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Reviews of Tabiya Hotel

3 out of 5
Tabiya Hotel
329 Tabiyacho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 31 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 82 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Location us good. But room are too small Must craw onto your bed. No lift to your floor
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from TABIYA hotel on 3 Dec 2019
Thank you for staying at TABIYA hotel. We are sorry for inconvenience that room was small. Hope you could relax in that room. How was trip in kyoto? We are looking forward seeing you again.

8/10 Good

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 4 Dec 2019
Thank you for staying at TABIYA HOTEL. We appreciate your review. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 4 Dec 2019
Thank you for staying at TABIYA HOTEL. We appreciate your review. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Excellent location with easy walking to many sites. Great bathroom amenities.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 16 Oct 2019
Thank you for staying at TABIYA HOTEL. We hope you had a pleasant time in Kyoto. Thank you for your nice comments!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly hotel.
Satiated for two nights in a twin room with my teenage son. Small room but had everything we needed. Convenient location for Kiyomizu dera, a 15-20 mins walk. Very friendly hotel staff. Hotel served free yogurt and bun/cupcake for breakfast. Shampoos soap towels hair dryer toothbrush were provided.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from TABIYA hotel on 20 Aug 2019
Thank you very much for staying at TABIYA hotel. We are glad you liked our hotel. How was your stay in Japan? We hople you will visit to Kyoto again.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms very small you literally had to crawl no room for luggage. Had to store one bag in the washroom.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Junebug, Arizona

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Advantages Location, location, location-shopping and dept stores (food), close (walking) to major area of temples and shrines (Gion), near transport via subway or buses. Quiet to outside noises. Hall is noisy depending on guests but rooms are quiet. Free breakfast of yoghurt and roll. Nothng special but last night at the dept store, you should have bought food for breakfast and it is in the frig for backup. If not, MaDonald’s, Starbucks, other stores a quick walk away. Disadvantages Only place to sit is on the bed. You have to be agile to handle structure of the room and poor lightswitch placement and have a healthy back. No place to hang or store clothes. Have to keep everything packed in suitcase on the luggage stand. No frills, claustrophobic with no window view (obscure glass). Really only room for one person. Have to climb steep stairs to get to office, then more to the room. Takes muscle to lug luggage.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 14 Nov 2018
Dear Junebug, Thank you for having stayed with us, and thank you for many comments. We look forward to seeing you again sometime. Thank you very much.

10/10 Excellent

Elvis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will still stay here for next visit
Good location, good service. The room is clean. The only drawback is small, but it is still worth to stay here.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 14 Nov 2018
Dear Elvis, Thank you for having stayed with us, and thank you for good comments. We are pleased to hear that you had a good time with us! We look forward to seeing you again sometime. Thank you very much.

10/10 Excellent

Francene, Los Angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a lovely time here! Will definitely stay here again and recommend to anyone staying in Kyoto.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 24 Jul 2018
Dear Francene Thank you for having stayed with us and gave us comments.We are pleased to hear that you had a good time with us! We are waiting for seeing you again sometime. Thank you very much.

4/10 Poor

Maureen, Sydney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room was really tiny. Difficult for two people to maneuver around each other. The bathroom was lovely and big, should of made it smaller and given some extra to the bedroom. Was clean and new. Up two flights of stairs.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

4/10 Poor

Terry, Singapore

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You can find a better option please!
The room is literally tiny and certainly not suitable for more than one person. Though it is relatively near to the train station, it is not the most convenient location leading to most attractions. Overall, we shortened our stay here and found a cheaper and much larger apartment with closer proximity to Kyoto station. In addition, the complimentary drink coupon is merely a discount ticket.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Joana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
A boutique hotel located in central Kyoto, near Shijo street and shopping and restaurant area. Bus nearby and metro station in walking distance. Room was clean and really small, but had all that is needed (and more) making a great use of space. Nice bathroom. Yogurt and buns are complementary provided in the morning. They will keep your luggage at checkout if asked, something that is not common in most japanese hotels. Overall, a perfect location and a great hotel for a solo traveler or a couple with 2 small bags.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good
Location was perfect , rooms are very small . Staff was kind, roof top area a bonus !

