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A-yado Gion Reviews

3F Sakura bldg., 244-2, Nakano-cho, 2 chome, Shinm, Kyoto, Japan

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80%

Yo is great! Very helpful and friendly. Super nice. Thanks Yo!

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Hi, Thank you for staying with us. And your review makes us happy. I really enjoyed the time with you. It was super nice for me too. When you come to Kyoto again, please stay at A-yado! A-yado Yo

93%

Great little place, rooms are clean and secure, staff are friendly and speak good english, the location is perfect for the evening, very close to lots of bars and restaurants, and for one of the largest temples in the city, so, highly recommended all in all.

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad our service and location made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

100%

Great place to stay. Great staff, good location and easy to find. Loads of advice about what to do and places to visit and lots of other travellers to meet. Definitely make this your home in Kyoto!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 25-30
  • (5 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here and our service made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

90%

Great place in great location. East Kyoto has most of the cool sights so you can easily walk to most of them and save money on transportation. Staff is very friendly and allowed me to check in a little early, thank you! Staff has plenty of easy directions and extra info, food maps ect.

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad our location and service made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

100%

best place ever so kind and young pple.. its worth paying expensive japanese prices for a excellent hostel like this one

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! We look forward to seeing you next time!! A-yado

86%

Great stay with a Great Staff. The ten bed room is well organized so you can have enought place and privacy.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

36%

On the positive location is OK but then just alike other hostels in Kyoto. The main negative is that he bunk beds in all rooms are ridiculously cramped up so that there is no space to move at all. In the mix dorm there are ceiling high curtains trying to hide this, but that makes the room extremely noisy because people cannot see if there is someone in the next bed. Common room is really small as well. This may spoil your Kyoto experience but there are better cheap hostels

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Italy
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (2 reviews)

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Hi, 1. You insisted that you wanted to lax our rules. You insisted that you wanted to check in at 5:00am. We let you know about our opening hour (from 7:00am) twice by email. But you demanded to lax our rule about the opening hour. Though it was the rest time of a staff until 7:00am, we opened our reception and living room at 6:30 for you. Please don't forget that we have the right to take a rest. 2. Though it was not our mistake, you disturbed our work. You wanted to make a reservation for night bus at 8:00am. And you asked us to look for the available seat. When we found an available seat for you, you left the reception to go to living room to contact your friend by email. After that you came to our reception at 10:00am. Then a seat of the bus was already full. But you insisted that you wanted to make a reservation for it and disturbed us in work. The availability changes moment to moment. It was not our responsibility. 3. You complained for nothing. You used our computer to listening music by connecting to USB. Suddenly you came to reception and told us that all your dates were deleted. We were sure that our computers were safe and secure. Because we check them carefully. But you insisted that our computer had a harmful application and it deleted your music files. You blamed it for all on us. We strived to resolve that, also calling our staff who was day off. Finally you found it was your common oversight and nothing was deleted. 4. You complained for nothing again. You knew our hostel had just dormitories. But you wanted to change the room because the other guests were loud. If it was midnight, that would be a problem. But it was around 8pm. You came here by night bus and slept in daytime. Even if you changed the room, the situation wouldn't change. 5. You complained for nothing without paying the fee. After using our dryer, you insisted that your clothes shrank. Nobody had ever experienced the shrinking of clothes. And you didn't pay the fee for it. You were the first not to pay the fee. If what you wrote is the truth you experienced, why have you stayed at our hostel twice? Though we did our best to let you stay here comfortably, you didn't follow our rules. And you disturbed us in work. We manage this hostel for a lot of travelers. If you disturb the stability of our management, we can't keep the reasonable price for them. You don't have the right to disturb our work. And also you should pay the facility fee. We think that your review is resulted from too much high demand of you. We can't accept everything you demanded. A-yado

90%

The staff was extremely helpful

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Female 31-40
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad our service made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

96%

I ‘ve stayed four hostels in Kyoto and think this is the best.The rooms are pretty clean and it’s nice shower room is inside the room. Staff are friendly and helpful.The location,for me Japanese,it was easy to find but not sure for foreign traveller. There are green tea café’TSUJIRI’ and traditional cosmetic shop’YOJIYA’ just near the hostel. These are very popular among Japanese. I recommend you visit them.Anyway, it is very cheap if you book via hostelworld. Cheeper than other Japanese site!

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. And Thank you for recommend our hostel. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! We look forward to seeing you next time!! A-yado

96%

Brilliant hostel! The room was great, loads of PCs with free internet all the time. Drinks and food upstairs in the common room to save you going to the shop, and located in Gion, a beautiful part of Kyoto. Also very close to the street with the main pubs and clubs!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 18-24
  • (4 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

93%

Great location. Good facilities. Room space a little on the small side.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 25-30
  • (5 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad our location and our facilities made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

86%

Cozy spot, especially for a first time hostel stayer. The location couldn't have been better!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you our location made your stay more comfortable. We hope you enjoyed you stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

100%

Great location and very friendly staff. I have stayed at many hostels throughout my travels and this was the best I've been to!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. Also we had a good time with you. Thank you!! When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

80%

Very helpful guy working reception. Rooms were nice and clean, even if the mattress was a little thin! Good location for walking to the city.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 12 Sep 2011
  • jiblet
  • Ireland
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (11 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We hope you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

93%

We were a group of 6 visiting for 1 night. They had space available when we arrived very early in the morning so they let us check in and use the facilities, much needed after a 10 hour bus journey. The place was set up so well, with privacy in dorms and a nice communal area with beers and snacks available at a cheap price. Would definiately recommend this place to anyone visiting Kyoto.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Mixed Group 25-30
  • (3 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad our service made your stay more comfortable. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

90%

I had a great time. A-yado has a great location and pretty easy to find from Kyoto Stn. The staff are friendly and helpful, and the facilities are quite good. The common room could be a bit bigger, since it can get crowded in there. But that's the only suggestion I can really think of. If I'm back in Kyoto I'll definitely stay there again. Thanks!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 31-40
  • (4 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad we had a good time with you. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

100%

Great Hostel

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 18-24
  • (3 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We hope you enjoyed staying here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

100%

very nice place and cheap in the center of Kyoto. I would spend my time again if I come to Kyoto and will tell to my friend about your hostel.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Indonesia
  • Female 41+
  • (1 review)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We are glad you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyouto, please stay here with your daugher or friends. A-yado

93%

Comfy beds, great wifi, awesome location!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 18-24
  • (7 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you for staying here and writting the comment. We hope you enjoyed your stay here. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

93%

A-Yado is one of the best hostels I've stayed in. Its location couldn't be better (even if the directions from the station are a little confusing!), the staf couldn't be friendlier, and the price is great by Japanese standards!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 06 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (5 reviews)

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Hi, Thank you fot staying here and writting the comment. We had a good time with you. And thank you for giving us a meno to our staff. When you come back to Kyoto, please stay here again!! A-yado

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