Name: ibis Styles Kyoto Shijo
Address: 8 Nishinotoin Higashiiru Katsukyoyamacho Shimogyo, Kyoto, 600-8493, JP

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jul 2026

Teresita

The main entrance and lobby was clean with hood aesthetic. The room was ok with only a few essentials provided. The house cleaner did not really clean the room and mainly just take out the trash. Overall, an average stay.

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2026

Cuong Chi

It was our family trip and the room is comfortable, clean, and quiet. The location is near by a lot of restaurants and bus stops. We definitely will come back!!!!

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2026

Janina

Super tiny room

Partner

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2026

Claudia

The check-in process was easy and fast.The room was clean; the only complain I have, the bathroom had a urine smell that never went away throughout my stay. The location was convenient for me. The staff was friendly.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2026

Gloria

Cuartos limpios excelente hubicacion

Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2026

Alexis

The room was comfortable though a bit small. Staff was friendly and helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2026

Younasse

Great place to stay, nice middle area for Kyoto. Only small issues is their amentaties are not the best, their dryer for laundry was a huge line due to it not drying anything. Older equipment in rooms. Great staff as well!

Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2026

Circe

Tiny rooms, but comfortable beds and great staff! Centrally located.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2026

Nataraj

Extremely basic breakfast menu. Did not enjoy. The hotel location is good. Walkable to the train station and a few important tourist places.

Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

31 Mar 2026

Sandy

The property and staff were good but the rooms extremely small

8/10

Excellent

27 Mar 2026

Samantha

Small but clean rooms. Friendly and helpful staff.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Mar 2026

Laura

Although our two twin bedroom was tiny, and there was barely enough room to squeeze past one bed to get to the other, it had all the amenities that are typical in any other hotel room. The bathroom was wonderful with a full shower and bath a bidet toilet it was very clean and easy to move around in. The staff were extremely polite and kind. The entire hotel was very clean and it was located in what felt like downtown Kyoto. It was close and we walked everywhere and it allowed for us to focus more on dining and buying the things we wanted to buy in Japan without spending a ton of money on a hotel. I would definitely go back and would recommend it to adults I don’t know what the other rooms look like and if there’s more space but I would say it’s not a great space for little kids again we had a one room with two twin beds.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2025

Kristen

The room was clean and comfortable. Laundry was easy to use.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

08 Dec 2025

Ryan

Located in shopping area with good transport links.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2025

Nada

Clean, very friendly staff, great location for shopping, food, walking places and only a short walk to a subway station!

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

22 Nov 2025

Wen

Clean room, polite staff, and great amenities

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2025

Dipesh

The room was spotless and staff were helpful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2025

Miriam

The staff are amazing. The place is nice, clean and walkable distance to the train station.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2025

Holly

Quiet hotel, easy connections into the city, comfortable and has what you need - has laundry on site which is really helpful

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Rumbidzai

Great

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Marie

Everything was excellent; service, cleanliness, staff, etc

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Lledif

Great

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2025

Harsimran

Nice place to living. All services good

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2025

Nicolas

Very polite and efficient staff. When room was cleaned my belongings were barely moved and nothing was ever lost

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2025

Claudia

The hotel was very nice and clean. Staff was very friendly. It was in a great area. Very close to a lot of thing

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 May 2025

Kimberly

Heart of the City.

The bus stop is just in front of the hotel which helps to go around town and visit the famous tourist spots.

The hotel is convenient, comfy and clean.

The only downside is the centralized air conditioner. The hotel staff is the one who adjusts the settings of the temperature of the air conditioner. We requested to set our room temperature to 17 degree celsius as it was really warm for us but they said they can only set it until 20 degree celsius. Nothing lower than that which is not nice.

Hence, we just opened the window. Luckily, it was raining that night so we felt the cold air outside.

