To provide a method for producing α-phenylethyl alcohol by the hydrogenation of acetophenone in the presence of a catalyst capable of keeping the lowering of the catalytic activity to an extremely low level during the use of the catalyst.

α-Phenylethyl alcohol is produced by the hydrogenation of acetophenone in the presence of a catalyst. The concentration of the organic acid in the reaction raw material to be supplied to a reactor is ≤1 μmol/g and the concentration of a sulfur-containing acid is ≤0.5 μmol/g.