Good budget hotel in Hakata - Toyoko Inn Hakata-guchi Ekimae

My notes indicate that there’s a Toyoko Inn Hakata-guchi Ekimae 2 (while checking out Toyoko Inn’s website) and that the Ekimae 2 does not seem to have economy rooms. That’s fine as it made it easier to pick my choice – Toyoko Inn Hakata-guchi Ekimae as it offers economy type rooms.

Exterior of the hotel

Hakata Station is huge – it’s a huge mall and there’s even a Tokyu Hands right there (we did not explore it as we’ve already explored Tokyu Hands thoroughly while in Tokyo).

Hotel entrance

The hotel is fine in terms of easy walking distance from Hakata Station, cleanliness, and everything that I love about the Toyoko Inn chain. I liked that there was an affordable restaurant next to the hotel where we had gyudon for dinner.

Day 19 hotel breakfast

Oh yes, this hotel is also where we had the best Toyoko Inn breakfast (the worst was at Toyoko Inn Asahikawa) among the 12 Toyoko Inns we stayed in during our 28-day Japan trip. In addition to the de rigueur traditional Japanese breakfast of onigiri, pickles, miso soup and breads, egg and hotdogs, this hotel also served SIX varieties of delicious Japanese side-dishes – I loved the braised egg plant, ladies fingers, lotus stem, braised daikon, cabbage roll with bacon strips and sweet potato. Even the miso soup had generous clumps of mushrooms. Pity we only stayed here for one night!