This hotel is conveniently located about 8 minute walk from the west exit of Shinjuku station. Many popular yakitori joints, ramen and convenience stores are within walking distance. My family felt safe walking back to the hotel around midnight. The staff spoke English, at least some basic levels and most of them were helpful except for one guy who had an attitude when I respectfully asked for assistance. As much as the hotel was convenient, the room was not only very small it had a weird stench. The entire 3 plus days we stayed, the room smelled so bad that we ended up spending most hours away from staying in the hotel. When I complained about this to the front desk, they changed the sheets, and yet the room still smelled like old socks. Later I found out from the cleaning staff that the hotel does not change the mattress coversheets. Then I realized it was the mattress itself. Even I smelled like crap after sleeping in that mattress. Also, the bathroom still smelled like urine even after cleaning. The entire experience spoiled our mood and started wondering if all the hypes about Japan being a clean and hospitable country was really true. Maybe it was just that location or maybe it was just the room. What I did not understand was the staff did not do enough to address our situation.
In addition, the room that was assigned to us was right across from a cemetery which was not mentioned at all on the hotel webs or Expedia website. Every time we looked out, we saw tombstones.