring to see the cherry blossoms. First I was really worried that the hotel wouldn't be warm enough (I really fear and dread the cold) but it was just perfect temperature in the rooms. Secondly, the location is superb! Yes, it's far away from the busy areas such as Namba, Dotomburi and Umeda but it was just what I wanted. Especially during sakura season, you'd want to be close to Osaka Castle where there is lush and beautiful flowers all around. It was about an 8 minute walk to Osaka Castle ground. Because the grounds are so close to the hotel, we were there snapping photos and enjoying the cherry blossoms every morning, afternoon and evening. It's also really close to the subway station: Tanimachiyonchome (or 4-chome). The closest exits to the hotel are: Exit 1a (lift and escalators) - Turn left and left again. The walk is about 7 minutes. Hotel on the left. Exit 1b (stairs only) - Turn left and walk for 4 minutes. Hotel on the left Many nice eateries around and more affordable that the touristy places like Dotomburi. The cherry on top which we looooved was the breakfast! Never in all my life have I had such a good breakfast. There was grilled salmon, miso soup, takoyaki, chicken karage, croquets, salads (western and japanese style), rice (western and japanese style), tofu, noodles, curry, etc. It was endless and all so delicious! Very unique and lovely breakfast. We would come back just to have the breakfast here! We were allowed to leave our luggage and actually requested to leave our luggage for a few days after check out and the staff were happy to accommodate (we didn't do so in the end due to change of plans but they were very kind to have agreed). We requested for rooms next to each other.

Staff don't have the best English but still manageable. Nothing I didn't like about this place really.