Sliding Downhill a Little
My Husband and I stayed at the Hotel Kabuki again recently, and my experience reminded me of the line from Memoirs of a Geisha, "Everything about her, not just her home, was less than before."
We reserved a corner king room and asked for a room with a view of the Japan Center. When we checked in, I again requested a room with a view of the Japan Center. The room we were given was on the 2nd floor with the huge building air conditioning units outside blocking the window. We called down to the front desk and they gave us a different room right away, with the requested view, but it got things off to a bad start.
The rooms had not changed at all, and ours was starting to look a bit worn. San Francisco had had terrible storms the night before and the carpet in front of our sliding glass door was wet; I don't really think I could fault them for that, as everyone we spoke to started out by mentioning the storm. There still is no place to unpack your clothes, so our suitcases (again) stayed open on the floor for the entire trip. There were fewer and less nice bath amenities. They still had the nice scrubbing soap, but gone were the bath salts and orange eye de-puffs. Our toilet closet had a mysterious stain on the back of the door. The water pressure was still really high - my Hubby commented he should have brought his car so it could have a pressure wash in the shower. 
Gone is the complimentary hot tea when you check in. Gone are the free breakfast coupons. Also gone are the free wine and sake happy hours. I didn't think it was possible, but the valet parking was more of a mess than it had been before, even though their one valet was a very nice man.
Overall, we were happy to have come back, but I'm not sure that I would want to stay here the next time that we come.