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Reviews of Kamikatsura House

2 out of 5
Kamikatsura House
7 Katsura Tokudaiji Kitamachi Saikyo-ku, Kyoto

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 3 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 31 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 31 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.4/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Tom, Cambridge, UK

Liked: Cleanliness
Expensive, poorly located hostel
This is a hostel, not a hotel. It has limited shared bathrooms and kitchens, the walls are paper thin and it is expensive for what it offers. It is clean and there was a well meaning, helpful manager.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

David, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice clean hotel, very friendly
Great hotel, very clean and friendly. 5min walk to the station and close to a grocery store. Restaurant on the first floor which had some really tasty food!. Plus you get a discount as a guest. Highly recommend staying here.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great guest house!
This family-run guest house is very clean, comfortable and in a good neighborhood. No, it is not located in the tourist area but if you're in any decent shape, walking 20 mins to the subway isn't a big deal for a cheaper accommodation. There is a grocery store nearby, and guests have access to the kitchen. We would definitely stay again on our next trip to Kyoto.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
For those back pack people, It's safe and clean room.

6/10 Okay

Tuan, USA

First up it's far from central Kyoto. The nearest subway is about a mile away and then you still need to change 2 more different trains before you can get to Kyoto station. However, from the nearby subway you can get to Arashiyama in about 2 stops on the same train. Also, there's a bus stop about 50 yards away from the hotel (bus 73) that can take you to and from Kyoto station in about 40 minutes depends on traffic. This hotel is weird. You have to clean after yourself. There's no room service. You have to put down a deposit of 10000 yens for the room (not the key) in case you forgot to take out the trash or something like that. You need to pay 100 yens for the hot water you're going to use. I wonder if they ever clean the room before renting it out to the next guest(s). It's on a busy street so it is noisy. If you can afford it stay some where nearer to central Kyoto instead of wasting time on a bus or a train.

8/10 Good

Martine, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and clean, very friendly
I spent one week at this hotel at the end of July, and overall it was satisfactory. The reason I am not giving it a 5 star rating is because of the location (it is about a 30 to 40 minutes bus ride from the station, depending on traffic, although the bus stop is right by the hotel), the fact that the mattress tends to be pretty thin and you feel like you're sleeping directly on the frame of the bed, the pillow is pretty flat, and there is a 100 yen fee per shower; I do believe that the shower price should be included with the room. Otherwise, it is very nice and clean. The common kitchen allows you to meet and hang out with your fellow travelers, and after a long day sightseeing, it feels really great to be able to exchange impressions and tips. There is a Chinese restaurant on the first floor where guests get 10% off, and the food is good. There are also two supermarkets nearby, one of them opened all night and the other one providing more prepared meals. Overall, I would recommend it if you don't mind the distance to the station.

4/10 Poor

James, America

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent
Overall, our stay at the Kamikatsura House was only ok. It was very cold when we were there and the AC was not working, so it was very cold in the room. The walls are very thin so if you have loud neighbors, you will hear them. However, we didn't spend very much time here during the day and it met our needs. The staff was willing to help when we had questions. The hotel is very far from Kyoto Station - about a 40 minute bus ride, but there is a station right outside the hotel. I personally think I it is a little overpriced for what they offer, but overall it was fine.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Tak

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Lærke

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rent, men dyrt i for pengene.
Værelset var rent og fint, dog med meget tynde væge. Desuden ligger hostlet ret langt fra centrum, men med offentlig transport, direkte uden for hostlet, tager det ca. 25 min.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Logement ok mais localisation pas idéale
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Satisfied
Very friendly host.Clean room and comfortable bed.Free hot shower,shampoo and hair dryer. Convenient kitchen and fridge.You can find the grocery store on foot.I stayed with my family and we are satisfied with this guest house. You may enjoy the communication with the guests from other countries.

2/10 Terrible

Véronique

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Guest house excentrée et chère
Très déçue ... Même si l'accueil et le service sont là, le prix est beaucoup trop élevé pour une simple chambre avec juste un lit double et un bureau, aucun placard ou rangement. Et aucun endroit pour se poser en dehors de la chambre. Il n'y a pas grand chose dans le quartier pour sortir, et Kyoto est à minimum 25min de bus quand il n'y a pas d'embouteillage.

