H Avenue Hotel Dongdaemun Sungshin

I stayed here a total of 4 nights. Despite being a hotel with an English name and no Korean name, about half of the staff speaks no English, one guy speaks broken English, and two speak good English. They all wear nametags with Latin names like "Justin," so presumptively they would speak English, but apparently not. The aesthetic of the rooms is nice. The bathrooms have bidets, which some Korean toilets do not. That's very nice, because you can't flush toilet paper in Korea. Trust me when I say you don't want to keep dirty toilet paper in a trashcan for very long. The beds are comfortable. The one thing I don't like is that the electrical outlets are recessed into the wall, which means it's very difficult to use some travel adapters. They have air conditioning, which I didn't need but is very nice. Two areas for improvement: 1. While I stayed in 2 different rooms during my stay, there is a lingering bad smell that is probably sewage. It's definitely noticeable. If the hotel improved on that then it would be a lot nicer to stay there. As it is I was embarrassed to hang out with one of my friends in my room, though opening the window helped quite a bit. 2. Get secured Wi-Fi for each room. Some rooms don't have their own router, and none of them have a password, meaning other guests can capture your internet traffic. That means anything you do without encryption is totally open to anyone on the network, including your passwords.

Real comfy bed, small but practical.