The Riverside Hotel

The hotel looks quite promising at the lobby and corridor and the location is close to airport bus stop and Garosu-gil, but that's all. I knew the hotel building was very old but the room was almost too small, outdated and the bathroom smelled like someone smoked there a miniute ago. We couldn't keep the bathroom door open as we didn't want our clothes and luggages get the disgusting smell. Toilet looked exactly the same as a subway toilet and some kind of weird blue water came out whenever I pressed it to flush. Breakfast was very simple and you'll be able to get several different kinds of breads together with eggs and bacon and others- which are not worth the prices. You can go to nearby cafes that would offer much better breakfast and coffee at much lower prices instead, and in that way you'll be able to avoid the noise from the hotel club in the morning as well. The best and most memorable part of my stay was housekeepers knocking the door almost every hour after our breakfast (7am) until check-out (12pm), to see if there's still anyone in the room. I've stayed at lots of different hotels in different countries including Korea and never seen this kind of room check-up before.

the front desk lady looks nice but didn’t like me. I am disappointed because i wanted to make a korean friend, maybe she doesn’t like nature face people, maybe. em, actually I wanted to ask whether she have took face plastic surgeons. but this question is too rude to ask. but i said “nature face” to her when i checked out. rude still. i am a very rude man.

room smell musty overtime we step into the room front office staff is not friendly, maybe they can't speak english properly or could not understand what I wanted

No water from midnight to 5am which was noticed after check-in via phone call probably they were afraid of cancellation. No air-conditioning even after requested. A sharp pin (like a thumbtack) found on the floor. Bath wastes were clogging a drain in the bath room. What else.... Just the worst hotel experience ever!

Very comfortable bed, facility are good and location very near to sinsa station. There is minimarket in front of hotel. 5 minutes walk to sinsa and you can find lot of foods.

Also sauna not accepting female guests. Lobby is not comfortable.

you get what you pay for

Stayed here number of times because it's comparatively inexpensive to other hotels near sinsa st. While i enjoy the proximity, wish they get actual double or queen sized beds in their suites. Double bed is singles attached together.

I have never seen a hotel so awful in my life. Stains on the floor and holes in the wall and the smell was awful. We didn't even stay a night because it was so bad. The hallways were so dark and stained. How is this a 4 star hotel? There was absolutely nothing good about it. Huge waste of money. Please stay somewhere else. I wish I listened to the reviews!

zero zero zero

don't choose please just go to different hotel or guest house.

good

GOOD

The location is nice and it was a great stay!

Not good not bad

The hotel is in a very famous spot just next to the Sinsa subway stop, and within a nice walk from Garosu-gil. I was really surprised at check-in because the luxurious feeling dissipates immediately inside. The lobby is always a mess because of the weddings (during the day) and the nightclub (on weekend nights and mornings). There were people bloodied up from a fight and police cars outside on a Sunday morning at 8 AM. The walls are thin so it feels like close quarters and the interior design is extremely bare. It felt sadder than the saddest Korean studio apartment I know. My carpet was exceedingly damp the whole time I was there, and the window was leaking in air. I wouldn't stay here again -- there are beautiful hotels for a much better deal, even in this area!

I chose this hotel from Agoda because of a good deal,compared to other hotels in Seoul. But big disappointment with an old leather sofa with holes in the hotel loby not to mention an worn out ,dirty hotel carpet on corridor. The room was stinking and very dirty. Especially bathroom was so stinking with pee smell that I requested for another room. But the new room was almost same with extremely dirty carpet. I could not believe that this was happening in one of the modern hotels in Seoul,Korea. The hotel staffs serve guests with a long face. Never ever check in this hotel in the future. You will regret. I seldom leave a review after staying hotels in the past. Because I am the type of person who does not complain much wherever I go. But this is the worst,horrible hotel in Seoul

Agoda should take out from their listings

The hotel has nice restaurants and a lot of people who were dressed up there. It seems like there are dance club and wedding venue in the hotel. The room was very spacious and I liked the clean and spacious bathroom as well.

Standard room is bit small, not clean enough probably is getting old