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Reviews of Hostel Korea 11th - Changdeokgung

3 out of 5
Hostel Korea 11th - Changdeokgung
140 Waryong-dong (85 Donhwamun-ro),, Jongno-gu, 85, Seoul, ICN

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 95 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 106 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 242 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 242 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to train station and palace. Bus to airport is about 3 minutes
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I couldn’t stay there because they started renovating whole area.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Bill, Toronto

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
still have room to improve, but based on the cheap prices nothing i can say.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Aw

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Room is big,clean and simple breakfast. got food restaurant, 7-11, airport bus station. A bit noisy.

8/10 Good

Yuan Chen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location, location, location!
The best part about this hostel is definitely where it is situated. There are two different subway stations nearby, several restaurants, a convenience store right next door, an UNESCO site within walking distance, and a five minutes walk to a airport bus stop. The service was good and the hostel was fairly clean. We stayed in room 408. The only con experience we had was our next door neighbors partying until 4am in the morning and we couldn’t call the front desk to complain since reception is opened for a limited amount of time. However, it’s not the hostel’s fault when the three girls next door have no manners, no courtesy, and no consideration for others.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

anne, canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
close to metro, convenient.
Thoroughly fluent in English and most helpful. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect locations n hostel
Location perfect , subway within a few min walk but taxis are so cheap , under $6 to most tourist location . Seoul station to hostel $5 Aus where subway fir two is $3 . Staff very helpful just a nice atmosphere
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Budget
Thank you Daisy ,staff in the hostel .Big help in some need of my friend (cosmetic ).She found it in her luggage lastly .Quite careless on my friend . Room is clean , but I fell room too cold at night .Maybe I no good in air cont remote control there . Breakfast is simple , but tat is budget hostel mean .Kitchen facility simple like studio,only easy cook for ramen or boil egg .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017
Hi, This is Daisy :) I Think you are the one who speak Korean well, right? :) Thank you for your kindness review. I was happy to meet you! Next time if you have a problem with controlling heater or A/C, we can help you! Thanks. Hope to see you again, Bye

8/10 Good

Yu Xin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location!
Room was pretty small but sufficient. Location was good, walking distance from Jongno-3-ga station, and Anguk station. Close proximity to Insadong and Myeongdong as well as the palace areas. Hosts were really nice and helpful, overall a really pleasant stay!
Stayed 6 nights in May 2017
Dear, Yu xin. This is Daisy. Thank you for your nice review! I hope you had good memories with our hostel :) Hope to see you again! Thanks

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and comfortable stay
I stayed with my mom in the room with private bathroom. Well, as a hostel, it is superb. Clean and Safe Location : - close to subway Angkok station amd Jongno 3 ga station; plus so close to airport bus 6011. - close to Choengdeogung palace and Insadong. convenient to sightseeing and restaurants Staff - friendly and helpful, especially, the staff called Claire. Breakfast - bread and jam, cereals, steam sweet potatoes, tea and coffee, banana. Everyday the same, but it is good for hostel. Quiet environment Roof top excellent view - see the Seoul tower, Shrine, Cheongdeogung Palace and sun rise.

6/10 Okay

philippe

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor bed conform / very noisy
Pros: good location, very friendly staff, good breakfast Cons: the bed in the dorms is poor quality (the worst I had in 2 months travelling Asia in hostel). The pillow are very dirty I had to put something on it. The wifi work time to time and the speed is very slow. The door to the dorms is so loud that each time someone open or close the door it will wake you up. Also the hostel is in front of a school so it's also noisy in the morning. They keep the windows open to save on A/C so you have no others choice. Also you can't change the temperature of the dorms. Most of what I listed can be fixed in 1 week by the hostel manager. Overall I would look for a better place im sure you can find one in Seoul.

8/10 Good

Honey, Manila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
clean, accessible. worth the price

10/10 Excellent

Vynn, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very convenient and strategic location to many places such as Myeongdong, Dongdaemun, Gwanghwamun, etc.

