Mid-Range Seoul Hotels Near Myeongdong & Hongdae: Nine Tree

Whether you want a compact, no-frills room a few minutes from Myeongdong or Hongdae, or more space and a kitchen-style suite for a longer stay, decides which of these six mid-range Seoul properties fits. Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong sits about a one-minute walk from Myeongdong Station, with its Standard Double room (18-19㎡) priced from KRW171,492 a night for one night and two guests as checked 2026-09-16, and the other five, from Toyoko Inn Seoul Myeongdong's 170 no-frills rooms near Dongdaemun to Long Weekend Haus DDP's 32-69㎡ suites by Dongdaemun Design Plaza, fill out the rest of the price and space range without crossing into luxury rates.

None of the six is a five-star property. Each publishes its own room sizes, occupancy limits and check-in windows, and each has been checked against a booking platform or its own site on the dates given below, so the numbers in the table are what a traveler would actually see when booking, not an average or a marketing floor.

Nine Tree Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong

Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong stands about 70 meters, roughly a one-minute walk, from Myeongdong Station Exit on Line 4, and its Standard Double room (sleeps 2, 18-19㎡, one bed) is priced from KRW171,492 for a one-night, two-guest stay checked 2026-09-16 on Trip.com. The property has 144 rooms across a non-smoking building, and Myeongdong Cathedral and the main shopping street are both under a five-minute walk.

Room types run from a single-occupancy Standard Single up to a four-guest Deluxe Family Twin with two double beds; none of the rooms include a kitchen. A refundable KRW100,000 deposit is collected per room and returned on checkout day, and there is no on-site parking, so guests arriving by car should plan for a nearby lot.

• Standard Twin: sleeps 2, two single beds, 20-27㎡
• Hollywood Double: sleeps 2, two single beds
• Family Twin: sleeps 3, one double plus one single bed
• Deluxe Family Twin: sleeps 4, one double bed

Booking runs through the property's own site at ninetreehotels.com/nth1 as well as Trip.com, Booking.com, Agoda and Klook, and check-in requires a credit card for the deposit hold.

Long Weekend Haus Long Weekend Haus DDP

Long Weekend Haus DDP, at 15-3 Ssangnim-dong, Jung-gu, near Dongdaemun Design Plaza, runs 12 suites across 7 room types, and the two-bedroom Dining Suite (sleeps 2, max 4, 35㎡) starts from KRW306,000 a night on the non-refundable rate, checked 2026-09-19 on the official site. The building is a 7-floor, 12-unit serviced-suite property, instead of a standard hotel floor plan, with self check-in by kiosk instead of a staffed front desk.

Every suite type has its own bedroom and bathroom count, and the 702 Penthouse is the only unit rated for eight guests: sleeps 4 at base occupancy, max 8, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms across 69㎡. Extra guests beyond a room's base occupancy add KRW10,000 per person per night, and stays of three nights or more get a 10% long-stay discount on the published rate.

• Garden Suite: sleeps 2, max 4, 1 bedroom, 36㎡
• Maru Suite: sleeps 3, max 6, 2 bedrooms, 44㎡
• Terrace Premier Suite: sleeps 2, max 4, 2 bedrooms, 38㎡
• Penthouse (unit 702): sleeps 4, max 8, 3 bedrooms, 69㎡

All rooms are non-smoking, pets are not allowed, wifi is free, and the flexible rate plan cancels free up to 14 days before check-in. If two couples want separate bedrooms instead of sharing one hotel room, the Maru Suite (2 bedrooms, sleeps up to 6) or the Dining Suite fits that shape directly, and a self check-in kiosk means a late flight into Seoul does not require timing arrival to a front desk's hours. Booking runs through stay.longweekendhaus.com as well as Trip.com.

Holiday Inn Express Holiday Inn Express Seoul Myeongdong

Holiday Inn Express Seoul Myeongdong sizes its rooms between 18㎡ and 32㎡, sits a one-minute walk from Hongik University Station Exit 5 with a direct Line 2 ride into Myeongdong, and listed nightly rates on momondo running from $26 to $191 for stays checked 2026-09-14. The property holds 294 rooms with blackout shades, a refrigerator, a work desk and a bidet in every bathroom.

A complimentary Express Start breakfast runs daily from 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM in the seventh-floor Great Room, with a to-go option for early departures. Check-in begins at 3:00 PM and check-out is 12:00 PM, both with early or late requests subject to availability at the front desk.

