Name: Hotel Elcient Kyoto
Address: 13, Higashikujo Higashisannocho, Minami-ku, Kyoto, 601-8004, JP

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

Dantzel

My husband and I were very happy with how helpful, clean, thoughtful everything about this hotel was. It also has a great central location.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2026

Junko

Close to Kyoto station, restaurants and convenience stores. Bathroom was not spacious, but good enough for a few nights. Room was clean and staff was very kind.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2026

Jeanette

Clean room , definitely will be back and recommend to friends.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2026

Anca

The room was really really clean and newly renovated. The bedding and towels were fresh and clean. Location for us was really good since coming back to Kyoto Station from anywhere it’s really easy. Also the extra toiletries provided by the hotel were a really nice touch and helped a lot. Thank you for a great stay.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2026

Andrea

Even though the hotel was under construction, it was very clean, staff was friendly. Check in and check out was extremely quick, the location is excellent. Very close to the train and mall. The spa was outstanding.

8/10

Excellent

31 May 2026

Pui Man

Great public bath/spa, friendly and helpful staff, great location - near Kyoto station, lots of shopping and restaurants nearby. Room was a bit small but it’s fair enough provided that it locates at a popular and convenient location.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 May 2026

Shojiro

under construction but good.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2026

Lori

Super clean property. The rooms were newly renovated, although pretty small. I am a very hot sleeper and even with the air conditioning at the lowest setting it was still too warm. However, the staff provided a fan which made it much more comfortable. Not a fan of how firm the beds in the pillows are. Other than that we had a great stay.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 May 2026

Wenbin

Amazing staff. Clean room. Easy access to train station.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

25 May 2026

EMILE

It’s a dark hotel and renovations are taking place. The house keeping staff nice, the front desk was just ok. I’m guessing once the renovations are complete it will be beautiful. But it was very very convenient to the JR bullet train ( like exactly across the street. You can see the bullet trains from your window.).

Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2026

BOH SEONG

Hotel is under going renovation. No disruption encountered except you'll see some workers at the lobby. However, it is well managed and everyone is polite.

Counter staff were friendly and helpful.

Great location as it is just about 4mins away from Kyoto Station! Read the public bath is good but didn't have a chance to use it. Lots of convenient stores around the hotel as well!

Room was new and I can lay out 2 mid size luggages at the same time. However, I must say precision maneuvering is required with 2 people in the room especially so when near the 'corridor' outside the toilet. Constantly reminded me of the movie 'Entrapment' when Cat Zeta-Jones was doing the security laser maneuver especially so when using the toilet!!!

I'm use to the size of toilets and hotel rooms in Japan but no matter how prepared I am, the size of this toilet just gets me under my skin! The tap in the toilet is another annoyance for me as I can never understand the instructions to lower the water pressure. Too high tech for me I guess...

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2026

Jacky

Even though there is renovation going on at this hotel, there's no inconvenience to guests or any noise heard within our room. The hotel is also very clean and the location is very conveniently located right beside the bus stops and the Kyoto station.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2026

Terrence

The hotel was clean and nice. The location was great. Right by the main station. The hotel was “under renovation” but that did not impact us at all. The spa are was super clean and nice. The room was small but typical for Japan.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2026

Elisa

There was no breakfast or coffee available.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Diego

Great location. Hotel is very clean. It is currently under renovations but it did not affect our stay. Staff is very helpfull. Internet is very slow and sometimes wont connect.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2026

yuhpyng

Good location

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2026

ROLAND

N/A.

Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Feb 2026

Junko

nice place to stay with a big bath and sauna for each of male and female nearby Shikansen station of Kyoto.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2026

Halina

Clean room and spa. Excellent breakfast and dinner.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jan 2026

ROLAND

Interior of the hotel is under renovation.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jan 2026

Sabrina

Clean room, convenient stay close to Kyoto station.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2025

Jazryl

Clean and spacious room

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Madhuparna

Basic hotel with all the essentials provided. Highly recommended if you just need a hotel for staying over at night. Excellent location with a 7-11 round the corner and a minute’s walk from the station. We did not book breakfast as there are plenty of choices outside.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2025

Tyler

The first room I was booked in had a terribly funky odor. Thankfully the staff was understanding, investigated, and provided me with a new room. The breakfast buffet is nice with a lot of options. And the public bath is also nice, but can get a little over crowded with the limited size and amount of guests, even on a weekday at midnight. The ventilation/air was very dirty, it looks like the filters don't get cleaned often and are very dusty.

