Name: Skybay Hotel Gyeongpo
Address: 476 Haean-Ro, Gangneung, 25460, KR

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jul 2026

Evelyn

Beautiful hotel with comfy beds, and a great location!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2026

Ellen

I had fabulous views from my room. The beach was just across the street. One night I enjoyed the midnight splash 9pm-midnight at the rooftop infinity pool.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2026

Seogjoo

Great view with convenient location. Room was very clean. Included parking was plus.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2026

Soo

Clean room, nice ocean view. Convenient walkable location to many restaurants and to the market.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

19 Jun 2026

ELIJAH

Checkin was horrible. The person at the counter acted like we were asking for the world when we asked if early checking was possible. After checks g is done n she didn’t explain that we had to keep the receipt that was proof that breakfast was included. The staff member that was at the restaurant looked at us as if we committed a crime when told we don’t have the receipt and had to look us up in the system. The room looked like it was cleaned with a dirty rag and the shower head didn’t work properly.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2026

Jordan

Pool

Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2026

Neill

Very nice hotel. I had an ocean view room - well worth it with the beautiful view. The room was quiet and the bed was extremely comfortable. A very nice bathroom. It was spacious and very clean.

The hotel is directly opposite the beach. The hotel was clean and in excellent condition. The breakfast was very good. There are also reasonably priced coffee shops and other dining alternatives for lunch and dinner

I didn't use the gym, but I expect the view from the 20th floor is something. Next time.

Overall, a great stay.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2026

Dongmin

1. Lake view room has a great view.
2. If you go to 20th floor, you can enjoy nice sea view and mountain view.
3. Go to the beach to walk around. I felt very safe and pleasant to walk beach at night (many people enjoy walking, drinking, listening busking music).
3. You can buy cup noodle at the conveient store in the first floor and eat it at your room (room has a coffee port to boil water)
4. In the first floor, they sell burger set at reasonable prices ($10 or so)
5. For dinner, we went to 20th floor buffet restaurant. Food was so so (quite disappointing quality) but the view was fantastic. About CAD $100. Beer and wine are included in the buffet. Highly recommend this buffet experience not because of food but because of view.
6. Infinity pool in 20th floor looks great.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2026

Sharmain

Great breakfast buffet

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2026

Jeongkwan

Hotel was clean and staffs were friendly. Morning Buffet was very nice.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2026

Eugene

The water views are magnificent (front and back). The breakfast is excellent. The fitness room is good enough.

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

08 Apr 2026

Youngmin

The location was so nice but it would been better if the room was cleaner.

8/10

Excellent

08 Apr 2026

Young

The check-in process took too long, and the staff as well as the shop employees in the building were very unfriendly.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2026

Alex

I truly had an amazing breakfast. Having lived in the U.S. for a long time, I’ve really missed Korean food—especially dishes like seasoned vegetables—and it feels like that craving has finally been completely satisfied. Thank you so much.

Family

4/10

Poor

26 Mar 2026

Young

I was expecting much better based on the hotel’s reputation. Compared to other four-star hotels, this felt more like a well-known property in a small tourist town rather than a true four-star experience.

First, the front desk service was quite disappointing. The staff felt robotic and lacked warmth. As expected, early check-in was not available, but instead of clearly explaining it as a policy, the responses felt vague and somewhat insincere. The same issue came up when I asked to change to a higher-floor room—they initially said no rooms were available, which didn’t seem accurate, as they eventually assigned me one.

The room itself was not exceptionally clean. I noticed dust in the corners of the drawers, and even the gym area did not seem well maintained. The breakfast was also mediocre and did not meet the standard I would expect from a hotel in this category.

The view is definitely the highlight, but everything else feels average. Personally, I would rather stay at a smaller hotel with better service and simply visit scenic spots or restaurants for the view.

One of the biggest downsides was the lack of basic amenities. Toothbrush and toothpaste were not provided, which is surprising for a four-star hotel. The swimming pool also requires an additional fee, and even the laundry facilities are coin-operated.

If you’re coming from the US, or even comparing it to hotels in Seoul, it’s hard to see how this property qualifies as the “landmark” it advertises itself to be.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2026

SUK YONG

clean room.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jan 2026

Sean

yes

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Dec 2025

Tokcha

The staff members were polite.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2025

Henry

Spotless

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2025

Suyeon

good location and very clean. if you don't have a car, this is a great place to stay.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

13 Dec 2025

HEUNG SIK

청결한 객실. 특히 화장실이 깨끗함

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Oct 2025

Tae

This is my second time staying and it’s not four stars hotel. Maybe three, tiny rooms and so much noise around the hotel you might want to find another place.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Oct 2025

Brian

convenient location near the beach and lake. Several restaurants nearby and in the hotel. Modern, clean hotel

Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2025

Esther

The staff were very nice and efficient. The hotel was very clean and well kept. The gym is wonderful! The hotel layout was well organized and made sense. The additional fees to use amenities, things being closed without warning, no in-room control of the AC, and wait times for elevators made it a very good stay instead of an excellent stay.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

24 Aug 2025

joongku

No table. Too narrow. dirty.

