We are from the USA and did not know the area nor what to fully expect. The location was good. 5 min walk to Lotte World, 10 min to Metro (Jamsil station). Restaurant, we only ate breakfast there which was a buffet and good and not expensive. No pools or other, but weren't looking for one. Lotte 'World' is really something (park, shopping, tower, etc). Never heard of it before. We spent 5 days at the hotel and would recommend to families, couples, business stays, etc. Bed was firmer than we're used to, but other wise the furnishings were ok and the room/hotel was clean. Staff was very friendly and helpful (walked us to a local BBQ as she was not confident in her english as we speak no Korean). We'd stay there again, but we might stay closer to or in one of the old villages (we visited Bukchon village area and loved it); depends what you're visiting Seoul for... and it was easy to get all around Seoul via the Metro to see all the sites, which we did.