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Reviews of THE CAPSULE Myeongdong

2 out of 5
THE CAPSULE Myeongdong
23, Toegye-ro 45-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 65 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 65 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Kelvin

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Livia Nadine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Asha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ABSOLUTELY FILTHY.
This experience almost made me fly straight back home. - Intense mold smell everywhere - the linen is filthy. Mine had crust spots on it the owner claimed were "cleaning solution". Would be funny if it wasn't absolutely disgusting. - Bathrooms are unclean and the ancient plunger sat in a "puddle" in my floor's bathroom. - The shower room is moldy and dirty - Hole place felt so unclean I slept above* the blankets, in the clothes I'd worn all day and travelled internationally in. The front desk man Joon was understanding, but his boss was not. He was aggressive, dismissive, and thought he could intimidate me out of my refund. Nope! (I'm assuming he's a slumlord in general, but it could not have helped that I was a young solo female traveller.) BUYER BEWARE! I would SKIP Korea before I stayed in a place this gross. Don't do it!
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2023
Response from - on 22 Dec 2023
Thank you for your review and I feel sorry for your inconvenience.However, we already have refunded the rest amount of your reservation, as you have agreed, excluding 1 night you stayed.Our property might not be in perfect condition but there are no molds in showers or bathrooms, as it is being cleaned everyday. And I can't quite understand about the plunger's location, as it was placed in the corner of the bathroom, away from the user's location. Also, we wash and dry all the bedding everyday by ourselves, so there might be a little stain on it, but I can assure all of the bedding are cleaned everyday. The cleaning was done by staff named Joon himself, whom you mentioned he is nice, and I also agree that he is very careful when cleaning and managing the property's hygiene.There are over 1,000 travelers visiting our place every month. And you can see in the review that there are some complaints, but it is clear that our place is not in the bad condition like you mentioned.We provide optimal private accommodation at reasonable price, value for money.Also, I hope you have received the refund we sent to you. Thank you.

6/10 Okay

Luis Roland

Disliked: Amenities
No customer service. Most of the times didnt have towels. But easy to get to and no other hassles. Not bad. Could definitely need more customer service on site
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Juan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent!
Honestly, I loved it. 10/10 recommend and would do again. At no point did I have contact with a staff person. Everything was self explanatory and prepared ahead for you.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Jason

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Simple to book, simple checkin, slept well. Easy process
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Kelly

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Melvin Baudilio

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The condition and pas size was ok, but the cleanliness needs to improve!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Vikrant

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The stay was excellent ! However they should have staff manning the front desk from opening of check in till close of check in . Instead of putting a sheet of paper out front with code to enter this should be sent in an email or text to each individual personally . Otherwise anyone can enter in the premises
Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Vincent

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The reviews for this place are definitely misleading; at least they were to me. Everything felt dirty and unclean. From the beginning, the staff working didn't even acknowledge me when I arrived. They don't even check your ID either to make sure that you are who you say you are. When getting into your capsule, you will see tons of debris, hair, and stains in all the nooks and crevices. It seems like they don't even take a chance to vacuum or wipe down the place. The washroom is in the stairwell. There is no hot water coming to the sink that I used even though I ran it for 30 seconds. There is no paper towels provided to wipe down your hands afterwards. Moving on to the showers, they are filthy. Stains and hair absolutely everywhere in the shower stall. You are provided towels that seem used a million times over. There are slippers that are provided on each floor, but half of them are completely destroyed by use. On my floor there were drying racks in the hallway and in the stair well with towels and blankets. The immediate vicinity around this place is very residential and industrial. There is a pin provided for the front door if you will be going in and out after hours, but the pin and instructions is posted right on the front door for everyone to see so what's the point. And I came back after the time the front door should've been locked, yet it was unlocked. Maybe this place isn't catered to people like me, but I don't know how anyone can recommend this place.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Phanuwit, Phrae

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Kirsten

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would stay here again!
My stay was great! Went to Seoul for a solo vacation and this place was perfect. It was quiet, I can lock my little pod while I I’m in there, enough space for me to sit up completely, bright enough in the pod and also a little in pod air conditioning unit that run by a on off switch and it worked great! My locker was big enough, although I locked myself out of my locker but I was told of a master key that was able to unlock it for me. The response time to my emails for whenever I had a question was great! The bathroom was clean but keep in mind there is just one bathroom per floor and it’s in the stairwell. The showers were hot and you could lock the door behind you, I would recommend bringing shower shoes just in case (that’s what I did). They are only at the front desk from 11-6pm but you have a door code so you can get in at any time of the day. The hotel is only 25 minute walk from the main part of Myeongdong and there are a couple Starbucks on the way as well as other food places. There is also a convenience store like 3 minutes from the hotel (maybe less) you can see it from the entrance. Now this place isn’t a 5 start hotel, I think of it like a hostel with a tiny bit more privacy. It could be cleaner but it’s not bad enough to deter you. It’s the perfect place if all you need is a bed, toilet and shower. I was out all day everyday and only came back to sleep so it worked perfectly for me. The bus to and from the airport is like a 5 minute walk from the hotel also!
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

