Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shinmachi Bettei

This is hands down the best hotel experience l've ever had. I expected a nice room after seeing the pictures but it was even more beautiful in person. For full transparency - we booked the deluxe twin room. The staff was incredibly attentive and kind. It was our honeymoon and we briefly mentioned it upon check-in. The next day we were greeted by a hand-written card by the staff, which is just such a beautiful and thoughtful gesture. The breakfast is excellent and I really appreciated the Onsen in the hotel. After a long day of exploring the city it was wonderful to end the day with a relaxing bath. Thank you so much for making our stay such a wonderful experience!

Perfect hotel for our stay in Kyoto. The location is wonderful, as it's surrounded by excellent bars and Izakaya. It is only a 10 min walk to the Nishiki food markets and 3 different train lines. We enjoyed a wonderful experience here. The room was a great size and everything you could possibly need is here for you. The staff are so polite respectful friendly and helpful. I highly recommend a stay here.

We’ve stayed here before, and it’s a great base for getting around and seeing Kyoto, with a n attentive, knowledgeable, capable staff.|The room is very well appointed, and quiet.|The breakfast buffet is excellent, with a huge array of tasty items.|The baths are so great! After a day of touristing, stepping into a hot bath is so relaxing!

Best hotel of my trip to Japan by far. Loved the calm and clean atmosphere, the ample vending machines, coin laundry with instructions in English, helpful staff, bath, large well designed rooms, and superb water pressure. Even the pajamas felt softer. Only downside is that during a shower the hot water would quickly go from fine to way too hot and back again for no reason. If you are looking for the perfect location, there are likely better options, but I was very happy with this location for exploring Kyoto.

We stayed at this hotel for 3 nights and had a fantastic time. ||The location is excellent, just a short subway ride from Kyoto station but in a clean, quiet street. The rooms themselves are small but clean, and the hotel has an enjoyable onsen. ||The staff were extremely friendly as well during our stay.||I would strongly recommend this hotel to friends and family if visiting Kyoto!

Great location and very peaceful and quiet here. Lovely hotel. Room is quite small but as expected! Friendly and helpful staff! Comfortable bed and good for short stay! The only thing I didn’t like was they blank out the windows here and I think for a small room, you need a view!

Perfectly located, beautiful design and confortable rooms. Special mention to people working there who welcome warmly and say hello with a smile everytime you pass! We had a wonderful stay and looking forward to coming back again 🤍 Thank you so much for everything !

The best hotel we stayed in Japan! People who work there are the best! They are very friendly, hospitable and always ready to help you. We got some really useful advice from them about our trip. The breakfasts are top-notch and the choice is huge. I loved this hotel a lot, thank you very much!

It is a great hotel with a concept of supporting tourists. It is also an excellent place for business trips. They have an onsen. The best is their breakfast; they use the Kyoto ingredient, which is fantastic--highly recommended at avery desirable location.

Located in central Kyoto near the Old City Center, this hotel is large, clean, modern, and friendly. And it only costs around $60.00 for a room with two queen beds for two people. The price is way below an equal hotel room in the same area. And there is NOTHING WRONG with this hotel. It is great. As a bonus, the front entrance opens straight into the garden courtyard of an adjacent Shinto Temple from the Hainan Period. Truly, this is one of the best hotels in all of Japan for the price. I highly recommend it.

This is an interesting Hotel in Kyoto, it's relatively small and unassuming, tucked down a side street off a major business thoroughfare in a business district. It's location is very good, its just a few blocks from Sanjo Shopping Arcade and just around the corner from the Karasumaoike subway station. The lobby is very nice, floor to ceiling south facing windows makes it very bright and provides a view of a modest garden. The front desk staff was very helpful and spoke enough English to help when I needed it. Elevators are key card activated (an annoyance), but at least they were RFID cards. Rooms are small which is probably not surprising in Japan. Rooms contained everything I would expect in a hotel, a desk, TV, fairly large closet, tea service, and lots of other little details. The bathroom was interesting, it reminded me of bathrooms on a cruise ship. On newer cruise ships, staterooms are modular and built whole and then lifted on a crane into place on the ship. This bathroom felt modular. The entire bathroom is Toto branded and just felt cohesive. Of course there was a Toto Washlet toilet seat but there was also a nice deep tub. The only negative was the lack of shelf space for stowage of personal items. The first night it was surprisingly noisy, particular because I hadn't seen other people on my floor. Luckily the second night was quieter. I think this is a primarily local hotel, I didn't see other gaijin during my visit. This is a good place to rest your head. There are a fair number of restaurants in the area, some very well rated. The access to attractions is good while the location is mostly quiet.

Amazing hotel great location very very clean and great public baths. Room is small but super clean. Staff is very friendly. And also great breakfast. Would recommend this hotel. Love it

this is new hotel built in 2014, i guess. very fancy modern JAPANESE hotel. i like its entrance with JAPANESE tree and mini garden. has free WIFI, posting label, free KYOTO map. in here u can take in ONSEN. its little far from subway SIJO. but nice hotel !!!

Mitsui Garden Chain is one of my favourites in Japan. They are great hotel, all sporting a mandatory "Daiyoukujyo" (or public bath), which I love. The place doesn't have many "frills", rooms are quite basic and "japan sized" (unless you ask for big rooms), prices are reasonable. All in all I have had always good experiences.

The hotel is located in a quite neighborood in a very central position in Kyoto. You can easily reach many attractions by foot and still walking you can get in the Pontocho area in about 15 minutes. Rooms are slightly bigger than the average japanese hotel and we managed our luggage comfortably. Overall the hotel was clean and the staff kind and helpful (and knew enough English to handle a couple of requests, again that's above the average standard). As we were on our honeymoon they also left a congratulations message and gifts in our room, and that was a lovely gesture that improved the quality of our stay. There's also a restaurant accessible from the lobby, which is quite handy after a long sighstseeing day. Price is very good too so definitely reccomended. The only downside is that windows in the rooms are obscured so you can't get to see outside nor get any sunlight.

Nice hotel in Kyoto. Conveniently located and rooms are a good size. This hotel is newer amd staff are incredibly friendly. They have a public bath if you like that. Great hotel for a good price.