Hotel Star

“Is This a "LOVE HOTEL"?”

(1) Great LOCATiON. Just 1 block to the Yeoksam subway station's exit 3. (2) Fast WiFi. (3) 4 Convenience Stores around you. (4) Small WiNDOW. Look at the photos. A bathtub big enough for 2 ppl to lie in. No view. No News channels (no CNN, no BBC). Mostly Korean programming. Makes me wonder … more

(1) Great LOCATiON. Just 1 block to the Yeoksam subway station's exit 3. (2) Fast WiFi. (3) 4 Convenience Stores around you. (4) Small WiNDOW. Look at the photos. A bathtub big enough for 2 ppl to lie in. No view. No News channels (no CNN, no BBC). Mostly Korean programming. Makes me wonder if this is a "love hotel". Please click "thanks" if the photos were helpful. Room 504 in the district of Gangnam.

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“Trip to Seoul for my Soul ☺️”

Came here with 10 family members for a trip. This hotel had the hardest beds I have ever slept on! Now I am not exaggerating when I say HARDEST! But the price is what you paid for. Honestly get the Coupang App it’s like Amazon in the US and have a mattress pad delivered next day to the hotel. Make … more

Came here with 10 family members for a trip. This hotel had the hardest beds I have ever slept on! Now I am not exaggerating when I say HARDEST! But the price is what you paid for. Honestly get the Coupang App it’s like Amazon in the US and have a mattress pad delivered next day to the hotel. Make sure to reference the room number and name on reservation. Now the front hotel staff is as helpful as they can be the language barrier is HUGE do not think that maneuvering around Seoul is easy it’s extremely difficult and some times I felt invisible waiting in lines or walking in the subways etc. Most people are moving extremely fast and you must move or get out of the way. Nobody waits here you literally MUST move fast. I found that very few people were willing to help with directions either not wanting to be bothered or just didn’t understand however, I used my translation app so most just didn’t want to be bothered! The hotel cleaning staff cleaned our room everyday and the tub was huge so that was a plus there is no shower curtain so don’t be surprised by that. The location is great. Buy the Tmoney card for subway travel they have them everywhere like 7eleven for about 3$ or 3000 Won you can load your card in the subway station it’s super easy and about 1400 Won a ride or so. You must have Korean Won to load card. Tipping really is not standard here so you won’t see add a tip for anything like you do in the US. I tipped my shuttle driver because there was 10 of us plus luggage and the cleaning lady. I never tipped for any restaurants or coffee, cafe etc. it just was not even an option which was NICE👍 at home I am a 20% or more tipper so this definitely saved some money. Uber is available here but try and reference the closest subway station to your location or make sure to put the address in Korean as most taxi and uber use the Korean language obviously plus a picture to show the driver is helpful, Also other are available for taxis such as kride but I struggled with that app. Shuttle App for togo food delivery super easy and user friendly.

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“Definitely Love Hotel”

To start my review, I had to begin with this is a LOVE hotel. The owner might want to rebrand it to normal hotel, but the layout, the room overall is only focus on one direction, is LOVE hotel. But to be fair, I shall review it without prejudice. 1- This is STAR hotel, where it doesn't have it ow… more

To start my review, I had to begin with this is a LOVE hotel. The owner might want to rebrand it to normal hotel, but the layout, the room overall is only focus on one direction, is LOVE hotel. But to be fair, I shall review it without prejudice. 1- This is STAR hotel, where it doesn't have it own lobby, is just a shabby ground floor no bigger than your living room (maybe smaller most bungalow rooms) but it is connected to the next building ( STAY HOTEL GANGNAM ). That is what I believe a more family friendly hotel compare to this one. The staff at STAY hotel till check you in , take care of the room key and payment etc... 2-Room size is decent, big enough even for family of four. But. the room is a king size bed, a 50 LCD tv, and a two person bath tub,. No issue with size, but the room ceiliing is mirror .. :D.... very good if you going for a love session, not so happy when you trying to sleep with family and keep seeing your own reflection while trying to get some sleep. But after two night, it doesn't seem a problem at all 3- Cleanliness. This hotel need a lesson in basic clealiness, not sure about LOVE hotel practices, but I strongly believe basic cleanliness should be uphold at all time. They fail, but after my complain, they did come back again and thoroughly clean it again. After 2nd time they merely meet basic but its acceptable. 4-Location. This hotel location is superb. It is almost just right beside YeokSam Metro Exit 3, which come with escalator and lift as well. Few dozens eateries within walking distance, and at least 3-4 convenience store open for you at 24/7 5-However, to get from YeokSam to most other tourist attraction, please reserve at least 15-25 minutes of metro because is right beside Gangnam which is south of Seoul 6-Price, this hotel room per night is really a gem in Seoul. That is why I book for my week long holiday to say a huge $$$ compare to stay in the hot spot area. 7-We feel very safe in this hotel neighborhood. 8-Staff fast acting, and respond to our request does help for me "softer" review. Kudos to the staff. 9-Free wifi, and the wifi speed , when people say Korean has the best internet speed, they are not joking about it. Superb Connection ! 10- In this room , they got a split unit air condition. Thanks god, I really so happy when I see one in my room, because most hotel have central conditioning which is poorly control and I really glad this cheap hotel come with one .. hahaha To end this, I will not recommend it fairly to most people, but to budget conscious travel, its worth to explore this hotel as an Option As me anything if you have any question !

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“Cozy Enough”

The first staff that we encountered on checking in was a bit unprofessional and not helpful compared to the other guy when we were checking out. Towels were not enough for two even though we have 2 beds that can fit five people. The hotel was at the back of the main street where a lot of bars and r… more

The first staff that we encountered on checking in was a bit unprofessional and not helpful compared to the other guy when we were checking out. Towels were not enough for two even though we have 2 beds that can fit five people. The hotel was at the back of the main street where a lot of bars and restaurants are everywhere but they close as early as 8pm. Convenient for accessing subway trains and airport bus is just across the street. They do not have toiletries except for shampoo, conditioner and bath gel. That's it.

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