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Review of Van der Valk Hotel Brussels Ai...

A wonderful hotel, in a great location when you ha...

A wonderful hotel, in a great location when you have to catch a flight from Brussels airport the next day. Information and well synchronized shuttles to get to the airport.

Our little family was accommodated in a large room with three beds and a nice bathroom following a flight cancellation. The set is correct and very comfortable.

The restaurant is spacious and well appointed. Special mention for the very pretty water carafe bearing the image of the hotel. The dish served was typical of the country with golden fries, accompanied by a good beer. We would have liked to have a rather light dessert (fresh fruit salad or sorbet) but the restaurant menu only offers very generous desserts.

The breakfast is very good, with a very wide choice whether it is salty or sweet. The buffet is also very well presented, superbly stocked. Compared to other 4 star hotels, there is a little more choice (especially salty) and the setting is also very pretty.

Some points that could be improved to make the hotel really perfect:

-The toilets had traces that are not at all worthy of a 4 star hotel

-There was a compartment that contained an electrical circuit breaker inside the cabinet. The small wooden door to this compartment fell every time we wanted to retrieve things from the wardrobe and made a loud noise (we were in room 112).

-There are small screw tips protruding from one side of the headboard. It could hurt a toddler who is having fun hiding behind.

-The staff who came to clean knocked twice in the morning on our room door when we told them that we are vacating the room at noon.

Despite all these drawbacks, I put a comment with 5 stars because the staff is friendly and the welcome is very professional. We very much appreciated the special attention given to children at the reception, the "kids check in"!

We will probably choose this hotel again for our next Brussels vacation if we have to catch an early morning flight or arrive late at night.