Jacques BrelvsMEININGER Hotel Bruxelles City Center
Jacques Brel Youth Hostel and MEININGER Hotel Brussels City Center are both endorsed by professional reviewers. On balance, MEININGER Hotel Brussels City Center ranks slightly better than Jacques Brel Youth Hostel. MEININGER Hotel Brussels City Center scores 78 with approval from 3 sources like Frommer's, Oyster and The Telegraph.
Jacques Brel
Rue de la Sablonniere, 30, Brussels 1000, Belgium
From $46/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Restaurant
Lonely Planet
"Set around a central courtyard and fountain, this spiffy-looking cream-rendered hostel houses 173 beds." Full review
Let's Go
"Surprisingly lively, Jacques Brel provides a modern bar and lounge in its reception area." Full review
EuroCheapo
Editor's Pick
"The Jacques Brel Hostel (named for the famed Belgian singer-songwriter) isn’t your average, run-down backpacker establishment, as evidenced by its charming courtyard with wooden garden furniture." Full review
Frommer's
"The friendly, rather ramshackle hostel has the reputation of being the best one in Brussels...because the hostel is inside an old house, rooms are of odd shapes and sizes." Full review
MEININGER Hotel Bruxelles City Center
Quai du Hainaut 33, Saint-Jans-Molenbeek, Brussels 1080, Belgium
From $66/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Laundry Service
- Laundy Room
- Multilingual
Frommer's
"The German Meininger hotel group made a shrewd move when they took over the former Belleville brewery." Full review
Oyster
Mid-Range
"Stylish and modern, the lower-middle-range Meininger Hotel Brussels City Center is part hotel, part hostel, with more than 700 beds occupying 150 rooms." Full review
The Telegraph
7.0
"A former brewery is the industrial setting for this novel property, part of a dynamic German chain that aims to bring hotel standards to youth hostel culture." Full review
Wallpaper
"Housed in a redbrick building, in what used to be the former Bellevue brewery next to the canal in Brussels, these new carbon neutral lodgings are a cheerful mix between budget hotel and hostel." Full review