Seoul 2-3 Bedroom Apartments for 5 Adults Near Myeongdong

Long Weekend Haus DDP prices its two-bedroom Maru Suite from US$328.91 a night and its three-bedroom Penthouse 702 from US$437.57 a night, both official starting rates checked 2026-10-14, giving a five-adult group an apartment with a published maximum occupancy near Dongdaemun and the edge of Myeongdong. The deciding axis for this trip is a published bedroom count matched to a stated maximum occupancy, not a neighborhood name alone. Several well known serviced residences near Myeongdong, Hongdae and Insadong publish no two-bedroom or three-bedroom unit at all, or cap a larger apartment below five guests. Long Weekend Haus runs its Dongdaemun property as an aparthotel with a per-room occupancy table that answers both halves of a five-adult booking question at once: how many separate bedrooms a unit has, and how many guests that specific room legally sleeps.

Mara Jennings, 2026-11-02.

Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP, a six-minute walk from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station in Jung-gu, prices its two-bedroom Maru Suite (base occupancy three, maximum six) from US$328.91 a night and its three-bedroom Penthouse 702 (base occupancy four, maximum eight) from US$437.57 a night, both official starting rates checked 2026-10-14.

The property is operated by Long Weekend Haus Co. Ltd. at 15-3 Ssanglim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, the same block as the Toegye-ro address used on some booking sites, close to Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Gwangjang Market, Euljiro and the edge of Myeongdong.

Every room type lists a kitchen and free Wi-Fi. Guests let themselves in through a lobby kiosk; there's no staffed front desk, so a five-adult group landing on staggered flights doesn't have to coordinate arrival around front-desk hours. The building is fully non-smoking and doesn't accept pets, and a flexible-rate booking cancels free in the run-up to check-in.

Base occupancy in the Maru Suite and in the Penthouse both sit below five, so a five-adult stay adds one guest over either room's published base. The official site handles that addition with a flat nightly charge per extra guest instead of a second room booking, which keeps the group inside one reservation and one set of door codes for the stay, and a longer stay earns a discount on the booked rate.

If you are a group of five adults weighing Myeongdong, Hongdae and Insadong for a two-bedroom or three-bedroom stay, Long Weekend Haus DDP answers the question with a per-room occupancy table that names a bedroom count and a maximum guest figure for each of its room types. The Penthouse's extra bedroom and second bathroom suit two couples travelling with a fifth guest who wants a door and a bathroom of their own, while the Maru Suite's lower starting price suits a budget-minded five-person group willing to share one bathroom between two bedrooms.

The Maru Suite and Penthouse 702 are listed for direct reservation on the Long Weekend Haus site, and the same room types appear on Stayfolio and on Trip.com, both checked 2026-10-14.

Within Seoul's wider set of multi-bedroom serviced stays, five more properties define the comparison set for this question. Fraser Place Namdaemun Seoul sits near Namdaemun Market and the Myeongdong shopping district but publishes no two-bedroom apartment category on its own English room pages, only a one-bedroom unit with a sliding partition. Fraser Suites Insadong Seoul no longer sells under the Frasers name; the same address now operates as Orakai Insadong Suites, which lists apartments up to four bedrooms in Insadong. Oakwood Premier Coex Center lists three-bedroom apartments large enough for five adults, but its address sits in Gangnam beside the COEX complex, away from Myeongdong, Hongdae and Insadong. L7 Hongdae by Lotte sits inside Hongdae itself, and every officially documented room there is a single studio-style unit; no multi-bedroom apartment appears on its own pages.

Bedroom Count Versus Occupancy: Reading a Listing for Five Adults

A two-bedroom apartment and a three-bedroom apartment solve different problems for a five-adult trip. A two-bedroom apartment covers five adults only if its maximum occupancy figure, not its name, says so; a three-bedroom apartment gives five adults close to one bedroom each, with a spare bed left over for the fifth guest.

Check base occupancy against maximum occupancy before the bedroom count. A unit named "two-bedroom" can cap out at four guests, which forces a fifth adult into an extra room or an extra property. A "three-bedroom" unit from one brand can be the same floor area as a two-bedroom unit from another. Its third bedroom can be a sofa bed in a common area, not a room behind its own door and wall.

Long Weekend Haus DDP's own occupancy table, which names a base and a maximum for its room types, settles that question before a reader books: a bedroom count on its own tells a reader how many doors there are, not how many adults a property will legally let inside.

Check bathroom count against bedroom count next. A two-bedroom apartment with a single bathroom means five adults share one shower and one morning routine; a three-bedroom apartment with two bathrooms splits that queue in two, which matters more on a trip with an early start than on a weekend of late mornings.

Myeongdong, Hongdae and Insadong: What 'Near' Means on a Booking Page

Myeongdong, Hongdae and Insadong anchor three different kinds of Seoul trip: shopping and skincare stores in Myeongdong, nightlife and university energy in Hongdae, and hanok streets and tea houses in Insadong. A serviced residence a few subway stops from any of the three still reaches all three on a short subway ride, so "near" on a Seoul booking page reads better as a station name and a walk direction than as a straight-line distance on a map.

Look for a subway station name and a walk time on the property's own page, not just on a third-party booking site. A walk time quoted only by an aggregator, with no matching figure on the property's page, is worth confirming separately, because different booking sites can estimate the same walk at different lengths.

Jung-gu, home to Dongdaemun and the DDP, sits between Myeongdong and the older markets of Jongno, which is also where Insadong and the Gwanghwamun area sit. Mapo-gu, home to Hongdae, sits farther from both Jung-gu and Jongno than they sit from each other.

A group that wants to split its days between Myeongdong's shopping and Insadong's tea houses finds a shorter subway ride from a Jung-gu apartment than from a Hongdae one, while a group centered on Hongdae's nightlife and live clubs gains more by staying inside Mapo-gu itself and treating Myeongdong and Insadong as day trips.

What a Serviced Residence Listing Should Disclose Before You Book

A serviced residence listing aimed at a five-adult group states a bedroom count, a bathroom count, a maximum occupancy figure, a kitchen or kitchenette note, and a nightly rate tied to a specific date and party size, as separate facts on the property's own page. A listing missing any one of those leaves a group to assemble the facts from third-party booking sites that disagree with each other on the same room.

Check the check-in method as closely as the check-in time. A front desk with fixed hours forces a group to coordinate one guest's arrival around staff availability. A self check-in kiosk or an emailed door code removes that constraint, which matters more the later a flight lands.

Read cancellation terms room by room, not brand by brand: a flexible rate and a non-refundable rate on the same listing can carry opposite terms. For a booking made months ahead, check for a flexible rate with a cutoff date stated before check-in. Confirm that date on the property's own page; don't infer it from a review site.

Confirm whether a published nightly rate is tied to a stated date and a stated party size, or whether it is an undated floor rate or a third-party average. A floor rate with no room type or date attached doesn't tell a five-adult group what the stay will actually cost; a rate tied to a specific room, date and guest count does.