Customer reviews and what they say

Seoul 9 Brick: loved it; well-equipped room in an interesting part of the city, with excellent shops and restaurants nearby. Unfortunately, the roof terrace bar was closed when we were staying. *****

Sokcho Sea Cruise Hotel: business hotel, lacking character; AC switched off throughout the hotel but they brought us a fan when we asked; impressive breakfast buffet; most of Sokcho felt a bit run-down, so I don't think we were missing out on another, better, hotel; and Sokcho is an excellent base for the Seoraksan National Park, which was amazing. ***

Gyeongju Si Eun Jae Hanok Hotel: traditional and just right for the "museum without walls"; owner was friendly, very keen to chat, and helpful throughout our stay. *****

Busan Good Ol' Days Hotel: very spacious and comfortable; some retro gimmicks work well e.g. record player; some don't - the filter coffee just didn't do anything for us; but the coffee place downstairs is excellent and the breakfast basket was good; good location with multiple shops and restaurants nearby. *****

Jeju Island SNOB Boutique Stay: OK but fairly basic and felt off-season; spacious room; breakfast didn't look great so we ate out.
***

Seoul Ryse Autograph: lovely hotel, right next to 9 Brick; they were happy to let us store luggage with them while we travelled the country and on our last day; same great location as 9 Brick; superb breakfast. *****

Hoi An accommodation a bit noisy - perhaps an upgraded room would have been better ... otherwise hotel (with spa package) was excellent

I found all the hotels to be very good in terms of accommodation, facilities and location.

At my final hotel in Seoul (Hotel Gracery Seoul) where I stayed for 1 night, due to needing to check out before 07:30am to head to the airport, I was not able to have the paid for breakfast at the hotel. I had asked the hotel the night before that most hotels in this situation would happily provide a takeaway breakfast/ sandwich, but this hotel refused. Something to note.

We thought the Four Point Hotel in Seoul was the best hotel on the holiday. Definitely the best breakfast.
There were no menu choices when we stopped at the historic village in Andong. The food on both days was the same. We were there for the experience but it was a little disappointing. Apart from that the accommodation and people were lovely.
For some reason we were booked a twin room rather than a double for our stay in Busan.
Having clothes washing machines and dryers in many of the hotels was very useful. They weren't expensive. If we go back to S.Korea will take less clothes.

There were no exceptional hotels in Korea except our last Hanok hotel in Seoul. In Japan we loved the ryokan we stayed in but other than the hotel in Osaka, Kyoto and our last stay in Tokyo,all the hotels were below par and dirty, which is a surprise in Japan where everything is so clean. Also some were booked in non central parts of cities.

They were over the top, unnecessarily so, and poorly located.

The accommodations were great. Sala Lodges in Siem Reap, in particular is a fantastic laid back, central city rest bit.

I opted for basic room at Maison Dalabua - no balcony and this was fine. Although balconies look nice I never saw anyone sitting on theirs as either by pool or out and about!

Mandala Ou was just our thing.

La Folie had a great setting. Restaurant much more expensive than anywhere else but in comparison to UK prices still cheap.

All the hotels we used were wonderful with staff being so friendly and accommodating.