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1.5 out of 5
Peace House Sakura
188-1 Kadowaki-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 25 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 98 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 98 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Evan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The host was very friendly, the property clean, and the location was perfect for my itinerary
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Brandon

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All around very dirty/gross hostel. I would go anywhere but here, unless you’re in a pinch.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023
Response from トビー on 13 Nov 2023
Wow, are you quite sure you're thinking of the right place? It's difficult to match what you've written with the reality of what our guest house is like.You stayed with us for three nights; we'd have loved to hear directly and explicitly from you too so we would have a chance to properly understand what it was that wasn't to your satisfaction

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great for sleeping, as for other things...
We were not expecting to have a shared toilet and showers, and rental towels. The picture showed a varanda but there was none in our room. Furthermore, our room had only 2 sockets. On the other hand, the futons were extremely comfortable and the AC was a blessing during a very hot weather.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Eva

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional style house with cozy family vibes
Peace house Sakura is like a little dorm, very homie. If you're a student trying to find a place to stay at but not be by yourself the entire time this is the place to be. It's super cute with an open kitchen and sitting area. It's a great deal. I do want to mention that since the kitchen and living room is a shared space it can sometimes get messy. For my fellow introverts if you get uncomfortable with eating with strangers it may not be for you. You can not eat in your room but during breakfast you usually have the living room to your self.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

POORNA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unclean and noisy
We felt the beds were unclean and smelly. I understand that hotel rule states we are not allowed to eat in our rooms but the common room was also unclean and I noticed one of your staffs even slept there using his phone therefore we didn't feel like coming to the common room at all but we had no option! In addition to this, we felt it was too noisy thanks to the people who were staying next to our room. We hardly got enough sleep during our stay and we really wanted to check out asap. I understand its out of your control to make the guests keep quiet after 10pm but I am writing this to keep this in mind before they book a room here. Toilets and shower were clean through.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location for sightseeing, nice friendly n helpful staff, would stay here again if in Kyoto. Enjoyed our stay here.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good vibe
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful. It's location was central to where an what we needed. Nice big room also. Thanks for everything folks.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Jack, Manager on 2 Nov 2019
Dear Patrick, Thank you for your review. We are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and would welcome you both back any time. It was a pleasure to host you. Best wishes

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

4/10 Poor

Shaki, Israel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
To be honest, almost everything. It was not clean, we are not allowed to eat at the rooms (like we are kids at highschool) and the bad was horrible. The shower was great! Pretty much clean, and hot water..
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Jack, Manager on 14 Oct 2019
Apologies your stay was not to your liking. We clean the entire guesthouse every day, so I would appreciate any feedback you can give in terms of what you felt was not clean. We do not allow food in the rooms to preserve cleanliness, reduce mess and prevent smells in the rooms (the tatami mats in the rooms in particular can and have been easily spoilt by guests bringing food to their rooms). We have a living room and kitchen that is open 24 hours for you to eat in, I'm sorry that you felt that you were patronised by this but these are the house rules and guests are expected to respect them. I am glad you enjoyed your shower nonetheless.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from Jack on 4 Sept 2019
Thank you for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice guesthouse, nice staff. In the middle of Kyoto , a lot of temples nearby!
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Le Vinh Huy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best
ALWays good times at the hostel Feels like home :)
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was ok
It was ok
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Nichole

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it is in a convenient location, 20-30 minutes walk from Kyoto station, Staff are friendly and speak English. There are shared bath, toilet, and kitchen. It is good for travels looking for cheap and comfortable. There is no room service for cleaning etc.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Celina on 22 Aug 2018
Thank you! We are glad that you had a nice stay with us!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
bad experience of late check-in
arrived late but has notified the hotel.wrong key given and couldnt enter the room after so many trials. was not told how to get help if anything or even the staff room.bothered a really cold spoken long term guest there who was a japanese which i first thought the hotel assistant because of my problem and get bad reaction.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rating for dormitory. Most uncomfortable bunks ever slept on. No thought or concern in layout or functionality. Junk piled in front of building. Anywhere in Kyoto or neighboring towns would be better.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018
Response from Celina on 21 Mar 2018
thanks for staying with us!

10/10 Excellent

Le Vinh Huy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was great
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Response from Celina on 7 Mar 2018
Thank you! Glad to hear that you have a nice stay with us!

2/10 Terrible

Guo Hua

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
one toilet and one bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

10/10 Excellent

Pu-Jui

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
兩人訂三人房住 便宜、空間大、舒適 走去附近交通工具有點遠之外（大概10分左右） 整體來說還可以
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Stella

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No better place to go to for Backpackers!
Lovely staff, in case you are arriving before or after check-in hours, just write them an email in advance. There's a kitchen, so you can prepare your own food, coffee and tea are provided complimentary. Kitchen is common ars as well, what makes it so easy to have a chat with all the other guests. They even have a washing machine and dryer. The hostel is in a central location. There's nothing more you could with for.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Chia Jiunn

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Le Vinh Huy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sakura is Awesome
Great people and great area it to be in Difficult to find but other than that, overall 5/5

6/10 Okay

Michal, US

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
The staff was very helpful and wi-fi connection very good. But the room was in very bad shape - it was in the basement, aesthetically unpleasant and there was some kind of cockroach crawling on the floor.

