Kioto hotellit Nakagyo

Plussat: Location Facilities Amenities Ambience Bathtub 90% of helpful front desk Special thanks to Nagato-san and Hara-san who helped us with making a police report with regards to the lost card holder. Great efforts in assisting us to translate from English to Japanese and communicate with the policeman. Thumbs up for their service excellence attitude.

Miinukset: During our arrival it was raining heavily at night. We were drenched as we did not have any umbrella when alighted from the cab. So I proceed to the reception for check in. When I received the room card from the male front desk who wearing spectacles, I asked is there any assistance can be given to us because our room is located at the annex and we have luggages and baby to carry around. Surprisingly the front desk told us that they don’t provide assistance to guests in handling luggage and we have to do it ourselves. Fine. We just borrowed the umbrella and move the luggages by ourselves in heavy downpour. To my great disappointment is that we saw other guests checked in on the following day and it was not raining. Those guests don’t have elderly or young children traveling together but the front desk helped to move the luggage from main building to the annex. This has marked a very bad impression for our very first stay with Tokyu stay property on the first night.

Plussat: The free drinks and toiletry station were amazing little extras to make the stay more welcoming.

Miinukset: I would have liked a cleaning service in the room. Not just towel changing. But perhaps that's a different price. They do offer it after 5days stays (we were there 4) but just a small thing.

Plussat: Good location New hotel Large room

Miinukset: Place doesn’t get cleaned everyday Taps were a bit faulty

Plussat: Best thing was that 3 adults and 2 kids could fit in the room as it had 4 beds. Location was very central although it was a bit of a walk from the bus station to major sites (10-15minute walk depending on your pace). Staff was helpful. Hotel was nice and new!

Plussat: Great location. The hotel is on a quiet alley but 200 meters away is the main road. The environment is quiet nice. Many restaurants and shops are within walking distance. There are subway station and bus station nearby. The room is ok for three adults. But it is hard to open big luggage in the room. The bed is comfy which is important for travelers. They offer free drinks in the lobby which is really nice. I would definitely recommend this hotel.

Miinukset: The room is quite small for three adults.

Plussat: The swimming pool.

Miinukset: The price to value was very high and the hotel billed me twice accidentally.

Miinukset: They woke us up at 7:50 to tell us about a restaurant we asked for breakfast recommendation. The room is too small, with to storage space for a couple, a view of "the city" looks like a slam, lack of a 5-star quality, yet the service was good.

Plussat: Discreet & the amazing attention to detail

Miinukset: Initially our room looked into someone’s toilet! We asked to be moved and we were & given French champagne!

Plussat: Italian restaurant and the Japanese restaurants are both good

Miinukset: There’s one guy at the concierge attitude is not very friendly! he never smile when you come to talk to him. And the rest of people are good.

Plussat: So much of your experience of Kyoto is where you are staying. I am so glad I changed hotels to stay at the Ritz one night. The service is outstanding, the location is incredible, and I had one of the nicest spa experiences of my whole life. Staying here will be one of my top memories of my lifetime. Cannot recommend highly enough.

Plussat: Beautiful accommodations - nice design and attentive staff

Miinukset: While you expect to pay extra for such luxury accommodation the price charged was excessive in my assessment compared to other accommodations available given the limited number of amenities available - 2 restaurants only in particular.

Plussat: Staff were amazing! We had a wonderful experience, the bed was SO comfortable and the facilities were exceptional.

Plussat: The staff is very friendly and helpful. My girlfriend was headache at the midnight and they are willing to help to buy pain killer at that point of time. Very flexible & helpful arrangement. Able to help purchase Japanese sweet in advance. Besides, the hotel located beside the river and the view is simply superb.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: I couldn't be happier with my stay at Hotel Vista Premio Kyoto Kawaramachi. I highly recommend this hotel if you're a city dweller. The hotel is centrally located to all the places you should visit in Kyoto City. It's a short walk to the famous Nishiki Market in one direction and wonderful little restaurants by the river at another. It's close to public transportation for day trips around other parts of town. The hotel staff is very helpful with directions and translation. Its not a luxury hotel but the room we stayed in was clean and orderly.

Miinukset: The beds are unusually firm! It may be a Japanese thing but it was the hardest bed I've slept in during my two weeks an Asia. I would not recommend this hotel if you need a soft mattress. I knew I needed a larger room because we were traveling with three suitcases and a standard Japanese hotel room would drive me crazy, so I booked a deluxe room with two singles because I was also afraid the queen bed was not large enough for my partner and I so we slept in twin beds like I Love Lucy which was totally fine for three nights.

Plussat: Close to the Kawaramachi shopping area with the Nishiki indoor market. Walking distance to Pontocho and the Gion district and the subway for further transportation around Kyoto.

Plussat: The staff were amazing, excellent location walking distance to old town. I'd stay there again.

Plussat: excellent location in busy part of city. great restaurants near by. good transport links Varied breakfast

Plussat: Keskeinen sijainti lähellä Shinjukun asemaa. Kaikki on puhdasta ja siistiä, vaikka economy-huoneemme ei muuten ollut mitenkään erityinen. Kelpo aamiainen.

Miinukset: Todella pienet huoneet (vaikea saada kaksi matkalaukkua auki samaan aikaan). Huoneestamme oli hyvin vaatimaton näköala vastakkaiseen toimistorakennukseen.