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Dec 2025

Christopher

Exactly why you would expect from this type of Japanese hotel - clean, efficiently run with typically compact rooms. What stood out were the thermal baths, the extensive buffet breakfast (included in the price) and its location next to the main station - ideal for transport connections.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2025

Roland M Watanabe

N/A.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2025

Hyland

Staff

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2025

Fong Zyin

Good experience

4/10

Poor

03 Nov 2025

Raymond

Check-in is via a automated kiosk. The kiosk was unable to process a foreign (US) credit card. I was directed to the front desk, which seemed at a loss of what to do. It took sometime, but after about 20 or so minutes, they were able to take my VISA card.

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2025

li

Nice place and staff

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Oct 2025

angela

It was very good location for traveler and have great amenities such as public bath, restaurants and souvenir shop.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2025

Maritza

Everything was great. I enjoyed the stay

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

06 Oct 2025

Ian

Shop nearby staff and clean room

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Krystal

Great base for exploring Kyoto.

The location of this hotel is perfect. Coming from KIX, the airport bus stops on the opposite side of the road so you only need to cross.

There are numerous conbini within a 5-7 mins walk and Kyoto bus and main train station are just as close by.

The staff here were pleasant and helpful when I needed to ship my luggage to Tokyo.

A couple of areas to improve though, behind the TV was very dusty (I had a Chromecast that I wanted to plug in but didn't in the end), bathrooms need toilet brushes and there should be a mechanism to override and remove clothes if someone has left their laundry in the machine.

My biggest gripe was there are 4 machines in each of the laundry rooms (2 in the main building and 1 in the other)..the hotel caters to a large number of people so it's very selfish when someone leaves their washed and dried laundry in a machine for 91 mins (it poss was slightly more but when I checked a while later it had been removed). As you lock the door with a unique 4 digit number , reception are unable to do anything. It would be helpful if the system was changed to asking for room numbers (over a unique set of numbers)or your key card was used to beep and secure the machine. This would enable reception to trace people and call them. It seems ridiculous that reception can not do anything ! It was quite annoying as esp when other machines are in use

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Aug 2025

Sitson

We found this place to be our best stay other than the washroom (explain below). We stayed 8 nights. It was ultra convinent and about 2 mins to Shinkansen gate for our day trips from Kyoto. Right below the entrance is a 7-11 to pick up snacks and drinks before heading back for a good night's rest or on the go in the morning. The other two things that really shone for us were the cleaning staff and how meticulous they were at cleaning and you become spoiled, as were so disgusted the moment we arrived to our Tokyo hotel seeing grime and mildew. Next what we thought was amazing were their Japanese breakfast buffet. Great quality and variety compared to the 3 hotels we stayed in Kyoto from past trips. Beds and pillows were comfy and we fell a sleep non problem every night (our room did face the interior so no view and no traffic noise). Now the one caveat is the washrooms are small! I wonder if the future renos (noted for 2026) will fix that. Toilet faces a wall with about 1.5' of leg room at most. If you're over 5' 10\" you may find find it crampy (literally) as my son experienced. We made use of the laundry facility that was convinent and browsed manga from their library. We never found time to use their spa though I did see a lot of guests go, not our thing after a hot summer day. Definitely return to this hotel in future for the convinence to Kyoto station, cleaniness and amazing breakfast buffet.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2025

Savanna

Good breakfast. Attentive staff, thank you.

Business Self

4/10

Poor

18 Jul 2025

Olufemi

Needs updating. Very old smelling and feels crusty

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2025

JAMES

Kyoto: fantastic city, very nice hotel.

The stay at the hotel was great, Kyoto is wonderful. The hotel's location is fantastic, directly across form the airport bus depot. Th breakfast buffet is well stocked and offers some nice local options. The only problem was that we had three people, and the double room was turned into a triple by putting an extra bed in. We cold not easily move in the room. Staff was friendly and nice. I would stay here again if we had one or two people.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jul 2025

Tommy

Excellent location.

Excellent location if you are in Kyoto as the train station is very close by.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Jul 2025

Ibis

It’s a basic hotel with a nearby metro station, which makes it very convenient for visiting Japan. The breakfast is very good, with local food. I loved the public bath, very spacious and equipped with all the comforts. The only thing they should improve is allowing early check-in, even if it comes with a fee, like other hotels do, so guests can explore the city with peace of mind.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2025

Araceli

Absolutely wonderful stay – exceeded all expectati

From the moment we arrived until check-out, everything about our stay at this hotel was exceptional. The staff were incredibly kind, attentive, and professional – always ready to assist with a smile. The room was spotless, spacious (considering Japan standard) with every comfort thoughtfully provided.

The location is perfect – close to everything we needed, yet quiet and peaceful at night. We also loved the breakfast: fresh, delicious, and with a great variety to suit all tastes. The hotel’s amenities were top-notch, and every detail showed a high level of care and quality.