6/10 Okay

María, España

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bien, pero alejado
Fuimos 3 noches. Está a media hora en autobús del centro de Kyoto. La habitación estaba limpia, de buen tamaño. Había una mesa y 2 sillas. No hay armario. Los lavabos, fuera de la habitación, estaban bien aunque eran insuficientes para la cantidad de huéspedes.

8/10 Good

Peter, Rungsted

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Biking in Kyoto
The only problems i have with this hotel is that a hot shower costs money each time you use it and then that the hotel is situated quite far from the central station. Otherwise the staff was helpful and spoke english pretty well and the hotel rented bikes which is a must in Kyoto
Response from kamikatsura house on 23 Jul,2016
We are sorry for that matter sir, the management make this policy to avoid over use of the warm water which result to have high or expensive water bill we pay, because we use gas and electricity for the warm water, but otherwise we will try to make a solution or action about this... we thank you for your comments and god bless you...

8/10 Good

amaya, Ettlinden, BW, Germany

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Es war ein schönes Hostel. Nur etwas außerhalb. Das Personal war freundlich und zuvorkommend. Einzig wirklich negatives bei dem Zimmerpreis noch extra 100¥ für 10 Minuten warm duschen. Ansonsten sehr gut.

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Staff & service
Het hotel ligt ver uit het centrum. Dit is echter
Er zijn fietsen te huur waarmee je makkelijk langs de rivier naar het bamboebos kunt fietsen. Ook de keizerlijke villa is dichtbij. Vergeet niet minimaal een dag van te voren te reserveren Hele aardige en behulpzame deskmedewerker.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Camera spaziosa per gli standard giapponesi, ben servita dai mezzi pubblici

8/10 Good

J-Claude, Joset, PARIS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
hôtel simple mais propre
L'hôtel est trés calme et bien insonorisé par rapport à la circulation. La douche est payante: 100 yens pour 10 mn mais 2 personnes ont largement le temps de se doucher; la cuisine collective est bien fournie sauf en couverts. on apprécie le lave linge et le sèche linge, on peut étendre sur la terrasse, il y a tout ce qu'il faut, cintres, épingles à linges...on peut emprunter un parapluie en cas de mauvais temps. les hoteliers sont très accueillants, à l'écoute, toujours disponibles et feront tout pour vous aider ou vous rendre service. nous vous recommandons de jongler avec le métro et les JR trains pour vous déplacer, le bus s'arrête tôt le soir. N'hésitez pas à faire de votre cantine le petit resto en bas, c'est bon et sympa( 10% de remise pour les résidants de l'hôtel)

8/10 Good

I-An

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

hiroaki, 神奈川

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
寝泊りするだけなら
チェックイン時に受付（2階の部屋）のインターホンを何度押しても誰も出てこなかった。しかたなくドアに貼ってあった連絡先に電話をしたら、電話の話し声でやっと管理人（？）が気づいて応対した。 インターホンが壊れていたのか...。基本的に海外の人が泊まることが多いようで、部屋を案内してくれたお兄さんも外国人で、説明も英語だった。市バスも京都行きの路線のバス停は徒歩2分位にあるが、清水寺等に行く観光によく使う路線のバス停は10分以上歩くため、この点も若干不便に感じた。ただ、紅葉の時期の3連休に部屋の空きがあるのはここだけで、寝泊りするだけの利用目的だったため、総合的にはまあまあ、といった感じ。ちなみにシャワーは寝台列車等にあるような１分間100円のやつです。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Carolin, Kempten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Sehr gutes Preis-Leistungsverhältnis!!
Wir waren zwei mal für 4 Tage in Kyoto. Eimal im Zentrum um das hektische Treiben mitzuerleben und einmal außerhalb um die ländliche Idylle mitzubekommen. Uns faszinierte das Moderne und das Traditionelle das in Kyoto sehr häufig anzutreffen ist. Sehr angetan waren wir auch wie hilfsbereit, höflich und respektvoll die Einheimischen uns begegneten und wie sie auch miteinander (jung und alt) umgehen. Kyoto war wirklich ein Erlebnis und wird auch uns für immer in angenehmer Erinnerung bleiben.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
以后不会再入住～～
所谓别墅就是在一层小商品房四楼里，环境一般，厕所有点脏，位置远不说，坐车去车站要走20分钟路，晚上晚回来从京都站打车要一百多元，靠近马路很吵，窗帘都不能拉上挡光，最不能忍受的就是洗澡要另外付款，要付一百日元一次，而且只能洗十分钟，对于长头发的我们来说，洗完头就够钟了，又得要多给一百日元洗澡，太过份了，从没试过住的地方要另外付款洗澡的。如果可以，宁可贵点还是住市区吧～我们是旺季没办法，打死也不会再住下一次～～

