Seoul Cube Itaewon

Thanks for arranging my stay in Solo Stay after my mistake of booking in female dorm. :) good service!

这是一家不错的旅舍，由一位西班牙女士经营（我到的时候她就在，我不知道是不是还有另一位）。她非常热情，报价3万韩元，但建议通过Booking.com预订，价格更优惠。旅舍提供早餐，橱柜上贴有使用说明，但早上没人，所以任何人都可以随意取用。我给自己烤了些吐司，他们还提供果汁、牛奶和花草茶。我把从土耳其带来的磁铁贴在了橱柜上，希望他们不会取下来。他们还在浴室里安装了一个外置式坐浴盆，效果相当不错……

It‘s true that the location is perfect, close to the metro, restaurants and nightlife. But the staff is unfriendly, it was incredibly hot in the cube there is mold in the main area and bathrooms and the breakfast is self serving toast and cornflakes. There are lockers outside of the dorms but in the room itself there is no space for the luggage, especially if the so is fully booked. I can not really recommend

Great hotel/hostel in Itaweon. Fantastic location for exploring the local nightlife and well connected with metro and busses, as well as taxis. The room was clean and the bathroom spacious. I recommend staying here. The only downside is that the luggage deposit doesn't seem to have surveillance.

The hostel/capsule is a nice location and could be amazing, but after spending a week there I can say I understand most of both positive and negative reviews.

The positives :
As mentioned, location is amazing. Lots of transportation around, and lots of cafes and food places and supermarkets
The common area is well designed, there is a simple breakfast included with boiled eggs which is very good protein for the morning :)
The beds are well designed. Please note the upper ones are a bit wider with space for a bag, the bottom ones have not much space except the mattress. You have individual lamp and electric socket in every pod.
You have a fridge for guests but it’s super small while there are two big fridges for staff. Should be improved .

The negatives :
There is lots of noise coming from the bars around during the weekend , almost not noticeable during week days but during weekend, you can hear everything through the small window in your pod which doesn’t isolate enough
The door of the male room still has no lock (problem mentioned on a review many months ago, still not fixed)
The door to the bathroom (inside dorm) and the main door to the dorm are metallic door which are super noisy when operated by careless people which is a common species in hostel. As no warning is given about this when checking in, many guys just slam the doors as they haven’t received a proper education in their life, which is not the hostel’s responsibility, but they should give a warning
The atmosphere and staff could be way more friendly, I understand the comments. There is one Korean guy who is the manager, he’s here mostly afternoon/evening. I can’t say he’s very friendly nor unfriendly. He seems to be way more communicative and friendly with young pretty western women than other types of travelers…
The other two girls (volunteering ?) are not very communicative, they’re here for cleaning mostly and just stay around, don’t make it obvious they’re employees. The whole atmosphere resulting of this is a kind of automated place with no presence.
As a result, the place is far from being social, but at least it’s not a noisy place with party and such.
Last, the cleaning could be much better. During the week I have been, the floor around the urinal has never been cleaned, the body wash soap has not been refilled and was empty. The exhausting vents are full of dust, generally speaking the basic daily cleaning is partly done but this hostel would need more deep cleaning sometimes. I’m not very picky about this topic but I can totally understand all the comments I have seen from fellow travelers.

The hostel is located very close to restaurants and nightlife, including the LGBTQ area. It’s also very close to the metro and buses. The room was very clean. I stayed in a “family room,” which was relatively small and compact. I’d say any more than 2 people would be very tight. But it’s a relatively good value for the price.

It is perhaps too small of a hostel to have any sort of social vibe. I rarely saw or interacted with other guests. The included breakfast was self-serve and included options of cereal, ham/cheese sandwiches, toast with jam/butter, and hard boiled eggs. As a bonus, they washed and dried a load of my laundry for 10k won.

I would definitely stay here again!

不错，挺满意的，隐私和安全都非常到位，因为疫情，入住率不高。有时候住客不注意，门关闭的声音比较大，建议缓冲组件。另外我无法找到房间内抽水马桶小房间的灯，请问在哪里。位置很好，离梨泰院地铁站很近。