Hotel MATERIAL

Such a great space — good vibe, clean, spacious. Especially loved the pajama set you can wear to sleep in. We were very happy!

Be prepared — no elevator! (:

Material Hotel is amazing!! The staff are all so kind! The rooms are absolutely amazing, and the bathrooms are so nice!!!! The location was perfect, so much is in walking distance including restaurants, a laundry mat, and the subway! It is a nice quiet street a quiet place to rest after a long day of exploring Kyoto. They have a list of recommended restaurants in the room that we really appreciated! We tried as many as we could and they were all great! I highly recommend staying here!! We wouldn’t stay anywhere else in Kyoto!

The rooftop is amazing.The room was quite big which isn't common in Japan so it was nice.The staff let us store our bikes in the entrance to the lobby.

The main light in the room was very bright and white, a warmer and softer light would be great.Location is a bit far from metro station and many areas of Kyoto (if you rent a bike it's less of a problem).

super spacious for being in japan. the rooftop was amazing and staff were very friendly

Room was larger than average but beds on floor, so be aware. Does have a communal roof terrace ?

No lift but as it only has 3 floors not too bad

Great location, if you don’t mind walking you can reach most of the attractions and central areas by foot. Close to subway station.

The room was spacious and a nice bathroom.

Felt very much like false advertising. The rooftop terrace and the bar / restaurant that are advertised on the booking.com page are permanently closed due to the contractor “going bankrupt”, as said by the person on reception when we checked out. This was also the only member of staff we saw, once when we checked in and once when we checked out. There was no one on reception during the hours listed on booking.com which made it extremely difficult as we had issues with our room we wanted to ask about, but with no staff present we couldn’t get an answer. It is a real shame as the hotel has potential to be a nice stay but we booked it for the facilities and none of them were open and no staff around to explain why until we left.

Great locationLovely shower/bathroom facilities

Be aware busy road, can hear traffic noise

Very spacious room and excellent location

Room was clean but could be a bit cleaner

The room was smaller than expected, there was no place to store our suitcases. But it was clean and the bed was comfortable and it's in a good location to see a lot of temples and shrines.

Looks exactly like the photo’s. Spacious. Great location for the train, walking to Gion and great access to local trails

Great room, well-equipped and comfortable. The staff was helpful and organized.

Nice location not too far from downtown. Modern clean hotel room and building. Nice small balcony. Great shower with strong water pressure and all needs (shampoo, soap, towels, etc.). Friendly staff person at front desk.

Well, it was a pretty tiny room (perhaps not so unusual for Japan). OK for one person just to go and sleep, but not much room to sit or do any work or eat anything. No coffee. Street was a bit noisy even very late at night, but tolerable.

The location was great and the room was exactly like the pictures. The staff was super kind and helpful

The room is just as advertised and very clean. It was a very easy process to check in and get situated

It was cozy, clean and comfortable. The staff was very kind and helpful. He brought us some towels to dry ourselves after soaking in the rain when we arrived.

There are stairs to walk. Plan carefully if you have large and heavy luggage.

It’s exactly like the photo. Very comfortable very spacious! I especially loved going to the roof top to take in views of the skies.

I didn’t realize it’s not near any tourist spots. I loved the unblocked skies. We are on the wrong side on the mountain so can’t see sunrise from the mountains.

This was our favorite place we stayed on our trip. Material is a great little boutique hotel with lots of charm. By Japan Standards our room was actually fairly large and had a great industrial mixed with Japanese traditional feel to it. Despite facing a major road, road noise was minimal, the location was a short walk from the nearest subway station and was comparatively short walks from many of the top tourist locations in the city. We walk a lot on trips in general (approximately 10 miles a day on average) so of course this is all relative. Our room was a 3rd floor walk up so it probably wouldn't be ideal for those with mobility issues. We ate at Detail ramen, the restaurant that shares the ground floor with the hotel, twice on during our stay and were quite happy with the meals we had! Be sure to look at their hours if you want to make that a part of your stay and keep in mind that the restaurant is cash only and their ticket ordering machine only accepts the older bills (at least at the time of writing this).Overall the hotel staff were very friendly and patient with us when we needed to use google translate for the few things language barrier got in the way of. The premises was quiet and just generally really lovely. It was the only hotel we stayed in during our trip to Japan that we actually felt excited about spending time in. Because we found the room so pleasant we ended up changing around our itinerary a bit to get up early and go out to see and photograph sites before sunrise, come back to the hotel for a mid day rest and nap before going out in the afternoon to evening for more site seeing or shopping. We also spent a couple evenings enjoying some drinks we purchased at the Lawsons about a block away on the rooftop while watching the sun set, talking and reconnecting. For the right kind of traveler this place is an absolute gem in balance between affordability, comfort, and location.

We wished we had had a couple more/better pillows on the bed, and maybe a few more hangers/hooks to hang up and store clothes. These were both minor things that can hardly be considered issues by our metrics.

The location within Kyoto is good in the sense that lots of great things are in walking distance. The rooms have an industrial chic to them, which is kind of cool if you're into that kind of thing.

However, it's on a very busy road and all but the two family rooms face the road. Unless you're deaf (or like road noise), it's horrible - I had to sleep with noise cancelling headphones every night, which doesn't make for a restful stay. The mattresses lie on an old carpet and it was hard to tell whether it was clean (didn't feel that way). Would have moved had I been able to, I couldn't wait to get away. When I finally did get away, I forgot my electric toothbrush in the room. I contacted the property immediately and asked if I could pick it up the next day. But not only did they not get back to me, they also hadn't bothered to ask the cleaner (nor was the cleaner contactable when I went over). So it's gone. The hotel is minimally staffed - someone is there in the afternoon, but otherwise there is no-one. You have to make your bed yourself, you only get fresh towels if you put a sticker on your door. For breakfast, you have to walk 8 mins down the road.The hotel I eventually moved to was infinitely more welcoming, relaxing, comfortable, quiet, better location, and for almost the same price, a beautiful breakfast and amazing service was included.

Near a few well known shrines. 15 to 20 mins walk to the shopping street, nikishi market and gion.

There is no lift. Beware if you have multiple luggages.Noise from vehicles can be heard throughout the night.