Melanie Tam

Review of The Normandie hotel

Three of my friends and I booked Hotel Normandie l...

Three of my friends and I booked Hotel Normandie last minute. And by last minute, I mean we checked into our Airbnb at 3 am the night before, found ants lining the tub, and decided we couldn't stay there the rest of the weekend, last minute. It was the best deal we could find on such a short notice, and it was also one of the hotels I had been looking into before we booked the Airbnb. Here are some of the pros/cons:

Pros:
1. Located right in K-Town (didn't seem like it was the sketchy part), so there are lots of restaurants nearby. THere's a burger place right in the hotel. I didn't get to try it but it had pretty good reviews
2. When we arrived in the room, there was one bottle of water. Housekeeping must have noticed that four people were staying there because the next day, there were four bottles
3. They let us check in early at around 10 am
4. The sink in the room is located outside of the bathroom, which was convenient and efficient for four girls staying in one room
5. Breakfast is included. It's your basic bagels, toast, muffins, cereal, fruit yogurt, but they also have Clif bars! No hot breakfast but it was decent and there were quite a few options

Cons:
1. The pillows are high and uncomfortable
2. Old and slow elevators
3. It's located next door to a bar so it can be noisy at night