I Stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya. The Best Part Was the Simmons Bed
I stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya.
This stay used Marriott Bonvoy points. I’ve used the Marriott family of hotels quite a lot since my years living abroad, and I’m currently Lifetime Platinum Elite. This time I was upgraded to a Premier King with a bathtub.
To put the conclusion first: it was a genuinely comfortable stay.
New, clean, and quiet. The bathroom was easy to use, and breakfast was solid. But above all, the Simmons bed was extremely comfortable to sleep in. If I want a calm place to stay in Nagoya, this is a hotel I’d put back on the list.
New, quiet, and calm
The Courtyard by Marriott Nagoya is a relatively new hotel, and both the lobby and the room were quite clean. According to the official site, it opened in March 2022.
The Premier King I stayed in was a good size for one person. The interior was bright and clean, with large windows. From my window I could see a cluster of buildings toward Nagoya Station, and the room didn’t feel cramped at all.
Unlike hotels directly connected to Nagoya Station, this one is a bit further away. That makes the surroundings relatively quiet, and it felt calm to come back to.
If access is your top priority, a hotel directly connected to the station is more convenient. A taxi works fine if you have a lot of luggage. That said, if the weather is decent, I’d say it’s a distance you can comfortably walk. The nearest station is Fushimi on the subway.
The Premier King came with a bathtub
The room I was shown had a bathtub.
The shower had both a regular handheld head and a rain shower from the ceiling. With rain showers, the occasional annoyance elsewhere is accidentally switching to the overhead flow and getting soaked. Here, the controls were set up so that misoperating them wasn’t easy, which made things comfortable.
The whole bathroom felt new, and nothing about it was stressful.
The best part was the Simmons bed
The Premier King I stayed in this time had a Simmons-made bed.
That bed was what stuck with me the most.
It was genuinely comfortable — comfortable enough that I found myself thinking, “I want this bed at home.” It had been a while since I’d slept that soundly in a bed.
At hotels, your eye tends to go to the fixtures and the view, but the thing you actually spend the most time on is the bed. In that sense, this bed did a lot for how satisfied I was with the whole stay.
Worth checking the room type if you need to work
On the other hand, this particular room didn’t have anything like a proper work desk.
There was a sofa and a round table by the window. Fine for opening a laptop briefly, but if you need to put in several solid hours of work, it’s worth checking whether a room type with a desk is available.
This Premier King felt less like a room for working and more like a room for unwinding.
Breakfast had plenty of vegetables and some Nagoya-style items
Breakfast is a buffet at CRUST on the first floor. According to the official site, breakfast hours are 6:30–10:30.
There was a good variety — salad, bread, Japanese dishes, fish. I tend to eat a fair amount of vegetables first at a hotel breakfast, so being able to load up on salad was a plus.
Egg dishes are made to order too. I had an omelet, along with salad and smoked salmon.
Among the hot dishes, there was also fish.
The thing I unexpectedly liked most was the pho-like kishimen
What I ended up liking most at breakfast was the CRUST-style kishimen.
It’s quite different from ordinary kishimen — a chicken-based broth with herbs and citrus, tasting close to Vietnamese pho. The moment I tried it, I thought, “this tastes like pho.”
Rather than serving classic Nagoya cuisine straight, it’s interesting that they gave it a hotel-style twist. This ended up being genuinely delicious.
Coffee and something sweet, too
There was a Nespresso machine at the breakfast venue.
Donuts and other sweets were available too, so breakfast options weren’t a problem.
I used a Platinum F&B credit for breakfast
On this stay, I used a $10 USD F&B credit I received as a Platinum Elite welcome gift toward breakfast, which brought my actual out-of-pocket cost down to roughly ¥500. The regular price, as of my stay, was around ¥3,700.
At that price, I’ll always add breakfast.
That said, this reflects only what was true at the time of my stay. Marriott Bonvoy elite benefits and breakfast pricing can change, so if you’re planning a stay, check the current terms officially.
Almost nothing to complain about
Looking back on this stay, it’s less about one standout feature and more that there was almost nothing uncomfortable about it.
New and clean. Quiet. A good-sized room. An easy-to-use bathroom. Good breakfast. And a genuinely comfortable bed.
If I had to name downsides: it’s not directly connected to Nagoya Station, and this particular Premier King didn’t have a proper work desk.
If those two things aren’t a problem for you, I think it’s a pretty well-balanced hotel.
Would I stay again?
Yes.
If I’m looking for a place around Nagoya and the price or points required fit what I’m after, I’d happily put it back on the list.
I think it particularly suits people who want a new, clean hotel, who want some distance from the noise around the station, who want a bathtub, who want a proper breakfast, and who care about how comfortable the bed is.
For me, the thing I remember most from this stay was the Simmons bed. I left the hotel thinking “I want this bed” — and that alone made it a pretty satisfying stay.
