Hotel is very central. Within walking distance to the shops and buses. Rooms is pretty good size. Buy a daily bus ticket for 500 yen and this can give you access to all the sight seeing places in Kyoto. Hotel sells the ticket as well as giving you a map of the bus routes. Services are excellent and most can... more

Me and my husband stayed here for the second part of our honeymoon in Japan. Overall it was a nice hotel. Not perfect but had everything we needed. The staff were pleasant and the hotel was within walking distance of places like Gion. The room was small and quite basic but I may be a bit unfair because I had... more

This hotel is very conveniently situated next to Kyoto Shiakusho-mae metro station, which is an easy metro ride (about 10-15min) from Kyoto Central station, costing about 210 yen (about $2). I paid 15,000 yen per night at the peak of the Kyoto autumn colours season- I guess this is the going rate. I think 9000 is more like the normal... more

I stayed at the Kyoto Royal Hotel twice, in October and November 2008. The second time I extended my stay here from three to five days. I paid about 9,500 yen per night for a superior room, with breakfast, at their Internet rate (hotel website in English, easy, no credit card required). For peak seasons (early April to mid-May, mid-... more

Wonderful location and great service. The rooms are a little small, but impeccably clean. The buffet breakfast is quite good, considering the scale of the hotel. I wish it had a fitness center, but you can always run by the river if you need that sort of thing. more

Stayed here for two nights at the end of October as part of a three month trip around the world. The hotel is conveniently located beside a subway station for ease of access and is near a main shopping street and also within walking distance of plenty of bars and restaurants (not immediately obvious but they are there!!). The service... more

Despite the recent renovation, we felt this hotel was not up to standard. We stayed on the 10th floor (spa level). The whole hotel from the lobby to the rooms generally feels old with a few obvious touch ups here and there. Certainly, the spa that the hotel runs appears to have had a complete renovation and the photos on... more

We stayed at the Kyoto Royal hotel for a long weekend in early November 2007. The property is very well located for sightseeing in the city center just off Pontocho and very close to a subway station with easy connections to the railway station and many sights. It's a rather big, modern hotel without much charm but the room was... more

We liked the helpfulness, friendliness and location of this hotel and found many of the Tripadvisor reviews out of date and therefore unwarranted - the management has tried very hard to improve these points. Our room was clean, the bathroom well kept, but for a double room we did expect two bedside lamps (we did eventually have this after asking... more