When booking I thought over $200 a night was a bit high, but I loved the look of the rooms and hotel and location. When we got there our room was on the 2nd floor, so you must carry it up and down the stairs (though the staff does that for you) We are early risers and finding anything open before 10am is near impossible, even coffee shops, so we took advantage of the espresso machine and the tea bar they had available for the guests in the lobby! Take out cups, in room cups and reusable cups. They also had a water machine, so we refilled our water bottles everyday.
Most of the eateries close between 230-5pm, and bars tend to not open until 5pm or later. We are definitely afternoon pau hana drinkers, so after walking around all day and then not finding a place to sit and drink, they offer beer and sake options for sale in the lobby. The prices were only 100yen more than what we saw around town. So cocktail hour was a daily occurrence in the lobby, which gave us time to get to know Mr Makino better! He was so helpful with sharing his favorite sake, so we didnt have to visit every sake shop and try all the sakes, and he helped us by phoning in a dinner reservation for us.
Machiya Hotel also has a laundry room. The washer cost 400yen and the dryer was free. I brought laundry sheets but they actually had laundry soap there for guest to use! All the staff were so professional and polite. I would definitely recommend this hotel and look forward to visiting other Machiya H