Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel has ten banquet and meeting rooms in Kobe, from small rooms for meetings and seminars to a large hall that seats 380 guests for a meal. Companies can book banquet and meeting packages for groups of 20 or more, and couples can hold a wedding reception on site. The hotel stands at the end of the Naka Pier in Kobe Harbor, with the sea on three sides.
Seminars and company events
The banquet team handles meetings, seminars, year-end parties and larger receptions in the same building. Three packages are listed for 2026: a Meriken party plan, a year-end party plan valid from November 4 to December 31, and a Meeting Package. All three start at 20 guests. The hotel states that staff support the organiser from the first discussion until the day itself, with a preliminary meeting, room preparation and meal service. Organisers can request a quote through an online form, and the banquet office answers questions by phone on weekdays from 10:00 to 17:30. After the sessions, groups can walk to Kobe Port Tower in about four minutes, or board a harbor cruise boat that leaves from the second floor of the hotel.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings have their own team, a separate phone line and a dedicated section on the hotel site. The hotel also sells wedding after-parties and anniversary plans. Halls with a terrace and a view of the water allow a dessert buffet outside the main meal, which suits a reception that moves between inside and out.
Rooms and capacities
The ten rooms are sorted into large, medium and small banquet halls. The large hall, Zuiten, seats up to 380 guests for a meal at the same time. Some rooms have a balcony facing the ocean. Smaller rooms suit board meetings, workshops and seminars. Capacities for the other rooms are not published in the pages we read, so ask the banquet office for the layout that fits your program: theatre, classroom or banquet.
Accommodation
The hotel sells guest rooms in five categories: suite, executive, comfort, moderate and standard. Every room has a balcony or open terrace with a view of the sea or of the night lights of Kobe. The total number of rooms is not stated on the pages we read.
Catering
Hotel chefs prepare the banquet meals, and the hotel also lists a catering service. On site, the restaurants include Terrace & Dining ALL FLAGS, Steakhouse ORIENTAL, the Chinese restaurant Tokaharu, VIEW BAR and VIEW CAFE. Several of them offer private dining rooms, which fits small dinners for clients or a board.
Getting there
The hotel is at 5-6 Hatoba-cho, Chuo Ward, Kobe. By car it is about 10 minutes from Sannomiya Station and about 15 minutes from Shin-Kobe Station, the Shinkansen stop. A free shuttle bus runs from Sannomiya, and the hotel publishes a parking page for guests who drive.
