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Reviews of HOTEL VARKIN Ikebukuro Nishiguchi This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

171-0014 Tokyo-to, 2-16-19 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Japan

#699 of 1,461 hotels in Tokyo

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 157 hotel reviews

7.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.2

  • Comfort

    8.1

  • Location

    7.4

  • Facilities

    8.2

  • Staff

    7.8

  • Value for money

    7.6

  • Free Wifi

    8.6

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  • Reviewed: April 28, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Very nice facilities , very clean, excellent service and staff.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 9, 2023

    10
    Great
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    lack of places to hang stuff in the toilet, no key to the rooms when you leave. they give u a tag that you have to pass to them when you leave and collect when returning but nothing lost so we’re ok with it

    Clean and new. lots of really detailed amenities provided we didn’t expect like hair straighteners, massage chairs, mouth wash, bath tubs etc. Room was big and spacious. Room service was awesome 😎 there was a wide variety of food and all were tasty esp the tonkatsu set! we had a great stay here. reception was friendly too helped to book dinner reservations via phone to our next accommodation. All in all will recommend

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 8, 2023

    10
    Biggest room I've stayed at in Tokyo
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Not a dislike, but make sure you go to the right hotel. There's like 3 Varkin hotels within a 10 min walking span of each other. Also, just a heads up, this is a love hotel so you will have to walk through a love hotel area to get to it.

    I would unironically stay here again. I wanted a larger hotel room in Ikebukuro, and both my partner and I wanted to experience a love hotel in Japan, so this was perfect! Tbh, I'm starting to think love hotels are the only way to go in Tokyo. The room and bed were HUGE, which I've never seen in a Tokyo hotel before. Usually, they're so small you're wondering how you're even going to fit your luggage in it. We had ample space for all of our luggage, including our two huge sized ones. It also had a big bath with a TV above it, lots of amenities like a face mask and skin care treatment, a massage chair, LOTS of complimentary water bottles, and 5 different mood lighting options. We really enjoyed being able to order food to the room until like 1am without ever having to come in contact with staff. We got the pumpkin soup and beef stroganoff-- very good! We also loved that we could easily get extensions for the room (since it's a love hotel, hourly extensions is the base model). It worked FANTASTIC for us and our needs on our last day with the late day flight we had. Would recommend!

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 7, 2023

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    no room key

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: April 4, 2023

    4.0
    Will not stay at this property the next trip
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The staff was not very helpful and actual room and the photo do not match.

    The location was good which is near the JR station

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: March 29, 2023

    10
    wish i could have stayed longer
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    tv remote control was kind of broken

    close to station, nicer than the other hotels

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: February 27, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bathroom n bedroom

    I will come back

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: February 25, 2023

    5.0
    may not choose this hotel next time
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    they gave us a wrong size room

    the staff was very nice

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: February 22, 2023

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    location is a little further from the train station/central attractions than we're used to, but still a great place to stay

    Room was spacious with nice skincare amenities, even a hair curling iron/straightener, great value for money, I was pleasantly surprised to find there was a nice view of ikebukuro from the window while using the bath, one of the nicest love hotels we stayed at

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: January 22, 2023

    1.0
    no room key no lock, smell very bad
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    no room key no lock, smell very bad

    no

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: January 12, 2023

    10
    Superb! It worths every penny you pay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The door is unlockable from the outside, which means you don't get any key when you stay here. If you go out, you have to trust that it's safe to keep things in the room. However, since we are in Japan, it's much less worrying.

    The room is superb, and spacious. I could open all my 6 luggages in just a corner of the room. There is a sauna, jaccuzi, massage chair, best quality hair dryer and hair iron. They have every amenities you need in place, e.g. bath powder, facial mask, etc.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: January 1, 2023

    6.0
    Short stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Booking.com needs to update its directions as there are several locations. Not a "family" location.

    Price was fair. Located in a convenient area. Staff was accomidating.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: October 2, 2022

    10
    Amazing 2 nights, will come again
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    one thing I want keen on was the door lock. I understand for a shot stay people are there for a short time, but when leaving the place I have to hand a disk to the reception and ask them to lock the door. each time I came back the door was unlocked. perhaps they unlock and lock from a button on the desk but I could see no way it was possible with the lock attached to the door.

    Everything, at first I wasn’t happy with the first room as it was missing some facilities expressed on the website, I spoke to the staff and they upgraded my room. The second had everything including a Sauna, the room was huge, bed is lovely and big, massive 4K TV with VOD, could log into Netflix etc. karaoke was great. very very clean

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: April 25, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: April 14, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: April 14, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: March 31, 2025

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: March 30, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: February 17, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: January 29, 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: December 30, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: December 17, 2024

    8.0
    Comfortable and affordable lodging.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: November 8, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Couple
    • Deluxe King Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: October 10, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Economy Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in October 2024

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