Stayed here in June 2010 while travelling in Japan with my partner.
This hotel was a great find. Had to catch the bus there from the main Kyoto station, but was easy enough to find, right on the main street. Shops and food outlets at the doorstop and one block away from the big shopping market/plaza area.
Staff were friendly and helpful, free internet in the lobby but just one computer so you have to be quick. Facebook was disabled on it though and had to get a group of school boys to show us how to get onto facebook!
The room was small like most Japanese hotels, with the 'boat' style bathroom also. Not much room to put luggage, but for the cheap price this hotel did the trick.
The best thing is the location - really easy to get anywhere in Kyoto main area by foot, and to the outer areas where the temples and bamboo grove are.

Smack in the middle of all the action, Hotel Unizo Kyoto was an excellent base camp from which to explore kyoto. Smallest room of our japan trip, but had all the amenities we needed. Beds were very comfortable, coffee shop downstairs for breakfast. One block up and two blocks over from the river and pontocho alley for great restaurants and outdoor seating.

Pros
- Friendly staff
- Nice rooms, well equiped and comfortable
- No minibar, but there is a mini-fridge and reasonable priced vending machines serving drinks and hot meals
- Free internet via ethernet cable

Cons
- Breakfast is not included but an optional Japanese style is available, there is a cafe below the hotel that does nice and reasonable weston style breakfasts.

We stayed at this hotel for 3 nights in December 2008. It is a business type hotel so not much of a Japanese feel, but it was very clean and convenient. Not all staff spoke English – but they did try to assist and had a good collection of tourist information in English in the lobby. We really liked the location as we were right in the middle of everything after staying in a quiet neighbourhood in Tokyo (see New Izu Hotel, Tokyo). There were lots of shops and restaurants, and a couple of convenience stores very close by. There was even a 100 Yen shop across the road which was great for cheap souvenirs.

We caught a Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto. The taxi ride from the station was about 10 mins to Unizo Hotel. We found that we walked most of the time or caught taxis. The train stations were as far away as the sights! For example you could walk to Gion, the famous food market and the Kyoto Museum from the hotel.

We had three rooms: 2 Twins and a Double. The Twin rooms seemed much bigger than the Double which was small. There were lots of options for food including Western options for our 6 year old. Please contact me if you would like more information.