The One Hostel Hongdae in Seoul - Foreigner Only

Everything

the location thats it.

well the staff were horrific to start with, the place wasnt really clean, the showerhead didnt even have a stand to put while showering. The bed was SUPER uncomfortable you could literally feel the steel underneath THROUGH the mattress. When we came in nobody even greeted us except for this other guest. In the chat they said if we needed help with our suitcases they would help us. But when I came I called them multiple times and messaged them without any response. We had to carry our suitcases all the way to the fifth floor BY OURSELVES. Staff even had the audacity to ask us to move our suitcases up to the second floor common room. When they asked the first time I ignored them and the second time they asked me again RIGHT when i was about to leave out the door. Then when I asked if they could help me with my suitcases (I had two big ones, one small one, international student) they kind of brushed it off and their very nice korean friend that was hanging out in our common room, helped me out. But since she wasnt getting paid to work I basically did it myself out of guilt. Eventually we put our suitcases in the second floor common room since the room was too small anyways so it really didnt matter except for the fact that we had to break our backs AGAIN carrying heavy suitcases up the stairs. We were two hours early at the accommodation but we were not allowed to put our stuft in the room yet, even though it was already cleaned (+ even though other travellers HAVE done so, before check-in). When i asked which room we would be in she said "upstairs but i already said you cant go in yet". Then when we came in at check-in time nobody checked us in so we just kind of went to the room and picked two random clean beds. The morning after when we came back to the room there was a stranger in my friends bed, assigned by staff. Even though she had her stuff on her bed, her stuff was moved away by staff without even as much as a note.

They don't provide breakfast, but they didn’t remove it from the property advertisement. Overall staffs didn’t show any professionalism in their work. They also don't keep the air conditioner on in the living area for all the time, everytime someone need to request them to turn it on. It was super hot during my stay there, but nobody cares!

Location was great. Staff was friendly!

Mold in the rooms, one time I showered cold, not very clean floors.