Star Hostel Seoul Dongdaemun

Name: Star Hostel Seoul Dongdaemun
Address: 243, Hyoje-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Seoul, 110851, Seoul, KR

Location: 243, Hyoje-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Seoul, 110851, Seoul, KR

Star Rating: 2 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Experience the vibrant heart of Seoul at Star Hostel Seoul Dongdaemun, where comfort meets convenience.

Modern Amenities
Enjoy seamless access to complimentary wireless internet, a well-equipped communal kitchen, and a cozy bar/lounge to unwind after a day of exploring. Our air-conditioned rooms feature everything you need, including microwaves for easy meal preparation.

Prime Location
Situated just a short walk from Gwangjang Market and Dongdaemun Design Plaza, immerse yourself in local culture and shopping. With iconic attractions like Myeongdong Street and Dongdaemun History and Culture Park nearby, adventure awaits at every corner.

Exceptional Service
Take advantage of our concierge services and express check-in/out to ensure your stay is hassle-free and enjoyable. Our dedicated staff is on hand to help make your experience unforgettable.

Don't miss out on this perfect Seoul getaway—book your stay at Star Hostel Seoul Dongdaemun today!

Important Information

Make use of convenient amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a television in a common area.

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Check-out: 10:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

Express check-out
Free WiFi
Luggage storage
Express check-in/check-out
Designated smoking area
Concierge service
Wheelchair accessible
Television in common areas
Multilingual staff
Express check-out
Express check-in
Grocery/convenience store
Tours/ticket assistance
Computer station
Water dispenser

Rooms Available

Triple Room, Shared Bathroom

1 Twin Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, slippers, a hair dryer, and towels
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
Basic Shared Dormitory, Shared Bathroom (For 6 Persons)

2 Twin Bunk Beds
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - 2 bathrooms, shower, slippers, and a hair dryer
Comfort - Air conditioning
Need to Know - Shared accommodations
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
Single Room, Ensuite

1 Twin Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, slippers, and a hair dryer
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided
Basic Shared Dormitory, Shared Bathroom (Men-Only / For 6 Persons)

2 Twin Bunk Beds
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - 2 bathrooms, shower, slippers, and a hair dryer
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided
Double Room, Ensuite

1 Double Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, slippers, and a hair dryer
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided
Single Room, Private Shower and Shared Toilet

1 Twin Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, slippers, a hair dryer, and towels
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided
Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

1 Twin Bunk Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Shared bathroom, slippers, a hair dryer, and towels
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided
Twin Room, Ensuite

1 Twin Bunk Bed
Internet - Free WiFi
Food & Drink - Refrigerator, microwave, rice cooker, and shared/communal kitchen access
Sleep - Bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, slippers, and a hair dryer
Comfort - Air conditioning
Non-Smoking

Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- Air conditioning
- Hair dryer
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Slippers
- Free WiFi
- Shared/communal kitchen access
- Rice cooker
- Bedsheets provided

