La Viola

Small hotel, tucked away in a relatively quiet part of Kyoto. 10 min walk to the Tambaguchi Station JR station to get to Kyoto Station, which is a 5 min journey, so very accessible. Bus stop outside of hotel for journeys to most of the tourist sites. Hotel is very clean, fairly modern, nice rooms with the usual amenities. Daily housekeeping. We had room 301. Spacious twin bed room. The lounge is good for coffee, tea, beer on tap, and alcohol spirits from 5-10pm, and some snkacks. Breakfast is filled bread rolls from a local bakery, served from 8-10am. 3 meat options and only one non-meat which was a sweet custard filled roll, fairly nice. If you're a veggie, you won't get much of a breakfast, but you can bring your own items and eat them in the lounge. All of the items in the lounge are free. Soft drinks are also available. There is also a terrace for enjoying a drink or some fresh air if you wish. The staff are polite. We only saw two of them. One spoke decent enough English, the other was very limited. The hotel appears to cater for mainly Japanese guest. The staff are helpful and will do what they can to make your stay comfortable. We didn't realise that dogs were welcomed at the hotel. Which usually wouldn't be a problem, but we were directly above a room where the dog owner had left their pooch alone, who was barking most of the evening. Not the staffs fault. One of the female staff members was very apologetic and offered an alternative room. Slight inconvenience but the room we moved to for 1 night was equally well equipped and comfortable. We moved back to our original room the day after and the staff gave us a bottle of fizz as an apology. No harm done. Whilst the hotel was nice, it felt deserted at times and the lack of staff presence at the reception made it feel slightly impersonal. I would definitely recommend the hotel. It was actually quite a nice quiet space. There are a number of options for food nearby, possibly a 10-15 walk, if you don't mind. Overall a satisfied customer.