Daiwa Roynet Hotel Kyoto Shijo Karasuma

10/10

Exceptional

27 Dec 2025

Jennie

This hotel was very nice! They have all the toiletries you would want, the room size is decent for Japan. They have laundry room in the hotel. The staff are super friendly. It was raining when we were there, they offer umbrellas too. The location is 10 min walk to high end malls and markets. I’d love to stay here again!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Dec 2025

Yimeng

Great location. The hotels provide all the stuff you need. The design of the room has lots of convenient details

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2025

Nada

Amazing staff and room! Very close to the station and there was so much shopping 6-15 minutes away. The temple is only a 15 minute walk! Highly recommend. And they have laundry available which is so helpful while travelling! Loved this room.

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2025

Chantel

The staff were great, really friendly at check in. Being able to access the amenities you need is really nice as a guest, especially the drop coffee. The hotel is in a good location for Kyoto - you can walk to many places or access train stations easily. The room was a good size but felt a little dated. Unfortunately, despite staying four nights, we had no room cleaning. This was a surprise, as everything said it would happen after the third night.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2025

Jonathan

Great room, private bathroom,

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2025

Solomon

Very friendly staff

10/10

Exceptional

19 Sep 2025

Mitchell

Great hotel!

The rooms were clean and the serives they provided were really good. Never had a hotel offer me a choice in what pillow I wanted to use. Would stay here again for sure.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2025

Tomas

good location. good breakfast. Electricity in the room was off in the absence of keycard, so fridge, charging and AC did not work when not it. I understand the reasoning, but I found it not the best solution. Cold water was more like luke warm in the shower. But overall, good hotel, great experience. I had a good sleep there.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2025

Xiaotao

friendly staff and conveniently located.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

David

Excellent modern budget hotel is a great area. Easy walking distance to Gion and close to subway. Laundry facility on site. Good breakfast.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Jun 2025

Monika

Everything about our stay was perfect — the staff, both at reception and in housekeeping, were exceptional. The cleanliness of the room was excellent. Downstairs, the hotel provided thoughtful extras like toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, and sachets of shampoo, conditioner, face wash, and even hair oil. We were able to borrow umbrellas on rainy days and appreciated the option to leave our luggage after check-out. It really is a beautiful and well-run hotel.
But (and there’s always a but!), the room we were given (Room 717) faced directly into another building — so that was our “view” for five days. The building was so close that we couldn’t even see what the weather was like outside. Unfortunately, this wasn’t mentioned in the room description or visible in the booking photos.
That said, we were out exploring most of the time, so it wasn’t a major issue. I just would have appreciated knowing in advance — it would’ve avoided the surprise. And like I said, I really couldn’t fault the hotel otherwise and didn’t want to make a fuss and let this one thing spoil an otherwise lovely stay.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2025

Mimi

Roomy, clean, complimentary water daily, next to the subway station on Karasuma Line! I will return and stay here when I come to Kyoto again!

Business

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2025

Marco

Excellent place to stay

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2025

Leonardo

Great

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2025

Marisol

I feel so safe and secure when walking around the hotel staff very friendly I love it

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2025

Ajay

My star rating speaks for itself. The one thing I would suggest is to have a power outlet placed by the bed head at a higher position so guests can charge their phone overnight while having it close by for any urgent messages. Thanks

8/10

Excellent

04 May 2025

Rosa

Located in a good spot and easy to get to from the Kyoto main station. The staff was very helpful

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2025

Belinda

Na

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

01 May 2025

Car

One of the receptionists was quite rude when asked for a second time was it possible to check in before the nominal 2pm checkin

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Donna

Walk in shower was the icing on the cake!

Nice hotel, little bit out of the way to tourist attractions but easily accessible to the subway. Nice rooms and a walk in shower was the icing on the cake!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Good value

Good value for the price, a stone's throw from Exit 5 of Shijo Station, all essentials are also nearby ( lawsons, family mart, 7-11, drug store, anytime fitness ), as well as some good restaurants. Walking distance to the shopping streets. But there is a strange cigarette smell inside the hotel ( strange because i never saw anyone smoking inside or outside the hotel ), but other than that, really no complaints.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2025

Anna

The hotel was situated very close to a train station and other amenities, such as cafes and convenience stores. The hotel staff were extremely attentive and approachable. The hotel offered many amenities, such as extra toiletries, hair brushes, tooth brushes and tea bags. The communal areas were extremely clean and tidy. The room layout was well designed and didn't feel cramped despite being a small room, and included many helpful amenities such as TV apps like Netflix, a hair dryer, makeup mirror and bath toiletries. The only area for improvement was that the decor of the room was a little tired and had marks on the walls, which could be improved with repapering or fresh paint.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2025

Edgardo

The staff are very accomodating. The Place is clean and well maintained.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Mar 2025

Brendhan

Always love staying here !

