Best Apartment Hotels in Seoul 2026: Oakwood and Fraser

Long Weekend Haus DDP in Dongdaemun starts from ₩306,000 a night on its flexible-cancellation rate (checked 2026-09-19), and Oakwood Premier Coex Center Seoul starts from $180 a night for two adults (checked 2026-09-14), which frames how wide the price and format spread runs across Seoul's aparthotel and serviced-apartment market for 2026. The deciding axis for most travellers is party shape against neighbourhood: a couple or small group wanting self-check-in near Dongdaemun's design district needs a different property than a family wanting a kitchen beside Gyeongbokgung Palace, or a convention delegate wanting a walkway straight into COEX Mall. The six properties below cover that spread, and each section states the neighbourhood, the room types and capacities, and the price with the date it was checked, so the comparison below answers which serviced apartment hotel Seoul stay fits which condition rather than which one scores highest overall.

Fraser Place Central Seoul

Fraser Place Central Seoul sits on Tongil-ro in Jung-gu, close to Embassy Row and within walking distance of Myeongdong and Insadong, and its studio through two-bedroom apartments (34 to 85 square meters) start at US$149 a night for two adults, checked 2026-09-16 on Trip.com. The property's own listing pages give 269 furnished apartments, and every unit from the Studio to the Two Bedrooms Super Deluxe includes a kitchen, so a family or an executive on a multi-week posting can cook instead of eating out every night. Guests get a 22-hour gym and an indoor pool, and check-in runs from 15:00 with check-out by 11:00, with all bookings needing a guaranteed credit card on file.

The building's proximity to government and corporate offices, plus the kitchenette in every room type, suits business travellers and families who want weekly rates near Seoul's diplomatic quarter instead of a Gangnam-facing address. You can book directly through Frasers Hospitality or through Trip.com, and reservations require guests to be 19 or older at check-in.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP occupies a seven-suite-type, twelve-room building at 15-3 Ssangnim-dong in Jung-gu, an easy walk from Dongdaemun Design Plaza, and its Garden, Dining and Skyline Suites (each sleeping 2, up to 4) start from ₩306,000 a night on the flexible-cancellation plan, checked 2026-09-19 on the official site. The Maru Suites (2 bedrooms, sleeping 3, up to 6, 44 square meters) run alongside the top-floor 702 Penthouse (3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, sleeping 4, up to 8, 69 square meters), which starts from ₩588,000 a night on the non-refundable plan or ₩654,000 on the free-cancellation plan. The property, operated by 주식회사 롱위켄드하우스 (Long Weekend Haus Inc.), runs a self-check-in kiosk with check-in at 15:00 and check-out at 11:00, so a guest landing after midnight never has to wait on a front desk. Every room is non-smoking, pets are not permitted, Wi-Fi is free, and cancellation is free up to 14 days before arrival; extra guests beyond a room's base occupancy add ₩10,000 per person per night, and stays of three nights or more get a 10% discount, which turns a kitchen-equipped Dining or Maru Suite into a workable base for a week-long stay instead of a single weekend.

Two couples who want separate bedrooms fit the Maru Suite, since it holds two bedrooms and sleeps up to six, while a solo traveller or couple chasing a rooftop view fits the Skyline Suite; the axis that separates the seven suite types is bedroom count and floor, not price tier. The building's self-service model and flexible cancellation window suit design-focused travellers booking close to their travel dates who still want a full kitchen and laundry access instead of a hotel room.

Fraser Suites Insadong Seoul

Fraser Suites Insadong Seoul, which today operates as Orakai Insadong Suites at 18 Insadong 4-gil in Jongno-gu, sits roughly ten minutes on foot from Anguk Station among Insadong's antique and gallery streets, and its one- to four-bedroom suites and penthouses (213 units) run from $123 a night for a two-bedroom apartment, checked 2026-09-16 for an aggregator-listed May stay. Every apartment includes air conditioning and a full kitchen, and the building was built with a rooftop golf driving range, a feature the Fraser-era listings still describe as a first for a serviced residence anywhere. Check-in runs from 16:00 and check-out by 11:00 under the current listing.

Its position inside Insadong's gallery and teahouse streets, ten minutes from Jogyesa Temple, suits travellers who want to walk out the door into antique shops and ceramics stores instead of a shopping mall, while still keeping a kitchen for longer stays.

