Our short stay at this hotel was an interesting experience. Before I get into the details, I would like to state this, if we travel to Brussels again, I would stay here in a heart beat. For the price, you cant beat the comfort and the location.
This hotel was exactly what we needed to spend 3 days in this beautiful city. Located right next to shopping, attractions and restaurants of Grand Place, as well as near one of the main transportation hubs. Tons of other historical and architectural attractions within walking distance also made this a great hotel choice.
Be prepared: this is not your typical hotel experience. Since this is marketed as an extended stay property, it has a feel of apartments vs. actual full service hotel. Upon making your reservation, make sure to receive a key code for the front door. This hotel does not have a front desk or full-time on property staff. There is, however, an on-call manager who proved to be affective and helpful.
The rooms are spacious, clean and comfortable. Your room key needs to be inserted into a slot right next to the door to activate electricity. Plenty of space for your belongings, an office desk area, queen size bed and a flat screen television surrounded by modern, inexpensive IKEA style decor.
Here's our funny story: Arrived in Brussels and located the property in early afternoon. Our front door key code was not working or we just weren't using it properly. A nice young couple was walking by and used their key card to let us in. Once inside we located our room keys and welcome packages in a lock-box. All is well so far :-) I opened our room only to discover someone asleep in the bed. Oops! ...It's the right room number and the key card worked... Our friends, somehow ended up with the exact same scenario.
We quickly huddle downstairs and call the manager on-duty. She promptly returns our call and starts working on the issue. Turns out, a large family had rented out the entire floor and was scheduled to check-out early in the am. Head of the family came downstairs to chat with us, and said he simply decided not to check-out and extend his stay...however he failed to get a hold of the hotel and let them know. The manager directed us to a near by cafe and took care of our lunch assuring our small group that this issue will be resolved promptly. We relaxed and had our lunch while watching the chaos of this large family frantically trying to gather their belongings and all the kids while making arrangements for alternative accommodations. Our rooms were cleaned and we were ready to check in within 2 hours. We all (us, hotel guests and manager) parted as friends.
The rest of our stay was as any other hotel experience would or should be - uneventful :-) We had a blast exploring the city and walking all over Grand Place area and the rest of Brussels. read more