Ikoi-no-Ie Kyoto Reviews

Hostel was easy to find with Hostelworld directions, but the AC was the weakest of all places we stayed in Japan, so our room was roasting! :( Other reviewers complained about their seperate buildings but it didn't bother us. Traditional breakfast was delicious but expensive. Most staff spoke good English though I mostly practiced my Japanese on them, they are friendly people. There's a metro station/bus stop and 7 Eleven/Supermarket within 5 mins - and

Fantastic staff and great location. Really appreciated the friendliness and the quality of the rooms.

Very close to Kyoto station and a very friendly staff. You check in at a different location than your stay, but these are just streets away. We enjoyed having a kitchen to sit and eat and occasionally visit with others. Take care to eat out early if you want to go to a restaurant. Things close early in this part of town. The supermarket (24 hours) is very close by and a delicious udon shop. Also try a soba dessert place just down the street. It's newly opened and incredible

It's a little far from the station but fine once you get to know the area.

The location from Kyoto station is rather far away, 30 mins walk, if you are tourists with bulky luggage, the journey might be tedious. There is a distance away between the reception and the location mentioned.

Central location but very difficult to find . The reception and the hostel are not in the same place and the narrow streets all around look like the same . The room is really small and not too clean.

Our room was better than we could have hoped for. A little patio with a sink where I could brush my teeth and wash my clothes (though there are coin operated washing machines available). The hostel has many facilities that you can use such as bike rental (which we used and the bikes were well maintained), WiFi that worked well, a kitchen (the only thing I would suggest is please replace the sponge!!! It was ancient and disgusting) Other than that the hostel was lovely and amazing.

Very good journey but noisy at night as walls are very thin...

Good if you'd like to try staying in Japanese styled room with proper tatami mat & futon. I admitted that the futon is so comfortable and made us lazy to wake up the next morning. The staffs are nice & spoke very good English. Just that we have very bad experience finding the way to the hostel in the first day, the direction given by hostelworld are confusing..as it directed us from the nearby 7E shop, without realizing there are 2 nearby 7E shops in the area. It is still a good place to stay.

Very easy to find following instructions given. Ideal location for seeing Kyoto. Very pleasant staff. Will go there again if I visit Kyoto.

Noisy at times, during 10pm - 8am window when there are people moving in and out of the place (loud footsteps could be heard all the way up the 3rd floor)

The atmosphere is very nice. I really like the Japanese decoration and lovely detail. Staffs are helpful and the location is not far from Gojo station. I have a great time here

The place was very,very basic for thr money,which it is expensive.

Overall, we like the place. Just one note for improvement. There is wifi facility but the connection is terrible. Hopefully this is something that they can fix.

Thanks for the kindness and great arrangement for our stay (3+4), appreciate your helping hand and sincere smile. Will revisit if we return. Ichiban!

The room was so good, no smell at all (for me is the best among all ryokan). Feel comfortable in the small house, warm atmosphere, nice decorations, good stuff (communicate well in english) Just a suggestion, I think the best transportation for staying there is bicycle. The range between this ryokan & some famous sightseeing is comfortable to go with bicycle (due to traffic jam & far train station). And not much bus you can see from the street, i think have to wait quite a time for the ride.

Stay here every time I'm in Kyoto. Great location, very private and quiet area which is easily accessible. Lovely staff. Just like a big ryokan without the expensive price!

Great place, just a few minutes walk from Kyoto station. Highly recommended.

Good location. Wife and I stayed for three nights and slept comfortably with Japanese style bedding. The Japanese pajamas provided were great. Facilities are minimal but more than enough for budget travelers. We never used the kitchen but it would be great for guests who would stay for a longer period of time and would like to save some bucks.

This was our first hostel in Kyoto and we were a little disappointed. The place was good, easy to find and cheap, clean etc. We stayed in two private twin rooms. The first room was so small that the two mattresses just fitted and we had nowhere to put our bags except standing them up, which was not ideal. They were the smallest rooms we stayed in in Japan. The hostel has two buildings about 100m away from each other, ours was the remote one and we were separated from everything.