8/10 Good

peterson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place, helpful people.
I like this place. The only negative is that in the hostel room many other visitors don't even say hi to you. That's so uncivilized.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No free toiletries, no free towels, even though the usual price for a bed in this hostel is around 20,000 KRW.

10/10 Excellent

Lay Peng, Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The best!
I stayed for 6 nights and definitely had a great time. The staffs were friendly and helpful. Room was clean and tidy. Moreover, it is located near to two subway stations (Anguk station and Jongno-3 station), which was very convenient to travel to many places. Nonetheless, many tourist attractions such as Changdeokgung palace, Jongmyo shrine, Insadong, and Jogyesa temple are closed to the hotel, just by walking distance. I will definitely recommend it to friends and family.

8/10 Good

Jan, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to Samcheong-dong
Nice hotel close to Samcheong-dong for shopping within 20 mins by walk. There are many mini-shops and cafe at Samcheong-dong. The double room is quite large and clean. The bathroom is very nice also. Free wifi and breakfast.

10/10 Excellent

Juin Hsien, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay!
Great stay at this hostel which is recommended by my friend. There is bus service to Incheon airport directly, walking distance. Good walking around the streets at night. Strongly recommend and the staffs are helpful!

10/10 Excellent

Rance Chiyu, Taoyuan Taiwan

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
beyond expectation: location, facility & its staff
We had a very good time at this hostel. Everything we need is nearby. Thank you, the front desk staff.

8/10 Good

chew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

joseph, Panama

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel in Seul
The staff is relly friendly, room really cool and clean. Near to the subway and the airport bus. Breakfast is great.
Response from Shelly on 20 Jul 2015
many thanks for your review, hope we can see you next time.^^

10/10 Excellent

Yeskendir S.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very good impressions about Seoul
Had a couple of days stay in Seoul on my way to Japan. Very clean hostel, very helpful staff (suggested places to visit), good value for money. Would definitely recommend!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Privacy for small money
Stayed 6 nights at a mixed dormitory. Had it for 2 nights at first, but fell in love and decided to stay few more nights. Beats the traditional bunker bed arrangement and offers surprisingly much privacy with a low price. In your "box" you have your own light, sockets and enough space to store some of your stuff. Besides this the additional lockers are spacy enough to fit even a bigger luggage. staff mostly spoke ok English, but I had few misunderstandings with them because of the language barrier. They also have not so experienced staff members so be prepared for some mix-ups. Overall an excellent accommodation for a solo traveller!

10/10 Excellent

Joey, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great stay
Really a good stay in Seoul I would stay again! Thanks :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good Stay
It was a good staying experience with clean and cozy environment. Staffs are pretty friendly and helpful. Would not mind to be my accommodation choice again for my next return visit to Seoul.

8/10 Good

B, U.K.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Almost there
The location of the hostel was perfect, it was close to the subway, but I hardly needed to use it because most of the main sights were within walking distance. However... I think I stayed in a different place to other reviewers. Not friendly at all, and the design of the hostel doesn't encourage much sociability either. My main issue was that there were 2 toilets & 3 showers inside the dorm room, but no sink. There was only one sink you could use, and that was right at the end of the corridor outside of the dorm room. I didn't feel that this encouraged good hygiene, and didn't hear many people leaving the room to wash their hands after leaving the toilet.... Overall, I would stay here again, but only if I had a private room with en suite. There were lots of other hostels near here, & if you wanted to stay in a dorm room I'd suggest looking at one of those instead.

8/10 Good

Chu, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Good: Cleanliness of room, great location, helpful staff, toilet and bathrooms inside dormitory. Bad: bed is too hard, insufficient air-conditioner while slept in the bulk bed, no hand washing tub and hand soap inside the dorm room so that I needed to walk outside to use toilet and wash hands.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel Korea near Changdeokgung
The hotel is great in terms of cleanliness and service; however, it is quite a walk from both Anguk and Jongno-3-ga stations. Nevertheless, Changdeokgung is only a block. Please note that most metro stations in Seoul do not have elevators so it is very difficult to go up and down stairways with your luggage. Personnaly, I don't feel safe when returning at night because all shops surrounding the hotel are closed - the street is quite deserted.

