Hotel Des Colonies

It is located ideally with great connections with required Brussels services.

Warm water is not available after 10:00 pm. From both taps flowing cold water.

Des Colonies is my first choice for staying for work in Brussels due to the close proximity to the workplace and have reviewed the hotel 2-3 times already. It goes under renovation these days, what is not particularly disturbing while you are staying there. This time I have got a renovated, spacious twin room. The rooms loose their character that I really liked about the place before, but indeed it was around time. Breakfast is good. I like the old fashioned shoe-cleaning machines on the floors and the proper heating what you can adjust to your needs.

Unfortunately it seems the hotel accommodate large groups time by time. This time there were 20-30 teenagers likely on a school trip, and to whom were allocated rooms each floors in the hotel. Sleeping is quite challenging when teens having PJ parties on the floor / in the next room until 2 am...not even earplug helps since the walls are very thin in some of the rooms (it would have been a good idea to add soundproofing at the same time with the renovation). The reception were quite helpful - they called the room in question to ask them to keep it down but still...in the morning I heard other guests to mention the noise. There is no hairdryer in the room, not even in the renovated ones - you need to ask the reception to provide one.

they offer me gluten free bread for breakfast, however they reply me that they are not provided gluten free breakfast. I really enjoy it.

The staff was very helpful. Room was cosy and very clean.

No tea/coffee facility in the room (maybe explained by the relatively inexpensive price of the room)