A sane, reasonably priced choice a few minutes east of Nagoya station. Staff are kindly, efficient and English-speaking, the Café Plaza cafe and bar has a retro-mod midcentury charm, and there's a fitness club with a 25m (80ft) swimming pool. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This large, friendly, 14-room, family-run ryokan is good value for its tatami rooms. The best ones overlook the garden. Not much English is spoken, but owners dispense a helpful map and a smile that will take you far. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This rather dapper, old-line 1960s hotel occupies the 11th through 18th floors above the Meitetsu Department Store near Nagoya Station, making for a convenient stay for an late arrival or early getaway. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

There are definitely more stylish and interesting rooms in town, but the reason to stay at the Crown is the smart common bath (in addition to in-room facilities), fed from a hot spring 1350m (4429ft) below ground. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

The most luxurious hotel near the station and a consistent contender for top in town, the Marriott literally begins where other hotels leave off. Start with the voluminous, palmy lobby, on the 15th floor above Nagoya Station; its 774 rooms and suites start on the 20th, for unpara… Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Walk past all those drab business hotels out Nagoya Station's west exit to this gracious, 12-storey, all-nonsmoking hotel. Rooms, while not breaking any size records, are comfortable and sparkling clean. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This unexpectedly fabulous choice is well worth the 20min subway ride from Nagoya Station. It's dramatically lit, clean and comfortable with handsome woodwork, spotless rooms (mostly Japanese-style), designer sinks and a communal hinokiburo (cypress wood bath), available 24hr. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

This brand-new business hotel offers relatively large, spic-n-span rooms in a handsome shell, with clean lines, dark wood furniture, high-tech desk lamps and English-language news on flat-panel TVs. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Narrow staircases testify to this ryokan's half-century history, yet it's modern with clean, simple Japanese rooms, friendly, informal, English-speaking staff, coin-operated laundry, and home-style meals for an extra charge. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

It's just steps from Meieki, but a quiet aesthetic of clean lines and a European contemporary style prevails in this 115-room hotel. Calming beige fabrics pair nicely with cherrywood furniture, brass accents and glossy black bathroom tiles. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Everyone likes free stuff, and this new business hotel (opened 2005) gives it to you: simple Japanese breakfast, spring water, coffee, Internet access and even short phone calls... All before you leave the lobby. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Despite its name, the Tsuchiya is a ryokan, and a pretty unusual one at that. Its 30 rooms are Japanese style with tatami and such, but the things that really set it apart are the ceramic work throughout and marvellous communal baths. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

Not much English spoken here, but this nine-room mum & pop inn (since 1961) has a kindly, welcoming atmosphere. Even if it's showing its age in spots and looks rather plain from the outside, rooms have traditional accents such as pottery, gold leaf or bamboo. Full Lonely Planet Review ›

The Nagoya Station area also offers a couple of capsule hotels, though they're available for male visitors only. Guests get a sarcophagus-sized cubicle with air vent and TV, and use of the common baths. Ask at tourist information offices for referrals. Full Lonely Planet Review ›