Published date: November 11, 2024
5 Minutes Walk from Osaka Station! Excellent Services Including Free Chazuke and Morning Smoothies
Room Type Stayed
Superior Double
1 ~ 2 guest(s)
710 ~
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Experience of the stay
I stayed at 'Hotel Intergate Osaka' through HafH! Hotel Intergate Osaka is conveniently located about a 5-minute walk from JR Osaka Station's Sakurabashi Exit and about 4 minutes from the Herbustin Osaka, where the airport limousine bus stops.
【Lounge】
The biggest recommendation of Hotel Intergate Osaka is its well-equipped lounge service! You can enjoy free activities like morning smoothies and coffee, afternoon tea, happy hour, and a chazuke buffet. (Be careful that breakfast and some drinks are not free.)
We arrived late and enjoyed the chazuke buffet, which is limited from 20:00 to 22:00. Despite being free, there was a variety of ingredients, and the rice was delicious. The seasonings, dashi and tea, were also prepared, allowing us to enjoy it in double!
【Large Public Bath & Gym】
On the top floor, the 18th floor of Hotel Intergate Osaka, there is a large public bath and gym, available for free to guests. The men's public bath offers a dry sauna and cold bath, while the women's bath has security at the entrance, a jet bath, a shampoo bar, and even a free massage machine, which is just the best...
【Room】
Upon entering the room, there is an open closet and bathroom on the right, and a luggage rack and large mirror on the left. The room has a large desk, making it easy to work on a PC. The bathroom and toilet are together, but it was clean and tidy. Even with the public bath available, it’s nice to have a bathtub in the room. The refrigerator is small, and there were two complimentary bottles of water.
Basic amenities were provided in the room, and you could take extra ones from beside the front desk. The room had a toothbrush set and bath amenities (POLA), and a Panasonic hair dryer.
The amenity bar also has drip coffee, bath salt, and basic skincare products from Sekkisei, which I thought was a nice service. The pajamas are a separate top and bottom style, and the hotel’s original Simmons bed was comfortable to sleep on.
Hotel Intergate Osaka is a recommended hotel with great transportation access, a public bath, and a rich selection of free lounge services. A hotel with a lounge that all guests can use is rare at HafH. If you are looking for a hotel near Osaka Station, be sure to make a reservation!
Experiences during the trip
We visited KITTE Osaka, which opened on July 31, 2024! It's just a 4-minute walk from the hotel to KITTE Osaka, so it's recommended. Here are the delicious places in KITTE Osaka that we actually visited!
【Po-tama】 KITTE Osaka B1F
For breakfast, we went to 'Po-tama', the pork tamago onigiri specialty store which is making its debut in Kansai. I've had it in Okinawa and Tokyo, but the collaboration with Osaka gourmet is the strongest... The Osaka limited menu includes three types: thick sliced pork tonpeiyaki, kushi-katsu, and wagyu suji konyaku.
While there are also value morning options, we decided to go a la carte for the limited menu. We ordered the 'thick sliced pork tonpeiyaki'; as the name suggests, the tender pork is so delicious! The side dish, a plentiful dashi-packed mozuku soup, is a perfect match.
【Milk & Parfait Yotsuba White Cozy】 KITTE Osaka B1F
Yotsuba White Cozy is a dessert cafe directly managed by Yotsuba Dairy from Hokkaido, and is making its debut in Kansai. We enjoyed it after Po-tama! The most popular soft serve is rich yet refreshing in aftertaste, as expected.
Our recommendation is the “Yotsuba Fluffy Shaved Butter Pancake with Beet Sugar Syrup”, a two-layer pancake with a nostalgic texture, topped generously with shaved Yotsuba butter! The butter was incredibly delicious, and both the subtle saltiness and sweetness of the pancakes before syrup and the sweetness after pouring syrup complemented each other perfectly.
【Red and White Brasserie】 KITTE Osaka 4F
Red and White Brasserie is a new type of casual French restaurant from Red and White, popular in Osaka, where you can enjoy the night view of Osaka from the glass-walled interior. It offers a good cost-performance for luxury ingredients; the truffle ice cream from France is priced at 429 yen, which is perfect for a truffle debut! You can also enjoy a wide variety of wines by the glass.
Recommended dishes include smoked foie gras and a potage soup with poached egg! The smoked foie gras is rich in flavor but not overwhelming, and it’s incredibly tasty when paired with the dry fruit compote.
The potage soup with salad greens and bacon was also very tasty, allowing us to appreciate the vegetable flavor clearly.
【Niigata Katsu-don Tare Katsu】 KITTE Osaka 4F
Niigata Katsu-don Tare Katsu is a shop that serves easy-to-eat katsu-don soaked in soy sauce-based tare without egg. We faced a long queue, so we took it to go for a late-night snack at the hotel. Even for takeout, they made it fresh after we ordered, so we enjoyed it hot.
Recommended is the “Special Hirakatsu Mixed Bento” featuring vegetables, hirakatsu, and shrimp. Its thin batter provided a light texture, making it crispy and delicious!
KITTE Osaka is filled with selected gourmet foods and local shops from Osaka and across Japan, and it was fun just to look around! The JP Tower Osaka, where KITTE Osaka is located, also has a large theater, so staying at Hotel Intergate Osaka after attending a performance would be great too.
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