Generally I’ve been choosing to stay at hotels close by the train stations unless there’s a compelling reason not to.
Luckily there’s no shortage of hotels close by to Sendai station.
Hotel Metropolitan Sendai, Sendai, Japan
I’d stayed at several Metropolitan hotels before so I knew that the Hotel Metropolitan Sendai would be a good hotel.
The walk to the hotel is about 3 minutes after you exit the west side of the station. While the main entrance of the hotel is on ground level, you can access the hotel through the pedestrian walkways on the 1st level, or through the S-PAL shopping centre.
Checkin was uneventful and I was in my room within about 10 minutes of arriving.
The room was functional with a double bed, small desk area and a TV on the wall above the desk area. The TV location was not ideal for viewing from the bed, or anywhere in the room for that matter.
The bed was comfy, as were the pillows.
The bathroom was a little larger than normal which was good as it didn’t feel as claustrophobic as others.
I did use the laundry service here and it was pretty good but on the more expensive side.
Given the plethora of eating options within walking distance I didn’t eat at the hotel. I did look at the menus and nothing really stood out for me.
Checkout was as quick and painless as checkin and I was soon waiting on the train platform for my final shinkansen ride for this trip to Tokyo.
Just a word of warning that there are two Metropolitan Hotels at Sendai Station. There’s Hotel Metropolitan Sendai on the west side of the station, and Hotel Metropolitan Sendai East side of the station. Both are directly connected to the station so watch the signs and make sure you go to the right one.