4.5/5Excellent27 Reviews
0.24km from Irae Pig's Feet Speciality
So I reserved this hotel for my family who was visiting me in Korea. We decided to head to Busan for a long weekend. With 6 people in my party, it was difficult to find a hotel that had comfortable space for 3 adults in 2 rooms, but Brown Dot Hotel came up in my search. When I saw the proximity to the train/bus station, jacuzzi bathtub option and included breakfast, I booked fast! So why 3 stars? Let's start with the pros: 1) Proximity to the train station and major bus stops. It's literally right across the street from Busan station so it was easy for my family to get around. 2) The surrounding area is great food wise, good convenience store options so you won't have a problem in that aspect. 3) The room was clean. 4) The room was a decent size for 3 adults. Our room had 1 queen size bed and 1 twin bed, comfortable mattress and pillows. My particular room set up was a little strange. Our toilet and sink was in a partitioned area on one side of the room and the jacuzzi and shower were on the other side of the room in another partitioned area. 5) The staff was nice. Their English was ok, basic understanding. 6) Bathtub is huge! Didn't have a chance to try it, but is definitely able to hold 2 people comfortably. Alright, now for the cons: 1) Before we went to bed our first night, we set our AC to the temperature we wanted. By 2am we woke up in a hot sweat only to realize that the AC unit was unresponsive to the AC controls and frozen in it's open position. After a few hours of trying to solve the problem ourselves we called the front desk to let them know of our situation. Within 1 minute of our call, it seemed like the front restarted our AC unit from what we assume is a main control unit at the main desk. 2) One of the main reasons why I booked this hotel was for the included breakfast. Breakfast is served from 7-10am, so my family decided to go at 845am. When we arrived, all of the food was finished and no more food was being put out. There was still a whole one hour and 15 minutes left for breakfast, and the only things that were left were loaves of bread and coffee. I was highly disappointed with this. This forced my family to have to wake up extra early the following day just to bring food back for the family, so we can get what we paid for. 3) One thing you'll quickly notice is that our area is surrounded by other motels. That's not the problem. The problem is that these motels are catered for business men and their...after hours business activities. If you have young kids, this might not be the best place to bring them as around 10/11pm at night, you will see women of the night just hovering along the main street you walk through towards the hotel. Anyways, I had high hopes for this hotel. The first 2 issues I had were the main reason why I rated this hotel 3 stars. If you are just passing through Busan, this place will be fine. Just don't be surprised with the bag of goodies they give you upon checkin