Hotel Trad Hakata

Great location, only 2 bus stops away from Hakata station and very close to the airport. The breakfast has loads of options and mix between Japanese and western style. The free welcome drink is very nice too and they have freebies by the lobby in the afternoon like bath salts which is a very good touch. The only downside I would say is that they are very strict with check in, so don’t come early. I came at 14:50 and had to wait until 15:00 on the dot. The rooms are a little dark, I believe because of the corridor shape, but it’s a minor detail.

A relatively long distance to walk from metro with luggage. The grounds are uneven to push the luggages

Takami and the front desk staff were amazing. Also, the housekeeping staff were very efficient and good. Hotel overall was very good - new and had good amenities. Only thing lacking for me was breakfast offering and no gym.

We spent the first two nights of our 9-days Kyushu self-driving tour at Trad Hakata and were impressed by the well maintained facilities, elegant garden and decently sized rooms etc. We therefore spent our last night of trip at Trad Hakata again; however, we were assigned two rooms at the lowest 4th floor, with blurred windows because there were building facilities placed right outside. We had requested for rooms at higher floor, same as the good experience we had a week earlier; we were boldly denied the request without any checking by the front desk staff and were simply told that the hotel was full!!

The room is clean and with all the amenities you need. However, the hotel is being very rigid on check in and check out time! They only let you check in after 3pm, even they have their rooms ready. As we noticed many people left in the early morning and they already started cleaning the room at 8ish, so the rooms are sitting empty but still they don’t let people check in early and they also not provide late check out. Not good at all! The location is a pain also, it’s not close to the Hakata station at all, have to walk 15 mins and with heavy rain and cold, it’s dreadful. You can take a bus to Hakata Station but I would say there’s not much to see around the station. Instead the Tenjin station got much more thing to see and do.

Perfect location. Perfect size of too. I'm super happy to have my stay in here. I will comeback again for sure!!!