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2025

Noriyasu

Nice View

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

26 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Found mini roach in room......

Found a mini cockroach near the curtains the minute i entered the room, assuming it got in from the balcony as i saw a few more crawling on the outside of the windows. Then i saw hair caught in the hair dryer when i was about to use it. Not to mention that the curtains were stained. Glad to see bedding very clean though and the ocean view from my room in the morning were probably the only upside of the stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2025

Chong Woo

Great location, friendly staffs. Room was clean.

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jul 2025

Christina

We loved our stay here at Skybay Hotel! Our room was on the 14th floor overlooking the ocean and it was amazing! We will definitely try to stay here again, there was so much to do nearby and lots of restaurants/ cafes. 10/10 experience!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jun 2025

Tae

Definitely not a four stars hotel. Upon checking, noted bad urine odor from bathroom and also found some black mold growing inside bathroom walls. I let the front desk know about the problem but they didn’t seem to be too concerned, not even apologize from staff. Maybe it’s common issues? Anyway, I can’t recommend this hotel ($160 for a night) there are much cleaner hotels nearby.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2025

Sungmoon

Everything is excellent

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jun 2025

Angelina

A grand hotel with not so knowledgeable front desk clerk. I made a reservation for three, and the clerk was talking to me as if I made a reservation for two and brought an extra person at the last minute. She told me that \"this time we will let go but next time there will be an extra charge.\"
Anyway, the welcoming at the front desk didn’t go well as \"welcoming\" as it should be but I let it go.
Since we didn’t get to the hotel until much later, we called the front desk to get some guidance for a place to eat. She said that every thing in the hotel is closed so if we need to get food, we had to go outside of the hotel. Once I came downstairs to explore the area, there were places in the hotel lobby that served food.

I decided to try their dinner buffet following evening, located on the 20th floor of the hotel. I paid 120,000 korean won, about $110.00 per pserson. I was hoping to enjoy crab legs but was so disappointed with dry crab meat. Sashimi and sushi were good but galbee marinated beef were tough, and difficul to chew,
Shrimp were overcooked. Definitely not worth spending that kind of money.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2025

Nam

Love it

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

It was great as usual. This was my 3rd time staying this hotel and still loved it.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Apr 2025

Dae Hyun

Great 4 star hotel. View is amazing if you can take the ocean view side

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

18 Apr 2025

Jay

Dry air and hard bed.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2025

Sangdon

대체적으로좋았어요

2/10

Poor

06 Apr 2025

Eun ha

Bad management experience

The hotel itself was fine but management was appalling. We never expected to receive a call from the police during our family trip for something so ridiculous. Apparently, someone’s car was scratched in the parking lot and they wanted to find the perpetrator. Fine. But hotel management called every car owner who exited the parking lot at the supposed “time of the crime” and we also got the call as well. We know we didn’t do it because all the family members were in the car and confirmed we didn’t bump into anyone and just in case we even checked the outside of the car to see if there were any scratches. None. What’s even funnier was that they don’t have security cameras in the parking garages so they have no evidence if the accident even happened in the garage but still called everyone. The craziest thing is that we even got a call from the police a couple days later. How and why did they even get our information?? We had called management before and clarified that we don’t believe it was our car and thought that was done with but the police call came and we even sent them a picture of our car. The whole situation seemed very pointless. I feel like the hotel could have managed the situation better and not send out our personal information without consent.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Mar 2025

Greg

Convenient

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2025

Young

Room was very clean and front desk people were nice and helpful.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Lovely stay with mom

Satisfactory visit! Clean and new facilities with infinity pool access (comes with warm water in winter), in-building convenience store on top of the usual restaurants and cafes, and a skyview bar with amazing views and delicious cocktails. Comfortable room with in-suite iPad to order room service, ask for extra towels or water, and to do self checkout (very convenient). Easy access to the beach and a hugeeee lakeside park overseeing the beautiful mountain range. Close enough to the city. Parking was a little tight though, but manageable.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Mar 2025

Jun Ki

great ocean views

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Feb 2025

kevin

We came to Skybay with our Korean friend for a wonderful adventure. We opted for the lake view room, while our friends had the ocean view, both are spectacular. That night it was so cold, that we decided to stay in the hotel and had chicken and beer I the dining area, the chicken and beer were great, but it was sitting and chitchat with our friend, that’s priceless. This is a great hotel, but forewarn to book amenities in advance, like pool, sauna, breakfast, etc. these are not included with the room stay. Overall, we had a wonderful experience, we wish to thank the staff for courteous hospitality.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2025

jonghyeon

Clean and easy to access to all the seafood restaurants

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Ohyoung

Very nice location.

