Kyoto Ryokan The Kinoe

Wonderful atmosphere, gardens, decor, and meals. A relaxing retreat. Breakfast was a particular treat of tradition and taste.

We enjoyed staying at the Ryokan The Kinoe. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The dinner and breakfast were great.

The ryokan experience is great. Amazing food at dinner (served in your room) and breakfast in the restaurant. Onsen is on sight.

This is a great spot in Kyoto. Tons of temples and gardens in easy walking distance. You can also walk to pontocho alley and Nishiki market easily. An area with beautiful antique shop is a few blocks away. Even if only so do shopping. The rooms were very comfortable. Well stocked with cold water and tea you can make yourself. Lovely tea set in room. Keurig coffee or tea in the lobby area for at will use. Very friendly staff. Though some members did not speak English well. Google translate on your smart phone helped communicate. The staff was ready to make restaurant suggestion of all types. Noodle house to sushi. Look forward to staying here the next time we are in Kyoto.

Although the room was spacious and clean, the futons were very uncomfortable. It is in a nice location in Gion, close to beautiful streets, but not so close (15min walk) to a train station. Bring your eye masks as the room is very light in the morning.

Beautiful ryokan in a great location! The staff are so friendly and accommodating and the entire place is very very clean, only complaint is the beds are very uncomfortable for a forigners standards the futon cushion is almost non existent and you will feel like sleeping on hard floor with an uncomfortable pillow.. but otherwise amazing experence!

Beautiful property - accommodations, meals and service outstanding as were the baths. In a great area close to shopping, temple, etcetera.

Excellent staff with a comfortable, traditional room. Food was delicious and well prepared and staff were helpful with everything we asked.

This was my first experience in a ryokan and I enjoyed it a lot: the traditional room, the bath, the super, breakfast and the friendliness of the staff. A great place to relax in Kyoto

Disappointing. Not good value for money and not impressed by this Ryohan. We paid a lot for a Japanese Ryohan experience but not worth it. The staffs have very limited English and a bit ignorant with the guests. Difficult to figure out what and how to do in the hotel as a foreigner. Traditional breakfast was not tasty and we all think we can easily get better food elsewhere. Japanese garden is very small and not that pretty. The view is shared by lobby and the only one garden view room. All in all, we don’t think it meet our expectations for a Japanese Ryohan culture experience.