Gangnam Family Hotel, Seoul

Location: This is my third time visiting Korea and my advice for new visitors is to always get a hotel near the subway! Gangnam Family Hotel is about a 3-4 minute walk from Eonju Station and about 5 minutes from Sinnonhyeon Station. The hotel is about 7-9 minutes away from Gangnam Station where a lot of the hub bub is. I like that it's tucked away on a more quiet street but still close enough to reach the busier areas by foot (note: the hotel is kind of on top of a hill, but not too difficult to get walk to). Hotel is next to Best Western Gangnam so taking the airport limousine bus here is convenient because it stops nearly in front of the hotel. There is a 24-hr convenience store right next to the hotel (and few others within a minute walk if you can't find what you want there) so if you needed extra water/snacks, you're covered. Not as many bars/restaurants within 3-4 minute walk, as they are closer to Sinnonhyeon and Gangnam Station, but you can walk there. I like getting breakfast at the Paris Baguette next to Kyobo Bookstore. Room: Looks just as pictured in the provided photos. I requested for a room higher up and got the 8th floor to try and avoid as much noise as I can. There wasn't much street noise but there was more noise from the neighbors on your floor and from the room on top of mine. You can hear doors slamming from the other rooms on your floor and for some reason, the room above mine walked very loudly so I always heard their steps, haha! You get over it tho

Hotel was meh. It’s an older building. We were on the 5th floor facing a main road. Traffic was loud practically all night into early daytime hours. Service wasn’t so good. I called about shuttle service from the airport. Got a rude response. But online it indicated that a shuttle service was available. Asked reception about directions to where we were headed. Nobody could speak English at reception. Staff seemed indifferent. Prior to this hotel stay we were in a guest house where the staff were very helpful about directions.

What I really like about this hotel is that it is set up for long-term stays (like ours): each room has a kitchenette with two burners, a microwave, full-size refrigerator/freezer, pots/pans, dishes, and sink. Better yet, there's a washing machine and large drying rack. In short, the rooms come equipped with pretty much everything you need to function in Seoul long-term (in our case, about five weeks), including laundry detergent and dish soap. Moreover, there is ample closet and drawer space for clothing for three people, and lots of storage space for luggage, shoes, pantry items, toiletries, etc., so it's easy to keep things put away and tidy.

Indeed it's a family hotel, the price is good, with adequate space (compared to hotels in Tokyo), with mini kitchen & utensils, and even washer. It's ideal for a long stay. Location is good. There are 2 nearby train stations and also near to some cafes and restaurants. There's a convenient store right at the hotel. My negative comment is that receptionists are not very fluent to English. One lady though helped me book transportation to Pyeongchang. That's very helpful. Still related to English literacy, we had to call the hotel engineer first to fix the heater and second the washer. He could hardly speak English. I would still want to stay again in this hotel if I get the chance to go back to Seoul.

We were very pleased with our week long stay. The room is super clean, and the staff are very warm and polite. They don’t speak much English though ( except the night shift guy), but enough to understand you and be understood. The room is equipped with a mini kitchenette and a washing machine which is really convenient. Great location too, walking distance to the heart of Gangnam, and minutes walking distance to 2 subway stations. I will stay there again...