Hotel Gimmond is a few minute walk from a subway stop and close to several restaurants and shops. The transport system is great so if you don’t want to walk you can get to anywhere by bus or subway. If you take a laptop you can get free internet in the room. The room was fairly small but comparable to other Japanese hotel rooms. The room was clean and fairly quiet. The reception staff were friendly and provided maps etc to tourists.

We recently stayed at the Hotel Gimmond for two nights. The location was very close to the subway, but it's not quite as good if you want to catch the bus, which goes to most of the places we wanted to see. The room we had needed updating pretty badly, but it was fine for the two nights were there.

We stayed here for 6 nights during a stay in Kyoto, a mixture of a work trip, for my partner and a birthday treat for me. It was our first ever trip to Japan and the Gimmond proved to be a good choice of base for the week.

The Hotel is easily found, and is located next to the main intersection on the subway system (Oike station) as well as being on the north side of the main downtown shopping area.

The bedroom was small, yet comfortable, with tiny ensuite room with shower. Perhaps the only downside of the room was that it was very warm and the tv only had japanese language channels. But there again, when you have such an interesting city as Kyoto to explore how much time are you going to spend in the room anyway?

The great thing about this hotel though was it's already mentioned location. Within 5 minutes walk you were in the central shopping arcades, in the evening there are so many restaurants to try and places such as Pontocho and the Gion are only 15 mins walk away.

My wife and I stayed here for 2 nights on a recent visit to Kyoto. We booked on the hotel website for about $100/night for a shared double bed. The hotel is in a great location on a wide street with broad sidewalks and good lighting - a very short walk to downtown restauants and nightlife, a little longer walk to Nijo castle, and right at the intersection of the two main subway lines. Our room was small but very clean and seemed quite new. The hotel was quiet, the staff helpful, and we found it had everything we needed. I would highly recommend it to anyone staying in the city looking for a simple clean room in a great location.