Im not really happy for the temperature of the air conditioner.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

18 May 2025

Manuel

The breakfast wasn't as good as the breakfast in osaka

Business

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2025

Richard

Great

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

Christopher

If you're a solo traveler or couples, this place is perfect. Great location, clean, great service. Everything you need. I would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 May 2025

Veronica

Lovely hotel

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2025

Lilya

Walkable distance to everything

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

29 Apr 2025

Danika

I wasn’t a huge fan of this hotel. The air conditioner didn’t work, so our hotel room was constantly hot, our window was frosted, which was fine expect it made the room was dark and a lot smaller (for an already very small room). The shower was weird, we couldn’t angle the head of the shower down enough so that it didn’t spray out of the bath, so we had to clean in the bathtub instead (and anyone who’s done that knows it’s not as good).

A plus was that the location of the hotel was good. Very close to both the main bus terminal and a train station, which made getting around very easy. Also only about a 15 minute walk from the big food market so that was nice. There was also a FamilyMart right next to the hotel, which was also very nice for a tourist on a budget.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2025

Claus

Not as clean as expected.
Lots of foreign tourists here.
Room are dark and small, bathroom is dated.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2025

Dawn L

Felt claustrophobic

The room I had had a frosted window. Couldn’t see out or open it so I felt claustrophobic. Room was dark and depressing.

When I booked this one I thought it was the other Ibis Styles near the Kyoto Train Station. This one is closer to the Shijo train station, so it takes transferring to get to the main JR lines. I went to the wrong hotel and ended up taking a taxi to the right one.

Glad I only had 3 nights here…I couldn’t have stayed longer as I did not like this room. Plus I noticed some hair that wasn’t mine on the carpet when I arrived. The carpet didn’t feel really clean. Would not stay here again.

Self

2/10

Poor

17 Apr 2025

Kirk

The aircon didn't work, the fridge didn't work, was missing block out curtains and staff didn't care

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Apr 2025

Morten

Amazing

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Kyoto stay

Decent hotel, bit small than what we’re used to in North America but I would stay again!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Apr 2025

Shalaw Mohammed Ahmed

Good place and amazing people

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2025

karl christian

Small room but cozy. However, we can hear the traffic light sound every now and then. Hotel is in a great location for shopping, dining, mrt line, bus stop and convenience store. Will recommend the is hotel to our friends

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2025

David

Great location! Great staff! Beds were great. Shower was awesome.

6/10

Pleasant

09 Apr 2025

Matthew

The breakfast was not very good and the rooms were tiny. I’ve stayed in much nicer hotels but this was definitely not terrible. Workers were very polite and the property was kept very clean.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Apr 2025

Gawin

Staff was amazing! Room was clean. Short walking distance to train and bus station. Very close to everything! Will stay here again.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Apr 2025

Christopher

N/A

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2025

RUDIN

Wonderful staff and great service!

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2025

Hailey

Great food places around

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2025

Cecilia

Thank you for the very kind and helpful staff,
Location is perfect and facilities was very clean
Highly recommend

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2025

Alexan

Water was kinda weird, made us itchy. Reception is nice though.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2025

Beatriz

Nice property. Used the money exchange machine in the lobby, it was easy to use. Need better instructions for thermostat, could not regulate so room was hot.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Dec 2024

Hideyuki

Desk was a little bit small.
But other is good.I would like to stay if I have the next time.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

07 Dec 2024

Schaffino

Room is very small

10/10

Exceptional

03 Dec 2024

Ashok

Excellent location to get to everywhere

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

28 Nov 2024

Ralph S.

The hotel lies on the main shopping street that also leads to the historic Gion section of the city with easy access to the sites in the Higashiyama District.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Nov 2024

Vincent

Very clean and well mantained

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2024

Brandon

Not too far from the castle or party spots. The doors had a do not disturb button so you can sleep in if you want. Washing machines were very fairly priced however be careful not to leave your laundry in there too long as there is a sign warning they will take your clothes to the front desk if let unattended too long after finishing. Bed was too hard for my liking but didnt leave me with back pain. Overall a good stay

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2024

JAMES

Excellent

Excellent location for walking to shopping and historic areas as weak as nightlife. Much better than station area for staying in.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Jan

A clean, safe and quiet hotel. Spacious room and bathroom. Friendly staff.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Nov 2024

