gran terrace Le Lien Hakone

5/5 food. 5/5 onsen. Cozy, eight room ryokan. There are two private onsen for guests. The onsen water relieved pain and movement in arthritic joints and made your skin feel silky smooth. The bathroom amenities in the onsen are luxurious. The futon was very comfortable, even for elderly western guests. Specifically request continental food if you do not want 100% Japanese cuisine. Both the continental and Japanese dishes were presented beautifully and tasted amazing.

Unless you have a car, getting to the location when the cable car and buses aren’t running outside the daylight hours is limited to taxi or hiking. The ryokan will discount the taxi cost. The two onsen were labeled lukewarm and hot, but I found the lukewarm onsen very hot and the hot onsen perfect. You can adjust the onsen temperature by adding cold water from a tap in the corner. There are no showers in the ensuite bathrooms. You shower in the two onsen. This was not an issue for my family since onsen time is when you shower at a ryokan. I have never used an ensuite shower at a ryokan.

Owner was very helpful, and everything was very well prepared in advance for our stay. Although it was a shared bathroom, it was very well put together and clean. The room itself is very clean and well put together but not anything out of the ordinary. Very cosy.

Great staff, nice view, clean room and nice onsen

Staff is super friendly and helpful. The Japanese style room matched our expectation. The hot spring is a real hot spring. The breadfast is fantasia. You can't miss this & Highly recommended. You know the owner runs the hotel by his heart. Everything almost perfect.

Location is 10 mins away from station. And this is in uphill. So you better have a car.

Room was good, no shower in the room.

Not good if you do not speak Japanese.

Lovely hotel, the owner was always available if you had any questions. The private onsens were really nice.

The food in the hotel is a little expensive. Be sure to book breakfast in advance or to bring food beforehand because it’s far from the convini stores

The staff is really warm and welcoming, they've made me feel at home. I loved the Yukata! The onsen were fantastic! And I loved that it is privatized, each guess is allowed up to 45 minutes but I didn't have to wait to go. The view is really amazing (I got up early to see the sunrise) and the room was very spacious for just myself.

It was a last minute booking for me. The hotel is indeed far (by foot) from the train station, buses stop early but there were cabs available. The food seemed amazing but it has to be booked in advance, which I'll make sure to do next time. I would still go back as it was an incredible place.