Uda Butsuryuji Temple Hotels

"Location not great. Listed as 5 star its a 4 star at best. Very clean"

"Shops near by. Staff very helpful. Free luggage storage and transportation to airport via limousine bus. "

"It was also very convenient that the hotel elevator connected directly to the shopping center. By taking the escalator, I could easily reach Uniqlo, MUJI, and Starbucks without going outside, which was especially convenient."

"The hotel is literally inside Dotonbori, so the location is great and you can do everything nearby. The room is Japanese-style: not very big, but comfortable. My only concern is the bathroom, specifically the shower area. It really needs some bleach — it looks old and dirty, completely different from the rest of the room. The staff was really nice, very kind and helpful."

"Very convenient location"

"I wasn’t overly impressed. The rooms were in need of improvement. The entrance to this hotel is really confusing because it’s embedded into a shopping mall and metro station. There’s much nicer hotels in Osaka in this price range. "

"Excellent hotel, great location and facilities. The staff even spoke our language "

"Stayed for one night it had the essentials of a hotel, although the room was relatively small and the tv was in an awkward position it also had no modern tv functions aka YouTube/netflix or even screen mirroring"

"I had a really disappointing stay at Smile Premier Inn in Osaka. If I had known about some of their policies beforehand, I never would have booked. One of the biggest issues was that they don’t offer luggage transfer services. Every other hotel I stayed at during my trip was happy to help arrange luggage forwarding, which is incredibly common and incredibly convenient when moving between cities. Here, not only do they not offer it, but the staff also didn’t seem interested in helping when I asked about it. On top of that, the rubbish in my room wasn’t collected for three days. I later discovered that it needed to be left outside the room, but no one had explained this at check-in or anywhere else. Another strange experience happened while my room was being cleaned. I tried to sit at one of the completely empty tables in the reception area to eat a quick lunch while I waited. A staff member almost comically ran over as if I was doing something seriously wrong, only to tell me that I wasn’t allowed to eat there. The interaction made me feel quite embarrassed and unwelcome, despite being a paying guest. There was no explanation for the rule and no suggestion of an alternative place where I could eat. It left me wondering why tables were placed there at all if guests aren’t allowed to make any real use them. Overall, the lack of communication and the unhelpful responses from staff made what should have been a straightforward stay unpleasant and I was glad to leave."