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Reviews of Guesthouse Nara Backpackers

2 out of 5
Guesthouse Nara Backpackers
31 Yurugicho, Nara, Nara-ken

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 109 out of 192 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 65 out of 192 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 192 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 192 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 192 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hostel in a 100 year old building! Beautiful garden. Central to all the attractions! Really really beautiful!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Japanese House
Cute little Japanese guesthouse near the main attraction in Nara. Was perfect for my one night stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent hosts, really welcoming and friendly. Great traditional room. Perfect location for anything you could want to do in Nara
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very old classic Japanese home. It really gave an old Japanese feeling. Was absolutely beautiful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

SEW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Walking distant to most of interesting place, friendly services, relax with traditional Japanese house
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is an old traditional Japanese house, currently used as a backpackers. Taking that into consideration the experience of staying there is great value for money and the chance to stay in a Japanese house that has been kept with so many traditional features is not too be missed.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was really close to the places I wanted to visit. As a 100 years old house, it is beautiful
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Amenities
Friendly staff and visitors. I like the atea. Would go back. Nature lovers surrounding for tranquillity.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is very close to Nara Park and the temples which makes it very convenient.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Neil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really stunning old teahouse now used as a guesthouse. Very traditional and in such an old building it cannot be totally 100% modern conveniences. If you want slick and modern go somewhere else but as an informal traditional style, reasonably priced guesthouse/backpacking hostel it was great. The owner was very welcoming and gave us lots of tips for the local area and is obviously very proud of her guesthouse and Nara. We had a beautiful room with a view of the garden to wake up to. We also had the opportunity to sleep on tatami mats, which won’t suit everyone but at least we can say we tried it. Excellent location for the deer park and shrines
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Guesthouse was very clean and beautiful, over 100 year old. Staff was super nice and friendly. Only complaint was that it was quite cold
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s very unique experience to live in the Japanese old house. The garden is very pretty. Host is nice. Feel welcomed.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Truc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good location, nice property but restroom smell
The location is very good. It is very close to the Nara park, the shopping center, and train station. The property is very nice and cozy. There are two restroom and one of them is very stink the urine smell.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel is just the right amount away from the big tourist spots to get some peace and quiet but close enough to visit everything! If you're upstairs, don't come here unless you can handle steep ones. Both receptionists that i dealt with were very friendly, informative and helpful. Had a little trouble adjusting the heat in one of the showers but figured it out eventually. Facilities were good. Common room and garden were very sweet. Other guests were lovely.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

LJ, Edmonton, AB

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love the fact I'm staying in a 100-year old traditional Japanese home! Its cleanliness is actually better than some places I've been to, much newer and modern.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great stay!
Great value for the price, reasonable walking distance to all major sights, very helpful staff that gave us a great intro to the city and lots of ideas for things to do.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Carm, Montreal, QC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect place to stay while visiting Nara. A very short walk to Nara Park with all its temples and deers! The staff was very friendly. The place itself is rustic and traditional, but comfortable and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Blake

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
quaint and quiet
Beautiful and quiet ryokan experience. Loved the history of the house, the staff, and the location. I wanted to cancel our booking with the next hotel just to stay here another night.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Halfway between station and the main tourist attractions which is useful

6/10 Okay

Kristen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful house, good location
The place was really nice (beautiful house and garden, lovely staff, very clean), but I think it would be important to have the right room and bed here. I stayed in a bunk bed in a female dorm room -- the room was small and a bit cramped/awkward, and my bed was also a bit awkward as the bottom 1/3 was covered by a low ceiling (the others were fine, just bad luck of the draw I guess!). The other dorm room (mixed?) looked a bit bigger, brighter and less awkward. Also, the dorm rooms were upstairs, and the only bathrooms were downstairs. The staircase is quite steep and squeaky, so not ideal if coming home late in the evening as you can make a lot of noise going up and down and up (I actually brought my toothbrush out with me when I went for drinks to prevent this!). Location was great, still glad I stayed here, but I think it would been awkward staying in my particular bunk bed for more than one night. Other rooms, especially on the main floor, would be lovely.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historic style hotel
Lovely hotel with traditional Japanese style. The beds were really comfortable. It was good value. Really close to Nara's main sights. Host was very helpful and welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay!
Fantastic place close to the Daibutsu and main restaurant district but quiet enough for quiet at night. The old Japanese house is incredibly charming, our room was so special and the staff couldn’t have been nicer.