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2025

Jacob

Great location a walking distance away from the main strip

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2025

Narita

The property is good and the price is affordable with variety of facilities in the hotel.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2025

Mihai-Razvan

Right next to Shijo station, within walking distance to Nishiki market and the Gion district. Super friendly staff, excellent breakfast, quality room!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 Dec 2024

Verified traveler

Good location beside subway and bus stops

The location is quite good, mins walk to subway and bus stops. There is lawson beside the hotel and other convenience shops. Opposite is a Welcia mart and few restaurants around. Going to nikishi market is around 15mins walk. Like other commenters, you can smell some cigarette at the lobby although no one is smoking. Its ok for me since I dont really stay at the lobby for long. Room is clean and spacious. You get tour own toiletries at lobby and they offer wide ranges of things there to use

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2024

W

Hotel lobby is near to smoking room. Can smell strong tobacco smoke at lobby. If you are non-smoker please take note.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2024

Karen

The staff was super helpful and the breakfast included made the price worthwhile. Cons were typical Japanese small size hotel rooms.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2024

Weiyi

Great location, clean facility, comfortable room with reasonable price.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Brian

Slightly older hotel but excellent staff and location

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2024

Roger

Staff at check in are very friendly and service minded.

The room I was allocated had a bad smell that became worse over night. Asked for a change and that was arranged without any fuss.

Beds were rather hard and the cleanliness wasn't 100%.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

27 Sep 2024

Verified traveler

Nice hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2024

Tracy

Looking forward to returning.

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2024

Sokuntheary

Theary Nhek

We the hotel, the room is big comparing to other hotels we stayed in Nagoya and Tokyo. Their hotel lobby smell like cigarettes. It doesn’t bother us much because we only passing by to go to our room. The room doesn’t smell like cigarettes which is good. The staff are friendly and nice. Good location and a lot of bars and places to eat around.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2024

Nicola

Hotel was within walking distance of the market. Plenty of places to eat.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

23 Apr 2024

Thomas

Avoid! Even for a smoker, this is your worst nightmare.

As soon as you walk in you are greeted by the stench of cigarette smoke, one you will become familiar with if you don’t immediately exit the hotel.

The staff here are friendly and welcoming, and we checked in with them and headed to our room very quickly. We opened the door to our room, and the ever familiar smell of cigarette fumes had engulfed the room. We headed straight back downstairs to change rooms, we had inadvertently booked a smoking room so we upgraded to a non smoking room.

The non smoking room was old, dirty and still had cigarette ingrained into the fabric of the building. The throw had stains, the wallpaper was peeling off and the lighting was horrific.

We left and booked another hotel - there are plenty of hotels a similar price to this one which offer a much better service.

4/10

Poor

03 Apr 2024

Richard

Condition of room is poor. Walls are marked and in poor condition. Slight smell in bathroom. Rooms are small even on Japan standard. Cost is high given quality of hotel. No safe which is common in most hotels. Service is okay but not great.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jan 2024

Daniel

Good property in a nice location. Beds and pillows too hard to get a good rest.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jan 2024

Jonathan

All good

Business

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jan 2024

Ana

I had a very pleasant stay. The staff was really helpful and courteous. The location of the hotel is great and close to everything.
Nice and clean accomodations.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

14 Jan 2024

Daniel

Beds are a little hard, but great location and staff

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jan 2024

Yongquan

We have stayed here 5 nights. It's a great place to stay and we will go back again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Nov 2023

Axl Rivandy

良い時間を過ごせました！
ありがとうございます、また来ます！

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Oct 2023

Maria Mercedes

Clean and neat

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2023

Bo

The best hotel in Japan for my one-week trip this summer in Japan. Strongly recommend to anyone who is looking for clean and comfortable place to stay after often tiring long walks in their trip.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2023

Thomas

Very good value Hotel. Clean and convenient for the subway only 2 stops to the main Kyoto Station. Some lovely shrines in walking distance

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2023

Alexandra Shiovitz

We were in a smoking room, and didn’t like the smell, but otherwise our stay was pleasant.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2023

stanley

very close to subway entrance

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 May 2023

Ceci

Will go back and stay there again

10/10

Exceptional

03 May 2023

HAO-CHUN

The double room at Daiwa Roynet Hotel has a large space (enough for opening two 28-inch and one 24-inch pieces of luggage at the same time). The design and configuration of all the double rooms at Daiwa Roynet Hotel are the same. This makes me easy to schedule what I need to prepare for the traveling.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2021

Verified traveler

The location is very good as being placed near useful train stations, and there are many nice diners around the hotel.
The hotel itself is a good enough.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2020

Verified traveler

Rooms are clean, and the staff is very welcoming. Location is right next to Shijo station, so walking distance to Nishiki Market or Yasaka Shrine.
Bathroom was big enough.

