IC Yokohama Pier 8

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
There were bookings for two rooms, one booking for a couple using points and a paid booking for one guest. Both were for King deluxe rooms, though the points one showed as 'Garden View' and the paid one as 'Bay View'.
Our non-status friend checked-in before us and was given the choice of a Junior Suite or the Deluxe King Bay View and generously took the King leaving us with the Junior Suite.
The 4pm late-check out was applied to both rooms as was the 2,000yen voucher that could be applied to F&B excepting room service.
How are the rooms?
Spectacular, with great attention to detail in both the design and the finish. And of course it's all new but they've clearly invested well and it should age well. There's a nice maritime motif that runs through the design not only of the room but of all the hotel.
How is the exec. lounge?
N/A
What was good and what was bad?
All good excepting the dinner that we took at the restaurant Larbaord(?) on the first night. Food was fine but the service was a little lacking. Made up for that with excellent room service and fun cocktails at the bar. It should be noted that the on-site food options are slim. If you are looking for variety the in-room TV menu pointed you to the options at the nearby Intercontinental Grand, which has the full smorgasbord of choices a Grand Old Dame type hotel should. I'd assume you can cross charge though I didn't check. Apart from the restaurant there was also a pricey looking sushi place, though we didn't try it. Food options are plentiful anyway in and around the nearby Red Brick Warehouses (a UNESCO site) and the hotel itself sits on top of the new Hammerhead shopping mall.
Staff were generally young, friendly and they made for a very enjoyable stay.
Taxis needed to be ordered, it was a little over 1,000yen to get to the JR Yokohama/Keikyu line station, from which you can go direct to Haneda.
Felt very secure, you needed a card to enter the hotel and another to enter your floor.
You could go up to the rooftop, I think it was open to anybody, and enjoy the 8pm firework show. Not sure if that is seasonal or all year.
Room service: the eggs benedict was one of the best I've had. Overcame the difficulty of choosing between ham or salmon by giving one of each.
Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?
Points were great value and even the paid stay which was booked late in the day at the highest of high seasons represented good value.
I'd return here in a heartbeat.