We stayed at Sakanoue for 2 nights which was enough for a more traditional Japanese experience. It is located on a small street in a perfect area to enjoy Kyoto.. The staff was attentive to every need. We chose the Japanese breakfast one day and the Western breakfast the second day. We would definitely stay again.

You go to a ryoman for the experience of staying at a Japanese inn. We had booked 2 rooms and arrived at 3:00 pm. When I asked about dinner, we were told we were too late to arrange to have dinner. They had not emailed us to tell us we needed to order in advance because they do not do that. They did not offer to help us find a restaurant. I thought at least we would have the experience of eating breakfast. They offered either Western-- eggs,bacon, and yoghurt or Japanese, each for $30/person. Sine 2 people did not eat bacon and eggs, we ordered 2 Japanese and 3 Western. We were told it was too late even for the next day's breakfast- we could have 5 bacon and eggs (for $150) or none. So we ended up having breakfast at the train station the next morning, and paying over $1000 dollars to spend 8 hours laying on mats and have 2 frustrating conversations. Pretty frustrating and totally disappointing.

Stayed for one night. Had dinner and breakfast. Staff was very welcoming and helpful from the beginning. Food was excellent and room with own bathroom nice and there was no noise from the street outside.