Overpriced, in need of renovation, very disappointing
We just stayed 4 nights in a corner king deluxe room with city views : very disappointing. Supposedly, some rooms have been renovated, but we were obviously not in one of those (see picture of the A/C vent and blackened ceiling attached for example) although we paid the same (way too high) price, which does not feel very fair. The room, though not in disrepair, feels grim and outdated, out of the early 80s. Carpet and wallpaper give a quite depressing touch to the room and to the hotel in general, since they are as outdated in the corridors and elevators. On top of that, the city view we were expecting was mostly a direct view of another building on one side, and a view of the ugly roof of the adjoining mall on the other side (see pictures). Not worth the extra bucks for sure.
And to top it all, during the whole week-end, there was a convention of japanese anime and video games, which attracted hundreds of young people, dressed up in all kinds of crazy outfits, who wandered around in the lobby and other parts of the hotel from morning till late in the evening : too bad for you if as a guest, you wanted to enjoy the lobby and the garden (the best parts of the hotel from what we've seen), looking for the zen experience of a traditional japanese hotel...