Miyako Hybrid Hotel Torrance

Gardena is not a location where you will find super high end hotels. I researched the best ones in the same price range and chose this hotel. We booked a two queen size bed room. The young lady at the check in gave us a nice corner room on the 5th floor with the front parking view which had a nice view of their pretty large trees. I’m not sure how different the king size bedrooms are but our room was spacious - divided into the living room and bedroom with a long table/desk. The room had an older model Japanese electric water heating pot. Which is a huge plus if you like to drink a lot of hot green tea, or eat instant ramen (^_^)。 They also gave us two complimentary water bottles. It also had a safe, iron, fridge, coffee maker and a dvd player (didn’t use it). Being Japanese American, the best part of the room was the bathtub. It is a Japanese style bathtub. It’s nice and deep and in the same place as the shower so you can rinse or wash yourself first, then soak in the deep tub. The water pressure was great. I don’t usually take baths at hotels because it’s never cleaned well and disgusting but I rubbed my fingers slightly around the tub and it was squeaky clean so I was able to soak in the tub with no worries. The bathroom has a washlet. They also give you a toothbrush and one bath salt that’s included in your amenities. If you go to the closet, they give you free white disposable slippers which is a huge plus if you don’t like walking barefoot on hotel room floors. They also had a decent fitness room and a self serve mini convenience store which was a plus. We were in Gardena for my daughter’s exam that began at 7:30AM and went on for seven hours. So being able to sleep as much as we can and having the test site be as close as possible was a must. The hotel was perfect for our purpose. It is also located super close to many Japanese fast food restaurants and Daiso if you forgot to bring something from home and don’t want to spend so much money.

Sayo