A

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
We didn’t like that anyone has access to all levels. Even though we were on an all female level everyone staying at the capsule had access to each floor via the lift and rear stairwell.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

4/10 Poor

MI

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
I didn’t expect a lots since this is budget hotel but still I was so disappointed because of cleanliness (towel was obviously dirty and has stained, hairs is everywhere in my personal cabin). Even if it’s only for sleeping, I still cannot accept and I checked out right away on same day as checking in
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020
Response from The Capsule on 25 Jan 2020
Thank you for your feedback. For towels and bedding, I can assure that we always collect all the towels and bedding everyday, wash and dry by ourselves. Also we always bring handy vacuum cleaner into the capsule bed and clean the bed right after check-out time. You may have found few hairs remaining, then you can request for additional cleaning, then our staff will clean the bed again immediately. Sorry for your inconvenience.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was on my "Bucket List" so I had to try it out. Great Experience..
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved the convenience of this place. Extremely close to major street food markets like Meyongdong and Gwangjang market. In fact, I walked to those places a few times, about 10 -15 min walk. The cleanliness of the bathroom and bedroom is superb! Maybe the toilet can be a little bit better if a better scented air refresher was used. The locker is extremely large, large enough to fit 1 large 1 small suitcase. Staff was friendly :) and English speaking! Very open to suggestions. For a backpacker, id definitely go back again!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Toshiyuki

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Motoko

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

K.

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
清潔さにおいて写真とのギャップが大きく、少し高いお金払ってもちゃんとしたホテルに泊まったほうがいいと思いました。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

???

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Disliked: Staff & service
静かでよかったのと男女別のフロアにしているのが1番良かった。 スタッフの滞在時間が短いのがあまり良く無い
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
인천공항 가기 전에 잠잘 곳이 필요해서 숙박했습니다. 싼 가격에 하룻밤 지내기에는 나쁘지 않으나 청결에 민감하신분은 불편할 수 있을 것 같습니다.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Joji

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

INSEONG

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

tomomi

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice location good hotel
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Taishi

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Mikiko

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
2泊しました。エントランスのキー解除がわからず苦戦しましたが、中は清潔で過ごしやすかったです。鍵付きの大きいロッカーがあり、便利でした。同部屋の方に恵まれたのかみなさん静かでまたぜひ利用したいです。 ただ、トイレに行く扉の音がうるさくて、夜中や朝その音で起きました。そこさえなければ満点です。二つの駅からもわかりやすく飲食店も近くに多いようです。フロントの方も英語ができ感じが良かったです。

8/10 Good

Chieka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
コンビニも駅も近く大変便利でした。階段に出るドアがギギっと音がするので周りの人に気を遣いました。 安くでとてもよかったです。
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

akira

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
this hotel place is good
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Nozomu

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
立地に関しては明洞にも近く、駅も比較的近かったので良かった。 カプセルルーム自体も内側から鍵をかけられ、スーツケースを入れれる鍵付きのロッカーも使えた。 ただスタッフの人から手厚いサービスを受けられるわけではない。シャワー・トイレ共用や施設の掃除不足等が気にならない人にはかなり良いカプセルホテルだと感じた。
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Jiyoung

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

6/10 Okay

sig

Liked: Cleanliness
チェックイン・アウトが非対面式で楽でしたが、やはり口コミにあったように暗証番号が分かりにくかったです。キーを入力する場所は常に点灯していないので、黒いタッチパネルを一度タップしないと数字が出ません。一見カードをかざす場所に見えます。 ホテル全体は静かなのですが、1点だけ。平日だけかもしれませんが、周囲が木の細工?をする工場が立ち並んでいるので、夜中の3時くらい(早朝作業でしょうか)から叩く様な音が鳴っており、夜型の私は眠りにつくのが難しかったです。平日はイヤホンや耳栓をオススメします。 またホテルのゴミ箱がなかなか廃棄されず、ずっと置かれているのと、トイレットペーパーがなかなか補填されないといった点が少し困りました。