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cozy and clean
Great staff and location, room very small and poorly laid out. Not good for more than one person

10/10 Excellent

paul, los angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very small but comfortable room
This room has very thing you need but is very small so if you are have a fear of tight spaces you should avoid. But it is clean and comfortable and at an affordable price for a very central area. The staff is very nice although they don't speak much English. They also provide some yogurt and rolls in the morning free of charge.

10/10 Excellent

Debbie, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, friendly staff, tiny room.
The hotel is in a great location for exploring Kyoto. The rooms are small but, as I read in another review, you don't go to Kyoto to sit in your hotel room. Lovely touches by the staff give the hotel a very friendly feel. Would definitely recommend.

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Funky place
Funky little place. Nice and close to the main shopping street. Lots of steep stairs, would not be good for people with back/hip problems. No elevator so you need to carry things up 3 flights of steep metal stairs.
Response from General Manager on 23 Feb 2017
Thank you for using TABIYA Hotel this time. We will strive to make improvements pointed out about sudden stairs and the size of the room. We would be pleased if you could stay again. TABIYAHOTEL

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice design, central location
Tabiya is a tiny boutique hotel with excellent location in downtown Kyoto. Rooms are quite small but use the space well and worked fine for us.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great staff and excellent location. Loved our stay!

10/10 Excellent

Julia, Brooklyn, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely, hip hotel in the heart of Kyoto
My brother and I stayed here during a recent trip to Japan. Everyone who works here is incredibly kind and helpful. They helped us make dinner reservations and locate a luggage shuttle service that we needed for a hike we were going to do in the Kii Peninsula. The food in the restaurant is terrific, as is the ambiance. The rooms are small but very cozy and comfortable. Great location too. I loved staying here!

8/10 Good

MM, UK and JPN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
compact but well thought through hotel
The hotel is in located in a small street, very close from Kawaramachi station (hankyu line), thus very handy for shopping and sight seeing. The hotel is on the third floor (above car parks and Tabiya cafe) only accessible by stairs, so be prepared if you have loads of luggages. The reception is inside of the cafe and friendly staff will show you where your hotel room is in the third floor. The floor space of room is very small but it is well equipped and designed cleverly so the size didn't matter much. The following morning we found couple of nice breads to be consumed in the cafe area as breakfast. Their free drink voucher was a bonus, too.

10/10 Excellent

T, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely Hotel In Historic Kyoto
This hotel was so lovely, we had a great time and stayed two nights. We stayed in the Kaki suite, and the photos are accurate representations of the room and washroom. Very clean, very well maintained, recently renovated by the looks of things. The room is small, but we didn’t come to Japan to stay in our room all day. I was actually very cute and exactly what we wanted at a very reasonable price with a private washroom. The attached restaurant is AMAZING with fantastic aesthetics and serves some of the best coffee we had on our trip to Japan. I would absolutely stay here again. Others might not like that it was compact/small, but we loved it. The staff were so friendly and helpful, and we had no issues whatsoever.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is very nice - the room is small but comfortable. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful. The hotel is above a cafe that has great food (inexpensive) and a nice atmosphere. They use fresh local ingredients in the menu. Although breakfast was not included, they left some food every morning (bread or rice) outside the room. The location is great - close to the train and subway stations, as well as shopping areas. Morning walks along the river nearby are highly recommended. The only minor negative thing was that the frosted windows do not open.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location in center of everything
Nice staff, clean rooms, good location that made it easy to get to attractions. Rooms are a little small, but that seems to be the norm in Japan

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020
Response from TABIYA on 23 Sept 2020
It's very encouraging. Thank you very much.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NICE
素晴らしい接客
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 19 Mar 2020
Dear Guest, Thank you very much for staying with here at TABIYA HOTEL! I hope you enjoyed staying in JAPAN. And thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear that, that means a lot to us! Thank you very much!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Tabiya hotel on 20 Feb 2020
Thank you for your feedback!!!

