Hotel The Designers Seoul Station

The hotel was so easy to find and the hotel staff were so friendly and helpful. We took bus 6001 from the airport (17000 won) and the kind driver told us exactly where to get off Sookmyung womens university exit ir just up from there). It was then a 3 min walk straight down the rd (you can see the name of the hotel nice and big on the left hand side). We also found it really easy to navigate the public transport system. This spot is really well located.

The staff was very welcoming and took the initiative to try to switch to the language which I might find it more comfortable. The charging cable and adapter were available for rental which saved my life. The staffs were also very helpful when it came to restaurants/take-away shop recommendations. Liked the plastic slippers and big bathroom in the room, even though I did not have much time to enjoy it. The toilet was with automatic flushing function which was very fancy. The location of the hotel was very nice as it only took less than 10 mins to get to the Seoul Station.

The staff were exceptional courteous and extremely helpful, especially Risa Cheon and Lien Han. Risa personally took us to the convenient store next door to purchase and top up the transport T-card as the old couple who own the store speak not much English. As it was drizzling when we were about to venture out, Risa kindly offered us two umbrellas to use. After checking out, Lien helped us to order a taxi on her phone. Taxi fare from the Incheon airport to the hotel was about 67,000 WON (we arrived at about 11pm). The hotel is very conveniently located. Entrance to the metro station is literally 1 minute from the hotel front door. Bus stop is about 5 minutes walk. There are numerous convenient stores (one is just next door) and restaurants. Room is clean, bed is comfortable, huge bath tubs, free 2 bottles of water in the fridge everyday. Nice fluffy big bath towels (two other accommodations which I had stayed in this country offered "hand" towel as bath towel. It is a great location for first timer and also re-visiting tourist in Seoul. I would book this hotel again. Information below is irrelevant to the hotel review but is included for reference only by first timer-:- We had 3 full days in Seoul, and topped up 20,000 WON on the T-card. Travelled a lot on the trains and buses and still had about 7,000 WON credit left on the card to be used in Busan.

Decent room size! Train stn is just out front of the hotel building. Walking distance to bus stops. Significant bus stop to remember is Sookmyung Women’s University when you decide to stay here. Close to convenience store and cafes. Clean! Provided robes and bottles of water. Has netflix. You can leave your luggage at the reception. Staff are accommodating. The lady helped me book a taxi to a KTX station, and the male staff waited for the taxi with us. They have a gym! And laundry area!! :)

The location of the hotel was amazing. You step out of the subway station and it's right there + it's the subway station exit with an elevator so luggage is no issue. We arrived very early in the morning but it was no issue to leave our suitcases at the hotel already until check-in so we could easily meet up with friends without having to drag it with us. Check-In was very easy and the staff was very friendly and responsive. We asked for late Check-Out which wasn't an issue (but comes with a fee) and after Check-Out we were once again allowed to leave our luggage and pick it up later without any problem as our flight was late in the evening. The room was perfect, the view was apparently one of the not so good ones according to our booking but it was still amazing and you could see namsan and the city skyline, absolutely stunning! The bathroom was clean and had everything one could need including shampoo, conditoner and shower gel. There is a free water refill station in the basement floor located next to the (very small) gym.