10/10 Excellent

JDM, Manila, PH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top notch hostel
We really enjoyed our stay in this hostel. The staffs are all helpful and courteous. Simple breakfast are being served everyday (bread, cereals, banana, coffee etc.). The room is clean and neat. We love the modern look of the bathroom. The lobby and pantry have a very welcoming ambience. We also love the location since it's very near to tourists spots and 2 subway stations (Jongno 3 and Angkuk) and the airport bus station (6011). We love the experience here and we'll definitely stay again in the future! :)
Lobby and Pantry

10/10 Excellent

JDM, Manila, PH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Top notch hostel
We really enjoyed our stay in this hostel. The staffs are all helpful and courteous. Simple breakfast are being served everyday (bread, cereals, banana, coffee etc.). The room is clean and neat. We love the modern look of the bathroom. The lobby and pantry have a very welcoming ambience. We also love the location since it's very near to tourists spots and 2 subway stations (Jongno 3 and Angkuk) and the airport bus station (6011). We love the experience here and we'll definitely stay again in the future! :)

10/10 Excellent

Jeongwoo

Liked: Amenities
Super
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

dong yoon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
창덕궁 근처 좋은 호텔
위치 : 매우 만족했어요. 익선동, 창덕궁, 인사동 등 모두 편하게 걸어다닐 수 있어요 시설 : 최신은 아니지만 평균이에요 청결 : 보통이에요 가성비 맛집이에요
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Donghae

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
깔끔하고 만족합니다
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020
Response from 이동규매니저 on 10 Jul 2020
저희 숙소를 이용해주셔서 감사합니다. 부족한 부분이 있지만 좋게 말씀해주셔서 감사합니다. 다음에도 숙박이용 부탁 드립니다^^ 감사합니다!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

DUCKHWAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
창덕궁 바로 앞에 위치하고있어 아침 산책이 좋습니다.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Franck

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Bien placé
L'hostel Korea est très bien placé pour les visites touristiques. Le rapport qualité/prix intéressant. J'ai séjourné une seule nuit et la literie est un peu dure quand même.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hyeonggeun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
숙박 자체는 만족하였습니다. 하지만 카운터에 오전 10시 이후로 시간이 조금 비고, 오후에도 살짝 카운터에 자리가 비어서 그런지 그 시간대는 불편하였지만, 그만큼 계실때는 잘해주십니다.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from Manager on 19 Mar 2019
저희 숙박 시설을 이용해 주셔서 감사합니다. 소중한 고객님 의견에 감사드립니다!

8/10 Good

HR

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
서울 주요 관광지와 가깝고, 시설도 가격대비 깔끔한 편입니다. 만족스럽습니다. 아, 체크인이 늦으면 옆 편의점에 가서 예약자 성함 말하고 키 받을수 있습니다 ^^;
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Location was good but everything else needs improvement.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Hiu Ni

Disliked: Cleanliness
原定預約16至20號4晚, 但16號check in時, reception突然通知要取消兩晚, 因大樓需要進行全面清潔。 但事前完全沒有任何通知, 雖然旅舍退回兩晚費用及安排另一間旅舍。 直接令當日原定日程取消, 亦損失時間以轉換旅舍。 另外房間清潔上亦需要提高, 入住時床舖及被上有輕微污點。
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Antonio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente ubicación
Excelente ubicación para ver los templos más importantes de la ciudad caminando,torre de Seoul se llega a 3 paradas en metro. Espectacular hostal
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Zoe

