Smile Residence Hotels in Yokohama

Maybe because I booked early, I was able to stay in a spacious room on the top floor, even though it was cheap at 5,500 yen per person on a weekday. I was very satisfied! The location is also very good, as Shin-Yokohama Station and Yokohama Arena are both close by! One thing that bothered me a little was that there was a strange noise I'd never heard when I was in the elevator, which made me a little uneasy, probably because the hotel was built about 40 years ago. There were some parts that felt a bit dated, but it was well-cleaned and had a clean feeling◎

The room was stylish, the front desk staff was very kind and very nice, but there were a few problems. The first is that there were many banquets and other events held in the Hotel The Knot Yokohama building, and I stayed there for 5 days, but 3 to 5 events were held in the hotel building every day, and the noise echoed all the way to the room. The time period was around 18:00 to 21:00. One of the problems was the sound of people singing into the microphone and the vibration and noise of dragging chairs when cleaning up. (It was so loud that you could hear what they were singing.) The second is that when other rooms use water or flush the toilet, the sound of the water echoes throughout the room. This doesn't bother me during the day, but when I hear it at night or when I'm trying to fall asleep in the middle of the night, I can't sleep well, which was unpleasant. To be honest, I think it's because the building itself is old, but there isn't much soundproofing, and the bathroom area is still the same as it was in the past. Cleaning was done once every 3 days. There is a restaurant on the first floor, and they gave us a Felcome drink card so we could drink at the restaurant. It's about a 5-minute walk from Yokohama Station, so the location is great. There are also many restaurants around the hotel, such as GU, Uniqlo, and McDonald's, as well as Don Quijote and Aeon supermarkets, so if you forget something or need something, you can find everything within a five-minute walk, so I was very satisfied and happy about that!