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Reviews of Seikoro Ryokan

4 out of 5
Seikoro Ryokan
467 Nishitachibana-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Zhi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The place had great vibes from the old style decoration, paper panel doors, small garden and shared bathhouse for an authentic Japanese ryokan experience. Our room attendant was super sweet and explained all the kaiseiki and Japanese breakfast that we were served. The staff were all super attentive and kind. Overall it was a great place to stay for two nights.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
My partner and I had the most wonderful stay at Seikoro! First and foremost, the staff are incredible, kind, and caring. They do their best to ensure that your stay is comfortable and enjoyable. We stayed in a traditional Japanese style room and also got the kaiseki dinner and breakfast. I highly recommend all guests take part in the dinner and breakfast service! We got to try so many different flavors and it was all delicious. The futons that we slept on were also extremely comfortable and the amenities are all modern. Staying at Seikoro was the highlight of our trip to Kyoto!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dylan

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was an amazing experience, everyone was amazing and accommodating. Our room attendant was very sweet and we had a wonderful view of the garden. This Ryokan is also a very short walk to many important shrines. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Darlena

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The highest level of service. The 14 course diner was so amazing we were anxiety waiting for the next one. Our personal host made us feel so special her attention to detail us impeccable. Our stay could have not been better.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jae

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best Ryokan Experience
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jonah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful historic ryokan with a wonderful staff!
A wonderful ryokan with a truly welcoming and lovely staff. A great location just steps from the subway and useful bus lines, and about a 15 minute walk from the Gion area. Also has a great little onsen to relax the day away!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Edmond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Authentic ryokan with service standards one can expect from a ryokan stay. Very centrally situated, within walking distance to shopping district and shrine. Train station is just outside the ryokan and connects to most places of interest in less than 30min.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Federica

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nava

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This ryokan was absolutely stunning. The rooms are large and traditional. The staff service and friendliness were out of this world and second to none. I will definitely be returning.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adithya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Ryokan Experience
Amazing service and experience overall.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

D

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An oasis in Kyoto
A brilliant little place, blending tradition and comfort perfectly.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a wonderful stay at Seikoro Ryokan. All of the staff were so lovely and friendly and Tomoko who was serving us personally was very thoughtful and considerate, bringing us things we might want without us even asking (e.g. more cream for our coffee). We had the masa set menu for dinner and it was brilliant as well. We felt bad with the old man who helped us with our bags but he was very strong! I think its a family run business and we were sk glad to stay there and meet them all. A truly very authentic Japanese ryokan experience. I would highly recommend it to anyone.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Ryokan Stay
This ryokan felt very authentic and was in a convenient location. The staff was friendly and accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at the Seikoro was incredible: starting from the facilities, a traditional and original ryoken building, to our hostess Teru who was SUPER nice with us, explaining and answering our questions, to the staff always friendly and eager to help. Super recommended to everybody who wants a real ryoken experience!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simply amazing!
I don’t even know where to start. This traditional style hotel was an amazing experience from the start to finish. We got there early so they held our bags while we walked around. When we came back our bags were in our room and they brought us a cookie and tea for a snack. We left for dinner and when we came back our beds were setup. The breakfast in the morning was delicious and on time. The staff was so incredibly nice and considerate. I would stay here again in a heartbeat. Thanks!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Niall, London

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Walking through the door was like stepping back in time to a former Japan. Impreccable service and a warm welcome, was followed by a sublime dinner service and a charming onsen visit. A great nights sleep in an oasis of calm. I would happily return!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Glen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a fantastic experience to stay in a traditional Japanese house it felt like I’d been transported back to the 1800’s albeit with modern conveniences in the room. Great staff and we thoroughly enjoyed the onsen.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff
Over-the-top friendly staff — even by ryokan standards
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Irene

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We felt well taken care of and valued. Food was delicious and plentiful. Everything was perfect although there was some road traffic noise, but that can't be helped.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Neema

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at Seikoro was absolutely incredible. Rooms are super nice and cozy. Extremely friendly staff. Hiro was the perfect host. Highly recommend this ryokan when staying in Kyoto. We are definitely coming back!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

ALA

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very authentic, made us really feel like in traditional Japan.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anna

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Ryokan!
Family of 5. Stayed here for 3 nights. Service was amazing. Great amenities. This was our first time staying at a Ryokan and it really exceeded our expectations. Would be back for sure.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

jason

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed for 4 nights on holiday with late teenage family . The ryokan was superb. Traditional Japanese experience with a super kind attentive atmosphere from a family run business . It may not be for everyone but we loved it !
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great experience
What a fun stay. The staff and in particular our room attendant Hiro were fantastic. The arrival and departure rituals were so much fun for my son, with often five or more staff members greeting us or waving goodbye each time we arrived or left. The room was nice, futons a little bit hard and I am just not used to sitting on the ground and getting up from the floor every time. All in all, a great experience and I wouldn't change the experience for something different.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing experience in Kyoto
Seikoro Ryokan is the perfect place to experience Kyoto while getting a glimpse of a traditional guesthouse with a communal bath. We stayed in the family room, which had everything needed for our family to stay in comfort. The staff/service was absolutely wonderful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
My son and I took a trip to Japan and loved the experience. This Ryokan was one of the highlights of our trip. It is a very unique stay and you should plan your evening around it if you choose to stay. This is not like a traditional hotel, you are cared for individually. Yuma was our room attendant and was very sweet. Dinner and breakfast were amazing and she did a great job of explaining what everything was. Super cool experience. I hope Yuma is able to visit NASA one day as she said she loves it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Renee

