Taka was a fantastic host. Even though he was out of the country, he replied very quickly to every message and always with a great dose of humour. Checking in and out was very easy and he kindly offered to store our bags on the last day as we had a late flight home.
Public transport is a short walk away and there are plenty of places to shop or eat out. The surroundings are very quiet. Manhattan is a good 40 minutes by metro.
Although the flat is well equiped and immaculately clean, it is showing its age and could do with a bit of renovation work. As other have said, the beds are quite hard.
All said, we really enjoyed our 10 days at Taka’s.