Hakone Hotel

It was amazing

Hotel was good, onsen were so relaxing and rooms spacious. Liked the lounge area! Nice views, unfortunately couldn’t see Mount Fuji while we were there. Breakfast yummy and good vegetarian options. The down side was some of the staff weren’t the most helpful and their English was very questionable. All other hotels we’d been to were able to help with luggage forwarding including to airports but we were told very bluntly to go to a post office and that they couldn’t help with getting our suitcases sent to Haneda airport. We ended up wasting over an hour trying to sort this out with the lovely and very patient post office people using google translate to fill all the Japanese forms when the hotel could definitely helped… pretty appalling customer service for a 4* hotel and at the end of the stay left a bad impression. They didn’t even help with our bags to get down their stairs when we left…

Love this hotel. Lake view. The suit was very nice, clean, confortable with a balcony. The breakfast was good with a great and kindness staff. Close access to bus stop. The dinner is expensive.

We were greeted warmly at the door as we emerged from our taxi during a rainstorm. The hot springs were invigorating. The view of Lake Ashi was outstanding. And the location was unbeatable, just steps away from the Lake Ashi ferry.

This hotel has large spacious very clean rooms. The staff are very warm, friendly and helpful. The view of Lake Ashi from our room was amazing. Unfortunately though, the hotel only has a limited and expensive food offering. On the surrounding street, there is no shopping centre and only one or two eateries with very restricted opening hours. I would recommend you have a car if you visit the area for more than a night. The hotel is large but was pretty empty when we were there - It feels like the hotel would do well to re-invent itself to be a little less formal with a wider range of more casual food areas and better use of the outdoor areas.

Our room had an amazing view. The grounds outside were beautiful and spacious. The room was great but the bathroom is a little dated. Also not many food options at night. We went to the Indian restaurant next door for dinner and it was delicious.

Staff was excellent, hotel needs updating. Very Zen and not much to do in this area. Excellent food.

Onsen was great!

Excellent hotel, nice onsen, amazing lakefront setting with mt Fuji views. Highly recommend. Teppenaki dinner was excellent. Reasonably priced for the area…would definitely go back.

Beautiful hotel. Junior suite worth the $. Lovely experience.

Beautiful property right on the lake. We booked a lake view room which I recommend. We were on the top floor and loved our view but I’m sure all rooms are similar. The area has restaurants near by, the pier is 5 mins away where you can hop on the boats to tour the lake and also go up on the cable car. There is also the largest souvenir store right next door. We received a welcome drink at the bar and are reservation also included breakfast which was nice. We definitely would recommend this hotel !

Great hotel to stay at in a great location, yes hotel was dated and the French breakfast was underwhelming. However its located very close to everything you would want to do in Hakone and its surrounding areas, the customer service was excellent , view amazing, kid friendly, easy parking and overall a great stay at hakone hotel!

Nice location, friendly staffs, great food. Highly recommended!

A fantastic view and peaceful environment

The location and view are excellent. But the service of the hotel is terrible. They don’t care about the request of clients. The cleaning staff are in their seventies. The number of the staff is very much limited because the hotel cut their cost

It had a beautiful view of mt Fuji. The only thing I can say that was bad, would be that we were not able to control the heat. The rooms where very toasty.

Booked 2 nights at this “great” hotel, only to find there’s no shuttle from the nearest train station. Instead, I endured a cramped 2-hour bus ride to get there. Upon arrival at 14:00, I wasn’t allowed early check-in. Dining options? Hotel restaurants charging $120 per person or nearby spots that only take cash and close at 16:00. Need an ATM? You’re directed to a 7/11 that’s 2 km away—enjoy the walk, or wait for a $1.50 bus each way. The famed baths—allegedly the hotel’s crown jewel—are small and underwhelming. For $260 a night plus an onsen tax, you’d expect large baths with outdoor options, maybe a cold pool or sauna. Reality? Two baths: one tiny with two hot tubs and another slightly better one with jets and an open-air tub. They alternate between men and women in the morning and evening, so you don’t get to choose. The property itself feels like it peaked 40 years ago—lots of wood and bronze—but luxury is more than hardwood floors and marble columns. It’s about service, and here it’s sorely lacking. Guests must hand in their keys when leaving and retrieve them on return, which can take 2–15 minutes depending on staff. Yes, there are plush lounges with stunning Mount Fuji views. But wine? You need to buy a special 500 yen coin to get a measly 60ml from a dispenser. That’s not luxury—it’s a joke. Avoid this place unless you enjoy overpriced mediocrity dressed up as grandeur.

The view from our room was incredible. We were fortunate to get Clear sky and the view of Mount Fuji.

Very good view

Everything is great except price