Hotel Hankyu Respire Osaka

The hotel is excellent. It is close to the Osaka station and at the upper floors of a shopping mall. Bedroom is big enough n the breakfast got different varieties. We can also shop n eat in the underground shopping streets conveniently in rainy days. Highly recommended.

This was the best stay we had throughout our 2 weeks trip to Japan! Initially I had the impression that the stay here will be very squeezy due the images shown during booking. Upon arriving at the lobby, we were early for the check in (supposedly 3pm) and staff informed they will allow early check in at 230pm instead of 3pm. The staff were all very attentive and had superb customer service. At around 220pm they suddenly allowed us to check in which the self check in process was so seamless, totally impressed firstly by allowing us to check in earlier, and the short process. Upon reaching our room, we were even more impressed! The room was spacious where i could open all 4 luggage at once. The view outside was cast upon the river. The feature by the door where we can place our winter jackets or clothes that could be reworn was so thoughtful. The only downside was the slightly smaller bathtub which we didn’t use. The table was slightly small for 2 pax as well. The hotel supports sustainability cleaning which allow us to choose the type or extent of room cleaning that we want which was great. Personally I totally loved the real time update of the laundry room of ALL the machines and time remained. It helped me reduced unnecessary trips to the laundry room to check on my laundry and when I want to do laundry, i’ll know whether there are available machine for use. Really appreciate this feature. Our only regret is not trying the breakfast. It looked so good and we would definitely come back for our next visit to Osaka and have their breakfast!

The location of this hotel has no competition except the New Hankyu Osaka which sadly had ceased operation after many decades in business. The Respire has the perfect location to access the JR station, the Hankyu line, and all the subway lines at Umeda. Umeda has tons of restaurants and shops. It is so much fun and convenient. While the Respire is beautiful and new and in the best location, it is my least favorite hotel after spending 5 weeks in Japan (Osaka, Tokyo, Hakone, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Osaka, Yokohama). The room is suffocatingly small. No room at all for any size luggage except a small carry on size. For two people, one person has to crawl over the other person to get in the queen size bed. (We stayed in the premium higher floor with great views of the city.) The hotel is very very busy. People are coming and going all the time. My observation noticed that it appeared to be a very popular hotel of choice for Chinese tourists. I wish I could love this hotel but I feel suffocated already just thinking about staying here. If I really really want this location, perhaps we need two rooms for two people to make it work? Even with that thought, I still do not know how I would handle the luggage.

Amazing location with connected walkway to train & subway station. Easy access to airport limo bus. Restaurants & shopping options abound.

Great location, twin room spacious and good spread for breakfast However, check in was slow as all guests are expected to use machine for self check in. Breakfast was the same for the 3 nights we stayed there - could be improved here.

Very convenient location, clean and cozy room with a nice city view, enjoyed the stay a lot!