Originally Posted by
Nagasaki Joe
Too bad about the beef. We were served this same dish during our stay and the beef was exceedingly tender, so I can only surmise that the hotel switched food vendors or chose a less expensive cut of beef to lower costs, or you’re used to tenderer beef than I am?
I was shocked, quite frankly. We even paid for the upgraded course, so I would have thought they'd at least bring out a higher quality cut than rump. I should've brought it up on the spot, but by the time the dish came out I was pretty darned full to care too much!
Like you, we were aware of the lack of onsen, so it didn't come as a surprise. We are just used to top properties having it, for the most part. Some nice places don't have it (Yoyokaku, Sankara in Yakushima, Takachiho Ryokan Shinsen), so Goto Retreat ray isn't the only one.
By the way - since you're in Nagasaki, perhaps you'd know. We really are overdue to visit Sasebo and Hirado. Any properties that even remotely approach luxury standards? We would likely fly into Nagasaki, rent a car, stay somewhere in Huis Ten Bosch for 2 nights (Okura?), visit some of the churches in Sasebo on the way to Hirado (probably Kuroshima Church), and stay 2 nights in Hirado.