Sotetsu Fresa Inn Sendai

Great location! Sendai is not the most popular destination, but it should be. This hotel is situated close to a super authentic fish market, which leads into a mall and the main train station. If you like shopping this is heaven! Easily thousands of shops within 10min walking distance. Anime fans, your mall (yes 5 story high mall!) is only 5 min walk away. Pharmacists are across the road and 7elevens only 2min walk each side. There's a Loople bus at the train station, which will take you to all the tourist attractions, museums, shrines and temples. The rooms are spacious, clean and exactly as in the pictures. Spacious bathroom, with a decent shower and space age toilet. Take their breakfast buffet at least once when you stay here, you'll find authentic Japanese breakfast options and western options. The staff have been super helpful when one of us got a massive cold. They showed us where to pharmacist was and what to ask for. Extra pillow or blankets? No problem. Need to stay 3 more nights? No worries! It's raining outside? Here take these umbrellas! Most of the staff speak English or have a translator apparatus to help you out.

Sotetsu Fresa is one of my favorite Hotel Chains in Japan, is a great business hotel. This one is really close to the Downtown and Senda Station, and near the place I needed to work. So it was really helpful. The Asaichi market and a couple of mall are pretty close and several dinning options can be found around.

We really liked the Sotetsu Fresa Inn in Sendai, staff was friendly and the location is good. We backpacked about a month through Japan, and afterwards I can say that the best and most memorable hotel breakfasts were eaten at this hotel. They have a good Japanese (and also Western) style breakfast with variations in dishes in between days, the view from the restaurant on the street is also awesome as you can just watch people as they pass to work.

Great location, right next to the market that had a lot of fruits, vegetables and groceries with restaurants that locals visit. Close enough to the Sendai station to take the airport Access Line, around 8-min walk. Amenities came in a good variety, from hair wax to bubble bath, bath salt, lotion and body cream, face masks also, free to take before getting into the room. Luggage storage area was easy to use, self-service or have the friendly staff help you. 2-3 parking spots to drop off your luggage if you were driving. Room was clean, new, well-designed with usb-ports and TV facing the bed, excellent lighting.

Breakfast is tasty and the variety is great for a business hotel. Staff is the best, always greeting with smiles. Location is good, close to everything. The hotel is supposed to be smoking free but when I entered the room, the toilet room smells like an ash tray. After complaining to the front desk, they changed my room right away. Someone must have smoked in the toilet room despite of the non smoking rule.