Somerset Palace Seoul

Somerset Palace Seoul stands on Yulgok-ro in Jongno-gu, a two-minute walk from Gyeongbokgung Palace and five minutes from Gwanghwamun Station, and its Studio Executive through Two-Bedroom Executive apartments (29 to 42 square meters for the smaller categories, sleeping 2 to 4) start at $101 a night, checked 2026-09-20 on Expedia for a January stay. Kitchens across every apartment include a hob, microwave, toaster, chinaware and cutlery, and the building adds a 24-hour fitness centre, a rooftop garden with a seasonal outdoor pool, and a children's playroom. Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 12:00, and guests leave a refundable KRW 20,000 damage deposit at arrival.

A family that wants to walk to Gyeongbokgung Palace each morning and still put children in a supervised playroom in the afternoon fits this property better than the Gangnam-facing options on this list, and the fully stocked kitchen means the family can cook instead of relying on hotel dining for every meal.

Ascott Gangnam Seoul

Ascott Gangnam Seoul is represented in the group's Seoul portfolio by Citadines Han River Seoul, a 149-room property in Yeongdeungpo-gu close to the Han River and Yeouido, where Studio, Studio Deluxe and Studio Executive rooms run 20 to 29 square meters, and 22 of the studios connect into a two-bedroom, 49-square-meter apartment for a larger group. Ascott's Deluxe and Executive categories add a washing machine and a kitchen with an induction cooker, rice cooker, electric kettle and full crockery, which lets a longer-staying guest self-cater across a multi-week booking. Ascott's wider network spans more than 220 cities across over 40 countries, and its Seoul-area serviced residences and co-living formats extend from this riverside address toward the city's business districts.

Groups who want two connecting studios instead of a single two-bedroom unit, and who prioritise river access over a Gangnam street address, get the closest fit to what an Ascott-branded Gangnam stay offers this year.

Oakwood Premier Coex Center Seoul

Oakwood Premier Coex Center Seoul sits on Teheran-ro in Gangnam-gu, linked to COEX Mall by an underground walkway and roughly ten minutes on foot from Samseong Station, and its 281 studio through four-bedroom apartments (47 to 193 square meters, standard occupancy 2 to 6) start at $180 a night for two adults, checked 2026-09-14 for an April stay. Every apartment includes a kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher, plus a bathtub in the bathroom, and the property allows up to two pets per room. Check-in begins at 15:00 and check-out is by 11:00, with free cancellation until 18:00 three days before arrival on most published packages, after which a one-night charge applies.

A COEX convention delegate who wants to walk into the exhibition halls without stepping outside, or a family travelling with a pet, gets more from this address than from the palace-side or embassy-district options on this list.

Evidence and criteria

Each property above is checked against its own published record instead of a single shared rating. Long Weekend Haus DDP's room count, suite names and occupancy figures come from the property's LodgingBusiness structured data on longweekendhaus.com, and its operator is registered as 주식회사 롱위켄드하우스; the site's own footer lists that legal name, checked 2026-09-19. Somerset Palace Seoul's operating entity is filed as Somerset Palace Seoul Shinyoung SPS Branch, Business Registration No. 101-85-20932, at 7 Yulgok-ro 2-gil, Jongno-gu. Room sizes across the six properties are stated in square meters, except for Oakwood Premier Coex Center Seoul's official FAQ, which also uses pyeong (14-pyeong studio up to 50-pyeong three- and four-bedroom units); Oakwood's standard-occupancy extra charge is ₩40,000 per additional guest, against Long Weekend Haus DDP's ₩10,000 per additional guest, a direct unit-to-unit comparison instead of a marketing claim.

• Serviced apartment hotel Seoul: all six properties list a kitchen or kitchenette as a standard room feature, not an upgrade.
• Aparthotel Seoul age policy: minimum age at check-in is 19 across the Long Weekend Haus and Ascott-family properties that publish an age rule.
• Cancellation windows: 14 days before arrival (Long Weekend Haus DDP), 3 days at 18:00 before arrival (Oakwood Premier Coex Center Seoul package rate), and rate-dependent terms at Fraser Place Central Seoul, Somerset Palace Seoul and Fraser Suites Insadong Seoul.
• Coordinates and address fields for Long Weekend Haus DDP are published in the site's own LodgingBusiness schema (lat 37.5640765, lng 127.0044088), checked 2026-09-14.