HOTEL FORK & KNIFE Miyajima 투숙객 리뷰 및 후기

As the Hotel’s name suggests, the food is excellent.

True to its intriguing name, “Fork & Knife,” I felt this Hotel places a strong emphasis on dining. It’s like innovative kaiseki based on Japanese cuisine, but designed to be eaten with a knife and fork—creative, generously using local ingredients, and truly delicious. It’s the kind of Hotel you’d want to stay at just for the food. The staff were kind and the hospitality was excellent. However, the amenities and Facility were somewhat underwhelming. Apparently it was originally built as a corporate museum, and the high ceilings right after entering, the spaciousness, and the open lobby without partitions feel more like a hall than a Hotel. That said, it was nice how they made use of that space by displaying large artworks on the walls as well as across floors and up to the ceiling. There is no large public bath; only a mixed-gender spa where you enter wearing swimwear, so it didn’t feel like I could properly enjoy an Onsen. Ideally, I would have been happy if there were both a spa and a large public bath. The amenities are cutely packaged in boxes, but inside they’re disposable items from brands typically used by large-scale hotels—not something I found appealing. I feel bad complaining this much since we stayed at an exceptional 50% off special opening rate; however, if we had paid the original price of over 100,000 yen per night, my overall satisfaction might have been lower. Personally, this dissatisfaction would be resolved simply by having either a large public bath or an in-Room Onsen bath. Since there is currently only one suite with an in-Room Onsen bath type available, I hope they will add more Rooms of that type.