Is Hotel ZIZI Kyoto Gion pet-friendly?

No, only service animals are welcome at the property.

How much is parking at Hotel ZIZI Kyoto Gion?

This hotel doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Hotel ZIZI Kyoto Gion?

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 8:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

Where is Hotel ZIZI Kyoto Gion located?

Located in Gion, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Hanamikoji Street, Yasaka Shrine, and Shijo Street. Pontocho Alley and Kawaramachi Street are also within 15 minutes. Sanjo Keihan Station is 6 minutes by foot and Higashiyama Station is 7 minutes.

Hotel ZIZI Kyoto Gion Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chad

2025/3/21

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

We enjoyed our stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tina

2025/8/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The room is big for 4 adults. Microwave and toaster. Full fridge shower was big and has laundry machine in room. The clothes will not dry completely. You need to hang them but there was many hang her. My only complaint was the AC. It was Soo loud! Sounded like there was a hurican in our room.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Laura

2025/8/3

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Self check in - we were provided with a Japanese character but when we got there each room was named with English letters. Could not get a hold of anyone who worked there for 2 hours. Hotel was clean and spacious. Stairs to get to the rooms steep and awkward with luggage. Not all amenities they list available - had to request a microwave be put in common area to use and safe did not work - staff unsure how they worked either. Area quiet and out of the way - 7 minute walk to subway station.

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Daichi

2024/12/1

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

it was a great stay at a reasonable price

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Wendy

2025/6/15

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Check in was a bit confusing. There was no one on site even though we areived within the time frame. Room was comfortable and clean. However the stairs are incredibly steep and narrow. We were on the 3rd floor with lots of luggage. No elevator.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa

2024/12/20

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

A little bit out of the way but so very comfortable with a huge suite. Would definitely recommend!

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Maria

2024/6/16

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Very convenient location close to restaurants shops and transportation. Very quiet street, excellent very happy with our stay

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Kriston

2025/3/31

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

No microwave

The only issue was no microwave as advertised. Other than that it was a nice quiet comfortable nook that had style. Would recommend.

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Brian

2023/9/5

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Rooms are large which was nice for Japan.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

2023/7/10

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Low key establishment. 6 rooms in this hotel so it feels cozy. Beautiful room and close to all my favorite things to do… cafes, historical sites, and shopping.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Melissa

2024/11/27

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The entry to the hotel was easy. I couldn’t find the lounge or paperwork to properly sign in. The resident next door came out yelling if she even saw a foreigner near by. She scared my children and was completely over-the-top. The room was very nice but we would’ve liked an interior lock. The room was very stylish and comfortable.

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeanne

2023/3/19

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Walking distance to the temples and cultural district

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Benjamin

2023/6/26

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

This is well located with nice rooms and good atmosphere. There is no elevator so if you have accessibility issues, it is not for you. In Gion but on a quiet street so you can get to restaurants and shops but still get a good night's sleep.

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

2023/7/11

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Absolutely the best location - easy to get to so much of the treasures of Kyoto. Enjoyed sleeping on a tatami mat and futon in a room set for three. Towel size was fine for me, but a little small for larger folks.

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

VIOLETA

2023/10/20

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Cute

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Klaus

2024/7/21

Liked: Property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

You go to bed with the last one who is coming up the stairs with bags during tve night and you wake up with the first one who is moving in the hotel or by the traffic in front of the hotel.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Benjamin

2024/6/28

Disliked: Staff & service

Property is beautiful and located in a nice area. However, the place wasn’t clean, carpet wasn’t vacuumed and the place is very dusty. There is no staff at anytime for us to ask questions or request anything that we need.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Jennifer

2024/3/29

Disliked: Staff & service

The hotel was spacious but you felt more like you were staying in a hostel not a hotel. The front end person was around from 11-7, but if u had questions or needed info at check out you were on your own

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

John

2024/5/3

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Disliked: Staff & service

Worked out well. The only issue we had was a delay on getting us the self check-in information. We had no idea what to do when we got there. Then in the middle of our stay the code to the front door and our room was changed and we couldn’t get in.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

ANDREA

2023/6/12

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The room was extremely large for Japanese hotel rooms. There are stairs (we had to walk up 3 flights), but it does say they will carry your luggage. There were plenty of restaurants nearby and the main shopping street was about 10 minutes away. The only negative for us was that they say they will hold your luggage after checkout, but there really isn't a secure area to hold your luggage. The two areas they said we could leave our luggage, it was still accessible to other guests who had a passcode to the building. Other than that, we really enjoyed our stay and would stay again.

