Booked this place for an overnight stay on a business trip - I should not have. The location is great, BUT: calling this a 3 star HOTEL is quite an overstatement... I've stayed at plenty of B&B's which were way better for a fairer price. The room came relatively cheap at 99 EUR plus city tax (off season in February) which did not include breakfast, and based on the reviews I'm glad I did not spend the extra 16 EUR on it. The hotel has a weird layout with a separate reception and a fire-door type entry with a broken handle to some old derelict building. Conveniently located next to the Mechelen Cathedral which is nice if you don't mind listening to bells chiming every hour, right next to the main square. This is about as positive as it gets. The rooms are extremely shabby, most things are broken e.g. towel holder in the bathroom hanging halfway ripped out of the wall, some odd cabinet type contraption behind the toilet that is broken and chipped, dirty light switches from the 80's, overall broken and worn out feeling. Sinking mattress with no support, placed on top of two single beds that do not match in height and size. Flower decoration in a used wine bottle with the labels on and some sand inside. Unbearable perfume smell in the entire room which I had no idea where was coming from, so had to keep the window open in -5 °C to try to air it out and then listen to the traffic on the cobblestoned street below. Extremely rough towels that appear to have been washed a thousand times with some extra tough detergent. Plastic cups for drinking that were milky from the wear and use. Just UGH. Sheets were clean and I stayed in much worse in Belgium before, but still, not even close to a 3-star hotel. Oh, and the check in: friendly girl at the reception, took quite a while to find my reservation (booked through company booking app) which turned out they mistakenly booked for the next day. Lucky for me they had space available so at least I did not have to wonder around a strange city looking for another place to stay - but maybe this was the Universe's way of trying to warn me to back off. Next time I'll take the hint and give this place a miss.
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