The Dominican, BrusselsvsBrussels Welcome Hotel
The Dominican and Brussels Welcome Hotel are both highly recommended by professional travelers. Overall, Brussels Welcome Hotel is the choice of most reviewers compared to The Dominican. Brussels Welcome Hotel comes in at #5 in Brussels with endorsements from 9 publications such as Frommer's, DK Eyewitness and Concierge.
The Dominican, Brussels Show All Reviews
Leopoldstraat / Rue Leopold 9, Brussels, Brussels 1000, Belgium
From $125/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Michelin Guide
"A designer-inspired luxury hotel on the site of a former ominican convent. Open spaces, elegant furniture and modern comforts which benefit from maximum attention to detail."
Concierge
"With a terrific location on a quiet street near the Grand Place, the 150-room Dominican takes its design cues from the fifteenth-century abbey that originally occupied the site."
Travel + Leisure
"Heaven knows what the 15th-century Dominican friars would make of this ornate modern pleasure palace, which now occupies the site of their long-ago city monastery." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"With a terrific location on a quiet street near the Grand Place, the 150-room Dominican takes its design cues from the fifteenth-century abbey that originally occupied the site." Full review
Star Service
"Suites overlooking the Opera House are popular. Less expensive Executive rooms are spacious and furnish minibars and complimentary Internet access. Adjoining rooms are available." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Combining classic elegance with understated modern chic this excellent top-range palace occupies the site of a former abbey right behind La Monnaie." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"The Dominican is an upscale hotel housed where a 15th-century Dominican Abbey once stood, and it combines classic architecture with elegantly modern interior design." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"The Dominican has style and swagger – a tone set by the flaming torches at the entrance, and the suite of stately, stone-flagged public rooms set around a courtyard." Full review
Jetsetter
"A four-star Design Hotel near the iconic Grand Place and Le Monnaie in the beating heart of Brussels." Full review
Afar Magazine
"Rooms are tranquil, plush and comfortable and the hotel is entirely non-smoking. " Full review
Brussels Welcome Hotel
Quai au bois a bruler 23, Brussels, Brussels 1000, Belgium
From $115/night
- Pet Friendly
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Multilingual
Concierge
"The blandest of names gives entirely the wrong impression of this 17-room gem in the Lower City's cute, cobblestoned Sainte-Catherine district."
Fodor's
"The rooms, divided into economy, business, and first class, are as comfortable as those in far more expensive establishments." Full review
Lonely Planet
"The wooden-panelled reception area does nothing to prepare guests for the full-colour decor in each uniquely designed room transporting you to, say, Tahiti, Congo, Cuba or Zanzibar." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Situated in a peaceful location to the north of Place Ste Catherine (the city’s old fish market), Hotel Welcome sits in the midst of some fabulous fish restaurants."
Frommer's
"The name of this gem of a hotel, overlooking the Fish Market, couldn't be more accurate, thanks to the untiring efforts of the husband-and-wife proprietors." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The 17-room Brussels Welcome Hotel is a unique, family-run property with lots of character in a prime location in the heart of historic Brussels." Full review
Let's Go
"Get ready for the cheesy plug: Welcome Hotel is not just a hotel, it’s an experience." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"Exotic travel is the theme at the Brussels Welcome Hotel – a wonderland lies behind the rather plain façade." Full review
EuroCheapo
Editor's Pick
"The three-star Hotel Welcome is a small hotel, carefully maintained and lovingly managed by its gregarious proprietor and manager, Michel Smeesters." Full review