I spent about three days at Kobe portopia hotel.... close to shiminhiroba Station (Kobe) approximately 100 metres and roughly 100 metres to exhibition hall...
Then, there is a shuttle bus from hotel (free) to sannomiya Kobe station... and you can take a bus near Sogo (in front of sannomiya Kobe Station) which is direct to Kansai Airport....
There are a lot of fancy restaurants inside hotel area...
I took “dine” at Shushiman and Gococu...
Nice environment, room not look old as in the picture, room is good. All staffs with smiling face and good service. Onsen are awesome, can increase the onsen temperature if possible. Location is at the top of the mountain, but they provide shuttle to bring you to downtown, but we chose to walk to the downtown to explore more. Staffs show us the way from the map and lead us to the way(the alley that should go through). they also provide a list of restaurant for your reference if you did not book their meal.
Friendly staff, feels like 4 star hotel, there's sento, near kobe china town just next to it, there's city loop stop nearby, near kobe port and meriken park, near sannomiya center gai.
The location is so good, near the station. But, the room is not soundproof. Maybe there was a party/ did some games in my neighbour's room, and the people there were so noisy until the morning. I could not sleep well.
There is amazing place. This town give me that traditional Japanese experience. I wear a Yukata to shower in the Onsen bath. It’s a beautiful town that have many delicious foods.
It ' s a wonderful experience! The Receptionist very nice and helpful, the explanation about facility also great. Onsen is good! And you can try other public onsen for free. Such a great experience, I hope I can go back:).
+ Big room space compare to the same level of hotel in Japan or the price that I had to pay for. + Very new building and silent. This hotel is located at the office building area so after office hour it will be very silent. + 7-11 just 1 min walking - A bit for from Sannomiya station takes around 7-8 mins walking.
Strategic location, comfortable, clean, friendly, good breakfast. The bathroom is very good, especially water pressure and bath equipments and also water drain system. But need to improve on make-up room. Thank you for your hospitality.