Matsubaya RyokanvsHotel Anteroom Kyoto
Both properties are endorsed by expert reviewers. On balance, Matsubaya Inn is preferred by most professionals compared to Hotel Anteroom Kyoto. Matsubaya Inn has a TripExpert Score of 75 with positive reviews from 4 reviews such as Frommer's, Fodor's and Insight Guides.
Matsubaya Ryokan
 Insight Guides
 Fodor's
 Frommer's
 Lonely Planet
Higashinotoin Nishi-iru, Kamijuzuyacho-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 600-8150
From $44/night
- Free Internet
 - Laundry Service
 - Laundy Room
 - Multilingual
 - Air Conditioning
 - Fax / photocopying
 
 "Cosy but highly efficiently run ryokan dating back to the Meiji era. All rooms are Japanese style and the bathing communal." 
 "You won't find kimono-clad attendants here, but you also won't find wallet-emptying rates." Full review
 "Rooms are mostly Japanese style, with the best overlooking the garden. Also good bets are five Western-style rooms on the fifth floor with kitchenettes and tiny balconies." Full review
 Top Choice
 "A short walk from Kyoto Station, this newly renovated ryokan has clean, well-kept rooms and a management that is used to foreign guests." Full review
Hotel Anteroom Kyoto
 Michelin Guide
 Lonely Planet
7 Aketacho Higashikujo Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 601-8044 
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
 - Free Internet
 - Laundry Service
 - Concierge
 - Laundy Room
 - Restaurant
 
 "The idea behind this hotel was to create a place where art and culture expressing modern Kyoto can come together." 
Top choice
 "This art-and-design hotel is as contemporary as it gets from its bright lobby gallery with changing exhibitions and whitewashed warehouse building to its artist concept rooms." Full review