Hotel Inn Sakata

Breakfast is something you should have, but the room wasn’t as good as I expected.

The information sheet for driving school students said breakfast was available until 8:30, so I arrived around 8:25. They told me the last entry had been 15 minutes earlier, which meant I couldn’t eat. Dinner was listed with a last entry time, so the breakfast information was confusing. I asked at the front desk, but they didn’t do anything. Even 8:30 is earlier than at most hotels, so I thought the way this was handled was awful.

I went to breakfast just before 8 and found no seats, so I waited outside. A place opened up eventually, and I got in at 8:20. After people had spent about 10 minutes getting their food, a staff member announced the venue would close at 8:45. Seriously, we hadn’t even eaten yet. That felt inconsiderate. Is this normal? It was a buffet, but by the time I arrived near the end, almost all the dishes were gone, including the curry, with less than 1 cm left at the bottom of the pot. If crowds are common, they could consider splitting the breakfast hours and assigning times at check-in. I did enjoy putting together a little seafood bowl with steamed shrimp, mekabu seaweed, negitoro tuna, and the like.

I booked mainly for the food and paid around 8,000 yen for two days and one night with both meals, staying on October 18, 2025. The hotel is a long way from the station, but there’s a bus and places like Aeon and a convenience store nearby, so getting around wasn’t an issue. Breakfast and dinner were all-you-can-eat. I especially overdid it at the breakfast buffet and ended up with a stomachache. lol There’s only one elevator, which made it hard to get on when it was busy. That was my only disappointment. Otherwise, I had no complaints, and I’ll definitely stay again.