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Reviews of Birdsnest Hostel Hongdae

2 out of 5
Birdsnest Hostel Hongdae
18, Yeonnam-ro 3-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 20 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 55 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 55 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Malinda

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were never greeted by the host, the shared space had an odd smell, and the bed frame fell apart when I sat in bed. There was paper in the sink and the bathroom was unisex with only a shower curtain to separate.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

LABERTA

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice place. Quiet. Staff are very helpful. Fast wi-fi. Wonderful place to explore Seoul from.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic hostel. Clean and well-run. Comfortable bed. Two good common areas plus a table outside. No drinking allowed.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Nokuthula

Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

JJ, Seoul

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly vibe; nice place to relax, make friends and go out
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was very nice and the atmosphere was always very light and friendly.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean. The manager is very kind and professional. I hope they implement a stricter after hours noise rule. Some people do not realize how easily the sound travels.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Clare

friendly staff, good location
friendly staff, good location
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from Management on Oct 12, 2018
Thank you for your review. See you again!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Management on May 1, 2018
Thank you :)

10/10 Excellent

Tejpal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice stay with birds
Very nice hostel, amazing location, perfectly clean, friendly staff, everything was perfect. I will recommend this hostel to other who will to travel Seoul.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from D on Feb 9, 2018
Thank you for your review Tej. We hope to see you again next time you are in Seoul!

4/10 Poor

sirijun , thailand

Liked: Staff & service
cheap for dorm and easy from Airport
The dorm room for 8 persons at the 1st floor not good the door is open all day but the staff is friendly and mind service.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from General Manager on Oct 7, 2016
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Staff left my laundry in the washing machine
Staff was suppose to put my clothes in the dryer but did not do so my clothes was left soaking in the wet which may damage my clothes. And i have to go to the laundry shop to get it dry. I was also late for my appointment because of this. They didnt do much to make up for their mistake but just apologize for it.
Response from kursat on Oct 7, 2016
do you remember staff name?

10/10 Excellent

Ashley, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only place to stay in Hongdae!!!!
This was the most amazing place I stayed at during my two weeks in Seoul! I was so sad to leave the hostel as the manager was so friendly and inviting to myself and my friends :) She even took my friend and I to a cultural event on my last day of staying at the hostel. I wished I had stayed here during my whole stay in Seoul. I'll definitely stay here again next time I'm in Seoul.
Response from birdsnest on May 30, 2016
Thank you so much for appreciating our hard work:) come back any time, you are always welcome here

8/10 Good

Nathalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Le personnel est particulièrement réactif, sympa et accessible. Un petit point négatif, je ne sais pas où poser mes affaires au moment de la douche.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Seong Taek

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

KENTO

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Rumer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

HYUN AE

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

KEISUKE

4/10 Poor

Jeongcheol

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
좋아요^^
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ying Fang

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Kodai

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

yat tin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
價廉物美，店主夫婦二人也非常好客。地鐵站走路大概10分鐘就到達了，在繁囂的弘大當中，能夠得到一絲清囂，令休息充分十分，已經難能可貴。敗弊之處，該處只有樓梯，住在2樓需要搬運行李比較麻煩，而且交誼廳就在房間旁邊，晚間聊天，不管在房中還是外面，也需要壓低音量。
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Kate

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lena

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

hyeonjong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

가성비 맛집 ㅎㅎㅎ
가성비 좋아요~
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

seungmin

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy and comfort
아주아늑하고좋았음
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
翌日早朝便で金浦から帰るために一泊だけしました。ほかのゲストハウスとは違い欧米系英語圏のスタッフと宿泊者ばかりで、すべて英語対応のみでした。良かった点は弘大駅からまぁまぁ近い、空港までもほど近いから朝が楽、シングル部屋が2000円と格安だったこと。あとはベッドに電気毛布が敷いてあったことくらい。あとスタッフさんたちは男女みんな気さくな方たちでした。 悪かった点は、換気のためか窓が恐らくよく開けてあるようで部屋風呂場共用スペースの手荒い場などすべてに小さな虫がいたこと。蚊みたいに害があるものではないですが…何匹もいて気持ちが悪い。お風呂の排水が悪い。風呂場が男女共用らしく気を使う。タオルは申し出て交換制で夜中早朝だと困る。
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