Guest Reviews

Max Emil Kjaersgaard Snekloth (2/5): - This hostel is a scam sharing the name of a nearby hotel deliberately to fool people. The place is dirty, AC doesn't work, wifi doesn't work, there's no breakfast obviously, floors/walls of soft plastic, dirty toilet, AC rain outside, the locks don't work, there's bugs and there's no reception. This hostel should be closed down by the city government, Seoul would be better without it and there are legal grounds to do so
Mathilde (6/5): - Auberge qui fait l’affaire pour quelques jours seulement. Seulement deux wc/salles d’eau pour une dizaine ou quinzaine de chambres…. Dans une ruelle au calme proche de la station Jongno 5 ga (ligne1 du métro de Séoul). Proche du marché avec pas mal de street food et commerçants en tout genre. Literie un peu dure.
Asahi (2/5): - Dirty, smelly, loud annoying roommates that didn’t let me sleep
Timmy (4/5): - The lock to our room didn’t work, so you could just pull the door open even when it was locked. The locks to the bathrooms didn’t work either. The wifi we were supposed to be using did’nt even exist, so we had to use another one from one of the other rooms (every room had its own). There was mould in the aircondition. There were cockroaches in some of the rooms. Sometimes there weren’t any staff at the reception even when there was supposed to be. Information at the hostel told us there would be breakfast, but there was none. Only good thing was a relatively low price and quite centrally placed.
Furkan (2/5): - Her yerde kocaman hamam böcekleri vardı ve fotoğraflardaki gibi değildi.
Ella (6/5): - No reception, I went to the wrong hostel (there’s the same one down the street) and wasn’t told there were two different ones! Only way to contact someone was via WhatsApp Wasn’t communicated what room I was in Bed sheets aren’t washed properly, mine were stained and also the towels smelt really bad
Lea (2/5): - New furnitures and an update of the bathroom would be necessary.
Verified traveler (2/5): 清潔感は期待しないでください。 - 不潔です。チェックインするとすでに虫の死骸がおり、部屋にゴキブリもいます。シーツはカビのような黒いシミがあり、臭いです。とにかく不潔です。タオルも雑巾のようなタオルが置かれていました。
Ka Po (6/5): - 首先必須承認此價格住宿～為非常性價比高之選擇🙂 位置：離鍾路5街站步行幾分鐘就到👍而且可以一直步行至東大門區域(尤其適合深夜想要購物及食宵夜之旅客)；雖然附近有紅燈區事業但並無嘈吵/騷擾情況發生～僻靜但未致於感覺危險～服務：住宿了六天～由check in至check out～未有見過任何工作人員～可說是全自助形式～房間：房內無異味～有地暖及小暖爐保溫～沐浴水溫平穩又水速充足～床鋪都瞓得舒適～唯獨床單及毛巾有污漬(建議使用自備的) 環境：裝潢較殘舊～但安静～以旅館價格而言不應要求太多～個人覺得可以接受～
hiromu (2/5): - 暖房も効かないのでお陰で風邪をひきました。はっきり言って最悪でした。安い宿は選ばないようにします
