和楽庵【Twin】100 Year old Machiya Guest House (3 pax)
Eight of 522 reviews mention staff holding luggage before check-in or after checkout, and guests often bring up the garden and traditional decor along with easy walking access to Heian Shrine. Go in knowing that 25 of the 522 reviews report thin walls carrying sound, 7 of them in the last year, and 6 of the 522 reviews describe cold rooms in winter, 2 of them in the last year.
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- Thin walls carry soundnoise: 25 reviews, 7 in the last year
- Cold rooms in wintermaintenance: 6 reviews, 2 in the last year
- Shared toilet and showercleanliness: 2 reviews, 2 in the last year
What guests flagged
The house is a 100 year old wooden machiya and sound passes between rooms. Free earplugs are provided in each room. Guests report hearing talking, footsteps and door sounds from other guests at night.
Counted25 reviews report a noise problem · 7 in the last year · 14 from guests who still gave five stars
One guest cancelled a longer stay after finding the room too cold at night even with a heater running. A few others mention feeling cold in cooler months.
Counted6 reviews report a maintenance problem · 2 in the last year · 1 said it would have changed their decision to book · 3 from guests who still gave five stars
Toilets and showers are shared with other guests and are on the 1st floor.
Counted2 reviews report a cleanliness problem · 2 in the last year
Listing vs. guest experience
Phrases from the listing, or wording that recurs in reviews, beside what guests went on to describe. The counts are the ones above.
Problems run at 5.9% of reviews in the last year and 8.6% before that. That is down, but not by enough to call it improving.
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