Plussat: Good location. Bigger than average room size

Miinukset: No onsen

Plussat: Very gentle and friendly service, with a great location close to lots of great dining and transport options.

Plussat: Friendly

Miinukset: More choices for breakfast

Plussat: Loistava sijainti ja avulias henkilökunta.

Miinukset: Kohtuullinen aamupala,

Plussat: The hotel was good. Clean. Very good location. Good price. Lovely, helpful staff. Would stay there again.

Miinukset: The air conditioning in the room was hotel centrally controlled and we found it was too hot to sleep. The room was a good size however there was nowhere to keep 2 suitcases. The breakfast had very limited western choice. (One cerial). Most of the Japanese food (stew, soup, pickled veg did not have a translated label so unsure what any of it was. Most of the hot food was Luke warm.

Plussat: The hotel is a taxi ride away from Kyoto station, but it's near another local station (not on JR line) but it's location is actually a lot better than Kyoto station for great shops, the Oisha market and some great local cafes. The bike rental service at the hotel worked really well too and staff were super friendly.

Miinukset: The room coffee, and the hotel breakfast had no western options. But we made use out of all the local cafes nearby that did great food and coffee.

Plussat: Great location near Gion and close to good food alley ways, clean, comfortable and quiet.

Miinukset: The breakfast was quite local, not much European options and labels were in Japanese for foods.

Plussat: Great location! Easy access to bus lines and subways. The bathroom is quite large relative to the room size. Effective use of space. They can store your luggage for you free of charge if you arrive early. I did this and it was a huge lifesaver.

Miinukset: No minibar, but I never use that stuff anyway.

Plussat: Excellent location. Staff was helpful in planning local trips and extremely professional. Great breakfast buffet.

Plussat: The location is ideal for those exploring around Kyoto as it’s central to all the bus and key train lines giving easy access to the core attractions. It’s also on the doorstep of the shopping district. Hotel is excellent and modern, the staff are all really friendly and helpful, the breakfast buffet has a great selection. Room was nice and comfortable, really enjoyed my stay at the hotel.

Miinukset: Kyoto station can be a bit of a pain to get to depending on the time to day as can involve a few transfers.

Plussat: The location was great. Its near commercial areas, train stations and bus stops. Gion and nishiki market are walking distance. Lots of food to eat nearby.

Plussat: Great location. Lots of restaurants nearby at Pontocho alley and Kiyamachi dori. French bakery next door had excellent pastries for breakfast. Subway station about 3 blocks away across Kamo river and bus stop for tourist bus to shrines nearby. 10 minute walk to Nishiki market. Our room was on the second floor facing the street but you could not hear the noise from outside.

Plussat: Very nice hotel. Highly recommended from a world traveler.

Plussat: Location near the river and close to the Ponto-cho area and Nishiki Market, The small bar in the hotel was nice for a pre dinner drink or nightcap! The french bakery next to the hotel was good.

Plussat: Hotelli sijaitsi hyvällä, lyhyen kävelyetäisyyden päässä shoppailupaikoista sekä metroasemasta.

Miinukset: Ei moitittavaa

Plussat: It's fine for a three star, but you are paying for five star which it doesn't live up to.

Miinukset: It's tricky one hostess was very helpful and another one yelled at us for canceling a cab, it was very strange. The beds are so hard, it was terrible. Also they don't have a bag room so the lobby is absolutely filled with bags because of all the tour groups. Also bar extremely overpriced. Overall it is extremely overpriced for what you get. Use that same amount and go stay in one of the traditional hotels in the cute part of town.

Plussat: Location is perfect. Staff were friendly enough.

Miinukset: Very expensive. Deal that didn't include breakfast

Plussat: I like this conveniently located, simple hotel. The small but comfortable rooms have 24/7 NHK World tv in English, which is great!

Miinukset: The windows don't open and they are frosted so you cannot see outside. This means you don't know if it's raining until you go outside. They used to give a daily English language newspaper, but no longer.

Plussat: The receptionists were very respectful and helpful, the check in process was super easy. They gave really good suggestions for breakfast. The room was spacious enough for being a Japanese hotel room. The best thing was that the location was fantastic, very close to public transport to major attractions. Also walking distance to Nishiki Market and Gion.

Miinukset: The room could have been cleaner, we noticed brown marks on the bathroom door. On the last night, we noticed that the room was not tidied properly. My friends belongings were thrown on top of mine on the bedside table. My glasses case was moved to inside the bedside table, which nearly resulted in me leaving this behind. I usually don't expect the cleaning staff to move my belongings to places where I did not put them.

Plussat: Fantastic location, very easy to get to from Kyoto Station (10 min in a taxi) and super accessible to every major sight seeing location in the city. Also great food and shopping literally right outside the door. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Room was small, but that was just fine for me as a solo traveler. Would highly recommend!!

Plussat: Great hotel! Clean, comfortable, friendly and good location! Would definitely stay here again!

Plussat: The hotel's location is very convenient, located just by the intersection of San-jo and Kawaramachi streets, and within walking distance to several metro lines and to the Teramachi covered shopping arcade. Although the hotel is fairly basic in its amenities, it was comfortable and met our needs and expectations.

Plussat: Very close to the subway station and the staff were friendly and helpful.

Miinukset: Tiny room and the dryer didn't work in their laundry room.