Name: Smile Resort
Address: 5-9, Cheongbong-ro 5-gil, Sokcho, Sokcho, Sokcho, 217-120, South Korea
Rating: 9

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My family of 4 (two adults and two teenagers) just spent 11 nights at Smile resort. Although accommodation is basic, it’s clean and practical, with good location quite close to the national park, with few restaurants and convenience store near by. For a small fee m, you can do a laundry or dryer load. There is a ping pong table in the basement and nice outdoor sitting area. The landlady is such a lovely lady, very kind, welcoming and helpful. She upgraded us to bigger rooms, as we were spending so many nights there, she wanted us to be comfortable. She also went to the trouble to help us book a shelter (through her lovely friend) for our hike to Deacheongbong Peak. Although it didn’t state in the description, she offers daily breakfast of cereals, toasts, boiled eggs, fruit/veggie and tea/coffee. We loved our rest times there, especially the evenings, sitting outside on wooden veranda next to the river, playing cards, chatting and having snacks and drinks. Very peaceful place, feels like home and it’s a lovely compliment to the gorgeous Seoraksan National Park.

Very welcoming and peaceful place at a convenient location

We were here in the off season and Smile Guesthouse was one of the only places that was opened. The owner gave us the weekday price even though it was a weekend. His English is good and he gave us a lot of helpful information on the trekking we were going to do the next day. Also, he offered us some Korean food when we sat in the lobby area in the evening!!! 
Rooms have a fridge, are clean and cosy and there is a shared kitchen area if you don't want to buy food outside. (There are no well-equiped supermarkets around so if you want to cook, bring something from Sokcho with you.)
Was a pleasure to stay here!

Great outside area and amazing host!

The hostel is just 5 min by car/bus to Seoraksan National park (about 4km away) and about 45 min from Sokcho city by bus 7 or 7-1. You can't see the hostel from the bus stop and will have to walk 2 min further in before you can see & reach it. The location is a great place if you want to have an early start to the park as it gets crowded by 8.30am. Take a taxi to the park if you want an early start (around KRW5,000) since the first bus from Sokcho starts only from 6.30am. There are various restaurants and convenient shops nearby and it is also possible to walk along a river trail just behind the hostel. You can do simple cooking (just get the electric stove out from the cupboard) and kettle/cutlery are also provided. Water dispenser is available on each floor. The room size is very comfortable for 3 of us. Laundry facility is available for KRW2,000 but no dryer (clothes dry quickly in any case). Simple breakfast was provided (but starts only from 8am).
Downside is that the hostel is a little dated and will require some refurbishment.

Good sized rooms (family/triple sharing) and good base for Seoraksan National park

Smile resort is actually a guesthouse. not so easy to find though since the location is quite hidden from other motel/hotels from the main road. it can be reached via local bus 7 or 7-1 from Sokcho Express Bus Terminal. 
After seeing the Seorak Youth Hostel in your left, ring the bell. The bus stop is Seorak-dong C-Chigu. You can check the guesthouse location at Tourist Map Guesthouse location at the nearby bus stop opposite of the road or ask local people at the mart nearby.
I booked standard room with breakfast. Stayed there 4 days 3 nights for daily hiking. Check-in was good. The owner's son spoke very good English. The owner (lady) was nice too even though cannot speak English well. Got free wifi in my room. The room was clean. No air-conditioner. The window in my room cannot be opened for fresh air. Can be quite hot if during summer.
Breakfast was simple toast bread with jam & coffee + hard boiled egg (self-service)
Since I was a Muslim, the breakfast was good enough. Got microwave, toaster & hot water if you want to prepare your own food.
I loved the shampoo they provided!
From the guesthouse, you can walk towards the national park (~3km) or ride the local bus. I prefer walking since it's such a beautiful place especially with cherry blossomed...

Overall is still excellent. Will definitely come back maybe in autumn.

great place to stay for hiking

This family run guesthouse is decent place to stay during visit to Soraksan mountain range. Its located 10 km from Sokcho city and about 4 Km from Soraksan entrance. You need a car or a taxi ride to arrive here. In the night there is nothing open around it. Since there is nothing much to do here, it is better to arrive as late as possible just ready for a sleep. If you need dinner, you better take some food and drinks with you. Rooms are clean and the lady who runs the place is extremely friendly and flexible.

A decent place to stay around Soraksan 

We stayed in one of the budget rooms. What we expect of a budget room is a more spartan room with less amenities but it must be clean. What we got at the Goodstay Smile resort was a cramped room with a ramshackle and dirty bathroom. And that for a price which bought us excellent spacious and clean rooms around Korea. 

The room itself was tiny and yet they managed to get a double bed, a single bed, a TV closet, a fridge and a little table with mirror in. Furniture was all from before grandma's time but without the charm. An old TV was present. The bed was not the most comfortable, we felt the springs through the mattress. The sheets were clean and the floors were reasonably clean (some hairs from previous guests though).
Only tiny hand towels were available for the guests.
The bathroom was unacceptable. Not only were the tiles falling off the wall but it was not clean. Spraying the shower across the room does not make it clean! We found hair of other guests, the walls and about every visible crack had mildew. 
We would have asked for another room if the place hadn't been fully booked.

The staff was ok, not particularly helpful or knowledgeable. Just the basics.

Breakfast was another failure. While the staff (the family?) were eating delicious looking food, the guests had to make do with toast with jam or egg (one per person max!) or weirdly thick soup on a grubby plate in a dingy moist smelling basement. Because there is only one toaster for the whole place, there was a cue the whole time. Breakfast is only served between 8 and 9AM, ridiculously late if you want to go hike in the park.

What 'saved' this place from a terrible is the location. The bus to the park is only one minute away. Restaurants are close by.

We are really not sure how this place got such excellent reviews here. We would never book here again.

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