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
早餐不像照片那樣,還有大蒼蠅在早餐上飛來飛去,後來我們都不敢吃了;住了四晚都沒有人來收垃圾(當然也整
住宿地點交通方便,但整體住宿評價差。
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

pink, TOKYO

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
フロントは1人で交代制のようで、席を外していることが多く、、、気になる
初めて滞在の感想です、ホステルという名前で、利用する方はバックパッカーのような外人のゲストが多く、ドミトリー部屋がメインのようです。私の滞在時は日本人には会いませんでした、私はスタンダートダブルを1人で利用し、なんとか過ごせました(他ではきつかったと思います) 既に数年営業しているのか、部屋に有ったスリッパは使い古した感じがあったので驚きました、捨てたほうがよいと思う劣化。タオルもかなりドロドロ色でそろそろ新しい白いものを提供する時期だと思います。 3泊滞在しましたが、部屋の掃除は1回もありません。買い物袋他ごみがたくさん出るので外出時自分のごみ箱だけ廊下へ出しました、夜戻るとそれだけ空になっておりトイレ利用トイレットペーパーごみは最後まで片付けてもらえませんでした。初めてのことで驚きました。 劣化したタオルも使用後、自分でフロントへ持ち込み洗濯したものと交換です。ホステルなので仕方がないとは思いますが、、、 朝食は食パン、バター、ジャム、コーンフレーク、牛乳、コーヒーなどが8-10時まで。コーヒーは8時に1回淹れるだけで(数名分?)それがなくなると「今日はもうありません」とスタッフが言ってました。そのあとの人は例のインスタントの粉末となります。 地下鉄の駅から歩いて石畳の道を歩いて10分位、荷物が多いと大変かと思います。ただし他への移動には便利な場所だと思います。
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

宋33

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
還算可以~交通方便~很舒適
感覺不像一般青年旅舍~有點像飯店~還蠻乾淨的~而且廚房是公用的~可以隨時使用~用完自己清洗碗盤即可~~房間不大~~早餐是要8點才供應(建議7點就供應)~早餐樣式較少~入住四天~不確定是否有提供房間清潔服務~因為東西滿滿~也不想要有人進來~早出晚歸~沒去問服務人員!!地點離地鐵都蠻方便的~尤其是機場巴士上下車都很方便~~洗澡水壓也大~床也蠻好睡的
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

yukino, 日本

Liked: Staff & service
昌徳宮の近くのホテル
朝早くに韓国に着いたので、荷物を預けることができました。 チェックインをする時に、従業員の方がいない場合はロビーで待ってると来ると思います。 部屋の鍵はカードキーでしたが、開けづらかったです。 部屋にタオルが置いてない場合は、受付に行くと貰うことができます。 スリッパは使い古した感じがあったので、履きませんでした。 シャンプーとボディーソープは置いてありますが、持っていった方が良いと思います。 カードキーを返却しなかったからなのか分かりませんが、部屋の清掃は行われませんでした。 朝食はパンやシリアル、ジュース、ゆで卵などがありました。片付けは各自行いました。 格安で宿泊したので、十分なサービスがされていたと思います。
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Erilainen tila
Hyvä tietää majoiotuksesta: samassa tilassa on Hanbok vuokraamo. Kävelimme ensin tilan ohi, katsoen sen olevan jotain ihan muuta kuin majoitusliike. Varauksemme löytämisessä kesti henkilökunnalla pitkään, ja kun pääsimme huoneeseemme odotti siellä yllätys; siivoamaton huone, täydet roskakorit ja sotkuiset lakanat. Heti takaisin alas vastaanottoon, josta henkilökunta ehti jo poistua, kysymään josko olisi tapahtunut väärinkäsitys huoneen valmiudesta. Saimme uuden huoneen joka oli siivottu. Kylpyhuoneesta ei kuitenkaan tullut kovin lämmintä vettä, eikä huoneen lämpötilaa saanut oikeastaan nostettua. Aamiaien oli ihan mukava, mutta julkisettilat jäätävät. Kaikilla tilassa olijoilla oli ulkotakit päällä.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018