Business Partner

2/10

Poor

02 Apr 2020

Jackie

The staff working there has an nasty bad attitude. Not friendly, unwilling to help tourist.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Location is very good with easy access to trains and restaurants.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2020

Chris

Modern hotel situated in a convenient location close to the train station and tourist spots.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2020

Chris

I was too early for the check-in, I left my bag with the reception and asked if I can check in earluywent to the café for some work.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Nice hotel, but no safe in the room not enough storage for clothes. Also the breakfast was extremely poor.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Great location - five minutes from Kyoto Station and an easy walk to great restaurants and shopping

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2019

Olivier

3 bed in a room

I booked for a room with 3 beds and I was suprised how well the room were arranged for 3 beds. All was perfect for a stay

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Aug 2019

Jillian

Great location and a nice room

Me and my sister enjoyed staying here. Room was really nice and the hotel was in a an excellent location withing walking distance of Dotonbori. 7/11 directly in front of hotel and lots of good restaurants nearby. Close to subway too.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jul 2019

Kevin

Pros: helpful staff, good breakfast. Asian brand hotel chain similar to a 3-4 star.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Room was larger than most Japanese hotel rooms and was extremely clean

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Trainee receptionist better than the trainers at t

The trainee receptionist welcomed us and was very nice but all her supervisors standing next to her were so cool and not a smile.

Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Good location, walking distance to lots of restaurants, shops, and the train. We had a no smoking room but it smelled like old smoke, i think the carpet needs to be ripped out. The room was small with basic furniture. My biggest complaint is the bed pillows, they hurt my neck for days because they were so hard. No issue with WiFi, would recommend this location but better accommodations elsewhere...

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

Good hotel in good location

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Very nice no complaints. The room was clean and not lacking anything.

8/10

Excellent

13 Jan 2019

Joaquin

Stay was quite good.
Didn't have an early check-in. Anyway, our luggages were accommodated by the hotel receptionist.
Restaurant in the ground floor serves good food with reasonable price.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

great stay in Kyoto

great location, spacious, convenient because of all convenience stores around

Family

6/10

Pleasant

17 Nov 2018

Ichuan

Wasn't as good as I hoped.

I booked this hotel based on the rating and reviews, but I was okay at best. Hotel is modern, clean and convenient, but the rooms were small. Overall it was just okay, felt there better hotels for the same money.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2018

Lynn

Comfortable hotel, friendly staff, good location close to downtown and subway

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Nice location, nearby shopping area.

Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Nov 2018

LarryY.

Great breakfast buffet at an additional cost of 1200 yen. However there was an additional accommodation tax of $25-30 dollars per room, payable upon check in. The hotel was clean and close to the Shijo Karasuma Train subway train station. Rooms were a little bigger than other similarly priced hotels. Very good shopping and eating places close by. Hotel did not an after hours lounge like the other previous hotels we stayed in prior to coming here. The other, a bit less expensive hotels had an after hours lounge at no cost that had self served coffee, tea, sake, wine at no cost. So this hotel, the Daiwa Roynet appears to be al carte with their services.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Sep 2018

Gary

Great location and a nice hotel.

Good hotel in what turned out to be an ideal location for us. Next to subway station and easy to walk to various attractions.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2018

Weng

Hotel locates in shopping area with walkable distance and next to subway station entrance.
Nice sound insulation in the room that really helps of relax.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Excellent hotel, very comfortable and very well located.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2018

N

Great deal in good location

Spanking clean and new Hotel with large rooms for Japan in center of Kyoto’s main shopping district, short subway or taxi to Kyoto station. Get the breakfast.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2018

Lien

Very Clean and Spacious

This hotel was very nice, clean and spacious. Compared to Japan sizing, I was very surprised at how spacious it was. I would definitely stay here again. The location isn’t as central, but just a short walk to some main attractions and busy areas.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

15 Mar 2026

yukari

お世話になりました✨
駐車場がなかったのが残念でしたが
京都は仕方ないですね
ありがとうございました😊

Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Mar 2026

Masako

スタッフの対応はとても良かった。ただ残念
なのは朝食の料理がまずい、スープの手ぎわが
悪く待たされる、皿やボールの位置がバラバラ
で混乱する。京都らしい料理を期待したいのに
がっかりした。