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Dining above the clouds – The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

by Jerry July 22, 2018

In collaboration with The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

In a previous blog post I wrote about the rooms, service and Club Lounge of The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, but because I had so much to tell about this wonderful hotel, I wanted to write another post regarding the food and general areas. Like the previous post, this has also been done in collaboration with The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo.

FOOD AND RESTAURANTS

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo offers multiple dining venues from a Michelin-starred French restaurant to the La Boutique –pastryshop, so you won’t run out of options here. A lot has happened on the restaurant side of the hotel within half a year, because two of the main restaurants were renovated and the aforementioned La Boutique was added into the mix.

July 22, 2018 0 comment

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Sky-high luxury – A review of The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

by Jerry June 1, 2018

In collaboration with Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

On a clear day you can see Mt. Fuji from the windows of the Club lounge

When: April 2018

Where: Tokyo, Japan

Length of stay: 8 nights

Room booked: Club Deluxe

Price per night: The usual price of this room is around 1 000 – 1 200 euros per night (we stayed with a media price)

Travel companion: Wife

Status / collaboration: Ritz-Carlton Gold / Collaboration with hotel

There are hotels and then there are hotels that ascend to the next level, so that they don’t even fit the same scale than the rest of them. The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo is definitely one of these extraordinary hotels. During our stay there, I got to fulfill three of my goals: stay at this particular hotel, eat the well-known kobe beef and ride in the back of a Rolls-Royce. Check, check and check! But more on that later.

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo is situated in the Roppongi district (Minato ward) above the Midtown shopping complex and two subway stations that make it easy to travel within the city. The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo uses a few of the lower floors and also the highest floors of the Midtown Tower (45th – 53rd floor).

June 1, 2018 1 comment

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Ritz-Carlton Okinawa – The Service

by Jerry April 16, 2017

In collaboration with Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

This was taken from our balcony. The terrace on the left was our favourite spot in the hotel

So far I’ve written about the rooms and food in Ritz-Carlton Okinawa, but now is the time to tell you about the most important part of any hotel – the people and the service.

THE SERVICE

Ritz-Carlton is renowned for its fantastic customer service that is just out of this world. This is why a hotel review of Ritz-Carlton Okinawa isn’t complete until I write about this part of the experience. Because we had a whole week to see how Ritz-Carlton Okinawa handles customer service, I think we got a pretty good idea of the general state of it. I didn’t know what to expect, but I had only heard great things about the hotel chain in general. The only thing I was slightly “worried” was if they would have been too formal in a way that makes us uncomfortable. I can assure you that this wasn’t the case at all.

April 16, 2017 2 comments

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Ritz-Carlton Okinawa – The Food

by Jerry March 5, 2017

In collaboration with Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

I’m sitting in a big bungalow-like Lounge with high ceilings and glass walls that have been opened to let in the nature surrounding the hotel. An incredibly warm and pleasant wind is blowing behind my back while I watch the different shades of spectacular blues of the ocean under the hill. I’m sipping an ice-cold local Orion beer. This, my friend, is paradise.

March 5, 2017 1 comment

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Five star paradise – Ritz-Carlton Okinawa

by Jerry November 21, 2016

*Photo from Ritz-Carlton

When: October 2016

Where: Okinawa, Japan

Length of stay: 7 nights

Room booked: Premier Deluxe Room

Price per night: 57 000 yen (approximately 490€ at the time)

Travel companions: My wife

Status / collaboration: Ritz-Carlton Rewards Gold / Collaboration (after arrival)

When planning our upcoming honeymoon, I wanted to figure out a way to combine city life with some paradise relaxation. Our all time favourite city Tokyo gave us the needed shopping opportunities, neon lights and big crowds, but Okinawa was the right place to sit back and enjoy the sun and the sea. And for such a special occasion the hotel had to be the best of the best, which is the Ritz-Carlton Okinawa, because how else could you make paradise even better? By slapping 5 stars on it!

November 21, 2016 6 comments