Shimoichi Holidays from AU$2,372

Great location - loved that it was easy to find and arranged to the train station (super convenient). Great dining options close by!

Impeccable, clean, modern, great location. Excellent restaurant in hotel.

The only thing tricky about the hotel is that it was not as accessible (public transit) as other hotels might be in centre Kyoto. But just 15 to 20 mins walk away from stations.

Service is over the top. Daisuke, the guest services manager runs the hotel with precision and never fails to take care of his guests. The rooms are beautiful and fully equipped with everything you could possibly need. Dyson hairdryers are just the beginning. A beautiful spread of hors d’ oeuves are serves every afternoon in the lounge. We are grateful to have found this hotel and will definitely be back.

This is a fabulous hotel to stay at. My family and I loved the experience. Staff met us before the door and used a cart to bring our luggage inside. We were met immediately and offered comfortable seats and asked for our passports. They found our reservation and checked us in. They noticed that one of our children would be celebrating his birthday during our stay and brought him gifts of chopsticks. The service was stellar and continued at this high level throughout our stay and beyond (they shipped items we left to our next stop on our tour). The rooms are comfortable, very clean, and roomy. The mattresses and pillows are very comfortable. We found origami cranes on our bed, which was a lovely touch. Breakfast exceeded our expectations.There was a first course of breads with a bento box. We ordered the American breakfast but it came with very Japanese touches: salad with local greens, a salmon sushi, and several others. The main course was equally wonderful. The hotel property abuts a shrine and they created a garden space that was as nice as the shrine. We were with walking distance to the Philosophers Path. We used the buses to get to the city center. Stops for the various lines were a few steps from the hotel and just around the corner. We also walked there and back on our first evening. The hotel staff were gracious and efficient in getting us a taxi reservation to the main train station and communicated our destination to our driver.