10/10 Excellent

Kyungmin

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

MJ

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

ji eun

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

HYUNJAE

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
그냥저냥 실속파
실속형 캡슐로 가운도 없고 라운지도 없어서 역시 불편합니다만 저렴하니까 넘어갑니다.. 샤워는 분리된 부스인데, 샴푸랑 바디샴푸가 충분히 채워지지 않은 부스도 있으니까 옷 벗기전에 미리 체크합시다
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
침대에 머리카락과 먼지가 보여서 방을 옮겼으면 한다고 연락을 드렸는데 어쩐 일인지 연락이 되지 않았습니다. covid때문에 청소 후 72시간동안 비워둔 방이라고 하며 청결성을 강조한 룸 치고는 그리 청결하지 않았습니다. 하지만 가성비로 따지면 이만한 곳 있을까 싶어서 묵었고, 가격대비 충분히 했다 싶을만큼 만족할 수 있는 수준이었습니다.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from The Capsule on 19 Aug 2021
소중한 리뷰 감사 드립니다. 청결도 상에서 불편을 드려 죄송합니다. 머리카락과 먼지의 경우, 모든 손님 체크아웃 후 침구류를 전량 교체하고 세탁/건조 진행하고 있습니다. 그러나 저희가 직접 세탁/건조를 진행하다 보니, 건조기 등에서 먼지가 유입되거나 붙는 경우가 간혹 발생합니다. 다시 한 번, 저희 시설 침구류는 매번 청결도 유지를 위해 교체되는 것을 확인해드리며 불편을 드려 죄송합니다.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
잠만 자면 추천
하룻밤 자는데 전혀 부족함이 없었고 자고 일어나서 씻고 나올 때까지 불편한 점을 크게 없었습니다
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
혼자 하루 머물다 가기 좋았습니다! 가격대비 너무 만족하는 숙소입니다.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Kyung Hee

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness
이용후기
침대 시트랑 세수수건에서 꿉꿉한 냄새가 살찔 나심했지만 편안하게 보내고 왔습니다~
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
膠囊房舒適、住宿位置超棒
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Seoran

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
하루 빠르게 묵고 가는 곳!
문을 걸어서 잠글 수 있고, 환기구가 있다는 점이 장점! 여성과 남성의 룸이 구분되어서 좋고, 사물함 큰 것이 있어서 짐을 넣기가 좋음! 캡슐이기 때문에 밥을 먹을 수 있는 공간이 따로 없다는 것만 빼면 하루 묵고 가기는 괜찮은 곳!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

YASU, 東京都

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
カプセル入口が木製で内鍵がかけられるので安心感が違います。
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

pinaco, 日本

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
駅からは遠くはなかったですが18:30に着いた時には辺りは真っ暗で、看板のライトがついていなかったので、何度も同じ道をグルグル回ってヘトヘトでした。口コミとは違って、お兄さんが一人いたのですが、大あくびをしながら、ダルそうに対応され、全部英語でした。 部屋の説明等は紙を貰いそれで理解してって感じです。英文とハングル文字の説明書でした。 フロントが11-23の営業らしく、私はチェックアウト10時にしたのですが、当然受付は真っ暗で、メモに部屋番号書いてチェックアウトと書いて机に貼って来ました。 WiFiは問題なかったです。 トイレは6人で1ヶ所そこに洗面所も付いてますので誰かトイレ使ってたら洗面所は使えません。 シャワールームは地下一階に5部屋 しかし男女兼用ですので二人っきりで何かされても地下なのでちょっと怖いなと思いました。 ドライヤーも2個シャワールームの所にありました。 シャンプーとボディーソープはありましたが他はありません。リンス必須です。 寝るところは、リネン交換はされてないと思います。なぜならシーツというものがなかったから。 布団もヌード布団でカバーはありませんでした。 あの布団本体を洗ってるとは考えられません。 枕も敷マットレスもです。 スーツケースを広げるスペースはないです。 小さめのスーツケースがエレベーターの出入口のスペースで広げれましたが誰かエレベーターから出てきたらいきなりぶつかる感じです。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from The Capsule on 26 Dec 2019
Hi, the staff who could speak Japanese has moved to other job for a while ago, however all of our staffs can support English conversation, to support most of foreign guests. I don't understand your review of 'yawning' of our staff, did he do anything rude, or not proper to you? Or was it just a mention of physical appearance? Please let us know to fix the issue. Also most of the guests come with mobile map application with no issue, but to improve the guest experience we send the direction instruction to all of our guests 1 day prior to check-in. You can read the instruction from your reservation message inbox, or your e-mail inbox. Also, the shared toilet/shower room is basic concept of most dormitory accommodation sharing with other guests. However it might be uncomfortable. The shower room aisle is shared by both gender, but as you know each shower booth and clothing room is secured with double lock. Also the bedding is always changed right after the check-out. As we are mentioning, our cleaning time is between 12:00 and 16:00, spending 4 hours everyday to keep our property and bedding clean. Also we wash and dry pillow cover, bed sheets(linens) and blankets by ourselves everyday. However if you still have felt uncomfortable, you can ask our staff anytime to change bedding. You might not have experienced nice hospitality meeting your expectation. However to offer the accommodation with reasonable price, less than USD 20, or less than JPY 2,000, we had to optimize our service and space. Sorry for your inconvenience.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
can try
nice location (5 mins walk from metro station), nice staff, toilet and shower is satisfactory, reasonably priced, only the bed is slightly stuffy (in winter it is okay......but really a hard time in summer) conclusion: recommend
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019