This hotel was acceptable to myself and my husband but I am afraid if our children were still young and had to go with us, we would probably not have stayed there. The stairs were very steep - and tiled - some the tiles broken and sharp. The stairs were open to one side with a drop all the way from the 4th floor to the bottom with two rails about 2 feet apart leaving a gap for a child to easily fall through. In fact, even if an adult were to stumble they could easily fall through!!! If it were the UK, the hotel would be closed down until this was remedied!!!! Also there is a very small two person lift which, on coming out of, you have to make a very careful manoevre so as not to fall down the stairs because they are so near to the lift entrance!!

The en-suite was reasonably clean and the sheets were clean, but the wallpaper was grubby with the double bed pushed right up to the wall on one side.

We had penne arrabiatta for our evening meal and it consisted of a huge bowl of pasta with one ladle of sauce plonked in the middle. I ate the middle bit and left the rest of the rather boring pasta. The waiters in the evening were fairly friendly and pleasant.

When we went down for breakfast at 8.30 and there were croissants and rolls on the menu - my husband asked for a croissant and a cup of coffee to be told by a very gruff bad tempered waiter that there were no croissants - despite a bakery next door, and so he opted for a roll. The waiter came back with a piece of french bread which my husband declined so he and I did without breakfast and just had a cup of coffee.

To sum up - if you're elderly you would most certainly not be able to negotiate the steep stairs and the awkwardly placed lift and if you have children - DON'T GO THERE!!!!! because it' positively dangerous!!!!! If you are very agile and extremely aware and unlikely to get drunk for negotiating the stairs then it's ok for a short stopover.

Plus: Everyday room service, nice view of the Basilica, Free wireless, Budget hotel, the receptionists were polite

Minus: Location!! It was far away from the Metro station (15mins on foot) and really far away from the centre of Brussels!!!
It was too noisy!!! The hotel is located on a very busy street and every morning there was too much noise from the traffic!!! Also the cleaners would start cleaning really early in the morning and they would make noise!!
Although there was everyday room service, the walls were too dirty...
The sleep quality was really poor as the matresses and pillows were not comfortable at all!

Overall I wouldnt stay at this hotel again, mainly because it is far away from the centre and I didn't get any rest!!!!However it is ok for the price that we paid!!!

I only stayed at this hotel for one night, but I was overall satisfied. The room is small, but clean and quiet _although there's a restaurant downstairs, there was no noise whatsoever coming into the room. The staff is nice. Good place to sleep after a busy day in Brussels if you can get a good price. The only down, I think, is that's a bit far from the city centre, and it's quite a walk to the metro station (10-15min), although you walk through a very nice park.

The room is big and roomy, and there's an AC, which was a plus.
The A/C was leaking tho, but it worked.
Bathroom is also big.

This hotel is about a 10 minute walk to the nearest subway station, and it's right across a nice basilique.

some people seemed to complain about smoke. this hotel is on top of a bar, but we didn't have any issues with cig smoke, or noise from the bar.

definitely recommended.