Ratings based on 98 Verified Reviews
4.7 Room cleanliness
4.6 Service & staff
4.6 Room comfort
4.6 Hotel condition
Expedia Verified Reviews
by A verified traveler
Posted 15 Apr 2024
Great property. Hotel policies not super friendly. They have a lounge with drinks in the afternoon, but they won't let you sit down to enjoy your drinks as they want to save the tables for dinner, even though it's 4PM and no one was in the restaurant. Taking drinks to your room for happy hour is not great.
by A verified traveler
Posted 13 Apr 2024
We enjoyed a wonderful stay at SETRE NARAMACHI. The hotel is stunning and has a beautiful garden filled with song birds and a few friendly chickens. The food is world class and the service is lovely.
by A verified traveler
Posted 7 Apr 2024
Great hotel walking distance to Nara Park. Helpful staff
by A verified traveler
Posted 4 Apr 2024
This was such a beautiful hotel; probably my favorite of my whole trip. My only complaint is that I didn't get to stay there longer.
by A verified traveler
Posted 2 Apr 2024
Great location to explore Nara park and the old town. Very nice happy hour. The breakfast is a real treat!
by A verified traveler
Posted 12 Mar 2024
The staff was very helpful and friendly. The French cuisine and breakfast were delicious. Our room was very clean and inviting. We really enjoyed our stay at the Hotel Setre Naramachi!
by A verified traveler
Posted 5 Mar 2024
Really cannot fault this hotel. Rooms are extremely comfortable and well equipped and the whole hotel is beautifully designed, around an inner courtyard garden with resident chickens. The atmosphere was peaceful and serene.
Inclusive drinks and snacks are a nice touch and dinner (a sort of Japanese / Western fine dining hybrid) was excellent. Breakfast (traditional Japanese) also superb. The staff are very friendly and helpful although maybe don’t speak as much English as at larger hotels. This was never a problem though.
It is walking distance from Nara park and most of the main sites and is sited on the banks of a beautiful lake. With the yen currently weak, it also represents exceptional value. If I return to Nara, I would not stay anywhere else. Genuinely superb.
by A verified traveler
Posted 24 Feb 2024
by A verified traveler
Posted 24 Jul 2023
by A verified traveler
Posted 21 Jun 2023
It’s such a serene place and a thoughtful hotel. Staying there felt like a spa/escape day in my solo week travel
I’m Japan. The deer park, the viral mochi kiosk, the pagoda was all walkable but the free AM walking tour provided by the hotel, the afternoon/evening snack bars, the soft wood foot den was just all relaxing and so worth it. My birthday (which I never disclosed) was just a couple days earlier but for my dinner course they made sure to still acknowledge it with a cake. Wish I stayed longer.
