My Friend and I stayed on a bus trip to see the Bulbfields, from Glasgow. The hotel was nice and clean,the bedroom was acceptable. Before we left the UK, we read the reviews and asked for a kettle at reception, this was no problem,given to us for the two night`s stay. We brought our own tea/coffee, didn`t eat the biscuits, so we only used the kettle for 4 cups of tea/coffee.

When we left to come home, we were rudely asked for 4euros for the loan of the tray, we explained that we were not told about this charge, when the tray was handed over. The cleaner then said yes, she had told us and we didn`t have any change to pay her, first we ever heard about it. The manageress stepped in, and argued her point that we had kept the tray away from other people. It was never the money side of it, but it would have been nice to be informed when we received it.

There was also a lot of smoke in the bar, and you had to walk through the bar to get to the Dining room. There was also people eating in there,which is against the Law in Belgium.

The waiting staff were all very nice, but the Manageress had alot to be desired. The bedrooms were not touched after the first day. Still full bins. Very disapointed. Would not return there. It is also looking onto a housing estate, nothing much to do there. No entertainment.

We stayed here at the end of Sept on a coach tour. It was very convenient for Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges. The hotel was in the suburbs, so instead of being able to wander into town, we were able to take a few quiet walks along the 'river' nearby.

The hotel was fairly quiet ( I understand that only the first 2 floors comprise the hotel, the remainder being longer term lets). The rooms were a reasonable size and warm - a welcome refuge from the lousy weather. Neither coffee making facilities nor hairdryers were in the rooms, but could be obtained from reception.

We were on half board, and the food was superb. The staff were brilliant and couldn't do enough for us. Nice ambience in the bar and restaurant area, and a 'games area' was available.

Certainly a convenient, welcoming, and comfortable place to stay.

My parents and I stayed here with a Shearings coach trip to Holland and Belgium.
It is a clean, relaxed and welcoming hotel with very friendly staff for whom nothing is too much trouble. The reception, bar and restaurant areas are all nicely decorated with up to date furnishings.
Our rooms were a good size with comfortable beds, a good sized bathroom with shower and good wardrobe space.
Just a bit basic though - no tea/coffee making facilities, also no tissues but it did have shower and handwashing soap dispeners.
However, one of the surprises was not having a choice for our evening meal. The food - soup, main course and dessert - was reasonable and well presented but we all had the same with no menu or specials board being offered. It was possibly because we were a tourist group but I have not experienced that before and have been on several coach tours.
The service was quick though with not a long wait between courses.
The horshoe shaped buffet bar for breakfast was not too well designed - being very cramped and difficult to get at with guests getting in each other's way all the time. We soon learned that it was best to get down 10 mins before the stated time to try to have fairly clear access to the food because as soon as more than about 6 guests were in the buffet area it became almost impossible - by the end of our stay though everyone had the same idea!
I cannot say how close to the shops or town centre the hotel is because we didn't take the coach trip into the town. The hotel is situated in a residential area and we always came back to it through this area from the main road. Also we took advantage of the excursions every day so didn't have the time to explore the surrounding district.
It would be interesting to read a review from someone who had booked this hotel independently, especially with reference to the evening meal menu and room facilities, because the specifications on websites I have looked at does state a lot more room facilites than we had.
We noticed a lot of suited and laptop carrying guests so concluded that it was well used by business people and reps.
There were canned drinks dispensing machines on each floor. Picnic lunches could be ordered for excursions and were well made up with a good variety of rolls, sandwiches, salad, fruit, cake and a drink.
The rather basic nature of our hotel provision was made up for in a big way by it's warm and friendly staff.