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2024

Youngshin

Translation isn’t convenient

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2024

Jungsoo

The parking space is insufficient, and the air conditioning is not allowed to be used after November 1st. This is the most ridiculous policy in this country.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2024

Young

Ocean view was great! The restaurants nearby were bit expensive but had fresh and tasty seafood

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

16 Oct 2024

James

Unfortunately, there is not much options for staying in this area.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Oct 2024

Janice

Great lake and beach. Great staff.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

Shunai

Staff members were very helpful. Gave us three adjacent rooms on top floor with best ocean view.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

31 Aug 2024

Verified traveler

Prepared food in the breakfast buffet was lukewarm or not warm at all. Also no on site bakery in the hotel.
Also the shower stall had moldy grout.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2024

Myong

Everything is good.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Aug 2024

JaeHyuk

Bath room towel has wet smell

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jul 2024

TEA KYONG

오션

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jun 2024

Kyung

The location was good, but parking was too difficult, which is inconvenient. I was too unfriendly at the desk when I checked in. The room was rather clean.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Jun 2024

Tyrome

Very nice, some up keep is needed but you will not be disappointed

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2024

Kay

.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2024

Jiwon

Awesome hotel right in front of the beach

6/10

Pleasant

17 Jun 2024

Samuel

The property didn’t prepare for the correct party that I reserved. I got the correct items when I asked but they got it wrong again on the second night.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2024

Andres

Hotel needs to be updated. Hallways smell like a dirty dog.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2024

Hoon

Best location in the city. Easy access to beach and the other places.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

25 May 2024

Young

Pretty central location with the lake on one side and the beach on the other. Can walk to either side and explore. The hotel does have some wear & tear in the rooms but honestly, probably one of the better locations in Gangneung. The views from the top are amazing in the evening. You do need a car if you want to visit other spots like Cafe Alley (blocks with cafes across from the beach). Both the lakeside & the beachside have walking paths - highly recommend walking along the lake as well. Would stay there again if going back to Gangneung. Don’t forget your bathing suit - it is a bit pricey - but worth taking a dip at their infinity pool on the rooftop if on vacay and okay to splurge a bit on an “experience”.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

08 May 2024

Kyung Yun

.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2024

Michele

Good value stay on the beach

Perfect location on the beach and 15mins in a taxi from both the rail station and bus station. Close to numerous cafes and restaurants. Not luxurious but well priced, clean and comfortable.

Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Apr 2024

Hyo Sun

close to the beach

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Apr 2024

Edward

Good

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2024

Jung Sook

I like wooden floor&window&Ocean view!

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

16 Dec 2023

Verified traveler

The staff could do better

Hotel itself was good. The staff could use a training session in friendliness and courtesy. The key card did not work for the elevator and had to come back to the front desk, but not even am apology. Pretty much every staff we came in contact with were curt and no smiles.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2023

Jay

경포 해변 바로 앞이라서 전망 좋고
주변 식당 걸어서 갈 수 있어서 좋았어요:)
지하 주차장이 협소한 것만 빼면, 직원분들 서비스도 좋고 호캉스로 너무 좋아요!!

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2023

Jason

Best location for watching the sunrise. Also a good view of the lake.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2023

Jay

인피니티풀 온수풀 좋고 주변 횟집들 걸어서 갈 수 있어서 편리함. 경포해수욕장 오션뷰 너무 좋음. 그치만 주차장 좁고, 방에서 다른 방이나 복도 소음 들림..

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2026

YUN-RU

面海房間真的很棒，這次住了連通房的房型，空間夠寬敞，環境舒適，非常適合與家人渡假住宿

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2026

LIYEN

客房乾淨員工親切專屬沙灘維護整潔日出非常美麗

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2026

hyunjong

서비스및 시설 수준에 비해 가격은 너무 비싼거 같습니다.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2026

Yoonjeong

수영장이 바람때문에 너무 추췄지만 분위기도 좋고 다 좋았네요!

