Hotel Europacity in Brussels

The bathroom and toilet smelled really bad and the breakfast sausages tasted expired.

Plus:
The room is really big. So is the bed. It is so big that makes me think as if it is king size bed to house politicians or prime minister from the 80s, 90s.

There is heating both in the room and in the shower

There is air con set in the room( but I didn't try to see if it works)

This hotel is located less than 10 mins walk from Brussels north station

Minus
The room look really old. May be 90s, if not 80s.

There is no carpet on the floor. It is really clean but it is really cold to step on. Bring your own slippers.

The room is dim. And some lights were spoilt.

Even if was told it is a non smoking room, the room has lingering smoking smell. Someone smoked in this room before. I told the front desk, he said he will check but when I return from the city , the smell is there still.

The bathroom has some odd smell. May b smell of roaches, or roaches in the pipes.

The shower curtain smell of mould and damp cloth/ damp laundry.

The heating stop around 2am. May b there is max amount of heating one room could use. Make sure you time your heating usage carefully.

The wall is really thin. You can hear when someone is around the lift, going towards their room or what next door is up to.

I can hear everything happening outside, on the street, from police car n siren rushing up and down, to people wondering on the street, their conversation. I don't feel safe here. I can't relax and sleep.

I don't like the paper cup given together with coffee and the place to brush teeth. May be the hotel suffer too often from being stolen . But that make the hotel rating dropping from 1star hotel to guest house.

The toilet spoilt in the middle of the night and you can hear water flowing all night. Need to maneuver with the old school toilet pull button .

I appreciate the effort they maintain it but personally I don't like it. unless you have really early bus or train to catch, and is on a shoe string budget then it is your choice.

first
There is no dedicated parking lot, so an additional parking fee of 18 euros is charged.
There is a crime-ridden area nearby, so the atmosphere is bad and the lighting in the room is so dark that you can't do anything in the room.
And overall, it was very cold as if there was no heating.
I recommend it