Yoshiike Ryokan

Hotel experience was mixed. Positive: the hotel site has a lot of history, the Japanese garden was beautiful and the best part of the hotel. The included meals were good but not spectacular - yet the setting with a view of the Japanese garden was beautiful Negative: the facility was dated with little catch up updares. Only one lock key can be provided n made my wife n my visit to the Onsen very inconvenient as we had to wait for each other all times. The outdoor access for men Onsen had to go thru a common area for men n women so need to re-clothe to get thru, not great. Facility for the Onsen bath were dated n worn out. The in room lighting was dim n equipment facility visibly outdated. The worst was I discovered a big size cockcroach in the bathroom when I got back from Onsen bath in the morning. Smashed it n picture enclosed. We had high expectations coming in to the hotels with strong recommendations by Japanese friends. Was quite underwhelmed. I had stayed at other well rated Ryokans before n most have met or exceeded my expectation. This one fell far short of it.

The location is great. The dinner is awesome with fresh seasonal ingredients, strongly recommended. The front desk service is a bit slow but very friendly. I love the beautiful garden as well. Good choice.

Excellent staying at this cool hotel with traditional Japanese tatami style Will come again

We stayed in this Ryokan a few years ago and am looking forward to having a great time here again. We stayed for 2 nights and chose the half board package, which included breakfast and dinner. First of all, the location is excellent, very near to the station on foot. The Japanese garden is nice but the room now is a bit old and dusty. For breakfast and dinner, the amount is good, but the quality of food is downgraded, comparing what we had before a few years ago. Probably it is because of the inflation???

One of the best Ryokan in Hakone!

Generally, the staff members are friendly. I appreciated the meals and waitresses. The room was nice and clean. I don’t recommend to use the massage services and it seemed a scam. Body massage was quite not professional and disappointing. The lady seems doesn’t know what she was doing. We ordered one head and shoulder massage for 40 minutes but she never touched head and shoulders. Another one is 60 minutes for whole body . The most of the time was doing the back and shoulder until I requested to massage my legs. We gave the feedbacks to the front desk lady and the lady said it supposed a light massage.