ミナミ, 東京

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
왕도의 외국 인용 게스트 하우스. "설비"나 "청결", "사유의" 주 목적이라면 "호텔"을 찾아 편이 좋다. 비용은 공정. 친절하고 상냥한 주인과 밑 빠진 듯 밝은 직원 좋다. 영어 없이는 의사 소통에 곤란 환경과 "한국의 센트럴 파크"라는 젊은이의 거리까지 도보 3 분이라는 입지가 좋다. 다시 찾아 가겠어요.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Jeremy on Oct 17, 2019
Hi, dear. Thanks for your review. I hope you have a great day and see you again. Thanks.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
자유롭고 개방적인 분위기는 참 좋았고 또 직원이 매우 친절하여 손님을 편안하게 해주려는 모습도 좋았고 손님들도 서로 편하게 대하는 분위기가 전형적인 게하분위기였습니다. 다만 청결이나 소음등은 많이 아쉬움이 남네요!
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Charles, hongkong

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
房間清潔差 毛巾沒有每天收走 床單被單7天都沒有更換過 房間內空氣十分不流通令人感到不舒適 工作人員培訓不足 態度懶散
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Manager on Feb 2, 2019
Good day Charles Thank you for your review and we would like to apologize for your bad stay We will try to improve on the problems that you mentioned. Best regards

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019
Response from Manager on Jan 23, 2019
Thank you for your review

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
簡單乾淨的好地方
安靜也乾淨，只是離地鐵站稍遠。全英文溝通，需自行提行李上二樓。
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Manager on Nov 28, 2018
Thank you for your review. We glad you enjoyed your stay. Hope to see you again

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

4/10 Poor

Ferdinand

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ein bisschen heruntergekommenes Hotel, Mehrbettzimmer sehr eng und überbelegt (kein Platz für Koffer, kein Abschliessbarer Spind für Wertsachen).
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Management on Oct 12, 2018
Sorry for your experience in our hostel. Some days it could be crowded because the hostel is fully booked and the place is packed with other guests' luggages as well. However thank you for your review. We will try to improve and hope to see you next time!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

it is really noisy at middle night
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Management on Oct 12, 2018
Sorry for your experience. We do have our rules and regulations once a guest check ins especially for noises at night. However, thank you for your review.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
普通的民宿
有養貓，共用餐具，廁所狀態不太好
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Staff on Jun 27, 2018
Thank you

10/10 Excellent

EUNHO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Response from Management on May 4, 2018
Thank you very much!

6/10 Okay

yun chu

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
一宿無妨
距離地铁站有点遠，走路要約十分鐘。浴室只有沐浴露，熱水時熱時冷，水壓低，冼澡不太快。清潔度一般，要求不高的，是可以選擇的低廉住宿。
Response from Staff on Apr 26, 2018
I am sorry to hear about your troubles with our showers. We will have someone look at it! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again :)

8/10 Good

JP

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Chill stay
Awesome stay, staff is nice and easy to get along with! Instant coffee was surprisingly good, try it out! Good and quiet location.
Response from Staff on Apr 26, 2018
Thank you! We are glad you had a great stay with us. We too appreciate (and probably consume to much of) the coffee as well :)

8/10 Good

Chika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Flo on Mar 21, 2018
Thank you for your review. We hope to see you again in the future.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
너무 더러운 샤워실
위치는 괜찮았으나 샤워실이 너무 더럽고 물이 잘 안나왔습니다. 가격은 저렴해서 좋았지만 그래도 어느 정도는 관리가 되어있어야 하는 것이 아닌지요?
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

SEONG HUN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017
Thank you very much. We're glad you enjoyed your stay :) :)

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
安靜又舒適的地方
很安靜也很舒適的地方，去的時候雖然剛好是最冷的時候，但是暖氣很暖不會覺得很冷，主人人也都很好很親切，而且離弘大站很近7-10分鐘距離而已