Finding good accommodation in Tokyo is always tricky.
The city is vast and most sights and places of interest are rather spread out. On top of that the city is quite expensive, and that includes accommodation.

Since I was only making a short visit to Tokyo it was quite important for me to find a hotel offering both a good location and good value for money.

After looking at several travel sites and the TripAdvisor webpage I decided to give Hotel Metropolitan Marunouchi a try.
This turned out to be an excellent decision!

The hotel is located right next to Tokyo Station which is the main stop for Narita Express, the express train to/from Narita airport. Travel time from Tokyo Station to Narita airport is about an hour.
The entrance to the hotel building is literally a 10 meter walk from the exit of Tokyo Station (assuming you manage to navigate to the right exit of the station, it is a massive station complex).

The building where the hotel is located is in fact an office building and the hotel only occupies the upper floors from level 27 to level 34.

The lobby and hotel atrium

After taking the dedicated hotel lift from the ground floor of the building I arrived at the reception located on the 27th floor of the building.
It is quite a stylish lobby with nice night lighting effects and a small model railway to enjoy in the middle of the lobby. Next to the reception there is a bar and restaurant.

As I arrived quite early at the hotel, just after noon, it was still a bit early to check-in so I left my hand luggage and suitcase at the reception to come back later.
When returning to the hotel in the late afternoon to check in I was told by the receptionist that my luggage had already been moved to my room.
Wow! Really nice! ^ I can imagine most hotels wouldn’t do such a thing.



The rooms of the hotel are located on rows 28 to 34, alongside a nice atrium surrounding the lobby.



The room

Like most hotels in Japan the room was quite small, the double room was not more than 18 sqm in total, which is really on the smaller side if you are two people.
However the room itself was spotless and very well appointed.

There are larger rooms available as well, but they are obviously slightly more expensve.





The view

I was assigned a room on the second highest floor (level 33), and one thing I will definitely remember from this hotel stay is the view.

The view was absolutely incredible! An unobstructed view of most of northern Tokyo!
I have still not made up my mind if I preferred the view in daylight or at night. They were both spectacular!

Very nicely the hotel had also prepared a printed map which was available on the desk in the room describing most buildings that could be seen through the window and who occupied them.







Verdict

An excellent hotel that I would not hesitate to return to if going to Tokyo some other time.
Quite good value for money (especially for a city like Tokyo), very friendly staff, spotless (although small) room, excellent location next to Tokyo Station and a wonderful view through the window.