10/10 Excellent

shota

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from ＴＡＢＩＹＡ on 30 Jan 2020
この度はTABIYAホテルをご利用下さり誠にありがとうございました。良い評価を頂き光栄です。またのご利用をお待ちしております。

6/10 Okay

tony, カリフォルニア

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
立地良し、設備良し。清掃が行き渡っていなかった事が唯一残念です。枕元にカピカピに乾いたコンタクトレンズが落ちていました。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from TABIYA on 26 Jan 2020
この度はTABIYAホテルをご利用くださり誠にありがとうございました。お客様に立地や設備を気に入って頂けて大変嬉しく思っております。 清掃が行き届いていなかった点で、お客様には大変ご迷惑をお掛けして申し訳ありませんでした。今後このような事が無いよう、はスタッフ一同精進してまいります。また京都に来られる機会がありましたら、是非TABIYAをご利用ください。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
快適
便利な場所なので選びました。お部屋は狭かったけど、清潔で良かった。 すみません。マークの順が左から、悪いでしたね？最初の投稿、よく見ずに、逆と勘違いしました。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from TABIYA　HOTEL on 8 Dec 2019
この度はTABIYAホテルをご利用くださりありがとうございました。また、口コミもご記入いただき嬉しく思います。お客様にはお部屋が狭いという点でご不便をおかけして申し訳ありませんでした。京都での滞在はいかがでしたでしょうか？　また機会がありましたら是非TABIYAホテルをご利用ください。

10/10 Excellent

Miu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 4 Dec 2019
当ホテルご利用いただきまして誠にありがとうございます。良い評価い頂きとても光栄です。どうもありがとうございました。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 4 Dec 2019
Thank you for staying at TABIYA HOTEL. We appreciate your review. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Toshihiro

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 17 Oct 2019
TABIYA ホテルをご利用頂き誠にありがとうございました。京都での滞在はいかがでしたか？またのご利用スタッフ一同心よりお待ちしております。

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Es war alles sauber und ordentlich, allerdings ist die Hälfte der Zimmer nur mit einer schmalen, nicht öffenbaren Fensterreihe ohne Ausblick ausgestattet und die Zimmer sind sehr klein. Obwohl wir mit Rucksäcken gereist sind, war die Größe an der Grenze. Das sollte man wissen, vorallem wenn man mit Koffern reist...
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 16 Oct 2019
Vielen Dank für Ihre Kommentare! Es tut uns leid zu hören, dass Sie das Zimmer als zu klein empfunden haben. Wir hoffen, Sie haben Ihren Aufenthalt in Kyoto genossen.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

NAOMI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
快適なホテルでした。
観光地へのアクセスが良く、ホテル周辺にも飲食店多く、ひとり旅でしたが快適に過ごせました。 お部屋も清潔感があり、1人で寝るには十分な広さでした。
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019
Response from TABIYAスタッフ on 21 Mar 2019
この度は、TABIYAHOTELにご宿泊いただき誠にありがとうございました。快適にお過ごしいただけたということでこちらも大変うれしく思います。是非、また京都にお越しの際はご利用くださいませ。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

saem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
만족했습니다
저는 위치, 간단한 조식, 청결도, 공간 모두 너무 만족했습니다 다음에도 이용할 예정입니다
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

YU-JEN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
整潔OK 地點不錯 房型很小
房間真的小 其餘還OK 地點不錯 隔音不是很好
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Wing Kai

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
房間太細, 三樓 check in 有職員搬手搬行李 , check out 離開 就沒有, 要自己將行李搬到 一樓, 很不方便
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ウェルカムドリンク、ミネラルウオーター、朝食も付いて中心街で良心的な宿泊料金‼︎家族4人で一部屋でしたが個々にいいスペースでぐっすり眠れました。時間も宿泊したいと思いました。ありがとうございます！
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
가와라마치역에서 도보 3분 거리에 어디든 가기 편해요~ 깨끗하고 어메니티 구비도 잘 되어 있고 친절해요!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 16 Nov 2018
Dear Anoymous, 우리와 함께 해 주셔서 감사 드리며 좋은 의견에 감사드립니다. 우리는 당신이 우리와 함께 즐거운 시간을 보냈 음을 기쁘게 생각합니다! 우리는 언젠가 다시 당신을 만날 것을 고대하고 있습니다. 고맙습니다.

10/10 Excellent

Annica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 15 Oct 2018
Dear Annica,Thank you for having stayed with us. We look forward to seeing you again sometime. Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Annica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 8 Oct 2018
Dear Annica Thank you for having stayed with us. We look forward to seeing you again sometime. Thank you very much.

10/10 Excellent

Minako

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from TABIYA HOTEL on 1 Aug 2018
Dear Minako Thank you for having stayed with us. We hope you had a great time during your stay! We look forward to seeing you sometime again.