Hotel Granvia Kyoto

Jody Titus

Beautiful hotel in the action area of the train station. It was fun to conveniently walk around the train station. The staff was extremely friendly and went above and beyond to help with an outgoing international phone call. We always received smiles and there was a general feeling they were there to ensure a pleasant stay. The breakfast buffet was excellent with a wide variety of options. And better yet was the Club level complimentary tea and social hours. Nice to have something quickly available when returning from site-seeing/getting ready to go out. The club level rooms were spacious (we had one king bed) The location is great for travel but not within walking distance to downtown area with majority of restaurants. We ate in the food court area of Kyoto Tower which was a fun, bustling experience.

William Cheng

We recently stayed 3 nights here, and loved every minute of it. The room was spacious and luxurious, with a big comfortable bed and modern elegant furnishings. The bathroom was big as well, with a nice shower, and everything was immaculately clean. We had a neat view of the shinkansen platforms, which will entertain the rail buffs out there. Front desk staff were warm and welcoming. Elevators were fast and efficient. An excellent breakfast buffet was included with the room rate -- as with most Japanese hotel breakfasts, the Asian food tended to outshine the Western food (Japanese scrambled eggs are often kind of soupy, bacon is usually not browned very much nor crispy, and the sausages are not the typical breakfast sausages that Americans are used to). The coffee/espresso machines are a godsend! Of course, one of the major highlights of staying here is being right in the heart of Kyoto Station, for the convenience of being right in the transit heart of the city, for the amazing shopping, and for the eye-popping architecture. You could seriously spend a whole day just in the station and not get bored. I'm so glad we stayed here -- it was absolutely worth the price!

Lisa Fairchild Daugherty

Super convenient location attached to the Kyoto Station. This hotel is huge! Our rooms were 100s of meters from the nearest elevator. We had gotten a room with 2 twins; yet the beds were together with end tables on the side. Not the ideal set up for family/friends traveling together. You can hear the trains from our room (at the far end of the hotel, close to the tracks). Concierge was super helpful and all staff were friendly and helpful. Breakfast was a nice buffet with Japanese and Western Options. Few minute wait max for a table at breakfast. Overall pleasant stay, just not my preferred type of hotel.

T B

Good solid room, we had a superior twin with 3 beds on the 12th floor, the room was decent size with 3 beds there is not much room to move around. The AC in the room wouldn’t get cooler than 22C. We had a view of the Kyoto tower which was nice. The location is the key right inside the Kyoto station. Good hotel at a decent price $240/night.

Caroline

NOT allergy friendly!! In 2024 no other option to normal yoghurt or cow milk… breakfast was mostly japanese/ asian style buffet. Employees are friendly but not well-informed about the hotel itself - very strange… location and room was good.