Average hotel, didn't have a furo (very disappointing), nice clean rooms. Breakfast buffet was a little strange sometimes.

Considering the location, this place has very good value.
Although the front desk staff does not speak good English, they helped us a lot.

Spent 4 nights here in March 2008. "Perfectly adequate" is the best way to sum it up-I don`t mean that phrase to be facetious. The hotel is convenient to a Tokyo Metro station that is on two lines (Kayabacho), the rooms are clean and made up well every day, the front desk staff are helpful and, though they speak little English, they try their best and usually were able to get us the information we needed.

Rooms have a tea kettle and VERYsmall refrigerators, hair dryers, etc. kettle and VERYsmall refrigerators, hair dryers, etc. They are small but have pretty much whatever you`re likely to need unless you are used to a lot of amenities. The lobby does have internet-capable computers for 200 yen ($2) per 30 minutes.

Here are a few helpful hints: To get there, take the Tokyo metro to Kayabacho station and take the exit numbered 4b. Be careful to choose the right side of the station before you exit the metro, because you can only get to exit 4b if you exit by one side and not the other (though if you make a mistake, don`t freak out, it will just be a little more difficult to find the hotel). Before you exit check the map of the neighborhood inside the metro station-The hotel is on the map!

There ain`t much going on in this neighborhood-It`s strictly office buildings (that`s probably why the hotel is so cheap). But if you hunt around you`ll find some fun izakaya full of blue suit-clad drunk chain-smoking salarymen, who are a heck of a lot of fun once you break the ice.

Families be warned: The televisions have "pay" stations with, The televisions have "pay" stations with, er, ADULT content on them which, if you hit the right button on the remote, will show that content for 30sec or so before asking for payment to be made. So if you have young kids keep that remote out of their hands...

I would stay here ａｇａｉｎ if cost were my primary concern, though if you can pay 3 my primary concern, though if you can pay 30-50% more you can get a room in a neighborhood better for strolling and sightseeing like Asakusa or Ueno.

Have fun in Tokyo-A great city in a great country!

We loved the Pearl - very Japanese Hotel in style - not luxurious but fantastically functional and in a fantastic location for the subway to acces all areas of tokyo.

Our room had two beds with electronic function to raise/lower both ends, a computer with free internet acces and the typical tiny bathroom, English speaking staff, loads of tourist info, vending machines for snacks and breakfast buffet was, again, typical of what you'd get in an Asian hotel trying to cater for western and Asian guests - scrambled egg & sausages side-by-side with miso soup and bowls of rice.

We loved The Pearl.