Josue

Nice place

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2024

Dylan

Was in a good place with heaps of yum food and within 100m of the entrance. Staff was really helpful and respectful with anything we needed. Only downfall was that if you prefer bottled water you have to remember to buy some before you get back to the hotel because the vending machines were broken and the room didn't come with water unless you drink tap water

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2024

Jose

Really close to many places of interest like Nijo Castle and Nishiki market, Pontocho and Gion district.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2024

Yuji

It was my first time staying at iBIS Style hotel and first time in 6 years to be back in Kyoto whilst so many inbound tourists are making the city unfriendly but the hotel was more than decent in such great location with good value for money

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2024

JORGE

The property was close to main shopping area, although not that close, so to interrupt the quietness

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2024

Sangeeta

Excellent location.staff is very friendly.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2024

mary

Nice bathroom and comfortable beds! Jonathan was friendly and helpful. No view as the windows are frosted, but my room was quiet. There is a bus right outside.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2024

Chloe

Lovely hotel which is in a perfect location to go sight seeing

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

05 Aug 2024

Mark

Perfect size, we only needed bed and bathroom.
Fantastic price!!
Staff were so helpful!
Perfect location for Nishiki market and short distance to temples and shrines.
Will seek out Ibis Styles again!

8/10

Excellent

30 Jul 2024

Thuy

Night market is near by the property is about 10 minutes walk. A lot of restaurants near by. 5 minutes walk to the bus station that you can go to the bamboo forest.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2024

Dianne

It's a clean and serviceable hotel. The staff was kind and accommodating. There is almost zero English versions of the information about the area attend the hotel, but as we have been to Kyoto before, it an issue.

Business Partner

4/10

Poor

07 Jul 2024

Ashley

Pictures do no match the actual place you stay in.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2024

Paris

Staff was very friendly. Solid experience you’d expect from an Ibis. Best bidet on the trip so far.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Jun 2024

Ping Ho

Good location and very economical

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2024

Bradley

Clean and friendly staff

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2024

Makena

On the main road in Kyoto, but back enough from the street that sleeping it was plenty quiet. Room was small but functional, bathroom could have been cleaner. Location is killer though and there wasn't anything overly bad. Solid stay if you want a simple place to crash after long days walking around

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2024

Omar

Good location, close to Kyoto station but transit and major attractions are easily accessible by transit

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

24 May 2024

lourdes

Property was fine and easy access.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2024

Daniel

Was close to everything I wanted to see on this trip. Only a few minutes by bus (which was right outside the hotel) to the Gion district and only 30mins to some of the more out there attractions.

Plus, a very spacious bathroom!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

23 May 2024

josephina

It is located on Shijo Street, a 2-minute walk to the main shopping area. Very convenient.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

18 May 2024

Manish

Good location, clean rooms, but breakfast below average in the Nextdoor coffee shop

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

14 May 2024

Rachel

I booked 3 non-smoking rooms. They gave us 3 rooms that smelled like cigarettes. When confronting the staff and asking to change rooms they changed one room for us on a different floor. On the other floor it was okay no smoke smell, but they only changed one room for us. The next night we asked if they were able to change the other 2 rooms and they admitted the floor was converted from smoking to non-smoking recently which is why it still smelled like smoke.

Definitely would not recommend if you want non-smoking rooms, they weren't able to properly accommodate our booking even though it was booked in advance.

Other than that its pretty much the same as other similar priced hotels but that was definitely a bad experience. We didn't have this issue at any other hotel we stayed at in Japan.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 May 2024

James

Nice location and great price!