6/10 Okay

Liege

Disliked: Cleanliness
very affordable
This hostel is a very friendly place, my stay was good. However, it is a hostel and even though I had a private room I would say it is very very basic. Great if are on a budget though!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel room very small, not the money paid out.
Location to travel is medium. Room smells, shared bathroom and toilet, living room very small.

10/10 Excellent

chuneau, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
fun
was a good time

8/10 Good

Tyler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My girlfriend and I stayed at this guesthouse, the first guesthouse either of us has ever stayed at. We were both pleasantly suprised. The staff were great - all nice people from around the world, and the guesthouse felt like home (it literally was a renovated home turned into a guesthouse). The room was clean and comfortable. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed it and would stay again.

8/10 Good

Ka Man, Hong Kong

Liked: Staff & service
Good Staff but Fair Room
Nice & helpful staff, can communicate with English/Mandarin/Japanese. Location very close to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, besides, there are some 24-hour convenience stores & restaurant close at 4am nearby. The Room cleanliness/comfort and soundproof is not very good.

8/10 Good

Ramsay, San Rafael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and comfortable on a budget
Tucked in the narrow streets of Kyoto, Peace House Sakura can be found in an unassuming building with a bike rack out front. Expect Spartan, but clean and comfortable furnishings in the rooms (I booked a double room for myself). You also have the option of staying in a mixed dorm, which was a bit more social than I preferred for a contemplative trip to Kyoto. The hotel is waking distance from the subway and bar several of the city's most venerated temples. You'll also have the option to rent a bike from the proprietors. They were kind enough to let me leave my bags after checkout so I could continue wandering Kyoto before heading out of town. They have great AC in the rooms, a plus on a sweltering August day.

8/10 Good

Koji

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Koji

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
身近な京都を楽しむ。
　京都観光に最適、ゲストさんとオーナーは、ほぼ外国の方だったけど、非日常と京都を楽しむには良かったです。チェックアウトも11時だったので、早朝散歩して休憩に使えてました。今度は単身旅行に使いたいと思いました。
3階　3人部屋からの風景
飾らない宿
玄関
鴨川のアオサギ　動かない
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Takashi

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

トモヤ

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
安い施設なので仕方ありませんが、シャワーが出ないことや、トイレが流れないなどは改善の必要があるかと思います。
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

KIYOTSUGU

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Toshiya

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
とても気に入ったが、バックパッカー向け。
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kazuma

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
温かみがあってよかったです！
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sylvain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beau séjour
Excellent séjour et en plus j'ai été accueilli en français c'était super 👌
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

François

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ne recommande pas
Les parties communes ainsi que la chambre étaient sales, les futons pas assez épais et inconfortables, de la moisissure dans la salle d'eau et sur les murs de la chambre, de la poussière et des miettes sur le sol de la chambre, équipement sale et défectueux.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Nous avions déjà logé là bas en étant plutôt satisfaites alors nous voulions recommencer mais cela étais complètement différent de la première fois on a eu mal au dos et c’était super bruyant
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Josu

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Peace House Sakura on 4 Sept 2019
Dear Josu, Thank you for your review, we are glad you enjoyed your stay with us and hope to see you again.

10/10 Excellent

Jaroslava

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent
We were very satisfied. Dimple, clean, affordable, decent accommodation, very friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Yukhyun

Liked: Staff & service
조금 좁고 불편하긴 하지만 게스트하우스라 크게 신경 쓰이진 않았어요.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Book the accommodation, pay the money and still be charged later. Which others do not do this badly
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
個室に宿泊しましたが部屋は埃っぽいです。敏感な方はくしゃみと鼻水止まらないと思います。連れがそうでした。あと部屋が汗臭い感じの臭いがしますが、部屋にいると慣れます。一回外に出ると入る時臭うなって毎回思いました。加えて壁はものすごく薄いです隣人の咳き込む声などがモロに聞こえてきます。 ですが、値段はものすごく安いのでただ寝るだけの人にはいいかもしれません！スタッフは白人の方でとてもいい方です。あと1階の共有スペースで海外の方とも交流できると思います。銭湯も近くに二つあり、二年坂等にも徒歩で行けますし、立地はいいと思います。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

ATSUKO

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
近くに銭湯があり、利用しました。懐かしの銭湯でした。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Chih Wen

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
房間有點霉味 冷氣有些灰塵 工作人員服務還不錯 沐浴間水忽冷忽熱
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2018