Overall, we couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Highly recommended, and we will definitely return! Thank you to the entire team for making our stay so special.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jul 2025

Paul

Room was a bit small, as to be expected in Japan, but the communal bath was an interesting experience.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2025

Wennie

Close by

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2025

Aura

Liked everything.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2025

SERDAR

Central district with comfortable access to the transportation

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Joyce Lee

Convenient!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2025

Joyce Lee

Friendly staff, nice spa and breakfast buffet is okay.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Michio

The breakfast buffet was very good; we actually looked forward to it.

Easy to use laundry machine that washes and dries in the same machine that you can lock with your own code. Very convenient and stress free.

Short walk to the station. We’ll definitely stay here again when in Kyoto. Highly recommended.

6/10

Pleasant

27 May 2025

Gisella

Hotel is clean. Close to station. Rooms and bathrooms are very small. Other people might prefer a hard bed. I have a bad back and woke up with a terrible back pain from the bed being so hard. The pillows are also very hard. Check-in and out is all electronic and feels impersonal, although staff is there to assist with any questions and most of them speak some basic English that allows some sort of communication.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2025

Zhan

Great hotel at the heart of Kyoto. Close to everthing yet quiet during night time for perfect sleep. Staff is very helpful and always onthe lookout to make your stay more enjoyable. Also fantastic breakfast buffet with strong Japanese flavor.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2025

Shuying

Very good

8/10

Excellent

14 May 2025

Poh Yee

Good hotel, walkable distance to Kyoto station which can travel to anywhere and there are a lot of dining options around the hotel. The hotel breakfast is good.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

30 Apr 2025

Edith

Nice clean room

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

29 Apr 2025

BELINDA

although the room is small the firnedliness and professionalism of the staff make the difference.

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2025

Darya

Overall good property with clean rooms. Standard tiny Japanese hotel bathrooms. My only dislike is the smoking room on the first floor right next to the elevators. Definitely makes that area smell.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2025

PRISCILA

Very clean, great amenities like spa, option to dine and coin laundry. They also have coun changer. The laundry has an app so you can watch and wait in your room. You set up your pin code so you’re the only one who can access the machine. Very affordable but good quality.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Mar 2025

joseph

I spent one night here due to the proximity of Kyoto station. Property was decent for the most part. Property was very clean and near places of interest. A few important things about the room. Outlets are 2 pronged, so that could be problematic. My biggest concern was access to electricity. In order to power the room you had to insert your key card and leave it there. When inserted power came on and when removed it went off. The problem with this is to turn of the lights you had to remove the card, that in turn shut off electricity to outlets. This made it impossible to charge any electronic devices, very odd set up.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2025

Walter

Value for money

Veery nice hotel conveniently situated near the railway station which suited my travel plans. Small room but clean and well serviced. Very nice breakfast which was well organised for seating availability in the dining room. Recommended hotel +++

Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2025

Martin

Dead central area of kyoto.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2025

Yaniv

Very good

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2025

Jameson

Nice clean hotel that’s very close to the Kyoto station. Staff were friendly and helpful. The breakfast buffet was good overall I’d stay here again, no issues or concerns.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Feb 2025

Chuan

Good hotel in Kyoto

Hotel was great. Comfortable and clean. Staff was polite and efficient. Onsen was well maintained. 3 minutes from JR Kyoto station

Business

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2025

mohamed

It's a great place, the japanese bath is clean and very spacious and the food is delicious.

8/10

Excellent

24 Jan 2025

Leanne

Great location for me to get around by train and walking

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2025

alexander

Great location next to Kyoto station…will stay again for next visit

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2024

Roland

N/A

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2024

YAP KAH

Near train station

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2024

Martin

Older property near Kyoto Station. Rooms are small and very clean, popular with Japanese salarymen. Good for short stay if you want to experience a ‘business’ hotel. There are many other options in the area.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2024

christine

The location and facilities were outstanding, with the added bonus of a complimentary Japanese public bath on-site. The service was equally impressive, making for an exceptional stay overall.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2024

Renee

I liked the location but the room and bathroom were small.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2024

Yukiyo

Great location. Walkable to train station, lots of restaurants and tourist attractions

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2024

Agnes

Excellent, friendly staff!!

