I just returned from a week in Tokyo on business and was really pleased with this hotel. I lived in Tokyo for 3 years so have some knowledge of the city.

The Monterey Akasaka is a great value for what it offers. It is spanking new, incredibly clean and one of the most quiet hotels I have ever stayed at in my life. Not what I expected in downtown Tokyo. I am used being woken by hallway and street noise but this did not happen.

Rooms are not overly large, but hey this is Japan and the rates cannot be beat. Rooms are very clean, stylish and filled with lots of great ameneties including all you would expect such as free internet access (not wireless) but cord supplied, nice but small desk, stocked mini-bar, complete bathroom supplies (soap, shampoo, toothbrush, etc).

Location is excellent -- 4 minutes walk downhill to nearest subway Akasaka Mitsukemae on the convenient Marunouchi (red) subway line. Minutes to Tokyo station and all central locations including Roppongi for some evening fun!

I liked the local coffee shop nearby for breakfast and there is a Starbucks by station and lots of 24hour convenience stores.

Hotel staff was professional and helpful, but somewhat reserved. Typical for Japan. I would guess about 40% of guests are non-Japanese business travelers so they are set up for non-Japanese visitors pretty well.

All-in-all I had feeling I was staying at much more expensive hotel than I paid for. Tip - I brought way too much luggage and clothing. Closet is very small! They have same day drop off cleaning service. Next time I will only take 2 suits and use reasonably priced laundry service.

If you go here they will not tell you but you need to insert key in a magnetic holder near door for electricity to turn on -- smart conversation idea as all goes off when you leave. Just a bit hard to find in the dark when I arrived.

I am booking my next trip to this hotel.

New, smart hotel near the attractions of Akasaka.

We weren't expecting our standard double to be spacious, but we found it a little too small. We had quite a bit of luggage - but nowhere to put it! Also, you could only get in and out of the bed on one side. On reflection, a twin might have been a better bet.

Although the hotel website offers complementary internet access we found it wasn't actually available. Although we discovered when we were checking out that we could have rented a laptop...

The hotel retaurant looked very oplulant but we didn't try it as it was expensive - and we might have felt rather under-dressed!

The hotel doesn't have a bar and we thought it would benefit from one, or at least a comfortable sitting area for guests. When my partner wanted a lie-in one morning there was nowhere to go but outside.

I lived in Japan for 6 years and was not expecting the best from a hotel in Tokyo. I booked this hotel on the reviews posted on this site and I have to agree with everyone else that this is a very good deal. Not a large room by any means, but clean and new. The staff was very friendly, and the subway stations for different lines a very near.

My partner and I stayed here for five nights. The hotel is clean and well equipped and its location is excellent. The metro station is not far away, with excellent connections. From memory the two main lines that run through there service a lot of the areas of interest to tourists and you're only a couple of stops away from Shinjuku and Roppongi. The area is also very safe with a lot of excellent restaurants and ramen bars. I also got a complimentary english language newspaper every day. Overall, highly recommended. The only downside is that Airport limousine service only stops at Hotel New Otani which is about 1 km away, the nature of the geography meant that we had to get a taxi from there to the hotel but this was not expensive but something to keep in mind if a traveller has any mobilty constraints.