K-Guesthouse Myeongdong 1 in Seoul

No Breakfast despite what the ad says. Walls are paper thin. Bring earplugs
- The room was about 1.5 feet longer than a queen bed, not including the tiny washroom. Not much room for luggage.
- The fridge was an ok size but the inside was tiny. It looked normal but the interior was so small it could only fit a couple of small water bottles. I don’t understand why such a non functional thing would exist. And the lining would come off of the door when I opened it so I’d have to pop it back in to shut it.
- There is no sound proofing. I heard someone footsteps as they walked into the lobby and up to the floor above me. I could hear all the conversations of a mom and her kid on our floor. Someone was coughing all night. Another person was playing music till almost 1am. On night my neighbors were "getting busy" at 1 am, not something I wanted to expose my kid too. There isn’t staff around to complain to.
- They only clean your room at most once a week unless you pay. And even at that you need to request it at least one day in advance.
- We had the bunk bed and screws were coming out of it. It didn't seem very safe.
- You can’t flush toilet paper. That is the rule. You need to put it in the garbage beside it which doesn’t have a cover. This combined with the fact the room only gets cleaned once a week is pretty gross.
- The bathroom sink didn’t drain properly.
- I specifically got this rather than alternatives because it advertised it came with breakfast. I even got a confirmation email for 2 people for each day of my visit. When I showed the clerk the email he told me Covid restrictions didn’t allow breakfast. I told him these restrictions ended years ago, all the places I’ve stayed in South Korea have had breakfast. He just shrugged and said someone must have forgotten to update the booking.
I’ve stayed at a few places in South Korea from North to South and this is the only one I gave an unfavorable review to. The location is good but you are better off staying a bit further out and training in.