Bonum 1957 Hanok Stay and Hotel

Very cool hotel! Loved the interior and exterior of the hotel. It was very fun to stay here, even for 1 night. We booked the Hanok Stay Suite for 7 people and it fit everyone comfortably. Air conditioning was nice, the heated floors in the rooms were a nice touch and bathroom was beautiful. The front desk receptionist was super nice and helpful. We asked her to reserve an airport taxi for us and we left the hotel before confirming our taxi number. Come to find out when we get back to the hotel late at night, she is standing outside our room waiting for us in the rain just to make sure we know our taxi number!! Her customer service and care was amazing and I cannot thank her enough for doing that for us.

The Hotel is very nice and comfortable. Easy to find and staff speaks english. The room was clean and had great views. The only “problem” we had is that left our umbrella outside (but still inside the hotel) because it was wet and someone (another guest) stole it. We complained at the reception desk but no solution was provided: at least they should have gave us another umbrella.

This is a lovely place with an old fashioned feel to it, while also providing modern conveniences. The rooms make you feel like you're in someone's special guest house. It's not high-end and the rooms can use a slight upgrade but even as it is I'd recommend it. There's a cute cafe next door too.

Great location, and the hotel does have a lot of potential. It is great to be able to stay in a traditional look hotel. The garden is lovely and from our room you can see the seoul tower. Unfortunately, the room is small. We do not have a lot of space to put our luggage. Housekeeping is dire. One of our cups is not cleaned, and teabags and coffee sachets are not refilled. The bathroom is of reasonable size, but the design is poor. The glass of the bath is just not long enough, and hence, when u turn on the shower, the water just drips onto the cupboard next to the bath. I have no problems if u let me know in advance that we cannot leave our pyjamas on the bed. As a result, the next day, the bed was not properly made up. This hotel also makes it clear if u stay longer than the checkout time ie 11am, they will charge you. Not sure I would recommend or come back again.

We had a confirmed reservation for this place for one night and was looking forward to staying here are a good finale of our Seoul stay. The property contacted me asking me to cancel and rebook due to technical reasons. I did this just to find out that they blocked the night I booked and rather had another booking for several days take place. The owner blamed latency in the booking systems, but surely this was a nice coincidence to get rid of lower revenue travellers. Not to be trusted, you will never know if they stand by their confirmation.

Beautiful rooms and very modern comfort in an historic atmosphere. The staff speaks English well. Our room has huge windows and a large balcony with curtains that can keep the room dark. Palaces, restaurants, many galleries and shops are all within walking distance.

I have stayed in this beautiful boutique Hanok place for three nights. The atmosphere is fantastic. Walking distance to Kyoungbook palace, Bukchon, Changduk palace and all other major historic sites of Seoul. In addition to that, you may enjoy lots and lots of Korean traditional food. Even though this place is advertising its traditional hanok Korean traditional style lodging, but actually only Sweet room provides that Hanok stay , and other rooms are renovated from old Korean two story cement building. Don't get me wrong. I am so amazed by how well and beautifully they renovated the old two story cement block house into a beautiful lodge. The breakfast is served in the hotel cafe in the separate building. The cafe can be accessed through the small door right next to the front desk. The warm breakfast served in the morning from 8 am to 9:30 am. Usual breakfast serving includes bacon, sausage, small egg omelet, sandwich bread, orage juice, can soup in the coffee heater, coffee. My room was on the second floor with private terrace looking over rooftop of hotel cafe and road. The view was exceptionally best. You may see NamSan tower and other high rise building in the center of Seoul but in the quite place. Also, the terrace was surrounded by persimmon tree, quince tree. In the middle of busy streets of Seoul, you may find most relaxing atmosphere. In the terrace had two outdoor metal chairs and table. but you may invite a couple more friends to sit down on the wooden box fence along the fence line. Bed mattress was queen size ; soft cushy and comfy Simmons Bestimo Premium if I remember correctly. Four plush pillows and two small brown color pillow. Very warm blanket and you may need to turn on AC even in chilly Seoul autumn. One of the big drawback in this bed is lack of bed top sheet. When it is obvious that thick warm blanket can not be washed every time after guests stayed. Top sheet will give clean feeling to guests. TV and its program are amazing to use but only for Koreans. Not enough information about how to use TV and its contents in English. The placement of TV set is not in front of bed but left side of TV. It is very inconvenient to watch TV from the bed. Bathroom consisted of a shower stall, a sink, and a smart toilet. Tiles and overall design is very modern and sleek, so it gives wow moment. However, warm water of the shower is coming out very slowly and hard to adjust its warmness. It was either hot or cold. The lack of space to put anything other than already provided was so problematic. Large size towers were placed on top of toilet due to lack of space. My gf and I brought our personal hygiene stuff but no place to on the sink. That smart toilet was working like magic. It automatically flush itself even though it offers manual flushing on the left side wall mounted device controller. The door has some gaps which was temporary fixed with transparent plastic filling. Through that gap, random people might peek inside of room. The noise from the alley can be heard in the room. The staff in the front are nice when we ask questions and try to do their best to help us. It seems like they are not professional enough. They do not welcome when guests are coming inside or leave lodge. They look like staff in the much lower quality inn managers. Overall, this lodge is amazing if you want to explore the center of Seoul with quiet atmosphere. but there are lot of detail to be fixed to give genuine feeling of staying in Boutique hotel.

What a great Place! Stayed here for 10 days in 2017. The owner is a nice guy, who is pretty helpful if you need further information about the city oder anything else related to Seoul. The rooms a big and very clean. The quality of the stay was top notch thanks to bonum 1957! No other place I would stay when I will ever come back!