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Guest Rating: 8.3 |
kathay G.
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Indonesia
Family with older children
Date of Stay: 12 Dec 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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8/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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8/10 |
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Free shuttle bus from JR station till 9 pm, great for transport with luggage. Location within 10 minutes walk from station if choose to. Room size is OK for Japanese standard. Clean. Air conditioner is set at fixed temperature. Was there in Dec. the A/C was blowing heat and cannot get cool air can only set low or high blower. Pillows need better ones, its hard expected softer and fluffier. To cool the room I have to open the window ( locked for opening of 5 cm only) but was confronted with notice from trains passing. Lots of eateries near JR station and all buses to tourist locations start from there. Staff friendly and spoke English. Except for the temperature control, value for location, room size, cleanliness.
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip : Use the shuttle to JR station for all bus connections to tourist attractions and also near Airport Limo or use Airport Express train.
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| What about the kids? |
Guest Rating: 8.7 |
gretchen T.
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Australia
Family with young children
Date of Stay: 13 Jul 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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6/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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10/10 |
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| Righa hotel in Kyoto |
Guest Rating: 8.3 |
william W.
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United States of America
Family with older children
Date of Stay: 09 Jul 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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10/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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8/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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6/10 |
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Travel tip : We took a cab tour rather than a formal bus one. We say two major temples, the national museum and a lot of the city - only a third of the cost to take cab from train station to sites. To save money, we did not eat at hotel, but rather at train stations or outside restaurants. Also bought tea and nescaf to make coffee and tea early in the morning - because nothing is open early.
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| Our holiday in Kyoto |
Guest Rating: 8 |
gavin W.
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Australia
Couple
Date of Stay: 15 May 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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8/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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8/10 |
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Handy to many sights and close enough to the train station.
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip : Easier to catch a taxi to the tourist attractions. Not expensive and less confusing than the train.
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| Safe Choice |
Guest Rating: 8 |
ian C.
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Australia
Couple
Date of Stay: 26 Apr 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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8/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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8/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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8/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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8/10 |
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Would stay there again.
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| Rihga Royal disappointing |
Guest Rating: 5.7 |
margaret T.
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United States of America
Couple
Date of Stay: 18 Apr 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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2/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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6/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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6/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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6/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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6/10 |
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none
Restaurant Tip : We didn't see any coffee shop in the immediate area around the hotel but across from the station on the corner is a Starbucks and in the station all kinds of fabulous choices to eat and get coffee or dessert.
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| Excellent hotel, good value |
Guest Rating: 8.7 |
david T.
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United States of America
Solo Traveler
Date of Stay: 29 Feb 2008 |
| Value for Money: |
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8/10 |
| Location: |
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8/10 |
| Staff Performance: |
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10/10 |
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| Hotel Condition/Cleanliness: |
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10/10 |
| Room Comfort/Standard: |
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10/10 |
| Food/Dining: |
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6/10 |
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If the Gion district is in your itinerary you can walk it which takes about an hour (I did it once) or take the #206 bus at section D2 at Kyoto station. Costs 220 yen for an adult and 110 for a child.
Hotel Feature Tip : The hotel is only a long block from Kyoto station. They have a shuttle bus that runs every 15 minutes and picks up and drops off at the south side of the station and takes 8 minutes. Best way to walk it is go out the north end of the station toward Kyoto towers, make a left at the main street which will take you west and at the end of the block the hotel will be across the street toward the left.
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