Myeongdong Mom House

Do not be deceived by the official photos aa they seem to be from long ago. The room I was given was in a sorry state. The intro said mountain or city view, there was no view to talk about, that is if you even dare to touch the extremely dusty blinds and Window. The sink was faulty on day 1 and I reported it to reception who told me they will need some parts and will change so on day 2. Day 2 came and went and nothing was done because the manager had more important thing to do than repair a faulty sink. Asked again on Day 3 to see if they could change my room since they can't fix the sink and was told 'there's no extra room'. By then,i had already put up with 2 nights with a faulty sink and had 2 more nightscat this place. On day 4, the receptionalist came to me to offer to change my room (I guess they have no intention to fix the sink) but by then I had only 1 night left so i rejected. It took them 4 days to even remotely solve the problem. As per the photos, the room was extremely dusty at places. The receptionist are very polite and communicates very well. Sadly, though they had no power to problem solve. The fridge in the room stopped working the moment you take out the key card. I learnt it the hard way when I went back to warm drinks at night. The best feature is the fridge in the common area.

The hotel is very close to subway and myeondong shopping/walking street

Location is great. Just a 3-min walk from Myeongdong station. There is a ramp at the guesthouse entrance for luggages and there is a lift and stairs in the 6-storey building. Bathroom is quite spacious. There is a pantry with hot and cold water dispenser. There is also 1 washing machine and clothes rack on every floor. Room is quite small for 2 guests with luggages. No side tables. No individual slippers. Towels might be torn. Hangers might be broken. There was also uncleared dirts below the tray compartment. TV might not always work. It is difficult to navigate the TV channels. There isn't a 24-hour duty staff.

There is odor in the room. I needed have the window open. There are tiny flies in the room. There is no room proper area to storage luggage. You can only leave it in the lobby that’s probably less that 300 sqft where people can come in and out. The serve of the front desk was really poor. Doesn’t seem like they want to talk to you and they don’t really know the area very well when you ask them where is the post office or where is the bus stop? They don’t know where it is. They directed me to a post office, but they didn’t realize that the post office was closed on Sunday.

This was my second time to stay in this hotel on my journey further to the west.

The location is one of the best, 3 mins from Myeongdong Station. It’s close proximity to Myeongdong Streets means lots of food and shopping options nearby. Beds are comfortable and cosy even during winter.