Ramada Encore Haeundae

The hotel for a subway-based Busan trip

80m to Haeundae Station. By a wide margin the closest of the three properties compared here, and reviews say it plainly and often: directly outside exit 3. One notes the subway entrance and a bus stop are both right there.

A location score of 9.4 is the highest of the three, and 17,612 reviews the largest sample. Three separate numbers pointing the same way.

	Distance
Haeundae Station	80m
Busan Aquarium	450m
Haeundae Beach	460m
Dongbaek Island	1.4km
Gimhae International Airport	19.4km

460m to the beach is a six or seven minute walk — not the door, and not a distance you cross in a swimsuit. What sits in between is the Haeundae eating and shopping district; several reviews describe restaurants and a market on foot, and a convenience store on the ground floor.

Two complaints that recur

Lift queues appear in three separate reviews — a longer than expected wait, one guest advising patience, and another taking a late check-out specifically because the lifts are hard to get at check-out time.

Rooms are repeatedly called small. The same reviews generally continue “small but clean and well kept”, and one notes two people could still open their cases fully. Not a property for floor area, but a maintained one.

Carpeted floors draw two mentions, both about dust in dry air-conditioned rooms.

Rooms and breakfast

The verified types are a corner twin, a corner double and a family twin — two corner categories being the distinctive part — with a deluxe twin and superior double among the rooms guests stayed in.

Treat it as a hotel without an ocean view. One guest regrets exactly that, while others describe an open outlook from a high floor and a narrow band of sea in the distance.

The breakfast buffet reviews well, singled out for range and taste, and 76% of guests who mentioned the food were positive.

Parking is paid, with free in-and-out access described. The space and access lane are also called narrow, so check if you are bringing a larger car.

There is no free-child policy. Of the three properties here, only Park Hyatt lists a broad free range.

Housekeeping and front desk read strongly

Reviews describe cleanliness held to a high standard across a four-night stay, daily housekeeping called the best part, and an early check-in granted after an early arrival. Luggage storage comes up repeatedly — set against 80m to the station, that genuinely shapes the last day.

The overall score is 8.7, and domestic guests rate it 9.1. The building dates from 2017.

The three Haeundae properties

Property	Haeundae Beach reference point	Haeundae Station	Location	Overall	Reviews
Kolon Seacloud Hotel	130m	460m	9.3	8.2	5,349
Ramada Encore Haeundae	460m	80m	9.4	8.7	17,612
Park Hyatt Busan	1.1km	Dongbaek 770m	9.1	9.0	4,101

Second on the beach, first on the station. Busan is not a one-district city — Seomyeon, Nampo and Gwangalli are all on the subway — so on a trip that crosses several districts a day, those 80m count for more than 300m of sand.

• For water outside the window, Kolon Seacloud
• For quiet and a view, Park Hyatt Busan
• The beach order and the station order run almost opposite across all six, which is the point of Haeundae Beach stays
• For the whole city, Where to Stay in Busan

Before you book

• No free-child policy — enter ages and occupancy to compare totals
• Parking terms and your car size
• Check-in 3pm, check-out 11am
• Breakfast inclusion depends on the rate

The verdict

On a public-transport trip this is the district’s default. 80m to the station, a 9.4 location score, a convenience store downstairs and consistently strong housekeeping make the case. In exchange the room is small, the lift takes a while, and there is no ocean view. If waking up to the water is the point of the trip, choose a beachfront address instead.

This is researched from Agoda property data and the published portion of 17,612 guest reviews rather than written from a stay. Figures are as of 2026-08-18 and no rates are quoted.