The Westin Tokyo was our second hotel during our 11 day stay in Tokyo. The hotel itself couldn’t be any more different than the Grand Hyatt Tokyo (covered in part 2).
In contrast to the sleek modern facade of the Grand Hyatt, the Westin Tokyo seemed to have been successfully transported in a time warp from the early 1980’s. The high gloss black marble tiles with gold trim accents were overflowing in abundance. I’d imagine the Westin would be someplace someone like Eddie Murphy would have stayed in the movie “Coming to America”.
Westin Tokyo:
Baby-friendly Rating: 9/10
Length of stay: 6 nights
Pros:
- Hotel Service – equally as great as the Grand Hyatt
- Ebisu garden shopping area next door – Mitsukoshi department store, and a supermarket on the basement level, all within walking distance. Couldn’t ask for anything more!
- 10 min walk to Ebisu subway station via moving walkway
- central location to baby-friendly areas – only 1 train stop away from Shibuya station, and a 10min walk to Daikanyama.
Cons:
- Rather antiquated decor of the hotel, but other than that not much to say negative here…
The main entrance to the Westin Tokyo
The Westin Tokyo is located in the Meguro district of Tokyo. The hotel is located right next to the Ebisu gardens shopping area that has tons of shopping within a 4 story complex, anchored by a Mitsukoshi department store which also houses a supermarket on the basement level. There was also a Yebisu beer museum but we didn’t visit it. The complex also has variety of restaurant options including a starbucks and a burger king if you want a fast food fix. (Bel did).
The ornate christmas display in the lobby, complete with moving trains
Roaming the hallways…
Location, location, location!
If you couldn’t tell already, the extra points on the baby-friendly meter definitely went towards the location. The Ebisu garden area was really nice to wander around during the day, and extremely stroller friendly! Situated right next to a Mitsukoshi department store (one of the largest mall chains in Japan) there is a lot of shopping right next door.
Also it is only about a 10min walk to Ebisu station. About half of the walk is a covered with a moving walkway so it’s not as bad as it seems. Ebisu station is on the JR line and only 1 stop away from Shibuya station, so that was a huge plus for us. There were a lot of shopping and baby-friendly activities in Shibuya so we ended up using Ebisu train station a lot during our trip.
Daren running around with other kids outside the hotel
Special event – a large chandelier was on display
The red carpet and xmas lights were on full display in Ebisu garden!
Supermarket and Food Court next door!
We’ve found that having a supermarket nearby when traveling with a baby was extremely convenient. There were a lot of times that we didn’t want to have to deal with a busy restaurant, or wonder if we could find something appropriate in a restaurant for our baby to eat. Most large department stores have these supermarkets/foodcourts on the lower level of the mall and they consist of many individual vendors selling all kinds of things from fruits, salads, appetizers, main meals, desserts, wines… you name it, they probably sell it! The food court here was really great because we could easily pick and choose from a huge variety of foods, and then decide to eat them there or take them back to our hotel room to eat in a little more peace. 🙂
Amazing variety of foods in the food court
Some of the freshest fish I’ve ever seen
Amazing looking fruit on display, including a $100 musk melon for sale
Whiskey! Maybe next time…
Bel picking out a fresh avocado for Daren
Supermarket shopping only a block away!
Hotel room eats – pizza, sushi, croquette sandwich and beer!
More snacks for the room – Yakitori and beer!
Breakfast!
More hash browns please!
Enjoying breakfast
Bel enjoying her porridge and pastry
Thanks to my recently received Platinum status, we received free breakfast in the restaurant everyday! Although I would say it wasn’t as extensive as the spread at the Grand Hyatt, it wasn’t too shabby either! Thankfully, Daren had a couple of options that he could eat every day including: hash browns, porridge, fish, bread and fresh fruit.
Overall, the Westin Tokyo was a hotel was conveniently located near all the amenities we could have asked for when travelling with a baby. We will definitely consider this hotel again in the future!
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