The location of this hotel is absolutely perfect - right in the train station... once we found it. We had arrived from London and knew it was there, but was wondering how to get to the hotel. We ended up walking outside and around to see a Haagen-Dazs and then further down was the actual outside entrance to the hotel. When we entered, we realized there was another entrance from the station by the Haagen-Dazs. There weren't any signs directing you to the hotel that I could see, but as soon as we got off the escalators from the train station, we did see an advertisement for it so we knew it was there.
There is a small little area where the receptionists stand and are ready to greet you - first in French, then (sometimes) in English. We got the normal room and when we got there at around 10:30 AM (or perhaps 11 AM), our room wasn't ready yet. We were offered an upgrade for an additional €30 because that room was ready but we declined, so they offered to keep our larger luggage pieces until we could return about 2 hours or so later. The staff was nice and helpful, despite my hesitation at using the little French I knew.
Once we returned, we picked up our luggage and headed up. Our room was on the 8th floor; you need to scan your key card for the elevators to work for the floors containing guest rooms. The room was actually really nice and modern; I liked it a lot. They supply C.O. Bigelow toiletries which I loved. Their bathroom was great and I enjoyed using it every night when we returned - we were there 2 nights - and their shower was actually the length of a bathtub and could easily accommodate 2 (or 3 small) people at a time. There was a glass wall/door partitioning the shower from the rest of the bathroom.
The reception staff that we encountered for the remainder of our stay was also nice, but not overly so. The cleaning people gave us 3 extra mini shampoo bottles (but no extra conditioner) for the second night, which I found a little amusing. Although you have an option of skipping changing the sheets, they still changed them for our last night.
I do recommend this place as a whole. Location is great (transit-wise and it was only about a 20-minute walk from Grand Place), the Haagen-Dazs downstairs actually ended up being our go-to place for breakfast, and the room more than met our needs. read more