Kyoto Watazen Ryokan

Watazen is a 180-year old ryokan chain. Very nice Japanese style tatami room. Kaiseki dinner with wagyu beef is an excellent dinner, though somewhat pricey. Enjoy it with family in the comfort of your own room. Short walk to Nishiki market.

Reasonable price Japanese style hotel. The room is a bit old but with a new unit bath inside the room.

Staffs were friendly and helpful, one staff was fluent in english and japanese. I had been to Japan, but it was my boyfriend first visit, so I picked this hotel for him to experience the Japanese style room, it was Tatami room, if you prefer a nice comfy mattress, and not to experience Japanese culture, please do not book this hotel. We booked the small room with shower only, since there was public bath (hot springs), we didn't need to use the shower room once. The public bath area wasn't huge, but it was good to dip in after all the walks in Kyoto. The walls and windows weren't thick, you can easy to hear loud noise from the street and people passing by hallway once awhile, also the slide door noise too. But so far it was a nice hotel to stay.

Everything was lovely. We really enjoyed our stay, and traditional breakfast. too.

Room, service, and Japanese breakfast were all great. You get a free gift when you arrive and tea and local snacks every night. The one factor which made our stay not so pleasant was the noise - there was a lot of noise from the other guests staying there through the night. People upstairs were slamming the wooden sliding doors shut until nearly midnight or later, kids were yelling in the corridors, and one night the guests in the room next to us were so noisy someone else complained. It was a pity as if it hadn't been for the noise, we would have had an excellent stay.

Great staff, average hotel but they charged us 20$ for the late checkout (for one hour)

Great location is the reason why we picked this hotel. On the other hand we also wanted to experience the old Japanese living style. The room is very spacious for 4 people. Very clean and welcoming environment. Got to try the onsen bath in the basement, very relaxing. Great staff. I forgot my phone on the taxi and they went all out to help me find the taxi and get my phone back. Excellent experience overall. Highly highly recommended.

Awesome location and very friendly saff. Great place to stay at japanese traditional style hotel.

Our stay at the Watazen Ryokan was excellent. We would stay with them again if we come back to Kyoto. Staff spoke decent English.

Excellent service, friendly staff and great location. Room size is large by Japanese standards, but the futon was a little hard and uncomfortable. The continental breakfast was also poor.