En Hotel Akita エンホテル秋田
A family restaurant and buffet built for travelling with kids
About this stay
En Hotel Akita is fourteen minutes' walk from JR Akita Station and built with families specifically in mind, offering family rooms with air conditioning, a city view, refrigerator, work desk and free toiletries. The on-site restaurant serves Japanese cuisine in a traditional but genuinely welcoming setting for lunch and dinner, and a dedicated child-friendly buffet makes mealtimes considerably less stressful than hunting for a kid-friendly restaurant elsewhere in the city. A lounge and coffee shop give parents a place to unwind once the kids are settled, and the hotel maintains a 24-hour front desk alongside paid on-site private parking. Located sixteen kilometres from Akita Airport and close to Omoriyama Zoo and Omoriyama Amusement Park Anipa, both around seven to eight kilometres away, it sits well for a family itinerary that mixes city sightseeing with an animal park day out. Couples also rate the location well at 8.3, suggesting the hotel works for a broader range of guests than families alone.
- Family rooms
- Child-friendly buffet
- City view
- Near Omoriyama Zoo
Our take
Among Akita's hotels, this is the clearest choice for anyone travelling with children, thanks to the combination of family rooms with a genuine city view, a child-friendly buffet and a restaurant that doesn't feel like an afterthought for younger guests. The fourteen-minute walk to the station is a reasonable trade for how much easier it makes mealtimes with kids.
- Book a family room specifically to get the city view and extra space, rather than a standard double
- Use the child-friendly buffet for at least one meal to take the pressure off finding kid-friendly dining elsewhere in the city
- Head to Omoriyama Zoo on a day when you want a break from walking central Akita's sights, since it's a manageable distance from the hotel
Why we love it
- Dedicated child-friendly buffet, rare among Akita's hotels
- Family rooms with genuine city views
- Family restaurant serving Japanese cuisine in a welcoming setting
- Lounge and coffee shop for parents to unwind
Why guests love itWe travelled with two young kids and the child-friendly buffet genuinely changed how relaxed our evenings were, since we didn't have to negotiate a restaurant menu every night. The family room's city view was a nice surprise, giving the kids something to point at from the window, and the lounge downstairs gave us a quiet spot once they were in bed. It's not a luxury hotel, but for travelling with children it made the whole stay easier.
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