Ritz-Carlton Seoul Hotel, Seoul

The rooms are small but very comfy and plush. The beds are nice but the walls are thin. The atmosphere is upscale and private. Service is as it should be for a Ritz. Everything in the hotel is expensive, really expensive. There are very few places to dine in the area and the area is very noisy and busy. To reach the areas' of interest is a bit of a travel by cab or underground. Careful to check the complimentary shuttle service provided by hotel, it is scarce and no service is provided should you miss the alotted times.

The RC is below most others in the chain. It is nice enough, but unremarkable.Rooms are smallish. Location includes long walk up the drive-tough in ice. Some help was unfriendly, others very nice. Club Floor lounge was often run by a woman with the personality of a gila monster.Night club was comfortable.

Stayed here for the first and last time last month. Shoebox room, narrow scary corridor. I was turned away at a restaurant because outsiders took all the tables. Any top class hotel makes room for its guests. Then there was the hotel nightclub where Korean guys would hassle me. There were a couple of fights there too. I would not stay there again.

I gave up staying here when the service started to border on surly. I got the sense that some employees didn't care for Americans much, because others didn't get the same treatment. On the other hand, some employees were delightful. The food is good, rooms smallish. The Club Floor Lounge was ruled by a young woman who was downright haughty and rude. After getting a smart aleck remark from her on a stay early last year, I gave up on the Ritz Seoul for good. Normally, the Ritz Carlton's are extraordinary, but this one is flawed.