The Bar/Lounge at Crowne Plaza - ANA Kyoto, an IHG Hotel
The bar/lounge at ANA Crowne Plaza Kyoto is mentioned by reviewers writing for major publications. Of the 4 professionals tracked on TripExpert, 3 endorsed the bar/lounge, such as Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Star Service.
Crowne Plaza - ANA Kyoto, an IHG Hotel 
Lonely Planet
Frommer's
Star Service
Lonely Planet "Rooms are typical for a hotel of this class, and there are all the usual on-site facilities (pool, restaurants and bars)"
Frommer's "Just across the street from Nijo Castle and offering rooms with castle views, this hotel has one of the most eye-catching lobby lounges in town, complete with a glass wall overlooking an impressive waterfall and tiny landscape garden, all to the accompaniment of koto music (a Japanese stringed instrument)"
Star Service "Opposite one of Kyoto's most impressive sights, Nijo Castle, this eight-story white tile building provides its own drama in the lobby, where windows reveal a grotto waterfall, tiny bamboo forest, and garden as a backdrop to the lobby lounge"
