Review of Seoul Base Camp Hostel 2*

I had stayed here for 4nights and honestly I was disappointed. Firstly, the staircase that led up to the hostel was smelly, I stopped climbing the stairs and went out to the streets again to really ascertain the location. Once I was in, I was greeted by a not-so-friendly receptionist with a very condescending look. The website did not mention about having a piglet roaming freely inside the hostel even inside the dorm, to make matters worse, the staff didn't even have a courtesy of restricting the piglet at common hours when i, who obviously was in distress because of its presence as I did not expect it for I would not have chosen this hostel if I knew of its existence, in fact the same condescending staff even chased the piglet near me. It was humiliating but luckily one of the travelers caught wind of the situation and held the cute piglet to allow me to move around before I left the hostel every morning. The room was filthy, so many stuff on the floor I couldn’t walk properly and safely. I even had a woman’s wet underwear hanged on my bedpost (every morning). Lastly, when I had to leave early on my check out day for the airport, though it was my fault of not checking out the night before as advised, but I did leave a note on the table before leaving saying about the arrangement for the refund of my 10000 won (and I even cleaned my bed and my trash nicely) but I still received no reply from them. I know it’s a negligible amount of money but a little courtesy will do. The only positive point of this hostel was, the friendly travelers I met throughout my stay. The hostel and the staff are not worth the cheap price. p/s : the other bulky muscular guy at the reception was a lot friendlier but he only comes by at night hours and he’s okay.