I stayed at Fontaine Villa Shiodome for four nights in mid April and paid 11.000 Yen (110 USD) per night including breakfast and taxes.

The hotel is located in the modern but somewhat soulless Shiodome area. There is a Metro just outside the hotel (Shiodome) and a major station (Shimbashi) 5 minutes walk away. When going to or from the Narita Airport I can recommend taking the Airport Limousine Bus to/from the Conrad hotel that is just next door. That’ll cost you 3.000 Yen and you won’t have to drag your suitcases around in the subway. Get a metro pass and you are good to go for some Tokyo exploring.

The staffs speak good English and are very helpful. The hotel is part of a “chain business hotel” but looks reasonably stylish although the rooms are getting a bit worn and torn. The room is small to medium sized with a good-sized closet. There is free internet connection in the room (bring a cable) and a fridge. The bathroom was OK in size with a “funky toilet” that you can do all kind of stuff with. The bed was HARD but it seems like the Japanese likes it that way. There were no whatsoever disturbances in the room and I slept very well. The breakfast was basic but filled its purpose.

There are so many restaurants within ten minutes walking but there is no restaurant or bar in the hotel. Who cares when you so much to choose from by just walking for a few minutes, the lazy ones just have to take the escalator into another building and voilá – there are a whole bunch of restaurants. There is a “fine food court” by Shimbashi station where you can get some great take away food and in the same place there is a supermarket as well. Buy some Japanese whisky - not at all bad.

I’ll be more than happy to stay at the hotel again and given the price and location it must be rated top class. If you want more, well, then just cross the plaza to the Conrad and pay 4 or 5 times as much…

We stayed at the Villa Fontaine the last night of our trip to Japan.

The hotel is in the futuristic Shiodome area, and the building the hotel is in has a massive open atrium that is sure to impress anyone on their arrival.

The front desk was very friendly, and had even held a bit of luggage for us at no charge since we had started in Tokyo and did not want to haul it around with us while we saw other parts of Japan.

The rooms themselves are unremarkable, but clean and efficient. Like others have said, there is not much to do right in Shiodome, but Ginza is a short walk away, as is the Tsukiji fish market and Hama Rikyu garden. It is also possible to connect to the JR lines and subway directly from the hotel building (10-15 mins walking underground).

A breakfast is included (Japanese and Western), and both of us enjoyed it - definitely a plus.

I chose this hotel for part of our stay in Tokyo based on the Tripadvisor reviews. My husband and I were not disappointed. Our room was clean, comfortable and very quiet. There were nice amenities in the bathroom as well as crisp, comfortable nightshirts.We found this hotel to be ideally located, a short indoor walk from the subway and JR. train. The breakfast buffet was an added bonus. For Tokyo, this is a real bargain!

Comfortable and clean but in the middle of a new highrise development (and itself part of an office block) so there is little to do in the evening without jumping on the subway to somewhere with more life, although Ginza is 15 minutes walk away. Relatively cheap but worth paying more to stay somewhere closer to the action and a bit more lively.