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Reviews of Zao Shiki no Hotel 5 stars

990-2301 Yamagata, Zao Onsen, Zao Onsen 1272, Japan

#8 of 27 hotels in Zao Onsen

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 70 hotel reviews

8.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    9.2

  • Comfort

    9.2

  • Location

    8.4

  • Facilities

    9.1

  • Staff

    9.1

  • Value for money

    8.5

  • Free WiFi

    8.1

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  • Reviewed: 26 May 2024

    10
    Will stay there again when we go to Yamagata
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    none

    Friendly staff, delicious dinner, room is spacious and we enjoyed the outdoor onsen outlooking cherry blossom trees during our stay.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 April 2024

    10
    We loved our stay at this hotel and would happily go back. Lovely room, the food was great and the staff were so friend
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We loved virtually everything. Only possible negative was it wasn’t very central to the town (which didn’t seem that great anyway)

    Big room. Every comfort has been considered. Great food. Welcoming staff. Enjoyable onsen

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    nothing

    good food, good location with mizubasho field behind the hotel, good trail, the best I ever experienced.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Clean, high end facilities and friendly staff. Dinner and breakfast were amazing.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I love the atmosphere as well as tbhe friendly staff

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    None :)

    Very impressive newly renovated rooms with high quality fittings, and attention to details. Staff very polite and professional. Superb dinner and breakfast. Outstanding onsen close to resort area. Highly recommended!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 April 2024

    9.0
    Beautiful area
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff very pleasant and accommodating. Even gave us a ride to the bus station because it was very snowy. Great location close to shops and ropeway.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2024

    10
    Great place for Zao Onsen snow experience
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Japanese Style Deluxe Twin Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not sure which room has the massage chair

    Clean

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 March 2024

    9.0
    Visit Zao onsen
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Dinner was a memorable experience. Lots of dishes were offered, Not all were to my taste, but nevertheless, the food was prepared by experts who take pride in their craft. The onsen, in particular the outside onsen, was amazing. The mineral rich water is easily 40°C.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 March 2024

    10
    Great location, staff and sauna!
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    N/a

    Great location, 5 mins by foot to the ski lift, great sauna, staff removed snow from my car, good breakfast, clean and quiet room, great view of the forest

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 March 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    The hotel location is quiet yet convenient. The facilities and onsens are exceptional 👌

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    - the hall has a bit the smell of cigarettes

    - Great hospitality - amazing onsen (both traditional outside the hotel and within the hotel) - yukata - fantastic breakfast

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 March 2024

    9.0
    so nice place, good onsen
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    breakfast so a little time

    very good onsen

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 March 2024

    9.0
    Nice rooms, friendly staff, great breakfast and onsen.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bit of a walk to the nearest chairlift (5mins). Fairly flat walk but still a bit of a chore in ski boots.

    Hotel staff were very friendly and helpful, rooms were great, very spacious with a nice outlook into the forest. Nearby public onsen is also very good. Breakfast was fantastic. Would stay here again.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast Views

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 February 2024

    9.0
    Two of us stayed for one night in early February.
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 1 night

    Some smell of smoke in the corridor, even it is a non-smoking hotel.

    This beautiful hotel is in a great location. It only took us a 10-minute walk from the JR Station and a 5-minute walk from the ropeway station. The dinner was superb, with a variety of delicate Japanese dishes and grill beef. The famous beef was so tender and delicious. We were so full and the staff offered us take-away dessert that we could enjoy later in our room. Free shuttle bus service from Yamagata JR Station to the hotel could be reserved in advance. Great service!

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 February 2024

    10
    Excellent hotel and was comfortable and modern
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Japanese Modern Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No complaints

    Great location to ski fields

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Junior Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Hotel is far from city centre and a fair climb to the ski lifts. A direct stair would be better. Missing amenities in some onsen such as shaving cream, moisturising lotion and tooth brush. Staff can have better english.

    Great breakfast. the sulfuric onsen in '108 steps' was excellent and does amazing things to your skin. Plenty of parking at the site. The junior suite was clean, comfortable and provide lots of space.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 February 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Japanese Modern Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beautiful hotel, staff and position. Loved the outdoor Onsen

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 January 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great facilities, great rooms and onsen. Breakfast choice excellent! Very helpful staff. Ski rental and ski pass purchase directly from the hotel. Very convenient!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 January 2024

    10
    It was a very pleasant experience and will definitely return whenever we are visiting Zao again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Room Selected at Check-In
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms were newly renovated and comfortable. Staff are not able to speak in English but they were helpful & friendly, trying their very best to assist. Hotel was thoughtful to provide a mini lounge with hot drinks, juices, ice-cream & snacks too 👍🏻👍🏻

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 January 2024

    9.0
    Will come again
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Japanese Style Deluxe Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel should have shuttle bus to every ski lifts not just to the closet one

    The staff is very nice and friendly. Good variety of breakfast. Delicious dinner. Beautiful onzen

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 January 2024

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Japanese Modern Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room is awesome!

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2023

    8.0
    Luxury hotel but needs to provide dinner
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Japanese Twin Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    They can’t accommodate their guests for dinner! Large hotel that can feed everyone for breakfast but good luck eating at night! When we arrived we tried to book in for dinner and they were already booked out for our entire 5 night stay!!! Turns out we were lucky, they were charging 15000 yen per person(in town, delicious meals for 1000 -1500yen per person (ten times cheaper) It was a pain on a snowy night to walk at least 10 minutes to get a meal. A hotel this size should have an option to eat in the hotel, especially when it’s on the far edge of town. Also, be sure to book a restaurant in town early, there were trails of people walking around getting turned away from every restaurant. There aren’t many and they are small and booked out. The town shuts down after 7pm. Hotel should offer a simple buffet dinner to feed everyone. Terrible directions to the shuttle bus. The website shows a small white bus, we stood in the right spot but missed the bus because it was not as pictured and no one speaks English to ask.

    Lovely hotel, with very large, comfortable rooms. Inside and outside onsens are gorgeous, they even have massage chairs Modern and clean luxury hotel feel. Let down with only a couple of fixable issues

    Stayed in December 2023

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