8/10 Good

Min Hong, Taipei, Taiwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
還不錯喔
青年旅館本身還不錯，樓下有餃子的王將，附近有Fresco超市，吃宵夜或買點心飲料都很方便。只是到各景點都一定要轉車(巴士&地鐵 或巴士&電車)，所以會多花半小時交通時間。

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
För ocentralt för min smak!
Vi var här i tre dagar för sightseeing i cherry blossom -tider men hade inte förstått hur långt ifrån allting det låg (citykärnan) Gick endast buss hit (40min från Kyoto station) och på kvällen gick den bara en gång i timmen. En kväll fick vi till och med ta taxi tillbaka. Ett annat minus var att sängen inte var bäddad med vanliga lakan utan typ filtar och madrasskydd. När jag bad om vanliga vita lakan så trodde dom att jag var helt knäpp och bara inte gillade färgen på det jag fått utan ville ha vita. Vilken leder mig till en annan liten parentes, engelskan var inte på topp heller. Men det var ok, dom försökte ändå sitt bästa och var tillmötesgående. Ligger nära en stor mataffär vilket är ett plus :) åker jag dock tillbaka skulle jag bo mer centralt! För omständigt att ta sig dit!

8/10 Good

Mariana, Buenos Aires

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No está cerca, pero está bien conectado
El hotel está un poco alejado del centro de Kyoto pero hay un bus con parada a menos de 100 metros que pasa cada 20 minutos y tarda entre 30 y 40 en llegar a la estación, es bastante cómodo para moverse. La predisposición del personal en el hostel fue excelente, muy buenas indicaciones para ir y volver de la estación de tren de Kyoto. No tuvimos ningún inconveniente. Las camas son cómodas y la cocina está bien equipada para hacerse el desayuno y alguna cena sencilla.

6/10 Okay

Leo, HK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
背包客式旅店
地點離車站稍遠: 最近果個站係阪急既上桂駅 (Kamikatsura), 距離車站都唔算太遠, 大約15分鐘 如果冬季撞正落雪就慘D (雖然京都好少落雪), 因為夜晚返去條路幾暗 仲要冇行人路的後街, 路上面有雪都行得幾辛苦, 但正常季節去就應該OK既 不過上桂優點就係夠近嵐山, 如果你目標景點集中係嵐山既話 呢個算係幾近既住宿 住宿設施: 佢每層都有廚房同廚具, 附近仲有間超市 LIFE, 食材開始入夜會減價 如有興趣自己煮既背包客都可以一試 沖涼要入100YEN先會有熱水 大約10分鐘, 洗衫就200YEN 最多洗60分鐘 但可惜冇乾衣機 -__- 記得毛巾要自備, 相反牙膏同風筒就有共用既 服務方面: WIFI 速度幾快, 好似無限流量 幾好, 管理人都幾親切 都幾肯幫人 其他: 入住果陣要準備一萬YEN做按金, 如果CHECK OUT果陣房間太污糟會罰一千YEN 入住者事先最好有心理準備自己執下房 整體一般 唔算太差 只係每晚都要準備100YEN 同出入有少少麻煩

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
京都之旅
离京都站稍微远了点，房间隔音效果不是太好，不过老板服务态度很好！还会说点英语和中文，点赞！

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort