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!

Binta Onifade

This is a 5 star worthy of hotel, from the front desk to the baggage porters, the house keepers, especially the house keeper, you can tell they love their job and they do it very well. I appreciate their efforts. The hotel is huge, and being at the train station makes it even more massive. The hotel is very beautiful and they paid attention to detail, the breakfast has huge massive amounts of selections to pick from and they were all tasty. Props to all the staff that runs the hotel 5*

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.

Victor Chua

Excellent location, conveniently located right on top of Kyoto station, hence you do not have to worry about rain or shine affecting your commute. Hotel lobby may be a bit hard to find but ask around any staff or tourist information counter and they will guide you along! Very huge and long hotel filled with friendly and welcoming staff. Room size is comfortable for three people and the rain shower combined with the body shower is just heavenly after a long day out. Flexible checkout was convenient (you can pay and settle your account first at the counter after breakfast and when you checkout at 12 you can just drop the cards off in a box at the lobby to skip the queue) Aeon mall is just a stone throw away with tons of great food, shops and arcades/gachapon. I’ve enjoyed my stay a lot and will definitely be back in the future.