The Lodge Vilvoorde

Recent Reviews: 222

• User:Jay-P-DB

  Trip type: Solo travel

  To avoid if possible.

  22 Feb 2026

  Unprofessional service. Almost a youth albergo for grown-ups? The lady at the reception was the only ok person. Cleaning crew not polite. Room Spartan. Breakfast crew looked as they never had worked in F & B before.

• User:JohnO422

  Trip type: Business

  Just about Satisfactory

  27 Aug 2024

  Nice welcome at reception. The room is fine but cleanliness is not great. Example; bathroom sink could have been cleaner, stains on the carpet (room 105), toilet role not replenished with a new one but a half used one! It all feels a bit 2 star. The corridors are light sensor activated which is fine. However, the timer delay is too long so you can be in a totally dark area for a second or so. The corridors are very poorly illuminated. Breakfast is adequate. No air-con in my room and not a single window open in the breakfast area. It was not a comfortable experience. The hotel building is fascinating and location is fine but it needs a “reset”.

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• User:garylM7561LB

  Trip type: Business

  Ok ish

  27 Nov 2023

  First of all I have to say its a very interesting building and that the downstairs/breakfast/bar area is quite nice but after that, Im struggling to find more positives.Bar - the reception staff are also the bar staff so if there are people at reception you can forget having a drink. Also you have to pay at the reception, which once again if theres a queue can take a while.Rooms - this was the most disappointing as the downstairs looked nice. I ended up with two single mattresses and quilts which were comfortable, a broken lamp in the corner and could still see quite a bit of dust. There was also a LOT of noise during the night.Breakfast - to be honest it was ok-ish, the food they had was nice enough for what it was.All in all I wont be in a rush to stay again

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• User:Bruno V

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Quiet comfy hotel

  11 Jul 2023

  Nice and quiet hotel in an old XVIIIth century prison surrounded by a park. Rooms are a bit small (but not as small as the cells must have been). In Vilvoorde it is a short 5 min walk from the main church. Belgian breakfast is good, there is plenty of space to sit at your table. There is a small bar. Within a 5-10 minute walk you are downtown where there are shops and restaurants.

• User:F6965EEangief

  Trip type: Couples

  Needs major revamp

  16 Jul 2022

  Let’s start with the two positives. One, the staff were absolutely lovely, so incredibly helpful, going above and beyond to assist us. Perfect English and just genuinely nice people.Two -it’s quirky. As an ex jail some of the features are interesting, although the dark and tatty hallways did nothing for it I’m afraid. So, the reality of this stay. Uncomfortable. We had two single beds pushed together and they were like a bouncy castle. I fell off the edge one night because the very very poor mattress didn’t stay on the base. It was like a big inflatable.There are no facilities in rooms for tea/coffee. The hotel does not do food other than breakfast. This hotel accommodates many surgery patients who have to stick to a liquid diet. Not so easy when no food at hotel and no kettle in room. Patients are not always able to walk any distance to get into town to buy anything. The room was hat I called “surface clean” it was not clean to standards I’d expect. Thick pockets ofDust and the cleaning service did not come near our room in the 5 days we stayed. They have no till at the bar soIt’s exact money only with no change given or use a card (which if you’re pounds sterling will add a chargeFrom bank)At €120 per night, was it worth that? No it certainly was not. For that accommodation I’d expectTo pay €95 a night tops. Again I must finish with how fabulous the staff all were. In a better hotel our trip would have been perfect Staff actually heated a tin of soup for me also which they didn’t need to do. So kind

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