Bvlgari Hotel Tokyo

This is a first class hotel in every respect. The interior aesthetic is luxury personified and the staff goes above and beyond in everything they do to provide you with anything you want, sometimes before you even ask. The location is hard to beat as it is across the street from Tokyo Station, occupying the 40-45 floors of the Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Building, giving you what must be some of the best views in the entire city. The hotel is relatively new so all of the technology in the room is state of the art. Single button controls for nearly everything, including for turning on and off the shower (which I already miss)! Upon check-in (which occurs in your room), they will connect with you via What's App which becomes a supremely convenient way to request anything your heart desires. The hotel staff are super responsive getting back to us within minutes each time we texted and they also actively monitor your itinerary (such as restaurants they helped you to book) to help ensure you get to where you need to go (by arranging taxis and the like). The concierge team (which includes the worldly Julian Cole) recommended an excellent array of restaurants, including several sought after tables, and worked hard to ensure our teens also experienced more than the usual litany of tourist sites to make it fun for them. Every day, the staff put fresh fruit in our room during the afternoon along with some freshly made sweet concoction (including an almond creme tarte one day that was absolutely the best we had ever had) and in the evenings, they had a different kind of decaffeinated tea in a thermos waiting in the room as well to have as a nightcap should you wish. The gym is spacious and well maintained, with great big windows that look out onto a terrace letting in a lot of natural light. The Bulgari Bar on the 45th floor is an exquisite space in which to have a drink or even coffee. The menu of cocktails is quite extensive and there is both indoor and outdoor seating, depending on the weather and your preferences. If there was one area they still have room for improvement on, I would say the main in-house restaurant Niko Romito (at which we had breakfast every day and dinner once) is not quite at the same level as the rest of the experience. This is not to say that it is not good but at times the service was a bit disjointed (meals not coming out at the same times, for instance) and the food was very good yet not exceptional. This is not reason enough not to stay here but is simply not an area of the hotel's greatest strength - at least not yet. Given how determined the hotel is to deliver excellence in every other area, I suspect they will get there eventually here as well. All in all, if you are looking to be pampered in every way during a stay in Tokyo, then a stay at the Bulgari Tokyo is sure to deliver!