Reviews of 宿屋GONDO aioi 2 stars

Nice location, stilish, traditional rooms and nice lounge room.

Everything was nice except our room smelling like fish… It stayed from the monent we entered until the end and later all of our things smelled the same. we couldnt get the smell out with ac or having the door open over longer periods. It was only in our room for some reason.

Room style Clean structure

Thin walls, you can hear other guests

Location is great. Overall very thought through / functional design facilities and comfortable rooms with japanese style.

Thin-walled rooms and facilities - you can hear everything

Kitchen was well equipped.

The windows of the room are all broken. The lock of the doors is very annoying as it makes a loud sound every time you leave or enter the room for just going to the restroom.

Excellent ambience. Wife especially liked the design of the hotel!

Our room seemed to have had its tatami changed recently, hence the room seem to smell of straw.

Affordable, comfortable, and good area

Ran into some issues checking in and they don't really have good help in English, would have been in trouble without my friend who speaks Japanese

As far as hostels go, this was amazing. Just be prepared to be very close with 3 other people in bunk beds, and to share the very small showers. The location was amazing though and the staff were friendly. If you're expecting a hostel there is nothing to complain about, perfect.

Location was great

No onsite staff. We had difficulty with the online check in because of a glitch in the booking and couldn’t change it ourselves. Waited over an hour to finally get in. Had done issues with the upstairs showers leaking to the first floor a water was all over the kitchen floor. Notified the staff that water had flooded the kitchen floor but no one was there so my husband took towels and soaked up all the water. We don’t mind doing these things but it was a little inconvenient. I am hoping all the dishes in the kitchen that were showered with the dirty water were throughly cleaned but I didn’t see whether the counters and dishes were cleaned as well. I only wiped up water.

Conveniently located in Gondo in Nagano. Easy access by both train and bus lines. Supermarket nearby and nice neighbourhood. Great base to explore Nagano prefecture. Staff and Sasa-san were very hospitable and helpful. Amenities are all as described and perfect. The guest experience was well thought out by Gondo aioi and I confidently recommend this place.

It was clean.

Getting up off the floor was hard, rooms lacked sufficient outlets though extension cords were provided. The tatami had an off-putting smell. Not fresh like I’ve experienced before.

- japanese traditional futon very confortable - many facilities (to eat and rest)

- very noisy (walls are like papercard) earplugs absolutely mandatory - a bit cold into the rooms

Good location and cheap

Everything is online no contact with staff

Our first unmanned place and it was wonderful.