The property has no pool, no complimentary local shuttle, and does not allow pets. Cancellation and prepayment terms vary by the rate plan selected at booking, instead of following one fixed hotel-wide policy.

Toyoko Inn Toyoko Inn Seoul Myeongdong

Toyoko Inn Seoul Myeongdong is a 170-room property on Toegye-ro in Jung-gu, one minute's walk from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station, and its rooms were listed from S$82 a night for a 2026-09-14 stay date on Trip.com. The subway ride from the station to Myeongdong runs two stops without a transfer.

Rooms are compact: the Non-Smoking Double and Twin are both 16㎡, the Non-Smoking Single and Economy Single are 12㎡, and the Family Triple sleeping four is 24㎡ with a queen bed plus two singles. None of the room types list a kitchen.

• Non-Smoking Double: sleeps 2, one double bed, 16㎡
• Non-Smoking Twin: sleeps 2, two single beds, 16㎡
• Family Triple: sleeps 4, queen plus two singles, 24㎡
• Non-Smoking Mini Double: sleeps 2, one double bed, 13㎡

Check-in is 15:00 and check-out 10:00 for all guests, on-site parking costs KRW10,000 per night across eight spaces with a reservation required, and the chain's own club-card members get a 5% discount on top of the rates listed through toyoko-inn.com, Trip.com, Booking.com or Agoda.

Hotel Thomas Hotel Thomas Myeongdong

Hotel Thomas Myeongdong stands three to five minutes on foot from City Hall Station exits 7 and 8, and its Superior Twin room (238 sq ft, sleeps 2, two twin beds) was priced from $86 a night for a two-guest stay checked 2026-09-21 through a Booking.com-sourced search on Kayak. Deoksugung Palace, Namdaemun Market and the Myeongdong shopping streets sit within a ten-minute walk.

The building has 123 rooms across 12 floors, built in 2018. Every room includes a flat-screen TV, a refrigerator, an electric kettle and a desk, and bathrooms come with an electronic bidet, free toiletries and a hair dryer; none of the room types has a kitchenette.

Check-in runs from 3:00 PM to 3:00 AM with a minimum check-in age of 19, and check-out is 12:00 PM. Guests are asked to send their expected arrival time in advance through the booking platform's special-requests field. Cancellation terms vary by the rate booked, with some channels offering free cancellation and others, such as one third-party reseller, stating the room cannot be canceled free of charge.

GLAD Hotels GLAD Mapo

GLAD Mapo sits at Gongdeok Station Exit 9 in Mapo-gu, about a 20-minute drive from the Myeongdong shopping street, and its Deluxe Twin room (301 sq ft, sleeps 2, two twin beds) was listed from $98 a night checked 2026-09-21 through a Booking.com-sourced search. The building connects directly to Gongdeok Station's subway lines 5 and 6 and to the Airport Railroad and Gyeongui-Jungang line.

Room types run from the Jumbo Twin (32.8㎡) up to the GLAD House suite (581 sq ft, sleeps 2, one double bed), which includes a separate living room with a sofa and table and two bathrooms with separate wet and dry areas in some units. A minibar-style refrigerator, bottled water and instant coffee are available in select rooms; none of the room types has a kitchenette.

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is 11:00, with a minimum check-in age of 19 and a requirement that the reservation name match the guest's photo ID. Fully refundable rates are available on some booking channels, though the exact cancellation deadline is set by the rate chosen, instead of by one hotel-wide rule.

Evidence and criteria

Every price and distance figure above was checked against a specific platform on a specific date, instead of being pulled from a seasonal average. Booking.com, Trip.com, Kayak, momondo and the properties' own sites supplied the rates, and each was checked between 2026-09-14 and 2026-09-21.

• Nine Tree Hotel Myeongdong: Trip.com rate check, 2026-09-16.
• Long Weekend Haus DDP: official site's LodgingBusiness structured data and room table, 2026-09-19.
• Holiday Inn Express Seoul Myeongdong: momondo rate aggregation, 2026-09-14.
• Toyoko Inn Seoul Myeongdong: Trip.com rate check, 2026-09-14.
• Hotel Thomas Myeongdong: Kayak/Booking.com rate search, 2026-09-21.
• GLAD Mapo: Google Hotels/Booking.com rate search, 2026-09-21.

Walk times to Myeongdong, Hongdae, Dongdaemun and the Insadong/Jongno area come from the same platforms' own distance fields, instead of a generic map estimate, and each property's stated room sizes, occupancy limits and check-in windows are taken from its own listing, instead of a third-party summary.