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2024

Ronaldo

Lovely room and very nice bathroom. However my stay was impacted by several issues. First the safe in my room was not working and it took some time to fix. But worse was the fact that the advertised laundry facilities were not available, with only one machine working very slowly and staff advising me to go to an outside laundry 5 minutes walk away. I asked if the problem would be fixed as we were there 3 days but it seems it wasn't a priority for this hotel to give customers what they paid for. I think this problem should have been explained at check in before taking payment.
Also one of the lifts broke down..but that at least was fixed fairly quickly.
Would probably not stay here again because of these issues.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Apr 2024

Jonathan

Great stay

Great stay with a friendly and helpful staff

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2023

Brian

Very convenient to for transportation, shopping and eating. The room was very clean if small. The staff were helpful.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Nov 2023

Umesh

We stayed here for a couple of nights. After stay at a few hotels within this price range, we found this place to be not as nice as other hotels, possibly because the other hotel brands were Japanese owned and the standards are different.
The staff was ok, the lobby area is open and boring, the rooms and the bathrooms are not anything special, nonfunctional.
Not a place I would book again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Nov 2023

james

We were first shown a very small room but could upgrade for a very modest price to an excellent room on the same floor. The staff were very good about the exchange and the room was terrific.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2023

Ryan

Place was good location, however our room was street side and it was very loud at night from the passing traffic. Other than that it was good, it’s an ibis so you know what your getting.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2023

Dillon

Absolutely loved my stay here. Highly recommend!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2023

Chizuko

We enjoyed the stay very much! Thank you!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2023

Robert

Clean hotel, good breakfast at the coffee shop. Only a short walk to metro station

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2023

Olga

Very good hotel in good price. Comfortable place, good location.
Highly recommended

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2023

Andrey

Very nice location, walkable from Shijo metro with luggage. The first floor interior is beautiful - there are stone gardens, plants, etc. Rooms are small but has everything. I've stayed there for a week and then extended my stay for another day. Cleaness in general is fine, but could be better (dust on some panels that are never cleaned etc). Bathroom cleaned properly. Also depends on the day and cleaning team I think, as some days were better than others.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

02 Apr 2023

Eduardo

Sad Stay @ Ibis Styles Kyoto

Good location but rooms were fairly small but functional. We had requested for additional pillows for our group of 4 guests since only 1 pillow was provided for each guest. None provided and were told that they've run out of stock. Our two other hotels we stayed at during our trip to Japan always had 2 pillows per guest. Also, no weighing scale was available for us to check our luggage to comply with weight requirements for our flight - we were told that \"the airport would surely have weighing scales available!\" Don't plan to go back to this and probably similar Ibis hotels if this is how they run their operations.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Mar 2023

Anne

Good location, clean

This was a clean hotel and had the nice security feature that your room card automatically pressed the button for your floor so that nobody could get onto a different floor. They provided toothbrushes that were made from wood to reduce the plastic in the world. The staff was very accommodating.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Mar 2023

Man Yee

Small but affordable price

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Feb 2023

deshan

Excellent facility, very clean and had everything you need. The location was excellent, for walking or using transit, the staff was friendly and helpful. A great experience.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2023

Dechen

Great rooms and great location! All local attractions and shopping are a short walk away!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2022

SAEED

Only big thing that was disappointing on an otherwise brilliant hotel was the breakfast. No option for vegan or veggie whatsoever even though they do so

Business

8/10

Excellent

12 Dec 2022

Troy

The room was dusty and needs a deep cleaning . They only have a microwave in the lobby instead of one on each floor same with ice . You’d have to go all the way down to the lobby.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2026

Verified traveler

部屋も綺麗でスタッフの方も丁寧な対応で良かったと思います。
ありがとうございました!

Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2026

MICHIO

地下街からのアクセスにやや難ありと思っていましたが、それほどでも無く、食事も手軽なところが近くにあるので助かりました。部屋は清潔感あり、デスクもそれなりに幅と奥行きあって物をあれこれ仮置きするのにも支障なし。
バスは卵型？というのか幅があり、シャワーするのに安心感あり、トイレとの距離もそれなりにあって良かったです。
2階の東側端の部屋で、窓から小路向かいの神田明神が見えたりしたのも面白かったです。

8/10

Excellent

12 Jul 2026

TOMOKO

部屋の窓にロールスクリーンが付いてるのにカーテンは要らないと思う
コーヒーカップの飲み口が欠けていた
木の歯ブラシの木の部分がオイル臭いというか気になった
部屋も綺麗に掃除してあり一泊ですが気持ち良く過ごせましたが以上の事が勿体無いと思いましたので書かせてもらいました

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