standard small room and bathroom combo. quiet area. not within walking distance of well-known sights but all within easy reach because of subway and bus stops. right opposite the imperial palace which does not offer much, but it is certainly a nice place to walk/run. you will probably get to meet/talk to people who actually live in kyoto instead of only the tourists :)

the room i was in needed an update. smelt a little but was clean. bad mattress. i would probably not stay there again because there are much better options in the same price range

This place is very Westernized, full of Americans and Europeans, and the (decent and plentiful) food was, too. We'd been staying in Japanese ryokans before this and sort of missed that style or else we wouldn't have noticed the difference. The location is central to both subway and buses, and you can walk to Nijo Castle in about 20 minutes.

We stayed 2 weeks at this hotel on the recommendations of fellow travellers on trip advisor. It is everything others say, very friendly staff, very clean hotel. Rooms are small but more than adequate for the price, which I think is very reasonable. Beds are a bit hard but still slept very well. they had 2 english TV channels, BBC & CNN - ask staff if you can't find them, they came and tuned our TV as soon as we told them we couldn't find the channels. Staff were excellent, couldn't do enough for you and always had our room key ready when they saw us coming into the hotel. Would definitely stay there again and highly recommend this hotel to anyone.

Autumn is a special time in Japan, the radiation scare up North in Fukushima -we are happy to have gone through with our trip to Kyoto, the Palace Side Hotel was still fully booked just happy to have a confirmed bed for 9nights . For stays over 6 nights-the hotel gave a special discounted rate of Y8200 a nite, with the yen $ rate crazy high its costing about $110 per night with taxes net. The coup de grace of the hotel is we get to just cross the street and voila- each of our morning walks in a lovely National Imperial Garden (free of charge). The maple leaves have started to change from green to red, the Gingko Bioba -yellow leaves are magnificent too. The nifty cold air is still manageable considering we come from the tropical islands of the philippines.
The rooms of the hotel is well cared for,small refrigerator, Tfal water heater, free green tea and complete Shiseido Shampoo/Conditioner & body bath liquid soap. The neighborhood is quite, convenience store & McDonalds just 3 minutes walk. We cannot help imagine what it was like living in this area 1200 years ago in the days of the Shogun. A lot of tourist sites within taxi distance-reasobnable & affordable when you are 4 in a cab, coz the minimum bus and subway fares have gone up to Y250 - so if the fare is les than Y1000 just take a cab. Guest kitchenette on the 2nd floor- allows great savings on food /dinner expenses. Breakfast is McDonald- McMuffin Sausage sandwich only Y100 or Chicken McNuggets for Y100( must be an ongoing promo-5pcs) Fresco supermarket around the corner bait further than K convenience store but well worth the extra 4 minute walk. Truly a home away from home. the hotel is celebrating their 10th year anniversary-as per the pins on their chest. I shall return.