Verified traveler (4/5): ゴキブリは確実に出るので覚悟してください - 8月の下旬に5泊で利用しました。韓国は慣れており、女性1名です。【良かった点】・基本的にセルフチェックインセルフチェックアウト、荷物もフロント横に自分で預けておけば自由に出入り可能なので楽・冷蔵庫は共同ですが大きいサイズなので自分の物を保管できる余裕はあります・洗濯機が使えるので洗剤もあったようですが私は自分の洗剤を持っていきました。操作方法は翻訳機を使って意外と簡単に使えました、1時間ほどかかります。【悪かった点】・セルフチェックインですが自分の名前がなかったのでメールで問い合わせをした、すぐに返答があったので良かったが、これが返答なかったらどの部屋に入れば良いかわからなかった・シャワーの排水溝がすぐに詰まって2日目以降から毎日浸水しながらシャワーをした・排水溝からたくさんの小さなゴキブリや虫がうじゃうじゃ出てきた・ちょうど良い気温だったのでクーラーをせずに寝ていたら自分の体にゴキブリが這い上がって来て夜中に何度も目が覚めた・毎日ゴキブリとの戦いだった。最終日に巨大なゴキブリ登場です・共用スペースのテーブルでご飯を食べていたら目の前にゴキブリがいた・ゴキジェットスプレーが共用スペースに用意されていたのでそれを使いましたが、やはり出ます、苦手な方は来ないほうが良い・滞在中、メールを送っても無視される・各部屋に用意されたTVは普通のテレビが電波がありませんとなりどの電源を入れても見れない。bビデオ？みたいな有料で番組や映画やドラマが見れる機器につながっており、基本テレビは消したままでした。テレビっ子なのでこれはさすがに残念。現地のテレビが見たかった。・各個人部屋は共用スペースを囲むように位置しているので、夜遅くに他の宿泊者の話し声や動画を見ている音量などでうるさくて眠れない・冷蔵庫に入れたものが誰かに飲まれていた、名前は書く必要がある・入り口から共用スペースまでの匂いがキツイ、独特の匂いでちょっと吐き気がする、部屋に入るとマシになる・エアコンのクーラーはちょうど良い温度にはなりません、寒すぎるか、消すと暑い、除湿にしても寒い・トイレは共同です。たまにそのトイレでシャワーをされる人がいるので、2台とも埋まっていたら待たないといけない以上のことから、それなりに覚悟を持ってきたほうが良いです。もしくはすぐ近隣にある同系列の「スイート」の方がまだ綺麗そうでした。
Christine (8/5): - Good environment and a great stay
hiro (8/5): - 居室の目の前が共用部の部屋に宿泊。夜中早朝かんけい確実に目が覚める。スタッフは良い方でした。
NAOKI (2/5): - I stayed private room. I stayed for 3 nights and found 3 roaches and 1 bug. My body was itchy all the time because of dirty bed. Sound deadening does not exist in this facility. No towel and body soap(just shampoo) No amenities. I will not recommend to stay here.
Verified traveler (2/5): 非常恐怖的旅館 - 這輩子住過最髒最恐怖的旅館，預定四個晚上，只住了一晚就受不換別間住宿了
Verified traveler (6/5): Needs a clean - Not sure if it's because of the pandemic or if it's always been like this, but the place really seemed to need a cleaner. Stayed for several days (out of which we stayed two in the hostel the entire day due to having online classes to attend) and didn't see anyone clean any part of the hostel even once, and the bathroom and hallways seemed permanently stained with mud. It also smelled liked cup-ramen in the whole place and me (natural blonde) and my friend (pink haired latina) found black, asian looking hair in one of the beds. Now the place was CHEAP so I wasn't exactly expecting a five star experience, but given that my friend prefered using the public subway bathrooms over the ones in the hostel I think it's fair to be a bit critical.
Kyung Hee (6/5): 후기 - 들어가는 입구 골목이 넘 을씨년스러워요. 청결도 보통입니다.
Verified traveler (6/5): - 주위에 거시기한곳이 너무많아서 밤늦게 위험할거같아요.....다좋은데위치가좀....
Verified traveler (4/5): 돈은 정직하다 다시는 안간다 - 돈은 정직합니다. 일단 위치가 안좋아요. 바로 맞은편에 홍등 있는 술집 있어요. 물망초, 만남 이런 이름 술집 다들 아시죠? 그거 있어요. 그래서 늦은 밤에 들어올 때는 좀..;; 개인 샤워실 있는 건 정말 편했어요. 근데 방이 일단 음.. 좀 너무 오래 됐고 그래서 그런지 비가 엄청 많이 오니까 벽지가 부분 부분 젖더라구요..? 방들 가운데 로비(?)라고 부르기도 뭐 하지만 무튼 중앙부에 지붕이 아크릴판 같은 걸로 돼 있어서 비 진짜 많이 오면 빗소리 때문에 잠을 잘 수가 없어요..다른 방이 시끄럽거나 하진 않았는데 빗소리 때문에 잠 진짜 많이 설쳤어요.. 그리고 이불의 문제인지 방 자체의 문제인지 자고 일어나니까 몸 군데 군데 엄청 조그맣게 벌레 물린 자국이 많았어요.. 진드긴지 뭔지 모르겠는데 무튼 진짜 찝찝해요.. 들어가면 어매니티로 일회용 칫솔 치약세트는 주십니다.. 이 가격에 싱글룸인건 좋지만.. 전 다시는 안 올겁니다 그냥 이 돈으로 도미토리 가거나 돈 더 주고 다른 데 갈래요..
Verified traveler (10/5): 立地もホテル自体も素敵！ただ‥ - キレイで良かったです。が100点では無かった理由は、日によって毎日何か無ぃ物がありました。
minjae (10/5): - 가격도싸고 지하철에서 가까워서 좋았다 도미토리 가격으로 싱글룸에 머물수 있다는게 큰 정점인듯 하다