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Conrad Osaka Japan Review

Overall: Over-the-top luxury in an underrated city

Pros: Impeccable service, fantastic Executive Lounge, beautiful hotel.

Cons: We had to leave.

We paid: $0; 160,000 Hilton points for 2 nights.

How to stay here without paying full price:

  1. Get one of the Hilton Amex cards and link it to your Hilton account.
  2. Hit the minimum spend required for the Hilton card you chose:
  3. Wait for your bonus points (and/or weekend nights) to come into your Hilton account.
  4. Once your bonus points/nights hit your Hilton account, search the app or website for award availability. Standard Nights at the Conrad Osaka Japan range from 80,000 – 95,000 points per night. You can stack free weekend nights with a night you book with your points too.
  5. Book online through the Hilton app or website, OR if you want to stack your weekend night(s) to the reservation, you should call Hilton.
  6. Make sure to take advantage of your elite benefits during your stay, which include an awesome Executive Lounge if you’re a Diamond!

For full instructions, see my guide to booking Hilton hotels for free.

Full review – Conrad Osaka Japan:

From the moment we approached the check-in desk, we loved this hotel. The front desk staff was very prompt and thorough, explaining everything about the hotel including all of my partner’s Diamond member benefits. A HUGE benefit was the Executive Lounge, which was incredible here.

The room they provided us was a major upgrade with panoramic views of the city from floor-to-ceiling windows. And, we were immediately greeted with Hokkaido strawberries and a handwritten note, addressed to my partner!

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The floor-to-ceiling windows provided a complete view of Osaka, which, while not as historic as Kyoto or as busy as Tokyo, was filled with interesting things to do – like this Mario tour we encountered:

Mario-themed go-kart tour on the streets of Osaka
While in Osaka, we encountered this fun-looking Mario tour

We got a Conrad bear on our very comfortable King bed:

Conrad bear on our King-sized bed at the Conrad Osaka hotel
Conrad bear on the Conrad Osaka king bed

The room itself was extremely comfortable and large, with an incredible view:

Conrad Osaka did a great job on the details too. They provided us with plenty of outlets, high-tech room controls, luxurious pajamas, and a minibar with a large variety of cups, utensils, coffees, and teas:

Outlets and electronic room controls
Plenty of outlets and controls
Conrad Osaka pajamas
These were really soft
Attractive coffee and tea setup at the Conrad Osaka hotel room
Tea at Conrad Osaka 2
Tea at Conrad Osaka

The bathroom also didn’t fail to disappoint, with dual sinks, plenty of fluffy towels, plush robes, and a huge soaking tub separated from the rainfall shower:

Conrad Osaka fluffy towels
Fluffy towels at the Conrad Osaka
Conrad Osaka bathroom
Complete with a high-end hairdryer
Conrad Osaka closet
Lovely plush robes and even an umbrella provided in the Conrad Osaka closet
Conrad Osaka bathtub

The hotel also provided pretty much any bath amenity you could think of, from the expected (shampoo) to the unexpected (shaving gel, bath salts, body towels, mouthwash). All of it was very high-quality too; we loved the Mandarin Tea scent.

Conrad Osaka toiletries
Conrad Osaka extra toiletries

The minibar prices were pretty reasonable too.

Conrad Osaka minibar prices

The highlight for us was the over-the-top Executive Lounge, provided to Diamond members (my partner, thanks to the Amex Hilton Aspire card) for free, or for non-Diamond guests who booked a room on an Executive floor. The Lounge provided breakfast, afternoon tea, AND evening cocktails, all with a variety of both hot and cold dishes.

Breakfast was particularly impressive with both Western and Asian dishes, along with cheese and charcuterie plates. Afternoon tea consisted of a small selection of little bites and mini sandwiches, along with a nice coffee machine from which you could make cappuccino.

The evening cocktail hour lasted from 6-8p every night, with a live singer the one night we were able to make it! He sang Elton John songs in English — really well, I might add — and socialized with the guests. Cocktail hour included Kyoto-style pressed mackerel nigiri and potato and pork croquettes.

I won’t bore you with a zillion pictures of food, but I will show you an example of a very generous breakfast:

Picture of a generous breakfast plate at the Conrad Osaka executive lounge. Includes rice, hash browns, and fish
Breakfast consists of Western dishes (hash browns) and lots of Eastern dishes. Even some mac ‘n cheese! Not pictured: Lots of eggs, and soooo many pastries.

And the view from the Executive Lounge windows:

View of city of Osaka on a foggy day, from the Conrad Osaka Executive Lounge
Unfortunately the days we stayed were pretty foggy in Osaka, but the views were amazing nonetheless

Value per Hilton point: About 1.02 cents

The Conrad Osaka’s cheapest rooms go for about $620 per night, including tax. Our King Executive Corner Room costs around $813 per night, and I definitely value the Executive Lounge access highly! Total cost would have been about $1,626 for both nights, so we received about 1.02 cents per Hilton point – an awesome redemption. (If you only received a $620-per-night standard room, this would still represent a .78 per point redemption rate.)

Note: We valued the breakfasts and evening receptions at about $50 per person, per night. This means we got $1,826 worth of value out of this hotel stay – for free!

Bottom line: We loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

I think my partner’s Hilton Diamond status really made a difference on this stay. Read on to see why I think the Hilton Amex Aspire Card is totally worth the $450 annual fee – a lot of it is because of Diamond status. At this hotel, the Executive Lounge was head-and-shoulders above some of the lounges in U.S. hotels, and the upgraded room was significant.

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