Grand Mer Resort, Okinawa

V started with a great welcome from the hotel free shuttle driver, and a nice video presentation of the hotel during the 1 hour ride, thru Naha and the freeway. Wifi in the lobby, and free internet access in the room, and free PC on the 2nd floor. V had enjoyed verey much the free swimming pool and the big aircon fitness room, with city & ocean view. very reasonnable cost for Japanese and international breakfast buffet. Nice walk around the hotel. Short cab rides to the nearby Okinawa city center, beaches, and the world heritage Nakagusuku ruins.

Beautiful Hotel. The staff was as helpful as any that I have had the pleasure of meeting. The view of the pacific was gorgeous from our room. The studio room was more then adequate for two people. I would recommend this to anyone that would be traveling to Okinawa. It was close to everything that we need to get too. Once you learn your way around this part of the island it was a breeze to get from this hotel to anywhere.

I travelled there for business and brought the family along so we could go experience Okinawa on the weekends. As far as accommodations the Superior (Quad) western style room was pretty standard. I would have to agree that the carpet in that room did seem a tad run down. However we did experience the Japanese style room (same price) which the hotel did for us free of charge. I would highly recommend the Japanese style room although those not used to sleeping on harder surfaces might have a hard time sleeping on the floor. The Japanese style room had very clean floors (no shoes of course). Aside from the clean floors in the Japanese style room they also had an extra deep bathtub. Both rooms we tried had enough water pressure and volume to wash a pack of elephants. Not sure if it’s a standard in Japanese hotels but the water could get hot enough to burn you if you are not careful, but if you are you can get really nice hot showers/baths. The concierge staff was very helpful and many were fluent in English. The pools are heated and the kids really enjoyed the kiddie pool. Not sure how they arrange the rooms there but smoking rooms can be right next to non smoking rooms so it would be kind of annoying being a non smoker to not be able to leave the window open for fresh air. Smokers next door would be on the balcony puffing away and the air would just get blown straight into our room. Buffet was standard. We did not try but I believe they do have another restaurant were you could order items. The only odd thing about the hotel is that it is located on a hill in a residential area so walking anywhere is not really an option.