I'm 100% certain that our five-night stay in the dazzling city of Seoul would've been imperfect and incomplete without the Hotel Yaja. It has so many wonderful aspects that I'm not sure where to start. Maybe the location. Without selecting the Hotel Yaja, we would've missed the Hwajeong Station district, which is teeming with life and oozes deep Korean culture, cuisine, shopping, and nightlife. This district has literally the best food (i.e., Korean BBQ, bibimbap, boba drinks, and desserts) that we had in Seoul. Zero exaggeration. That said, perhaps the most important factor in determining how much you like a place is its people, and the shopkeepers and strangers we met here were overwhelmingly polite, considerate, and giving - as in they gave us skewers of candied grapes and other snacks simply out of kindness. They made you feel happy just to be around them. Beyond location, the Hotel Yaja has the most wonderful manager I've ever come across at any accommodation, five-star or otherwise. He's attentive, caring, vastly communicative despite the language barrier, and provides practical solutions, sometimes to issues we hadn't even noticed! The hotel also provides unlimited free-of-charge bottled water that's crystal clear, tastes smooth, and beats the well-known brands I've reluctantly paid for elsewhere. Our room itself was clean and cozy. It worked perfectly for us since our family of five likes to stay close together when sleeping, and always offered the quiet peaceful night's rest we needed between hectic tourism days. Oh, and the Hotel Yaja's rates are super reasonable too. What a delight it was to stay here. To this day I look back on the Hotel Yaja with a smile on my face, and count myself incredibly lucky to have picked it while in a rush at Incheon Airport.

Initially the hotel was a bit challenging to spot, given it's on the sixth and seventh floors of a business building. However, later you'll strangely find this morphs into a positive! Due to the sensation that, once you've located the hotel, you're "in on a secret" that few people know, and that secret is cool and valuable.

This hotel is awesome. The host is awesome and friendly and so helpful. He was definitely a welcoming face who only wanted to assist. I didn't think I would get a room like this while in Korea. It is a little more expensive than the goshiwons I had stayed in but this is NOT a goshiwon. This was like being in a small apartment with a living room. The room has everything. I mean everything. And so much space. For me it was luxury and one of the best places I stayed in. The bathroom is large with a tub and shower. It's also not far from the airport making it cheap and easy to get to with a taxi.

I had a little problem finding the entrance but it is now habit for me to look up 3 or 4 floors of the building to see the name. Once I knew I was at the right building, 5 minutes later I found the lifts to the right floors. There are two entrances, one in front of the building and one behind.

The staff is very helpful, helping us to all our needs. The check-in time at 4pm is a bit late, but they provide us with luggage storage and washroom for us to freshen up.

The entrance to the hotel is not very obvious (also the lobby is on level 6). Luckily a few locals helped us to the entrance without even us having to ask, probably encountered many such deer in headlights tourist situation before :-)

Spacious clean room

This hotel has the most spacious room with cheap price during our stay in South Korea (compared to our stay in Busan and Incheon). I love the toilet bidet and seat warmer. The owner also shows some efforts to make sure our stay is comfortable. He even gives us gifts/souvenirs.

Although this place is near to train station (Hwajeong Station), it will takes some time to go to the main attractions/city centre (around 40-50 min) as this place is in Goyang district. And the hot shower is not "stable" (pulsating between cold and hot shower). Otherwise, we have a great stay.

The location was close to Gimpo airport. The hotel was in a wonderful restaurant and shopping hub, close to the Metro Station. The man at reception was so helpful, organising a 5am taxi and he was up at 5am to make sure it went well. We were very grateful for that and the taxi was only 11,000 Won.

The location was good, there were a lot of restaurants around, 5 min from the metro station. The room was pretty big, with free water and a fridge.

No window. Only one light switch, bear the entrance of the room, not very comfortable. If you would like to extend your stay at reception it will be very expensive.

This is not the most luxurious place, but for the money I don't think you will find any better. The staff are super friendly, they helped us in all sorts of ways. The rooms are big and have comfy beds. The location is really nice, part of a very lively neighborhood with plenty of restaurants, shops, street food, ... The nearby metro station will take you to the center of Seoul in 30 to 40 minutes.

There were no windows in our room.

The proximity to the station. And all other necessary amenities There is plenty of free bottled water at the main reception.

No breakfast. You have to find your way to have food in the morning

The location was near to the subway station. The neighborhood areas are full of eateries and even Emart was there. Location wise is definitely accessible

There was difficulty communicating in English with the receptionist. But other than that, he has been friendly and helpful