Choyo Resort Hotel

Onsen facilities great Easy check in and out Staff excellent. Welcoming and attentive. Free cafe in lobby great idea.

Dinner buffet could be better quality

Comfortable rooms and we can reserve private onsen

The food was not high quality, the dinner was bland and breakfast very disappointing

Choyo Resort Hotel was a great place to base ourselves while exploring Daisetsuzan National Park, Kurodake mountain and even Asahikawa and their famous zoo. The hotel itself was HUGE - catering to lots of tour groups etc - but despite the large numbers, the hotel was able to operate efficiently especially during check-in/ check-out and also when collecting meal tickets. The hotel itself was spacious, rooms were cozy/ comfortable and the onsen was well designed and very comfortable - so much so we were there every day! They have a hotel shop on-site and there's also a 7-11 located directly opposite if you needed more snacky snacks during your stay. They also have various activities like Bingo night each evening for an additional fee. Ample parking available if you are driving. We had breakfast and dinner there for 3 nights and were given complimentary fondue and beautiful scallop sashimi on the 2nd and 3rd nights as we'd stayed there that long! Buffet offerings were great - a wide range of different foods and lots to try so you'd never get bored of what they had. You have to collect meal tickets for different meal times each day - but it was a good way to manage the crowds and we certainly didn't feel too crowded each time. This was our first time staying at a 'BIG' resort and I have to say it was great! :)

The only drawback was that they had this weird 'smoking room' right in the middle of the foyer outside the 2 restaurants. While I understand the need for a smoking room - the location and lack of ventilation meant that we could smell cigarette smoke while outside the restaurants - which kind of defeats the purpose of smoking rooms in the first place. Anyway, this was only when we were lining up for meals, so it's not a big deal - but something to be aware of if you are sensitive to such smells.

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For 4 days 3 nights:- 1) no cleaning of toilet, changing of bed sheets, mattresses need changing as they are too sunken and out of shape. Hardly have good sleep! 2) for 3 breakfasts, the menu remained the same every morning and 3 dinners remained the same every night, no innovation to change! 3) the onsen clothes are too old.