Central Kyoto, Kyoto hotel rooms at the Independent

"Clean rooms, friendly staff and in a great neighborhood "

"Loved this hotel. Bed was comfortable. Room was a good size, was soundproof and had a blackout blind. Slept brilliantly every night. Heating was good during the cold weather. The private baths were a bonus which I made good use of to ease my aching feet each night. Great that you can check how crowded it is from your room, who knew midnight was a popular time! Handy to have the family mart connected to hotel and aa starbucks next door. Note, it is a bit far out if you like any nightlife but the buses are very easy to get to other areas of the city. "

"Lovely property with magnificent staff in every station. Room was lovely, bed comfortable and temperature easy to control. Breakfast varied and everything tasty. Coffee really good. English primary language. Bed very comfortable. 10 out of 10. Beware of one thing, avoid low square footage rooms thinking your saving money…"

"Really enjoyed clean quiet close to trains and shops"

"Beautiful hotel in very central location, walk to everything. "

"Very nice hotel but breakfast was cold and very boring. nit enough choices for Westerners and ask fir awake call and the refused. king of strange fur a hotel. The evening staff was rude in my opinion. Hotel was clean and on the cusp on weather or not i would stay there again "

"Great staff, clean shoeless property, good food!!"

"The hotel itself is nice and spacious for Japanese standards. Unfortunately, the location has little to offer- the locals nearby definitely do not like foreigners. Also, it was the only hotel in our trip that was adamant on the check in time. We arrived an hour early and had to sit in the lobby for an hour. (I get it, rules are rules but our Tokyo and Osaka hotels were more lenient). On the bright side, it’s close to the train station. "

"$65 usd for a load of laundry was steep"