Surfeel Hotel Wakkanai

The Surfeel hotel made my visit to the edge of Japan all the more memorable. For the cost of a three star hotel you get an easy four to five. Not luxurious but definitely over the standards for its category. Great attention from the staff, exceptionally comfortable mattress and pillows, spacious rooms with amazing view of the sea. Breakfast was the best I’ve had in a Japanese hotel so far!

I'm not sure why Google ranks it as a 3*, to me this is a full classic 4*. It is not new but clean and elegant, with a very 90's feeling, that I personally love. Rooms are the biggest I've been through Japan, in the last 15 days. Bed is queen size comes with 4 pillows with different density. I was allocated a sea view room and I had to say that it was just so lovely to wake up with a magnificent sunrise on the harbour and looking at the port lights at night. Breakfast is a top notch buffet, mostly Asian food, but got some western choices too. Everything fresh and hearty. Special mention to the in house restaurant An-non, where I had my 1st dinner, it was amazing for quality, freshness and service. Thank you Jessica-san for suggesting it.

Clean room with great sea view. Walking distance to JR station. Fast WiFi. 4 pillows on bed. Strong hot shower pressure. Pity the window cannot be opened for fresh cool autumn air. Big hotel retaining old fashioned design but no onsen for guests.

Room is spacious and clean. Quiet hotel just few min walk from the train station. Nearby hard to get restaurant for dining in especially at night. We stayed 3 night and ended have to get food from the mart inside the train station. Hotel restaurant is open, just price is at higher range Only thing is no public hot bath area.

Probably the northernmost hotel in Japan – right by the harbor, although there isn’t much to see around. The place is definitely old, but it’s been kept in surprisingly good shape. The TV feels like one of the very first flat screens, and the bathroom is still the old “unit bath” style. In the hotel, everything is clinically clean and you will find no spot. ||What really stood out were the beds – super comfortable and I slept really well. Breakfast was a mixed bag: the Western breakfast was pretty disappointing and very limited, but the Japanese option looked much better.||At ¥35,100 per night including breakfast, it feels quite pricey for the area. It’s a quiet and clean hotel – recommended for one night, but not more.||One more thing: if you have a choice to eat somewhere outside, I would recommend to do so

We stayed at Surfeel Hotel Wakkanai twice for one night each, as a base for visiting Rishiri and Rebun Islands. The hotel’s location is excellent—very close to the ferry terminal and Wakkanai Station, and the famous Wakkanai North Breakwater Dome is just a 2–3 minute walk away.||Although the hotel is a bit older, it is well maintained, and the rooms are clean and comfortable. The front desk staff were all very nice, especially Ms. Jessica from Malaysia. She is extremely friendly, polite, and speaks Cantonese and English, which was a great help for us since we don’t speak Japanese. We were lucky that she assisted us for both check-ins.||If we have the chance to visit Wakkanai again, we will definitely stay at Surfeel Hotel Wakkanai.

This hotel is fine for a quick visit to WAKKANAI. It is right near the harbor and walking distance to the coast guard ship and rail monument. Unfortunately they had just shut off the aircon for the season and the room windows do not open so we found the room uncomfortably warm. Otherwise the room was clean and comfortable.

In some ways, going here feels like stepping back in time to the Cold War a bit. This hotel looks and feels like it was the crown jewel of Wakkanai at one point, but time has simply slipped away from it. Despite its rusty and and dirty exterior, it still has old school charm on the inside. The rooms are fairly spacious by Japanese hotel standards. Beds and pillows aren’t super comfortable. Breakfast buffet was surprisingly good, with a lot of Japanese items available. There were also some surprises, like soup curry.