Hotel Nikko Nara

Conveniently located next to the train station, the hotel still reflects its old grand days. The rooms are big and comfortable, and clean, though the furniture is quite apparently outdated, giving a sense of the 90s. Within walking distance of the hotel are many restaurants for your choosing. It is convenient especially for Travellers on the JR.

Overall, the hotel is great. It is clean, comfortable, convenient (just next to JR station). The breakfast is very good, I highly recommend to have their breakfast. It serve a wide variety of traditional Nara cuisines and local foods.

Nice hotel to stay for 2 or 3 days or so. Have a smoking room at level 4. A bit quiet place but worth to stay. 30 mins walk to nara park or just use the shuttle bus. They have funny slipper (so feminine room slipper 🤣)

Nikko Nara has a very good location, but the interior of the hotel is quite old. The restaurant staff don’t seem very welcoming to foreigners, as they hardly speak English. The public bath is overcrowded, mostly with seniors. The hotel provides sample-sized skincare products such as toner, cleanser, and moisturizer. You can leave your luggage near the reception area after checkout and collect it later.

Great location, just 2 min walk from Nara station. Hotel has a self service luggage locker room with plenty of locks. Room was clean and functional. I found the pillow too soft for my comfort, else my stay was good.

We arrived tired from a long trip around 2pm and no effort was made to let us into the room before the official 3pm check-in time. The hotel celebrates it's 20th birthday and its age shows everywhere. carpets are dirty in the corridors, bathrooms are built to a 2005 standard, at least beds were comfy.

Good size room for the price we paid (double the size we got compared to the hotel across from the other side of the station.). The only strange thing I saw was that this hotel allowed guest with big tattoo to use the in-house public bath house, which went against the usual practice of most of the public onsens/bath houses in the country that restricted entry any person with tattoo.

I’m absolutely shocked — is this really the standard of hygiene in Japan? The ventilation is caked with thick dust and mold growth, and when I reported it to the manager, he said, “It’s healthy to inhale dust; Sakura cleaning standards approve thick dust around ventilation.” Save your money and stay at the hotel who can respect their customers, there are plenty options better than Nikko cost the same price.