슈퍼주니어 스위트 431호에 숙박했습니다. 룸 컨디션은 좋았으나 화장실 환기가 아쉬워서 화장실 이용시 서로가 민망할 수 있어요. 냉장고가 생각만큼 시원하지 않습니다. 크기도 작고요. 술을 가져 가신다면 냉장이 매우 아쉬울 겁니다. 비린내 때문에 회를 포장해 방안에서 먹지 못하고요.(호텔 사용규칙) 위치는 강릉에서 남쪽으로 40분정도 걸리고 정동진에서 남쪽으로 15분정도 걸립니다. 뷰는...오션뷰이긴 했는데..항구와 해안도로가 뷰를 일부분 가져가서 아쉽습니다. 조식만 이용했는데 그냥저냥 합니다. 부대시설로 온천만 이용했는데 온천탕도 그냥저냥..씻고 나와서 피부로 확 와닿는 느낌은 없어요.

Seeking to spend a few days on the Korean Seaside, we booked on short notice 2 nights in an Oceanview Double at Seamarq. Overall, we had a wonderful, very relaxing time: we particularly enjoyed - the spacious, beautifully designed and functional room and lobby area, which truly provides a sense of space and an extension of the hotel space into the sea - the absolutely stunning 5th floor pools area, which was never really crowded and also stayed open despite some minor rain on our first day: comfortable sunbeds, generous opening hours (06:30 - 22:00, great) and good service by the mostly very young crew up here - the nice ocean side loungers, even though we still find it awkward that there is (at least officially) a 1.5 hour limitation to the use of the sunbeds (though at least during our stay this did not seem to have been enforced) - the piano player who brought a serene, peaceful atmostphere to the lobby every night, and the Lobby Bar with an excellent drinks, tea and small food selection - the thought-through room design, incl. the practical wet clothes hanger with clips to secure any item, and the Nespresso machine, tea pot etc. - the overall good selection and tastiness of the food at breakfast and at the buffet dinner (which we only joined once) To be among the very best hotels, Seamarq needs to fix a few things - the setup and food presentation of the breakfast / dining room is more reminding of a low-end, family vacation style: relatively crammed seating, presentation of the food buffet is without love (though the have a great choice - it's more how it's presented), and erratic service (e.g. on first morning nobody cleared used dishes from our breakfast table, while today this was done promptly every time...). - while there is a wonderful beach with the hotel's sun loungers, there are no beach towels available: this is the first time ever around the world we experienced this. Why not provide the same service as at the pool (where those are freely available)? - as others wrote, the elevator availability and waiting time is a real issue - with only 3 elevators that are also partly used by staff to deliver luggage wait times are often excessive. All these were not significantly spoiling our experience, and we would definitely be back here if staying in the area - though it would be easy for the hotel to improve on some of the items above. Overall a wonderful place to stay if in Gangneug, and wanting to be at (or better above :-) ) the sea