I originally stayed at another hotel in Shinjuku which had the most uncomfortable bed I've experienced in Japan. After trying the bed at another APA which my friend stayed at, I was blown away by its comfort and quickly made a reservation at APA Gyoemmae. The location is excellent. A 10-15 minute walk or two stop stop subway ride with Marunouchi line from the craziness around Kabukicho and Shinjuku station, this area is dead quiet at night. And I say this as a very light sleeper. As usual there are convenience stores nearby and plenty of restaurants once you hit the back streets. Or beter yet, take a 10 minute walk along the park to Takashimaya department store and have the perhaps best tonkatsu in Tokyo at Katsukura Shinjuku Takashimaya. One minor gripe is that you couldn't control the temperature on the AC. Actually, they turned it off so that it only blew hot air even though early November is quite still warm. I'd definitely stay at APA again.

Great location and easy access to railway. Also, bonus for being so close to the Gyoen Garden. Such a lovely time to explore a beautiful park. Ended up staying two nights there because we liked it so much.

Room is very small. If you’d like an iron you have to go down to reception everyday to borrow one for 2 hours. Room can get very stuffy, could not get air conditioning to work however when the room was serviced it was switched on somehow by the worker. Breakfast was terrible, I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Bathroom is clean but room walls had marks, carpet didn’t feel clean. Bed clean but stiff. For the price point in Tokyo I’m sure there would be better. Reasonably good location.

Room is very small. If you’d like an iron you have to go down to reception everyday to borrow one for 2 hours. Room can get very stuffy, could not get air conditioning to work however when the room was serviced it was switched on somehow by the worker. Breakfast was terrible, I wouldn’t recommend it at all. Bathroom is clean but room walls had marks, carpet didn’t feel clean. Bed clean but stiff. For the price point in Tokyo I’m sure there would be better. Reasonably good location.

So small room but included a lot of staff. Great location. All self service, breakfast Japanise, so propably not worth of paying for all

So small room but included a lot of staff. Great location. All self service, breakfast Japanise, so propably not worth of paying for all

I have stayed at this hotel in previous years and booked it again because of the location; however, with the explosion of tourism this hotel has been overwhelmed. Service was excellent both at front desk and housekeeping, but the room shows sign of wear, dings in the wall and worn carpet, etc. The elevator bank is insufficient for the volume of guests (and housekeeping) so they're almost always packed and I was waiting a lot. The worst part was the heat has been turned on and the room was too hot. The offered solution was to open the window, which in Tokyo made for a loud night. I would consider staying here again, but I would probably go elsewhere first.

Nice quick trip