Dongdaemun Guest House

The location is great, very near subway and easy to take a bus. The host is so kind. He let us check-in before the time. Thank you.

TLDR: look for a another option. If their policy let us check out early and refund the remaining days we would have - and it was still a near thing. The good: it’s cheap, you’ve got your own bathroom, there’s wifi, toast and jam, your pretty close to bus and train stations and they let you to check in late even if through a flawed process (see “worst” below). The bad: It says there’s a partial reception - we were there 5 nights and we never saw anyone despite coming and going at varying times. It’s in a sketchy looking neighborhood. The hostel and rooms are also very run down and dirty looking. I’ve included pictures. In five nights, they did not change our sheets once despite appearing to (my bed was made once but a chocolate stain from the night before remained) and it was dusty under the bed. The worst: They have a poor security policies. Due to some travel delays we didn’t arrive at the hostel till well after check in. We’d emailed them last minute to inform them of this possibility but hadn’t received a reply back before we took off - they sent us a response with the entry code for the front door but we couldn’t reply because we’d lost our Internet and it was nearly midnight before we got it back. Likely because they hadn’t received a response, the hostel decided to take a laminated card with my name on it with the ENTRY CODE in it and TAPED IT TO THE FRONT DOOR. And that card looked reused. Needless to say, we kept our door bolted whenever we were there.

Easy to get in and out. Great location. Good TV. But, "Continental Breakfast" is peanut butter and jam on toast. Bathroom and rooms really need cleaning. Coffee ran out.

Well situated location. Nearby train stations, convenience stores, & eateries. Very patient staff, who accommodated me even if I checked in late at night already.

We've enjoyed our stay and the owner Noah is very accomodating and hospitable to his guests.

The host is very kind. The pantry is open anytime and you can yourself to whatever is in there. It is located very near a subway station.

The guesthouse is a 2 minute walk from Sinseoldong Subway which is very accessible. A convenient store is also located nearby. Mr. Kang is not always seen around but he responds quickly to queries through email. He is also very considerate of his guests and allows check-out extension when necessary. Our stay is very much convenient generally although it would be much better if the guesthouse would be a little bit updated. Thank you for the hospitality.

Good location. Very near to the metro station and bus stops. Mr. Kang is such a great host.

건물이 약간노후되고 곰팡이가 좀있지만 최고의 가성비입니다 원룸처럼 방음도 훌륭하고 창문이 골목안쪽에 있어서 1층이어도 외부의소리가 잘들리지않습니다

格安ということである程度は覚悟していましたが、想像以上の不潔さでした。写真よりも圧倒的に汚く、廊下、部屋の臭いも酷かったです。