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
For $1000 / night this needs to feel like a peaceful well appointed retreat. And our family has seen a ryokan done well. Unfortunately, our first reaction when walking in was to try to find a new place to stay. They do, however, really try to make up for it with service. The amenities and rooms need upgrading. It’s dated, and we don’t mean in a beautiful antique way, we mean dated. There’s almost no closet space, there’s tons in the room, but they occupy it all with their stuff - and not efficiently. They could easily reappoint some for guests. The centre garden was not visible just leaves out the window. The onsen was nice but could also use an update. Sleeping wasn’t great. Either stay traditional and leave the sleeping mats on the floor or go modern and add comfortable beds. But the choice to balance the larger mats on two smaller wobbly mattresses was uncomfortable and we literally slipped off more than once. At this price point they need a laundry service. Pointing people to the coin laundry down the road would be fine for a hostel. For service, we felt like royalty but after a couple days their obsequiousness got uncomfortable. We would have liked to sleep in later than 8 before they entered for the room for latest breakfast service option. Food was amazing but the same food 5 days in a row gets boring. They could easily turn this into a $1000/night stay but right now it’s not worth it. For one or two nights it would be fine but we don’t recommend more than that.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Francesca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
service is just excellent
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alberto

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was our favorite stay in Japan. Spent 1 night here to celebrate our honeymoon and all the staff were incredibly kind and welcoming. We especially enjoyed the Kaiseki Riori, one of our favorite meals of the entire trip!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is so friendly and spoke English quite well. This was fantastic for the kaiseki meals that are served in your room. The server was able to explain the many dishes and the dozens of elements in them. Great place!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

david

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Our family had an amazing stay at the Seikoro Ryokan. I would like to thank Akari and Yuma for everything. They made our stay exceptional. I recommend the Kaiseki meal. It is a delicious and memorable experience. We also enjoyed the onsen. It's such a great way to relax after a day of exploring. The Inn is easy walking distance to attractions, dining, shopping and the subway stop is less than a 5 minute walk.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amy, Gulf breeze

Traveled with family
Beautiful property with amazing staff. Very good breakfast and helpful recommendations for dining in the area.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Exquisitely beautiful ryokan experience with in-room dining, public bath, tatami mats and warm hospitality. Service was outstanding. Will definitely return.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

jet

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We really enjoyed staying at the ryokan. The service, food, and the experience in general was great. The only thing I have for improvement is the air condition. It was pretty weak or almost non-existent. The temperature was in the 80s and it would have been nice to have a nice cool room. Perhaps we could have asked for a fan.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yolanda

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a nice experience!! Highly recommend. Location is perfect. Staff was so nice friendly. Slept on tatami beds and they were very comfortable! Food was good as well!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Santhosh

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Seth, Vacaville

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jerry

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The service was immaculate and all the staff were very hospitable. The Ryokan was also very beautiful and I lost count of the number of photos I took. You will get a personal attendant to your room who will prepare your food and show you the amenities etc and the one I got spoke English quite well. Overall, it is a little pricy but worth it if you want to experience a Ryokan.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Grace

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
this ryokan was absolutely gorgeous and so peaceful. the staff was so sweet and the vibe of the inn was so quiet and zen. the futons were extremely comfortable and the bath was so comfortable. i can’t wait to stay here again!
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Corey

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jocelyn, Yakima

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful property with kind and helpful staff. We were made to feel very welcome. Breakfast was delicious. We enjoyed using the public bath as well!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tiberiu

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The service was outstanding. Everyone went above and beyond to make our stay a memorable one. Cannot say enough about the customer service and the friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Arun

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place, lovely staff
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johno M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kyoto for real
Amazing authentic experience with service that surpassed even the most prestigious 5 star hotels.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Byong Hwa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
can stay like a at home
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gloria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff and overall experience of staying in this Ryokan was excellent. Although they don’t provide washing and shoe cleaning services, they still went the extra mile to guide me on how to do my own laundry nearby, as well as polish my white shoes after a day’s worth of dirt. My server was great as well, and the evening tea and dessert was a great touch.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nobuyoshi

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Walking distance to Gion.
Typical old style Japanese Ryokan. Little old (but what can you expect in Kyoto) and they have no laundry services.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023