My company usually book this hotel and I stayed here a few times. Not that I prefer it or like it but it is somehow ok for Bruxelles. I stayed in a coupled of different rooms in this hotel at different floors. Hotel is a bit rusty and furniture is rather old fashioned and need some renovation. Rooms are clean but nothing spectacular to expect. They need renovation as you have that 70s or 80s feeling when you enter. But maybe for some generation from this time that is ok :). But all in all it is convenient location only 5 minutes walk from Gare du Nord what is convenient if you need to go to the airport in the morning. Breakfast place is nice, big and you have plenty to choose of. Internet is free of charge. I use it only in the lobby. What hotel also need to change is the front entrance door. They are banging heavy with each guest coming in or out. They need to soften that banging down. I wonder how this is not irritating for staff working all days and nights at the reception. What I also always lough is the price tag for the rooms at the reception desk, like saying single room 250EUR. I believe this is a price for guests that walk directly into the hotel? For what you get is more like level of 50 EUR hotel and not 5 times more, common....
But on a positive sight you can get even much worse in Bruxelles for the same price you pay for this hotel so i'm somehow neutral in my rating.

I stayed two nights at this hotel in Brussels. I chose it because of the location, and the price (75 euros a night with breakfast, but without the local night taxes). The hotel is located next to the Sheraton/Crowne Plaza, etc., 10 minutes on foot from the Grand Place and some 7 minutes on foot to the train station, which also makes it a good option for those having to take a train to the airport, for example.

The cons of the hotel are the following: a) the rooms are cold; b) the decoration is from the old times, it really needs being refurnished!!!; c) Rooms are dimly lit; d) the lobby, where wifi connection is free is also dimly lit; e) the variety of food in the breakfast service is not good at all; f) I could hear the people next room watching telly :(

We stayed at this hotel just for one night upon arriving at Brussels. The location of the hotel is fairly convenient with some nice restaurants around like "Brussels Grill". The lobby of the hotel is quite impressive and lavishly decorated. The breakfast room is very beautiful with comfortable leather chairs and a good variety of breakfast choices. Great coffee and chocolate drinks. What is more, when booking our room from "easyclick" we thought that breakfast was not included, but the receptionist told us that it was included with no extra charges. Now, the rooms where a bit old and the blankets and the sheets were old too. The bathroom was nothing fancy but we didn't care because if you visit a city like Brussels you want to spend your day wandering around not sleeping. I would recommend this hotel.

An old hotel in the heart of Brussels, offered usually at a law price, compared with the other hotels in the town.
Des colonies hotel has nothing to offer more than a sleep. If you go for business in Brussels you can chose it and avoid paying the double or the triple price to stay in a better one.
Des Colonies has small rooms, even smaller WCs with shower, a moquette covering the ground, a very small TV and an empty refrigerators. That's all...
The breakfast is a typical european breakfast, but the good location of the hotel and the low priced were enough for me, who arrived late at night in Brussels and left the room very early in the next morning. If I had to visit for a longer period, the hotel would be a problem, I'ld need something more confortable.