Rihga Royal Hotel Niihama

Hôtel propre proche d'un grand centre commercial- Chambre et salle de bain très propres. Accueil en anglais.

Das Hotel ist weit vom Bahnhof und gibt keinen Shuttlebus. Aber daher Shuttlebus bis zum Flughafen. Vom Bahnhof kostet Taxi ca. 12 EUR. Hotel selbst ist groß und neben der Aeon Shopping Mall. Zimmer ist groß genug und sauber. Auch Badezimmer ist groß zum vergleich andere Business Hotel in Japan.

Niihama is in fact not a very popular tourist location in Shikoku. This is the only and likely the best hotel that you can find in Niihama city. Generally speaking, the hotel is well located and reasonably decent for business trip or short stay. However, it is a bit understaffed, even without manning in the concierge (I observed for two days). The room is of a typical design. It is generally spacious, clean and tidy. The breakfast is just average with not much variety, especially for western style food. In gist, there is nothing very good or very bad for this hotel.

We recently stayed in Rihga Royal Hotel Niihama for 13 nights. The staff are very nice and try hard to communicate in English. The rooms are a good size and clean. Some of the interior is a little worn and shabby. Beds were comfortable. Shower over bath. The buffet breakfast is quite good with Japanese and Western options, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, noodles, meatballs, toast, croissants, rice, soup, etc. Location is very good as its next to a large shopping mall. Bus stop across the road which goes to the train station in 15 minutes. We didn't try the restaurants in the hotel as they are very expensive.

Stayed there for a night during a business trip. It's a big hotel but wasn't crowded when I was there. The room was clean and nice and quiet, I had my room facing the mall and the mountains, but nothing to complain. I did not have much interaction with the staffs except for when I asked for the WIFI password in the lobby, they were polite and understand English. So are the rest of the staff who were very polite. Breakfast is located on top floor with city view, they have both Japanese and Western selection, although not much but all the basics are there. Across the hotel, there's a Uniqlo shop, a suit shop, and a steakhouse, which is convenient. Next to the hotel is also a big Aeon mall, I walked there through a big book shop and the parking which took less than 5 minutes. I think the location is good.

Room moderate typical Japanese hotel.Good service.Internet WiFi in room n public excellent. Bfast good. Nearby area, AEON mall just 4 minutes walk, and nearest convenient store about 5 minutes walk too. Got 4 types restaurant within the hotel. Good value for money. oh ya they also rent a bicycle..Y540/24 hrs.

I stayed here on business and would have given it five stars except there were no queen or king size beds. Being two meters tall, I barely fit on the double bed in my room. Otherwise, it was a great stay. The hotel is very upscale with several good restaurants onsite. Even better, you can walk next door to a large shopping mall full of stores and restaurants. The breakfast buffet on the top floor was excellent with a wide choice of both Western and Japanese dishes, coffee, tea, and juice (I appreciated the pitcher of grapefruit juice). The internet service was fine. And there the hotel does not have a business center, I took a USB drive to the front desk and they printed documents for me. I plan to return to the area later this year and I will definitely stay here again.

We selected this hotel because it is the perfect basis to discover the Shimanami Kaido by bike. Niihama is half an hour by train from Imabari, the Southern end of the Shimanami Kaido to Onomichi. We travelled the Shimanami Kaido in two stages, the first stage starting from Sunrise-Itoyama to Omishima (about 35 km) and the second stage from Setoda to Onomichi (about 30 km). The hotel itself is located next to the ÆON shopping mall with many small restaurants. [Niihama downtown is almost deserted because all commercial activities moved to the shopping mall] There is also a frequent bus service from this mall to the railways station (about 15 minutes by bus). Our comfortable room was on the 7th floor (a French restaurant and the breakfast room were on the 8th, the top floor). All necessary amenities were provided in the bathroom. Although the reception staff had limited knowledge of English, they addressed all our questions, for example about directions or transport of our luggage by courier service to our next destination. The rooms on the 7th flloor have a few benefits, for example, a free minibar. Our room with a view of the city center and harbour was a non-smoking room but the rooms on the other side, with a view of the mall were smoking rooms. Because all the rooms opened on the corridor but the windows could not open, the corridor had a terrible smoky smell. The problem is caused because smoking and non-smoking rooms are on the sme floor. The hotel had a large "Aqua garden" with indoor wave pool but this building is completely demolished and there is no activity to reconstruct it.