We are actually staying at the hotel right now. Out of the many ic hotels that my wife and I have stayed, this is upon our least favorite hotels. The hotel is dated, and pretty tired. The room that we were upgraded was a non smoking room that smells very much like smoke. The whole hotel has a smell of an old Vegas casino.
The room itself is clean, but again worn. The location of the hotel is not bad close to subway and easy to get a taxi.
The staff is friendly, however they used to have a great concierge which no longer works here. They were not as helpful since he left.
I would stay here again if we needed to, but would likely leave the ihg network for our next trip to Kyoto