Palace Hotel Tokyo
Marunouchi calm beside the Imperial Palace moat
Palace Hotel Tokyo is a luxury hotel in Tokyo, Japan holding 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a La Liste rating of 99.0. It ranks 7.30 out of 10 on the finehotels.world prestige index, which is built only from public award data. Every award recorded here is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the listing that evidences it.
Palace Hotel Tokyo is a 284-room independent hotel at 1-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda, beside the Imperial Palace moat and gardens. Its address puts central Tokyo, Japan, at the door, with underground access to the Otemachi area. The present building reopened in 2012 after a ground-up renovation, continuing a hotel history on this site that began with Hotel Teito in 1947. The approach is polished rather than theatrical: a long white-marble lobby, oversized drum chandeliers, and floor-to-ceiling windows establish the tone.
Guest rooms and suites use neutral tones, leafy carpet motifs, and earthy colors, with chartreuse accents in some rooms, drawing the gardens indoors without pretending the city has disappeared. Ten restaurants and bars cover Japanese, Chinese, and French cooking. Esterre brings Alain Ducasse’s French direction, while Wadakura is the signature Japanese restaurant. The evian SPA TOKYO, Japan’s first evian spa, has five treatment rooms and a suite, reclining baths, cold plunge pools, and a cedar-scented marble sauna with LED light therapy modeled on the French Alps’ light cycle. Service is consistently singled out by guests, and the hotel holds three MICHELIN Keys. It suits travelers who want serious dining, a full spa, and a calm Imperial Palace outlook without leaving Marunouchi.
At a glance
- Imperial Palace moat views
- White marble lobby
- Ten restaurants and bars
- evian SPA TOKYO
- Three MICHELIN Keys
How this hotel is scored
The prestige score is our own index, built from public award data: MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, placement in the World's 50 Best Hotels across 2023, 2024 and 2025 weighted equally, and a minor sway from La Liste. It is not a paid placement and no hotel can buy its way up. Read the full method.
Questions people ask about Palace Hotel Tokyo
Is Palace Hotel Tokyo worth staying at?
By the public record it is one of the most decorated hotels in the world. It holds 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a La Liste rating of 99.0. On our index that works out to a prestige score of 7.30 out of 10. In short: Marunouchi calm beside the Imperial Palace moat. Whether that suits you depends on what you want from a stay, which is why the description on this page is written plainly rather than as marketing copy.
What awards has Palace Hotel Tokyo won?
Palace Hotel Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan holds 3 MICHELIN Keys; a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating for 2026; a La Liste rating of 99.0. Those come from the four independent systems finehotels.world tracks: the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection and its Keys, Forbes Travel Guide star ratings, The World's 50 Best Hotels, and La Liste. None of them can be bought, and neither can placement on this site.
How is the prestige score for Palace Hotel Tokyo calculated?
The score is a point total built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. It has 284 rooms. The full formula is published on the methodology page, so the figure shown for Palace Hotel Tokyo can be reproduced from the awards listed on this page.
How can the awards for Palace Hotel Tokyo be checked?
Each award is published by the body that grants it, and this page links to the public listing that evidences the MICHELIN Keys award where one is held. MICHELIN, Forbes Travel Guide, The World's 50 Best Hotels and La Liste each remain the authority on their own award. finehotels.world is independent of all four, records what they publish, and does not review hotels itself.