Onomichi Royal Hotel

This hotel is a good 10 minute walk from the train station near the ropeway. Rooms are dated and are standard Japanese size. The bathroom had a high step up into the bathroom and is very small and tight to move around. We found it hard to sleep as we could hear the people next door and the bright aircon lights lit up the room. The block out curtains unfortunately didn’t block out the morning light on the sides. There is a coffee pod machine on the upper level along with washer and drier. This is the first hotel I’ve seen where you have to pay for ice.

Laundry facilities helpful. Restaurant staff was a bit distant. Location excellent- nice to see the water, instead of another building out the window!

Great hotel, excellent staff, views and convenient

Les repas étaient excellent!

Small but quiet room. Friendly staff. A bit far of a walk to the station.

Easy to check in. Super friendly. On site good restaurant. Room has sofa, fridge and hot water to shower

Decent size for a Japanese bathroom. Staff was great, limited English but it was enough considering most of the town has very little English spoken. Everything was clean, I would definitely stay again

A lovely room, friendly and helpful staff, and a beautiful view!

Friendly and efficient staff. Great location, view and parking. Comfortable beds and pillows but very little luggage space.

The view was amazing, staff was great. We really wnjoyed the lou ge for guests and also used the laundry area. Room had everything we needed and more. Definetely recommend this location.

Very helpful and friendly staff.

Quiet, comfortable sleep after two days of cycling. Being close to Senkoji Park is a bonus. Plenty of nearby restaurants and friendly staff made my stay even more relaxing.

A nice hotel with very helpful staff. Close to ferry and about 10 minutes walk to train station. Bicycle parking in hotel lobby is great. Rooms are a bit too small, even for Japan. All in all a nice hotel, I’d stay here again.

Location is super. Receptionist made big effort to communicate in English. The room was very clean and everything was functioning. Only point on the negative side was the narrowness of the room.

Very friendly staff, beautiful view of the water, close to lots of shopping and food The bathrooms are a bit outdated but still okay

The location is a bit far from the train station, it took me around 20mins to get to the hotel from the station. I was offered a room with city view although majority of the rooms have a sea view. And very unfortunately the room got a lasting vomit smell that kept me awake the whole night....

Great hotel. Single rooms a bit small but nice. Great area and friendly staff.

We needed a hotel for an overnight stay travelling from Hiroshima towards Tokyo. The hotel was perfectly comfortable and clean and suited our needs. We were a bit disappointed that we spent an additional 1800 Yen on parking as the hotel car park was full.

We stayed one night in Imabari before completing the Shimanami Kaido and I researched transporting luggage between Imabari and Onomichi (I lived in Imabari for 2 years so am familiar with the area) before we left and the information all suggested that we could get luggage transferred from our hotel in Imabari to a hotel on the transfer list in Onomichi even without a booking. However at our hotel in Imabari (with no English speaking staff; I had to rely on my limited Japanese) we tried to arrange for our luggage to be transported to our next hotel (in Kurashiki, one hour north of Onomichi) but despite my previous research, we were informed that we could not get it delivered on the one-day service to Kurashiki, and it could ONLY be transferred to Onomichi, and ONLY to a hotel on their list. As we didn't have a booking in Onomichi we tried unsuccessfully to get the staff to arrange an alternative for us. While the lady at the front desk went out of her way to help us, this couldn't be arranged and we booked the Royal Hotel just to get our luggage delivered. We didn't end up staying here, but from what we saw from the reception, it is very dated and has a smoking room by the front entrance. For budget travellers only! I give this advice to anyone wanting to arrange hotels in Imabari/Onomichi, who want to do the bike ride and get luggage transferred...

A nice, basic, clean and comfortable room overlooking the river in the lovely town of Onamichi. I would stay here again. Very good value.