Fairfield by Marriott Busan Songdo Beach

Great location directly at the beach, modern, spacious and clean rooms. There is public transportation (buses) reachable with a 5 min walk behind the hill of the hotel which easily bring you to Center of Busan (Biff square, jagalchi fish market, shopping area, Busan main station). Naver app is recommended for navigation.

Shower and toilet shared one door. At busier times there was a waiting time and queue until we could get seated for breakfast (max 20 min in our case on weekend) Would recommend to avoid busy breakfast times at outlined by the hotel information.

View is incredible. Ocean view gets the sunrise. Breakfast had a reasonably good spread. Just not much fresh fruit. I was impressed by the open bathroom in the room. Although not traditionally private, still a very smart design to maximise the space for the layout. The shower door can also be utilised as the toilet door. Sufficient bathroom amenities supplied and bottled drinking water.

We came during Winter. The hotel controls the AC temperature for the building and we found it to be quite hot in the room. Had to open the window for fresh air however, the sounds on the street made it a bit bothersome. Also, you are able to hear other people in their rooms close by and in the corridor.

Absolutely great beach view from all the rooms, with a sofa to lounge on and take in the view! Modern feeling compared to typical “passé” properties around. Great English spoken by all.

The hotel has a great design, but it sad that they cheapened on : 1. The elevators (you will spend a great amount of your time trying to get up and down, with only 2 slow elevators for 22 floors) 2. The window blinds. The hotel is beautiful, why oh why chose the cheapest, most fragile and most ineffective windows blinds that are either already broken or will break down during the guest’s stay?

I love the location, so close to the beach. It was easy to take a bus to the subway if you wanted to go to other areas of Busan. The staff was amazing, I don’t know much Korean and they were very helpful in English. I used the laundry coin service, very quick and easy. The staff at the restaurant was very nice and polite, (Joel I think his name was) asked me a few questions about my travels which I really appreciated as a solo traveler. Due to bad weather my flight to Jeju got cancelled and there were no problems for me to stay 2 extra nights in the same room. The girl at reception (Lucy I think her name was) was very helpful and accompanied. I will definitely stay here again just for them <3 The art cafe was very cool. Nice to sit and watch the beach/sea both on a sunny and rainy day. I will recommend this hotel to all my friends and family!

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Satisfying breakfast in terms of both quality and diversity. Excellent view from my room. Well-designed interior. Very friendly staff. Though they say that Songdo is remote compared to Haeundae and other better known tourist beaches/locations, I liked that very distance from crowdedness.

2-in-1 shampoo & conditioner provided in the shower. As someone with long hair, integrated shampoo/conditioner doesn’t work. I would have loved separate bottles of shampoo and conditioner as I have seen in a 2-star Toyoko Inn in Seoul.

Very close to the beach, restaurants, and cable car ride. The room was clean and large enough for two persons. The beach view from the hotel was perfect. Although, it may get too hot during the day because of direct sunlight.

The toilet and bath are separate, so the toilet area is a bit small, also, no bidet. We had a problem with the TV signal the night of our stay. It got fixed in the morning, so, all good.

This hotel exceeded our expectations. The view from the room is phenomenal. The room is spacious and clean. We arrived quite early but the staff had no issues storing our luggage while we went to the beach across the street. I'd say without a doubt that we would spend an entire beach vacation here just to have that view and that proximity to the beach.

The only thing that was tough was the lack of public transportation to get there. We had to climb a lot of stairs but just like the beloved Park Jimin, Busan citizens showed us much kindness and volunteered to help us with our luggage. I'm very grateful to the father and son duo who helped us get our stuff down while I had the other suitcase and my son.

My trip was from Friday to Sunday in July, just before Korea's busiest summer vacation season. That said, the location is RELATIVELY quieter than other more famous beach fronts, which I prefer. Not many touristy attractions nearby, but that's just me, a frequent visitor of the city, and that's the beauty of this location. However, do expect to hear in your room some loud crowds at night. It's the beach, not the people. The location makes people happy and loud. I checked the higher floor/bigger room options when reserving my room, which was proven to be a perfect choice. Fantastic view all day and every day. The room furniture is efficient. The room size was 'a bigger room', so it was ok. I liked that the hotel is trying to use fewer plastic products, but I did need some extra toothpaste. It's literally a few steps away from the beach, and there's a free airgun station in front of the hotel gate for visitors. You can dust off the sand before entering the hotel. I loved the early morning and late evening walks with less sunlight. I still got some sunburns on my back. I recommend the sushi place near the hotel. DO NOT EAT sashimi at this beach, tho. Sashimi restaurants here are HORRIBLE.

I liked that the hotel is trying to use fewer plastic products, but I did need some extra toothpaste. I could ask for more towels easily, so I still gave an 8. :)

Right on Songdo beach with great local seafood restaurants nearby. The turtle trail and cable car were both short walks away. One of the best things about the room was the fantastic view out onto the sea.

Songdo beach is a little further away from the centre of Busan and takes 20 mins to get to the nearest subway station by bus (30/35 min walk). However, it’s more far out location meant it was a peaceful area with more locals than tourists, which was great!

This place was absolutely amazing. We stayed here for 4 nights, my husband and I loved everything about it. The beach is literally across the street and this hotel is walking distance to very good places to eat. The staff is also extremely helpful, I felt under the weather one of the days there and the front desk helped my husband find a pharmacy nearby. Overall this place is an amazing!