HOTEL THE BOTANIK SEWOON MYEONGDONG

PROs: The lovely view of Namsan Tower from our balcony. The small but efficient bathroom with good bath products, the room is overall new. The very large and well equipped gym is excellent. The 21 floor roof top is a lovely oasis with a view to Namsan Tower good for guests who do not have this view from their own room. CONs: There is no food around this location except for convenience shops and a few coffee shops, you need to walk a couple of blocks before you find decent food. The hotel is new and located next to Sewoon Plaza the old industrial complex where they filmed Vincenzo the K drama. It is a good 25 mins walk to Myeongdong. The entire area is up for teardown redevelopment so that’s why the balconies are so dusty as per previous review. In a few years, this location should be very nice but this large hotel apartments will also lose it’s view of the Namsan Tower. The aircon in the room is also placed blowing right onto the sleeping guest, the aircon system is hard to adjust correctly. The room cleaning is also a little haphazard as some days they forget to replenish coffee packs or a bottle of water, they also do not wash the plates or cups when they make up your room. Bedding is only changed every 2 days which is ok. The room is long and narrow and there is nowhere to sit but on the floor when one puts on their shoes at the room entrance. The hotel reception is forever packed with guests checking in or out so well done to their sales and marketing team who sell their rooms so well.

I thoroughly enjoyed staying here. The room was small, but it was clean and they had everything I needed. They even had a clothes refreshing machine in the room which came in handy. I was pleasantly surprised by this hotel.

Hotel location is very good, abit of a walk from the train stations (5 min) and you should explore the underground train malls that lead directly to the sky Bridge of the hotel lobby.

We had a very pleasant stay. The room was spacious, modern and clean, and the location was very convenient for exploring Seoul. Everything was comfortable and well maintained. Overall, a great experience and a hotel we would happily recommend.

This hotel is beautiful. It was very clean and quiet outside, but closest to everything without being chaotic. It was so so clean and the room was big. The washer in the room is so convenient. It’s a little much to drag your luggage from check in to building B, but it’s still worth it. I’d definitely stay here again.

Very comfortable clean hotel and good location. One downside is that there is no large mirror.