Sono Calm Gyeongju — Hotel in Gyeongju-si

The first thing to know when reading about this hotel is that your reviewer is not the target customer for this hotel. The demographic it is aimed at is reasonably affluent young Korean families. This means that the public areas and facilities are noisy and busy but still have traveller friendly facilities such as a small supermarket and restaurants and coffee shop. The rooms, which are really suites, have kitchenettes, a room for the kids and all the usual comforts. One thing Westerners will miss are bath towels as Koreans apparently do not use these (rather like knives at table). You will discover that you can manage with the small towels provided! The rooms are quiet and although the hotelis huge are an oasis of peace. Breakfast was surprisingly quite good with a wide choice of local and Western dishes, just the usual Korean issues of oversweetened Western food. Wifi is not available in the rooms, a first in Korea, but is...

We stayed overnight as part of a tour. All the other hotels on the 12 day tour were great to excellent, not sure why the tour company chose this one. Previous tours stayed at a different one. Good location on the lake especially in April for cherry blossom viewing, and possibly good for kids as there is a small family style park next door and a nice lake with boats etc, but otherwise just an awful hotel. No bath towels, only hand towels. No furniture other than 2 small stools in the lounge area so nowhere to put food or drink while watching TV. No kitchen utensils. No help from anyone with making a Korean style bed on the floor. No Western style beds in the room. Breakfast was cold for all 6 people on the tour and had to be sent back. Surly service. Ranks down there with one of the worst hotels we've...

Daemyung Resort Gyeongju|Room 813 from 22nd to 23rd Nov 2017:||Positives:|1) A spacious, clean & comfortable room|2) Nice balcony with theme park & swimming pool view,|2) WiFi in room is fast, PIN not required|3) 100 channels on TV|4) Very well equiped kitchenette - pots & pans, cutleries, rice cooker - great for family|5) Tatami room|6) 2 single beds|7) The breakfast buffet has reasonable variaties - not great but good enough for  weary travellers.||Less positives:|1) Split unit Airconditioner can't be switched on - remote control not given|2) Room is stuffy - must open balcony door for fresh air|3) Toiletries not provided but shampoo and body wash dispensers are available|4) Bath towels not provided|5) No bath slippers|6) Shower glass door is not water-tight , allows water to flow out and...