Mama Guesthouse Myeongdong

This facility is nicely located - only 7-8 minute walk from Myeong-dong metro station. They have kitchen that you can cook for yourself, which we did because of poor breakfast. These are the only positive side of this facility.

First of all, there was nobody at the reception and we needed to make a call - an international call for foreign mobile phone with unnecessary expensive cost. Nobody showed up in 20 minutes and we made another call. Finally I was told to go downstairs to knock on the door where working-holiday young lady woke up and opened the door to accept our arrival. This was waste of time and money. Secondly, I made reservation of 2 rooms which both of 2 rooms are supposed to have 2 beds, we were a group of 4 adults, according to the room photos posted on Booking.com as well as written description while the room we were presented was one with 2 beds as per the description on the ground level and another with bunk bed and the room was on the basement level with no window - we could not do anything but laugh by looking at the basement room. The basement room was not at the acceptable level and requested for the change. After several calls, we were offered with ground level room with 1 queen size bed and extra linen so that one person can sleep on the floor. We compromised with this solution, no other choices anyway. The room had mold grown here and there, towels were not completely dry, TV could not be controlled with the remote - battery was alive but no control for some reason, Wifi was not working as it was supposed to be. You need to be drunk to sleep in this room which we did. Breakfast offers only instant noodle soup, serial and toast - toast but no butter, only jam. We walked to nearby Seven Eleven to buy some decent breakfast. Every time we had questions and requests, we asked the working-holiday lady who made a call to the owner 'Mama' who never showed up. Unless you are looking for some budget accommodation for a few nights or even more to save money while you drink and sleep to ignore all the negatives in your room, you should not stay at this facility. I wish we knew all this priori to the visit so that we could have chosen other locations.

Bed was comfortable

Room was so tidy. Wifi was not working properly.

reasonable price and good location

nothing

1. Location at Myeongdong is a thumb up. It is very convenient to take subway or as a meeting point for a tour. 2. Heating pad is a plus to keep you warm. 3. Seoul milk taste good . Kitchen at basement is clean and thoughtful.

The room smells very moldy and humid. Dark without any sunshine. It is not cheap when I pleased order. Not worth of value. Turning on A/C dehumidifiers can make it improved but not much. Water leaked at sink. No bath towels at room except you ask the staff.