Mercure Saga Karatsu Resort

“Rooms in need of renovation”

Communication before arrival was promptly replied. None of their standard rooms are renovated. I believe some suites may have had a facelift of the wet areas/toilet as the suite we had had the newer showers and toilet. The service is friendly, the staff don’t speak much English but they are very h… lisää

Communication before arrival was promptly replied. None of their standard rooms are renovated. I believe some suites may have had a facelift of the wet areas/toilet as the suite we had had the newer showers and toilet. The service is friendly, the staff don’t speak much English but they are very helpful. We had to use google translate to communicate. And for whatever reason, trying to use your rewards points to pay for your stay is a little difficult as it took forever to receive the code. Afternoon snack and drinks in the lounge on lobby floor is available for all guests staying at the resort. Coin operated laundry is on level 2. Games room table tennis and coin operated massage chairs also on level 2. All the Mercures in Kyushu served the same dishes for their breakfast buffet and dinner, only one or 2 dishes would be different. This resort only served vanilla soft serve where as Munakata serve a pink soft serve. Staying at all the Mercures in Kyushu having the same food on the buffet is not exciting, 3 different locations having same dishes offered on the buffet

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“Japanese style hotel in 70s Good value, nice location but rooms are dated”

This is a typical Japanese onsen-style hotel from 70s-80s (though Karatsu does not have an onsen hot spring) although this could be constructed in early 90s. The hotel’s architectural design, now outdated, has a lot of mismatched spaces for the 21st century needs lobby too spacious with a junk sou… lisää

This is a typical Japanese onsen-style hotel from 70s-80s (though Karatsu does not have an onsen hot spring) although this could be constructed in early 90s. The hotel’s architectural design, now outdated, has a lot of mismatched spaces for the 21st century needs lobby too spacious with a junk souvenir store; a large cafe-like space with no one attending; unused Izakaya-style restaurants;a karaoke club and bar in the basement; a deluxe backdoor entrance not used currently. So much spaces are wasted despite its grandiose building and the spacious land. This place has fabulous views on the both sides: facing Nijino Mastubara Beach on the north; the Karatsu river on the south.side. However, due to the old design of the windows, you can enjoy only somewhat narrowed views of these picturesque sceneries. We had a buffet dinner and breakfast in the big ballroom on the 2nd floor. Food was okay but the ambience was as if we were eating in a school cafeteria. This could be morphed into a decent modern resort, if the management refreshes its mind.

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“Once grand, now needs renovation”

Large room with nice view offset by very spotted carpeting. Stayed 3 nights and should have insisted on room with newer carpet, which we saw the morning we left. Lunch expensive and mediocre but with view of sea. Location about 1.5 miles from town, train station. That said, one morning when we didn… lisää

Large room with nice view offset by very spotted carpeting. Stayed 3 nights and should have insisted on room with newer carpet, which we saw the morning we left. Lunch expensive and mediocre but with view of sea. Location about 1.5 miles from town, train station. That said, one morning when we didn't allow enough time for a taxi to make our train to Imari, a hotel manager jumped in the hotel van and drove us, saving us a 3 hour wait for the next train. Hotel used by large groups, tours.

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