Daewoo motel

hi guys- just wanted to post a review of Daewoo motel. Stayed there for 10 days in October. the people speak decent english and were so helpful. they give you bottled water. rooms are TINY but they have an airconditioner in the room and a tv and minifridge, so eveything is there, albeit compacted. The best thing is that it is right in the middle of everything. 10 minute walk to namdemun or myungdong. like 2 or 3 subway stops away from tongdaemun.

let me know if you have any questions!

Daewoo motel

I just thought i%26#39;d add that most motels in Korea offer bottled water,cabletv, DVD or video player, aircon, minifridge, toiletries, and hair dryers in the room.

The ones that don%26#39;t, are substandard.

Daewoo motel

I went to Korea in late May till early June 2008. Here is my review on Daewoo motel

I paid 35000 KRW per night for a double room (queen size bed). The traditional room costs more, and the twin room (two single beds) cost even more, but the price is proportional to the space you get. We refused to get the traditional room (ondol) after the experience we got in a resort in Cheju Island. The thin mattress is too thin, we can feel the floor and we woke up with a back ache. So it depends on whether you are used to the hard floor (wooden).

The room is small, bathroom is also small. but it was alright with us cos we were really on a budget. My advice is, don%26#39;t take the 4th floor room if you can. The water heater didn%26#39;t work that well on that floor. It%26#39;s either too hot or too cold. And the power tripped (less than 1 second each time though) often. We didn%26#39;t experience that when we get rooms on 2nd floor.

Breakfast is included in the price, provided every morning from 8 (if i%26#39;m not wrong) till 10 a.m. There are always 2 kinds, western and korean (sometimes japanese). For western it%26#39;s toast with butter, fried egg, and ham.

It%26#39;s not a love hotel. They don%26#39;t provide rooms for hourly rates (as far as I know). And at night we couldn%26#39;t really hear any suspicious noises.

Getting to the place was not as convenient with our luggages (cos we%26#39;re not backpackers). Luckily we arrived in Seoul at 6 a.m in the morning and by the time we reached Cityhall by bus, it was only 7. So the place was not as crowded and the weather was perfect (22 deg C, dry). The Korean does not have a proper address system, and the map they provided from the website is not accurate at all. There are 2 banks and 2 Dunkin%26#39; donuts within 1 km of the Cityhall MRT. I suggest you keep the telephone numbers from the hotel with you. We tried asking the residents there. But they also couldn%26#39;t understand the map, though they are always willing to help. So one middle-aged working man asked if we have the telephone number (luckily we did). He then took out his phone to call the hotel for more accurate direction and pointed to us where to walk.

The bus to take from Incheon International Airport to Cityhall is 605, taken outside the airport.

Oh ya, the hotel provided laundry service at affordable price. But the laundry lady does not separate your clothes for you. She put everything together, all colours and all materials. My sister%26#39;s white tops were all stained from some dark blue bottom we put to wash. She almost cried.

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