Bueno Day - between Hongdae & Palace Gyeongbokgung 외국인도시민박업 한국인예약금지

Great location, warm host, comfy bed.

Too many guests share the bathroom. You have to wait a long time for your turn. Also, you will feel like you're staying at someone's house instead of having privacy. You feel like you need to be quiet all the time.

Sadly, nothing

Seoul was sold out for bts concert, or the rooms were double and triple what I normally pay in seoul. And I wasn't even there for bts. Bad timing, lol

Home vibe with a local feel. There was also lots of good food in the area

It was a bit far away from the main city, but still not unreasonably far.

Stayed at the bunker beds room, while the room is minimalist, it was neat and tidy and confy for the price. The kitchen was well equipped. Since it can be hard to find vegetarian/vegan options in Korea, it helped a lot to have a nice kitchen to return to and cook at. Location is nice, too, being 10 minutes walk or 1 minute walk from the train station and bus stop respectively. The host is also very friendly and kindly shared her knowledge about Seoul and Korean when she was free from work. I really enjoyed the stay, would definitely recommend to anyone enjoying a back-packer style of traveling.

The rooms aren't very soundproof so phone calls or chatting may be heard over the door. (Wasn't a problem for me but experience may depend on fellow visitors.) Also the hostel is located in the alleys so it may be a bit hard to find the first time, but the host gives clear instructions so you should be fine as long as you read through it.