This place is in the middle of the sex district for Daejeon. There were call girls being picked up right across from the hotel entrance. There were lots of places that had women for hire 24hours a day. It was more than any of the other hotels around, you had to pay for anything in the room, the swimming pool was terrible and it was W8, each time you went. The advertisement said the room had a microwave but there wasn't one in site. If you needed it you had to call room service and be charged to warm up some food.
I paid more than W, for one night and it was awful. The room smelled like smoke and the hotel stuff could not speak English at all. Overall it was a terrible experience. I should have paid less and stayed in one of the love motels because it was the same atmosphere. After using the hot springs in the hotel, I asked reception how to get somewhere.
They rudely asked me what is your room number and when I said I wasn't staying there, I just used the hot spring in their hotel which was quite obvious from my wet hair, they wouldn't help me. Even when I told them the reason I am asking them is because they speak English, they refused to help me. This is supposedly a four star hotel. In most hotels even if you are not staying there and need help getting somewhere, they will help you as it is only common courtesy to help travelers find a place.
I was impressed by the hot springs and had thought about staying here some time but after my interaction with reception I will chose some place else in Daejeon. At that time when I asked they were not even busy; there were no other guests there so there was no excuse not to help me. Stayed here for two nights for a business stay. Room was bit disappointing, old worn down furniture and smelled badly of tobacco smoke. Hotel supposedly has a good spa and location is good for visiting Kaist.
Also, staff were friendly with good English. However, room itself was not so great, it might have been great 30 years ago, but this not any more.
