Name: Alice Hostel
Address: 63, Donhwamun-ro 11na-gil, Jongno-gu, 익선동 서울특별시 South Korea, Seoul, Seoul, Seoul, 110-340, South Korea
Rating: 5

Smoking areas

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Free internet

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City Hall

Seoul

Sinseol-dong

Insadong

Ssamji-gil

Changdeok Palace

Gwangjang Traditional Market

Gwanghwamun

Gyeongbok Palace

Deoksugung Palace

Namsangol Hanok Village

Namdaemun Market

N Seoul Tower

War Memorial of Korea

National Museum of Korea

Lotte World

Seoul Grand Park

Gimpo International Airport

Incheon International Airport

Alice Hostel

child-bed

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external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Yes, you have been warned by me. First of all, if you go and book at a 2-star hotel, don't expect too much from it. For a place to sleep in, Alice Residence was a great place, it has a great location as well. As a person who likes to walk, Alice Residence is pretty much close to so many places I did not have to use public transportation that much (20 minutes to Myeongdong, 10 minutes to BukCheon, and 15 minutes to Gyeongbokgung). I did a research first on this place and yes it has some management issues, and a rather poor bathroom but again, it's a 2 star guesthouse where you can get a private bathroom. I only paid 130,000 won for 5 nights so I won't complain. Also, bring your own towel as they only provide two very small towels (luckily I brought mine). But I think the staff really needs to be more firm on their guests about being respectful to other guests. I had 3 rough nights and mornings because a Chinese family kept talking (more like shouting) in the hallway for almost an hour for 3 straight days! God I wish they spoke English so I could them to shut the hell up because I was trying to sleep. Also, my room was broken on the first night, therefore they provided me with another room from another building. Which in my opinion has a much better room (cleaner room, slightly bigger space, all those toiletries, two big towels and two small towels, a cabinet, a wardrobe and a personal hairdryer). If you want a better room but with a great location like Alice Residence, try their other building called Hotel Icon. But I cannot guarantee about the price.

Don't Expect Too Much

the room was too small, it was so dirty i feel like i need to tiptoe inside my room. the drain was clogged.. it was a nightmare. on my first day checking in, the housekeeping just went inside my room while i was in it! it was horrible! and to top it all... there were cockroaches inside my room on my bed!!! NASTY!!!!! so not recommended!

Worst hotel (or hostel) ever!

We stayed at this hotel 2 years ago, it was not luxury but it was clean and pleasant.Good location . In April 2019 we booked  it  again and what was our surprise about the big changes.The hotel is dirty and neglected, no one tints the dirty walls, for 10 days in  the hotel room never was cleaned, bedding did not change, dirt and dust, the only thing was taking out the garbage and changing towels. Yes, another thing towels!!!!! the size is a small hand washcloth  how to take a shower is incomprehensible, I had to buy my own.
There was never anybody at  the desk it was very annoying, the breakfast was terrible !!!!  My  understand that the hotel has changed owners, there are a lot of people from Malaysia in the hotel, there was noise in the evenings every night, we called the desk a couple of times but no one answered. I absolutely do not recommend this hotel, for a little more money you can find better.

Not reccomend!!!!!!

The hotel as a building, is very nice,outside as the inside part as well.The rooms are ok, but with a very low ceiling, which i could thouch it when stretching my hand upwards,a bit claustophobic.
The bathroom very small, but it worked perfectly and hot water 24h.
The matress very good and you can get a good night's sleep. So far so good.The trouble is with the service.
The reception is almost continouesly unmanned,they have put a box where you can put the room-key and this is very risky,as anyone can pick a key and enter another customer's room,and i don't think the camera can prevent it,as it will be too little too late after the event.
And another bad thing,is the housekeeping service,one of the worst i have come across,the housekeeping staff simply DON'T CARE.
Ohh, and what about the size of the towels? Very very small it is scandalous.
But, having said all that, i would go back again, as the location is superb and the price very reasonable

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!

I have been to a lot of places, in rich, as well as in countries with slow economy, but I never witnessed such a disaster in my whole life. No one at the desk speaks English, on top of that there is someone working maybe 2-3h a day at the desk, rest of the day if you want smth you have to make a call and discuss your matter with reception in another hotel. Basically you are on your own.
As the location was perfect for us, we made a reservation for a longer period of time. It was a bad decision. Rooms are dirty, so is the toilet, floors are sticky. You have 2 dirty microwaves in a communal kitchen downstairs and 2 ancient washing machines (dirty, too). And the elevator – filthy.  You have to ask cleaning service 2-4 times to clean your room, otherwise you get only tower exchange and that’s all.
Wi-fi is a separate story. You have 3 wifi nets, in practice 2 are offline, the last one is disconnecting you every 30 minutes. As a note, we came here mainly to work, so it is a disaster all the way…If you gown down to the reception to make a call to the “hidden desk somewhere”, you will be asked to wait for the manager, until morning the next day.
Location is good, it is near Insadong, 5 min to nearest subway station, Anguk, but the hotel… it is like 18th century deep in a rain forest and no one really cares about the guests...

Tragidy

The only thing we book this hotel is because of the location near the station and the area is almost nearby the landmarks . staff are ok the room is average the only thing i didnt like is there is no english instructions for water heater.

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