10/10 Excellent

YINGJIE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Nice lobby. The hotel itself is traditional japanese hotel style. The hotel has two shower rooms, needs to wait if all are full. Also, the windows on this hotel makes lots of noise when its windy.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Gloria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Peaceful place
Wonderful quiet off the beaten path!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Zimbo, Nara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
beautiful old Tea House conversion
It was very nice, old but friendly! Just a bit cold. The heater was very noisy in the private room. Also, there was no clothes drier..

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient budget guesthouse near attractions
This was a cute and quaint old guesthouse that used to be used as a tea Room. Staff was nice and helpful. The room was big enough for us but the only complaint was that it was super cold and that the heater didn't fully warm the room. Thankfully there was a heated blanket but we just wanted to stay in the bed because it was so cold! But it was still a good stay as it was very close to the train station and local sightseeing.

8/10 Good

Shaikh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Historical location close to Nara's main stuff.
This 100 year old tea house is very interesting to sleep at. The location is great (10 min to Nara Kintetsu station and Nara Park) and the wifi extends to the rooms, something some hostels haven't caught up on. The staff was very helpful and spoke English well. Keep in mind, it's a very old house, it could do with some renovations and you may be able to hear people walking in the halls at night, but overall, I really liked this place and would consider going back, especially for the price and location. There's a extremely nice Japanese garden as well on the premises. The common area has a nice view of it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
vice nice guesthouse
vice nice guesthouse, quite close to the nara garden.

10/10 Excellent

Angeline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Such a beautiful old house, the property shows its age but as a 100+ year old ex-teahouse this just adds to its charm. Easy walk to Kintetsu Nara Station, temples, parks, and shopping district. Loved it. Would stay again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Amazing old Japanese house
The house itself is amazing with a beautifully scenic garden in the centre and the location for most of Nara's main sights is probably the best you'll get. However if you're above 5'10 be prepared to hit your head on everything or walk continually bent over, it's even smaller than most other places in Japan. I just couldn't be comfortable walking around smacking my head on door frames. Apart from that it's quite beautiful!

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Traditional experience
Really amazing hostel. The house itself is over 100 years old. Inside is an interior garden, which is so beautiful. You share the bathrooms with other guests, but it wasn't an issue for us. Our bedroom was 6 tatami mats large and had the shoji (paper) doors. It was really so authentic and just staying there was its own experience!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

nattapon

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Chloé, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great place to stay in Nara!
A wonderful place to stay in Nara! This old traditional house has bags of charm, and the common area, overlooking a lovely garden, is the perfect place to rest and meet other travellers. I wish I could have stayed longer!

10/10 Excellent

G, QLD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice
Not far from Nara Kintetsu station or the park. The staff was nice and friendly. The room was spacious with comfortable beds, a nice heater/ac and good amenities.

10/10 Excellent

meng-cheng, TAIWAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NICE
NICE

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
you pay for what you get
It was nice, but there was a lot of masquitos and spiders, I slept under the AC which was nice because it was so hot but it was so dirty covered in spider poop. I even got a few spider bits.

10/10 Excellent

Esben

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The old building with Japanese garden is seriously awesome. Everything else was great as well!

10/10 Excellent

John, Paju

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Everything they provide for travellers were very nice. I recommend to someone to choose it.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location but thin walls
This is a beautiful old building turned hostel, the staff is friendly, WiFi good, things are clean. Strict no check in before 3 but that was fine. Only problem is that the walls are so thin I was hearing several people snore from other rooms. A perfect location to explore Nara, though!

10/10 Excellent

Rena, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great experience to stay in a japanese style house. Staff has given detailed orientation when i arrived the hostel.

10/10 Excellent

onkar, Mumbai. India

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worth to stay !! very close to temples
It was really good experience to stay in Japanese style hotel. staff is really good and helpful .

8/10 Good

Mai, Las Vegas, NV

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Would come again :)
First time staying at a backpacking place, and it was definitely worth it. I booked this place for two people, which worked out nice because my brother and I ended up getting our own room. It is not the cleanest or nicest place to stay, but it was still very decent and well worth the money. The biggest plus is that the staff is super friendly and it is in a perfect location (about a 5-10 minute walk from a lot of good restaurants, the main sightseeing attractions, and a main bus route that looped around the city to the two train stations).

10/10 Excellent

KK, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very comfortable and convenient
This old house is very beautiful located in a very good location, only 8 minute walk to the Nara park. The stuff is amazing, lovely and super helpful.