The Suites Hotel Gyeongju

We stayed two nights and enjoyed the place. The staff were friendly and helpful. The rooms were large with very big bathrooms. WiFi worked well. We ate one dinner in house and it was good. AS another reviewer commented, we had to keep the balcony widow open to keep the room cool at night.

Big room and confortable bed. Can improve on details. Check in 3 people, but room only with 2 sets of amenities, eg. towel, cup, slipper & etc. First day made request for another set of towel, but need to request again for 2nd day.

The room was super spacious, the bed very comfotable, the breakfast and dinner that we had at the restaurant were excellent. The location is good also, close to many attractions. Shame we could only stay for one night, otherwise we would have been able to enjoy it more.

Hotel is in a good location near Bomun Lake. It is also a close 3-min walk to the nearest bus stop. Room was good value for money, and would be even more so for families or those travelling as a group. The staff was also very friendly and ready to help with your needs and with directions around Gyeongju.

Very nice and modern hotel. Good service, very good dinner and breakfast. Well located in an inresting city with many atractions to visit. It was worth the 2 days spent here and will probabluy return to it

We took the bus downtown and rode our Bromptons around all day, so getting home, it was hard to ride off for Korean food a few kilometers down the road. We tried La Terrace in the hotel. This morning's coffee needed improvement, so we were a bit wary. But one dish you should all try is their hot bowl Beef Ttukbaegi Toenjang! This is a boiling bowl of enoki, oyster and other mushrooms, potatoes, zucchini pieces and thin beef chuck served in a delicious broth laced with sliced hot peppers. It's very good. Served with a bowl of rice and a nice selection of sides, including quail eggs, three kimchis and pickled lotus root pieces. Priced well at approx. $16. All my wife wanted was the Caesar. If you get that, have the dressing on the side. And, the hotel turned on the AC!

From the perspective of Californians accustomed to 5 and occasionally 4 star hotels. 1. The front desk staff is helpful and fluent in English. 2. Location is relatively remote. There are no restaurants nearby, although taxis are inexpensive and easily acquired. The lake is calm and lovely to walk, but the hotel is a 30 minute car ride to the nearest historic attraction. While the hotel sits on a golf course, I can't speak for the quality of the golf course, as neither of us are golfers. 3. There is no hotel bar, and a sign in the room indicates alcohol or alcohol in martini glasses (as illustrated on sign) is prohibited. What does this mean? It's a mystery. 4. The room is large, but quite dirty, even by standard Marriott/Hilton 4 star standards. The futon was covered in stains, the hardwood floor scraped with dirt grooves, and the soaking tub and shower covered in mildew. Yum! Additionally, the shower flooded the entire bathroom, because the drain was so badly clogged. 5. While we didn't try the room service, it is stupidly expensive (about 4 or 5 times average random restaurant cost). Photos of room service food were 900% unappealing. 6. Free wifi is advertised, but in reality doesn't work at all. We relied entirely on our own international roaming plans and portable hotspot (brilliant idea for a fraction of the cost). 7. Air conditioning in room is ineffective, despite having it set to lowest possible temperature. We consistently woke up in a pool of sweat. 8. Housekeeping: haha! Nothing was replaced, and for 1 week, we were given 1 bar of soap measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter. 9. The breakfast buffet was quite expansive, offering both Western and traditional Korean fare. However, everything we tried was subpar. Not sure if this is because we are spoiled by San Francisco, or if the food is legit subpar. 10. Perhaps at $200/night, you get what you pay for.

We loved the spacious room, the golf course view & the park. However, the room we had was Korean style with no mattress. Sleeping was on the floor. The futton & the single pillow was way too thin. Alas nobody had a good sleep. We all woke up with body aches. Also, the hotel is far from the city & crowd. Finding places to eat around the area is rather limited.

My husband and I recently stayed at this hotel. On the plus side, our room, and the hotel in general, were beautiful, modern and immaculately clean; the staff are friendly and do their best to help; and breakfast was plentiful, varied, and very good. We had dinner at the hotel one night and the Korean side dishes that came with my meal were wonderful. Unfortunately, the air-conditioning in the hotel is centrally controlled and it was 26.5 degrees in our room which we found stiflingly hot and uncomfortable. I tried unsuccessfully to have the temperature turned down; however, it was difficult to communicate as most of the staff seem to have very little English. On our second day there, we finally discovered there was a window that opened, which was an enormous relief. Up until then, it was not pleasant being in the room. The other downside for us was that we did not have our own transportation and the hotel is a fair way from town. We had to rely on taxis which was occasionally a challenge as the taxi drivers did not seem to speak any English at all. We learned to ensure that we either had our destination written in Korean or had a Korean-speaking person tell the taxi-driver where we needed to go. As a result, I would not recommend this hotel, as lovely as it is, unless you are comfortable with a warm room and you have your own transportation.