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

2023/1/1

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pretty good

We stayed in the Wakamatsu room. The heating unit for this room is outside, but less than a foot from one of the windows. So while the unit in the room is quiet, the one outside the window is audible. If you are a light sleeper, you will hear it. I cannot speak for any other room. Other than that, and the fact that there is no elevator, this place is great.

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

2023/9/22

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Hotel ZiZi Kyoto Gion was one of the best hotels for children I have ever stayed in. Hotel rooms are hard with a 10 month old and a 3 year old, but Hotel ZiZi was so children friendly it made it easy. Even with being on the fourth floor, we were able to park our double stroller under the stairs. The staff was incredible. We got there early and they let us check-in and leave our bags while we walked around and went to a Tea Ceremony. Anytime we needed to get to an address the staff just put it right into our phone. At the end of our stay we checked out early and were able to leave our bags there while we went for photos and the Kimono shop. The hotel room was clean, and so comfortable for a 10 month old and 3 year old to crawl around and play. The shower/bath combination was perfect for a family of five where you could get ready while someone else was showering. The hair products in the bathroom and face spreads were luxurious and we were surprised by a full Dyson hair dryer and curling iron set. We also had two children with extreme jet lag from the USA so it was a safe area to walk at 2:30am and 5am on our family walks so we didn’t wake up the rest of the tenants. On our early morning walks we always stopped at the family marts that are open 24 hours for snacks and coffee. We would give this hotel a 10 out of 10 stars, and tell any family to come to this hotel!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Christine

2023/8/8

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not bad, could be better

Please be aware, this hotel has no elevator and the stairs are a bit on the narrow side and pretty steep. Check-in was fairly easy and completely contactless. Actually, I did not see one hotel staff person on my entire 3 night, 4 day stay. The hotel did send me instructions ahead of time and there was a note stuck on the door when I arrived. It wasn’t an inefficient process but definitely impersonal. The room was pretty nice. It would have been nice to have some extra pillows as there was only one to each bed and the pillows were pretty small. There were some throw pillows as well but those weren’t as comfortable to use. It also would have been nice to have some additional outlets throughout the room. The bathroom has most general amenities as well and beauty products. But the products were all in large bottles that have lasted through a number of guests that I’d prefer not to think about. The q-tips and beauty pads were not individually packaged so that wasn’t great either. A couple of pros to this hotel… The hotel offers free bottles of water in the mini fridge which is always great! The key code access throughout is quite convenient so you don’t have to worry about losing a key card.

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Aruna

2025/6/7

Inside of the room was big and nice (especially the bathroom), but be aware there is no elevator and very limited staff. This hotel does not offer luggage delivery but the family mart located two minutes away does offer it. Also, they weren’t super clear about the room cleaning policy (you have to message them to receive cleaning which is definitely not typical for a hotel to do). The area the hotel was located in was very convenient. Overall it was okay, but be mindful of the limitations.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Rossana

2025/5/11

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Disliked: Staff & service

Servizio molto deludente, location e struttura top

L’esperienza è iniziata in maniera molto negativa con l’arrivo alla struttura senza trovare nessuno ad accoglierci in reception. Dopo svariati tentativi di contattare il personale (nessuna risposta al telefono per circa mezz’ora, nonostante l’orario d’arrivo fosse stato comunicato), riceviamo risposta da un dipendente che ride a crepa pelle al telefono per la situazione, ammettendo di aver dimenticato di mandare le info necessarie per il self check-in. Inoltre, avevamo chiesto se potessimo usufruire del servizio di spedizione dei bagagli visto che arrivavamo da Osaka e l’hotel ha confermato che era possibile e che avrebbero ricevuto i bagagli senza problema. Ovviamente tutto ciò non è avvenuto e siamo riusciti a recuperare i bagagli solo grazie all’airtag presente in uno dei bagagli, che ha significato uno spostamento di 40 mins che ha evitato che i bagagli venissero rispediti indietro ad Osaka. Ciliegina sulla torta, siamo stati attaccati da una signora del luogo infastidita dalla presenza di turisti che ha cercato più volte di impedirci di entrare nella struttura. A parte questa avventura iniziale, la stanza era molto carina, spaziosa e pulita. Inoltre la location è perfetta per raggiungere facilmente e a piedi il centro di Gion. Nonostante lo spiacevole inizio, la struttura ha riconosciuto gli errori commessi e ha deciso di rimborsare il soggiorno.

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

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