IKI RETREAT by Onko Chishin

The staff provides exceptional hospitality and quick responses. The rooms are comfortable and spacious with well-stocked amenities. Guests appreciate the excellent onsens and delicious local breakfast.

We stayed at Iki Retreat while on Iki Island. It’s a Modern ryokan with large rooms and excellent staff. The staff were excellent from the minute we arrived. Warmest in greeting and there was a gentleman who spoke English who helped with check in formalities. Our room on the second floor was the junior suite. It had two bedrooms, an outdoor tub, living room and one shared toilet plus an en-suite toilet. We decided to take the room with the en-suite toilet and shower. The bed was just the right firmness, but the quilt was a winter quilt. Super hot for this period. Rooms have split unit air cons. All rooms face the sea. Chairs are arranged by the window for you to enjoy the view with a tasty beverage. The drinks in the fridge were complimentary. There’s also tea making hot water flask available in the room. The toilet was small but contained all the usual Japanese functionality. Warm toilet seats and electronically operated sprays for one’s bum area. We had a single sink in a compact area. Lots of amenities available in the drawer. Typical for Japanese ryokans, all bathing and face washing soaps and gels are available in the room. My wife tried the outdoor bath. It’s filled with water from the onsen and it’s super hot at 48 degree celcius. She quite enjoyed the experience. The second toilet and sink is placed here. There’s an outdoor shower. There is a small Gym in the basement, I spied two cardio machines and a pull up bar. The onsen spa is also placed in the basement. If you’d like Coffee, this can be had in the reading room, on the opposite side of the restaurant. The Restaurant serves excellent kaiseki dinners and a very filling breakfast. We had really delicious meals here. The staff are very friendly and helpful. They are observant and will try to anticipate your next ask. Eg. They passed me some serviettes before I asked for it, and they were very good at keeping our drinks topped up. We asked to change dinner timing and booked a cab through the hotel and this was done efficiently and we were kept informed. Overall, a great stay here and I would highly recommend Iki Retreat.