8/10

Excellent

16 Jul 2026

jiyoung

가족 여행이었고 저렴히 잘 쉬다 갑니다. 룸컨디션 좋아요

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jul 2026

JIHEE

다음에 또 오자고 할만큼 잘 쉬고 왔습니다. 객실도 잘 관리 되어있고 뷰가 예술입니다

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Jul 2026

MIN JAE

인핀티풀은 생각보다 작았어요. 시설은 깨끗했습니다.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

TAEGYUN

수영장은 20층에서 넗고 따뜻하고 좋았고,
그리고 바다가 바로앞이라 수영장하고,바다수영하기에 좋았어요.^^

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

hyounsoo

깨끗하고 친절합니다
뷰도 아름다워요
체크인 체크아웃도 간결하고 완벽합니다

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2026

SEOK WON

강릉에서는 최상급 호텔 중 하나입니다. 다만 투숙객이 많아 늘 북적입니다. 객실에 욕조가 없다는 점을 생각하면 투숙객 사우나 이용시 내는 비용이 합리적이지는 않다는 생각이 드네요.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2026

JOON HYUN

.........................

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2026

Christian

Jättebra service. Av nån anledning kunde vi boka ett rum med bara en seng på Hotels.com fast jag angav att vi är 3 personer. När jag sa det i receptionen uppgraderade dom oss på direkten till ett rum med två dubbelsängar.
Bra service!

Att bada i poolen var dock lite dyrt. ~800 sek för 1 vuxen och 2 barn.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Jul 2026

Hyosun

주차장이 협소합니다. 차량 입차시 기계식을 이용해야 할수도 있어요.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jul 2026

Christer

Jättehövlig hjälpsam personal, talade bra engelska, vilket inte var vanligt i Korea.
Rent fräsht, underbart bad o spa.
Jättebra matbuffe både frukost och i topprestaurangen.
Däremot var butikerna o de små matställena ok men inte prisvärda mot ute på gatan.
Fick hjälp med taxibil av dörrportiern som kom på 2 min och kostade 50 svenska kronor för 1,5 mil till centrum.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

01 Jul 2026

JAE SIK

깔끔한시설 및 청소는 잘하고 있어서 좋았지만 오락실을 이용하려면 현금이 필요해요. BBQ치킨을 먹고 싶었는데 7시에 이미 재료가 소진됐다고 하네요. 대체로 매장들이 좀 일찍 종료되는것 같아요.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jun 2026

HEE-CHEON

침구류에서 좀 냄새가 나는 거 같았고, 그외 다른 부분은 전반적으로 괜찮았음. 직원들도 친절하고, 아침 조식도 좋았음.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jun 2026

??

동해 바다를 향한 객실에서 아침 태양 떠오르는 장관에 감탄,
아침 식사 부페 맛있게 배부르게

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2026

Jin Ah

깨끗한 객실, 만차시 적극적 주차지원
소음없이 편히 쉴 수 있었음

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jun 2026

Kyung Ah

주차가 힘듭니다. 좀 늦게 오후에 도착하면 차 댈 곳이 없어요. 주차 요원이 승용차용 엘레베이터에 넣어주는 것 같아요.

호텔 위치는 아주 좋습니다.
방은 큰 편 아니고, 침대가 물렁한 편이에요.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jun 2026

DAE WOOK

바다는 좋았는데 청결은 그닥별루였어요.
유리창문좀닦아주세요.
죽은모기가 그대로 붙어있어요

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

SEOKIL

가족 여행할 때 애용하는 호텔입니다. 바다와 가깝습니다.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2026

Youngyi

부모님과 같이 갔는데 위치 좋아요 바다뷰도 좋아요 다만 방음이 잘 안되요

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2026

daun

객실은 생각보다 작았고, 발코니도 한명이 겨우 난간에 붙어 설 수 있는 정도 였습니다.
하지만 경포바다와 해변, 그리고 경포대까지 파노라마뷰로 보이는 객실의 뷰는 정말이지 최고였습니다. 룸컨디션 좋았고, 직원분들도 매우 친절하셨고, 오늘 날 아침 미리 말씀 드렸더니 택시 콜 서비스까지 해 주셨습니다.
다음에도 강릉은 이곳, 이객실로 완전 확정입니다

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2026

Moonhyang

객실, 직원,조식,주차 인피니티 풀 까지 깨끗하고 친절하시고 맛있고 너무 만족! 다시 꼭 가고 싶어요!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2026

Ho gill

주차하기 쉽고
편의시설이 좋아요
바로 앞이 바다라 밤늦게 밤바다를 거닐수있어 아주 좋았어요