Originally Posted by
Aventine
I find a lot of the low end and middle end Marriotts to be very cookie cutter.
This hotel would probably qualify as a mid-end Marriott in the U.S., so the fact that it could be considered a luxury property in Nagasaki tells you something about the state of hotels here. The room and bathroom design are somewhat similar to the new Fairfield Inns that are recently popping up in Japan.
Originally Posted by
Aventine
Maybe an owner like the deep pockets behind RC Fukuoka would have invested more in including more Japanese and Nagasaki touches. Your Lounge and restaurant photos could be anywhere in the world with the Instagram white marble. The room is pretty much out of the standard Marriott playbook too.
The Garden Terrace Nagasaki is generally considered THE luxury hotel in the city, but other than having an interesting exterior design (by Kengo Kuma) and decent restaurants, the rooms are not luxurious and it has an awful front desk staff (same goes for its Saga property), so its luxury credentials fall short, IMO.