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2024

Zoran

Nice hotel with nice restaurants. Enjoyed our dinner. Very happy with food and service
Only negative- no any English speaking tv channel

Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2024

Verified traveler

Room was comfortable and quiet. Breakfast was good and staff were very helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2024

Shirley

Very good hotel. Convenient transportation is near Kyoto Station. Very convenient for eating and shopping. The hotel has complete facilities, including breakfast, which is very good. There is also a large bath. Bath and skin care products are very good.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2024

Jianyi

Within 5 minutes of the Kyoto Station, we had a nice stay at the hotel and the public bath area was great. The room was very clean and complimentary water was provided.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2024

Arleta

Staffs are accomodating and has an English speaking staff. Place is clean. It’s conveniently near bus stops coming from International airport and tour buses as well as the train station. Nearby a convenience store. And if you want to dine-out, there are lots of them at the train station including McDonalds in which you won’t miss on your way to the hotel.
Will definitely recommend to family and friends. Big thank you to El Cient.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2024

Rowel

Convenient and easy access to transportation. Nice facilities too

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2024

Patricia

This is the second time I stayed here. Very please with the service. I hope to be back again. I would definitely recommend this service to everyone.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2024

Fola

Wonderful women’s spa! Close to everything! The only issue I had was trying to charge my phone at night. Turning out the lights meant shutting down the power grid in the room. Everything else was absolutely amazing!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2024

YOU

Excellent location. Friendly and efficient service. I love this place!

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2024

Sui

It is close to the Kyoto Station, easy access to trains, metro and bus. The onsen is small compare to the hotel size but better than none. Dinning area always packed with people and need to queue up to be seated and for the food. More western option for breakfast would be perfect.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

24 May 2024

Choy Fong

the front desk staff spoke limited English

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2024

Jian Hua

Great place stayed for Kyoto visit. Close to Kyoto station, great facilities, clean and nice breakfast buffet.

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2024

Darlene

Hotel Elcient is located across from the East exit of Kyoto station. The location is so convenient with lots of shopping, dining and tourist sites close by. Its so easy to get around Kyoto with it's location so close to Kyoto station (once you familiarize yourself to the station). Make sure to spend time at Kyoto Station as it's so beautiful with rooftop garden, views, restaurants, shopping, light shows etc. The rooms are clean, spacious
(for Japan standards) and have great amenties. The onsen is excellent and the breakfast buffet is plentiful with both Japanese and Western options. The staff are hard working and very friendly. I highly recommend this hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2024

dario

The place was great, the staff so helpful always trying to communicate even if just some spoke English, super clean, really comfortable. Breakfast options were varied and.
Incredible value for the price.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2024

Tay Chee

Overall is ok

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2024

Michiyo

Great breakfast!

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Apr 2024

Tina

Very close to train station, great breakfast

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2024

czarina dawn

They went above and beyond for me. Thank you for helping me to open my luggage. Much appreciated will definitely come back in the future. Arigato gozaimasu

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2024

Jeannie

3 mins walk to Kyoto station, very easy to go everywhere and convenient

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2024

Momoyo

Their large public bath is excellent.

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2024

Heather

Great place to stay for easy of getting around, local shopping and dining were great. Breakfast was the same everyday, I don’t recommend eating there

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2024

BEE CHOO

There are plenty of choices for breakfast, i.e. Japanese and western breakfast. Opposite the hotel is Kyoto Train station, subway station and express bus to airport too. Very convenient. Highly recommend for people who rely on local public transport to travel around Kyoto. Definitely will come back again.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Feb 2024

Sauna

Great location to base yourself in Kyoto. The check-in & check-out process was very easy and staff were very helpful.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

05 Feb 2024

Marites

It’s very close to central station and shops. Friendly staff, clean facilities and generous in giving toiletries.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2024

Howard

Very clean and quiet. Nice place to rest your head while you’re not doubt getting 30,000 steps trying to walk all the temples around the area. Gets the job done and is very simple. I couldn’t figure out how to work the fan in the bathroom so I had to open the window and do some funny business with the fan in the room but overall its a great place to rest your head for the night.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2023

Zaquavius

We booked this hotel for the convenient location for the ease of transportation and nearby food choices. AMAZING staff. It is true that they will store your luggage for free, if you desire, after checkout. Breakfast was awesome, especially the Matcha lattes. Quiet even though across from the train station. Our efficiently laid out room faced the parking lot but we didn't hear any cars throughout the night or morning. The spa was refreshing, and there is a a TV information channel that tells you when the restaurant or spa is crowded, full, or under occupied. Strong wifi throughout the building.

Be aware that the elevator doors close very quickly, we are fast walkers but it was faster.

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

10 Nov 2023

Chee Peng

Bathroom is super tight. Room tv program is limited mostly Japanese. Reception staff is not friendly, don't smile or greet. Hotel location is superb and near amenities.

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2023

Kriztel

The hotel staff were all very kind and helpful! They also helped us fill out the paper work for the luggage delivery service! And it's also convinently located right next to Kyoto station!

Leisure Partner