Overnight stay at this hotel as a stop over on the way to Holland. We found the hotel easily and car parking is free with plenty of spaces. Receptionist friendly enough at check in. Room felt a little like a cell - probably due to the grey decor and the window was so high you couldn't see out of it and one of the walls could do with a good clean it was very scuffed. Very large bed that was comfortable. Good large bathroom/wet room. My main problem with this hotel as a non smoker is the smell of smoke everywhere. We had a drink in the bar and within minutes were engulfed in smoke, this unfortunately is noticeable in the rooms too and I had a bad night's sleep because of this. We didn't eat in the restaurant (although that is a non smoking area) as the menu seemed rather over priced for what it was. Buffet breakfast was perfectly adequate.

I can't understand why other reviews spoke about this being on an industrial estate, they must have entered it from the wrong direction. The hotel was easy to find, we parked up and did not need our car for the duration of our stay. We had booked the trendy room with booking.com and were disappointed to find that it is exactly the same as the standard room, but the manager was kind enough to upgrade us for free to the suite. I would return to this hotel but would book the suite not a room as to my mind the rooms are NOT 4 star standard. The suite was very comfortable. On our first day we asked the concierge to direct us towards some restaurants, we simply had to walk down the side of the hotel, 50 yards and were in a square. Only problem is they still smoke in bars in Belgium so we had to avoid a few due to sons asthma. From the square if you go down the high street all the way to the end on the right is the train station. Children travel free. It cost us 8 euros return to travel to Bruge and the same for Ghent. Breakfast was as one would expect, don't expect a fry up and you won't be disappointed, the usual suspects were there, juices yogurts cereals bread, cheeses hams, pastries and boiled egg and a few belgium dishes. It felt small and friendly and my son got to play with the owner's son who was very well mannered. My criticism would be that we could not get food before 8 pm on week days and there was some problem with food on sunday. Also the smoke from the bar travels up to the room. We did not experience any problems with outside noise and for value and location (half hour drive from ostend) it is a brilliant base to explore bruge and ghent.

Modern room but not so cosy and a lot of noise from the highway.
Breakfast was average. We missed the friendly touch of the staff, during breakfast and actually during our entire stay.

We arrived after a drive around the roadworks. There were road works all outside. No noise as it was the weekend but not too pleasant.
We sat outside where it seemed to be a social club for the owners friends and their children !
The hotel was described as dog friendly. We asked if we could sit outside and eat as we did not want to put everyone out by eating in the restaurant but was told the restaurant was the only place we could eat.
We placed our order and took the table and was then told that we were not welcome there with the dog and the only place to eat was outside ! Confused well we were !
Overall was clean and satisfactory but the initial debacle ruined it all.