Built in the 1980s, Pineta Palace Hotel is in a quiet residential district. The marble-floored reception area features a small goldfish pond and Asian artifacts, reflecting the owner's passion for the East. Reception merges into the lobby, which is furnished with low navy chairs and bustles with businesspeople and tour groups from Japan, the U.S., and the East. The Asian theme is continued in the hand-decorated glass panels by the bar and restaurant.