Nikko hotel is situated right by the side of JR Nara Railway station. There is a bus station right below, plus a huge supermarket, a pharmacy and a walking street with many eateries. Very convenient location.

I stayed at the hotel for 10 days and this could be a mistake. The breakfast has many varieties but you get the same food very morning, day 1 excellent, day 2 same, day 3 same ...... day 10 same.

It more than met our expectations. The staff was very attentive and friendly. We barely got to enjoy the wide variety of services this hotel offered. It's a shame we only booked for two nights and had to get up very early to visit everything we had planned. The hotel has four dining options. We had dinner one night at the Japanese restaurant and, frankly, it was very good, despite the initial difficulty in selecting the dishes, which were all in Japanese. Due to our planning, we weren't able to enjoy afternoon tea at another of the hotel's restaurants, as we would have liked. We did have breakfast one day, very early, at the "Capital" bakery/café, where they make many delicious pastries and cakes daily. It was located in the same building, but one floor down.

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The room is a typical hotel room, with en suite bath and toilet. We get a family room which is a bigger room with 2 extra beds (one real bed and one sofa bed). The shared Onsen is on the 6th floor and our room happens to be on that floor, but guests on other floors must use elevator to come to the Onsen. The hotel is in the middle of Nara, so tons of restaurant within walking distance and they are very good. The Nara park is 1.7km away with shopping district along the route. And if you are joining the Nara Marathon, there are free buses departing from JR station right under the hotel.

Car park is 900yen per night. Should be free for hotel guests.

My wife and I had a lovely stay at this hotel- we even extended by a day- the bedrooms are quite large, spacious, with good Wi-Fi, the choice of breakfast is quite extensive and as my wife and I are vegetarian we were very pleased with what was available. They even have a residents lounge where every afternoon and evening they provide free wine, coffee et cetera. It is located literally right by the train station so very easy when travelling by train. It's within just a few minutes walk of the main shopping pedestrian areas

The staff in this Hotel is excellent. Very friendly and very helpful. They come forward to talk with you and make you very comfortable. The self luggage storage facility is excellent. The location is so convenient that is is just at the exit of railway station. That makes a big difference. Bus transport and rail transport is just there !! Very spacious lobby and complimentary SAKE !

Room can be a bit bigger however it is better than Japan standard hotel rooms in big cities as Osaka and Tokyo.

Conncected to JR and subway, right on the main street area, the hotel building and facilities (inc the public bath) exceeded what our family were expecting. Genuinely courteous staffs at the Reception, the Welcome Lounge, the Breakfast Buffet, and the Room Cleaning Service were all great! Felt truly well taken care of. We thoroughly enjoyed staying at your hotel in Nara. A great memory. Thankful for your hospitality and kind consideration making our stay pleasant.

Perhaps, more concrete direction from Airport Limousine/train stations to the Hotel (3rd floor Reception) on your website?

Extremely convenient location. There are bus stops basically right outside the hotel. I liked that there was a little 2 person table you could eat at together. Also had a microwave and a mini fridge! The front desk staff were very friendly and let us change rooms easily (with extra cost of course) after I accidentally booked a one bed room!

The bathroom area smelled pretty weird. The bathing room smelled kind of mildewy or even moldy. Just very musty in general. Occasionally, the toilet room would smell like pee despite there not being any in the bowl or on the seat, it was like that when I first checked the place out as well. The sink space I don’t remember anything weird about.

Location was superb, next to the train station/bus in Nara which made the hotel very busy. The breakfast buffet however, features wonderful spread of Japanese /western food and all of us enjoyed it very much. The public bahthouse on 6th floor was a good experience though a bit small. Staff were courteous. Great 24 hour pharmarcy and several convenient stores near the hotel.

There is no free parking underground even though we stayed for two nights. Its all paid parking but I think this is normal in Japan? I think the hotel is a bit older so the rooms we were given were quite far from the lift. The pillow was very thin and we had to request extra pillows. Carpeted floors made it very hard to push our heavy luggages.

The hotel is literally a few feet from the Nara station exit and it was easy to find the sign to go to the 3rd floor lobby of the hotel. There is also a big supermarket right next to the hotel and across from the Nara station, and the Tourist Information Center is right next to the supermarket. The Nara Park, Todaiji Temple and the other attractions are within walking distance from the hotel and through a lively shopping street. The bus stops are also right in front of the station. The room was clean, comfortable and the bathroom was spacious. The amenities provided in the room, including a hot water kettle, fridge, and a yukata for using the public bath (if one is interested) were very good. One of the nice things I noticed in the hotel was the self-storage lockers for storing luggage near the reception desk either before or after check-in. The reception staff was also able to provide me with a tourist map. The hotel lobby also had free coffee in the morning, which was nice. If I were to visit Nara again, I would definitely stay in this hotel.

The breakfast was a bit pricey (3,000 yen), especially for a vegetarian like me who cannot eat most of the offerings. So, I opted to eat breakfast outside the hotel. There are a number of cafes and restaurants near the hotel, and so it was not a problem.

Right next to JR Nara station work covered walkway access Breakfast was excellent. Definitely go for the waffle Benedict when available. There always seemed to be an English speaking staff member available. Meg (Megumi) was especially helpful. Housekeeping staff on 9 th floor is excellent. Keep in mind this a a Japanese hotel and the single room I had is really small worked well for me but even though there is a full bed would be cozy for 2 people.

The only criticism is I have an allergy to feathers and the buckwheat pillows ( most hotels in Japan use these) and there was not a synthetic option. A 100 yen store pillow took care of this.