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This is a well-run, efficient and clean hotel for those who don’t need the frills. Rooms are half the price of some upmarket places. It’s within 10 minutes’ walk of Roppongi Hills and all the joys of that part of town. Oddly, there aren’t many economy class hotels in the heart of the city that cater to foreigners.
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This little hotel is very close to the famous Roppongi Crossing and just up the street from Roppongi Hills. It’s a recently opened, no-frills, low-budget hotel that is clean and well run. Facing a busy street, it can be noisy, but that’s Roppongi for you. The solution is to keep the double-glazed windows closed. Downstairs there is one simple café and the main reception desk. However, they’re not as comfortable for Westerners as one would like.
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The Hotel Villa Fantaine is located on top of the Roppongi 1-chome subway station and is owned by Sumitomo, one of the major realty groups in Tokyo. It’s a quiet, well-run hotel set up to serve international businessmen. Services are minimal—there is a space used for breakfast, but no actual restaurant in the building and no bar. A pool and a gym are available in a nearby sports club, for a charge. Rooms are small, as you’d expect with a low-budget hotel, and there are no views to speak of. The hotel is seven minutes’ walk from Roppongi Crossing and all its attendant nightlife.
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For anyone visiting the Tokyo head office of Honda, and on a tight budget, this is the perfect hotel. It’s two steps from the car company’s main showroom and offices. The hotel boasts none of the facilities that might boost the prices of its rooms, so it’s the kind of no-frills facility that might have appealed to Sochiro Honda—the founder of the company favoured austerity and the simple life. That said, there’s a convivial restaurant-cum-bar on the ground floor.
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This is a perfect spot for Westerners who cruise into Tokyo with limited time and want to get to the heart of things quickly. At the same time it offers more independence than a hotel. The Mansions at Roppongi is perhaps the forerunner of many such facilities to come. As such, it merits close watching. The rooms are clean and the service immaculate. Everything is safe, without the managers being intrusive. And, yes, you are in Roppongi!
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