This is really not an awful hotel. It is a good, fairly cheap option for someone looking for a hotel close to everything and can live with a few inconveniences. We stayed in a twin room for four nights.

- Yes, it smells like smoke everywhere. We chose a smoking room because the entire hotel smells like smoke and we didn't feel like it was worth the premium to get a non-smoking room that was going to smell like smoke anyway. That said, while the interior of the hotel smells very strongly of smoke, our room only had a faint smell of smoke. Not at all unbearable and after awhile in Japan, you get used to it.

- The rooms tend to be warm. I didn't find them unbearably hot, but if you have a lot of bodies moving around, just took a warm shower, are running the hair dryer, etc. the room will heat up. You can ask the front desk to open the window and they will.

- The rooms are small. Really small. If you have large luggage you are going to have issues because there will be no place to put them. Our two ~22" sized suticases fit, but just barely. Amenities included ethernet, a tiny TV with Japanese channels, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, coffee/tea, mini-fridge, hair dryer, etc.

- Both the room and bathroom were clean, but the bathroom grossed me out a bit. It had a musty, moldy smell and was definitely not well ventilated. If you are tall, you will not fit! I am 5'5 and my head was maybe less than 7" inches from the ceiling when I stood in the shower.

- There are a lot of restaurant options within the hotel. The Manhattan Bar and Fujita restaurant have good food and special deals for guests at the hotel.

- The hotel is about a 10 minute walk from Shinjuku station. It's a nice walk and there are a lot of shops around the area. The airport limousine bus stops at the hotel for those going to/coming from the airport. The staff here speak English and the check in/check out process is easy and quick. During peak times the elevators can be slow even though there are 6 of them.

I recommend this hotel for those more concerned about location and price. This hotel is not perfect, but I can live with the inconveniences.

We just spent 5 nights over Christmas in this hotel and didn't like it at all. I don't mind the small room because after all....it's Japan. The problem was that although you could turn the heating off the room would not cool down. It was like a sauna in there. Truly unbearable. No windows to open. Can you imagine trying to sleep in that?
The other problem was the bathroom. There was no fan in there. You could not go to the toilet without stinking the room out. Disgusting. We used the public toilets on the lower floors.
We couldn't wait to get out of the place.
The rest of our 3 week holiday in Japan was brilliant and all the other hotels were great. This hotel is tired and grubby. We are not prissy travelers, we are well seasoned. Avoid this Hotel.

The hotel is in a great location, about ten minutes walk from shinjuku station and is very reasonably priced.
The buildings public areas are very smart and clean. Staff were very efficient and cater for english speakers. Check in was pretty quick . The wait for the elavators was often long.
The hotel has a lot of restaurants . The two that i tried were mixed. The indian restaurant wasn't brilliant and had no other customers. The japanese restaurant where you order at the vending machine outside was better and i thought pretty good value. If you want to use the Manhatten Table restaurant on the top floor i suggest you make a reservation, the twice i just turned up , they were full. The hotel has a lot of rooms so this is not surprising.
Away from the public areas things aren't so good. The corridors are quite grim and as smoking is permitted , smell very strongly of cigarette smoke. The rooms are tiny and showing signs of wear and again smell very strongly of smoke. Shower gell , soap, shampoo were provided as well as a toothbrush . Internet access was via free ethernet connection for your own lap tops and also via the pc provided in the room, but no wifi. The supplied computer was using a very old browser and was a little slow and occasionly crashed. a kettle was provided along with coffee and tea. The coffee was not always refilled everyday by the room staff. the tv didn't have any english language channels although movies were available via pay per view. no ironing board or iron was provided.
the hotel had a laundry room with coin operated washers/ dryers but again no ironing board or iron.
All in all , not the greatest hotel i've ever stayed in but the location and price made it ok.

Hotel was in a good location as it is a short walk from Shinjuku main railway (and metro) station. Shinjuku itself is a large area with lots of shops and many restaurants/cafes.

The negative: rooms are way too small for two people, but it's manageable if you're not in the rooms too much. I wouldn't swing my cat in there, if I had one...

'Family Mart' in hotel lobby is very handy!