Located in Yomitan, Hotel Nikko Alivila is by the ocean, within a 15-minute drive of Cape Zanpa and Cape Maeda. This 4.5-star hotel is 4.8 mi (7.7 km) from Blue Cave and 9.6 mi (15.5 km) from American Village.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an indoor pool, an outdoor tennis court, and a sauna. Additional features at this Colonial hotel include concierge services, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services.
Enjoy Modern European cuisine at Brasserie Verdemar, one of the hotel's 5 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Mingle with other guests at the complimentary reception, held daily. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 7 AM to 10 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Planning an event in Yomitan? This hotel has 3186 square feet (296 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Make yourself at home in one of the 397 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Your bed comes with down comforters and premium bedding. Rooms have private balconies. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature deep soaking bathtubs and complimentary toiletries.
"Large hotel with spacious rooms, though a bit dated but clean and well maintained.
Nice beach and great sea views from the rooms.
But there are many limitations, especially for foreign tourists and those without a car.
First of all, this place is rather remote, though not very far from Naha city but getting there will take about 2 hours on the Airport Hotel limousine bus , fare is ¥1430 per person, and there are not many services per day, if you miss the bus, you have to walk 30 minutes to Yomitan village to take the public bus, which takes more than 2 hours to Naha, or pay through your nose with taxi which costs more than ¥12,000.
Almost none of the staff are able to converse in English effectively, reception staff will need to translate with an I pad and show the translation to customers.
Being a large international resort hotel , they are extremely strict with the check in time, our limo bus arrived at about 1.30pm , when we asked to be checked in ,the reception staff said ok, but she told me ”early in 3000”, which I couldn't understand initially, she later showed me on her I pad , which displayed ” early check in fee ¥3000 for 1 hour”, there is no way to get a check in on arrival without paying a fee if you arrive early, even when the rooms are ready- which is unthinkable for anywhere else in the world !
It appeared that all guests arriving early decided to wait in the lobby till 3pm.
Guests were not even offered any welcome drink, which was unthinkable for a resort hotel. Each room here cost more than ¥30,000 per night .
Many other cons , which are rather unacceptable for foreign tourists-
All the TV channels are in Japanese.
Rather far away from any eating places , and not many choices.
In rooms - the aircond cannot be set lower than 22 degree C , there is no shower cap and spoon provided."