This hotel was very reasonably priced, and fairly central (roughly a 20 minute walk from the Grand place) as it is close to shopping centres and Brussels Nord train station. It is in a quiet little side street close to a park, and the rooms are comfortable and bright if not particularly inviting, and are just the right size. The only complaint I had was that the rooms were very very warm - even when the fan in the room was used. The staff were pleasant, but if you're looking for a budget offering with minimal use of transport to get around, this may be just the thing.

The hotel was in the middle of the red light district and was not the easiest to find so we spent ages wandering round the adjacent streets when it was getting to late at night. Still we gave the place the benefit of the doubt. The lady on reception when we arrived was lovely but the guy who replaced her was not overly friendly and then kept us up all night by talking loudly with his mates - odd when the rooms are apparently sound proofed... Don't believe the hotel descriptions as they all seemed false and while the room itself was dingy but adequate I wouldn't spend more than 30 euros to stay there. We spent 50 euros here and felt somewhat robbed by the experience.
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When we arrived we found out they chage 4 euros for one hour of WIFI time.
They had one computer in the reception area which they said we could use 24 hours a day, but during the night when I tried to use it, I was told it was closed.

It looked like the person working at the reception desk wanted to sleep and didn't want to be disturbed. I suspect that as in poor countries, they don't have enough staff and or they don't pay well enough to have someone actually stay awake during the night, but instead they are supposed to work and sleep during the same shift. I suspect this because I saw a pair of shoes on the floor near the reception desk, and when I came down, I didn't see anyone sitting or standing behind the desk. Yet when he heard me coming, he stood up.

The next day I tried to connect my laptop directly to the Internet cable so I could upload and download my mail quickly, but I was told in a very authoritarian tone that this was not permitted either. I have done this often in other places so it all depends on the person making, enforcing or intterpreting the rules.

If you Internet access is important to you, then I would not recommend this hotel. Otherwise it was acceptable, except for a constand beep tone that we could hear coming from the hallway which sounded each thirty seconds or so. It might have been a low battery alarm on the smoke alarm, but I didn't investigate it to find out.
The show had mold around it, and the ceiling hadn't been painted after it had been patched, but it was clean enough.

Also, when I asked to talk to the owner of the hotel to express my dissatisfaction, I was told very bluntly "You can't talk to him."

I was travelling inEurope with my wife and teenage daughter. In Brussels, I wanted a triple room good convenient location at an attractive price without sacrifcing cleanliness & bit of comfort. I did quite a bit of research and settled on Hotel Albergo. The location is superb, within 5 min walk from Gare du Nord. Our Eurostar train from London arrived in Midi station, so we bought a 10 euro family pass (good for a whole day on public system) and took the metro to Gare du Nord. Walked from there, it was easy armed with google directions. In fact it is easier to walk from metro station Rogier. Come out of Metro on the Botanique side, look for Hotel Crowne Plaza, walk on the sidewalk infront of it, go under the under the bridge, cross the divided 2-way road, turn right, then turn left at the next corner. May be 3 - 4 minute walk, total. Note that Hotel ALbergo is next to Best Western (which is a bigger hotel, so easier to ask people for directions).
From Hotel Albergo you can walk to most of the attractions. Mustafa at the counter was very nice. He was very helpful! We liked our triple room, it was big with a private path. It was clean. I'd go back there next time!