The Dominican, BrusselsvsStanhope Hotel Brussels by Thon Hotels
Both The Dominican and Stanhope Hotel are highly recommended by experts. Overall, The Dominican ranks marginally better than Stanhope Hotel. The Dominican comes in at #6 in Brussels with approval from 10 publications like Concierge, Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure.
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
Stanhope Hotel Brussels by Thon Hotels
9, Rue du Commerce, Brussels 1000, Belgium
From $106/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Michelin Guide
"The splendours of the Victorian era are brought to life in this British-style townhouse."
Frommer's
"An old convent and some neighboring properties in the upmarket shopping district around avenue Louise and Porte de Namur have been transformed into this graceful hotel." Full review
Lonely Planet
"This grand English-style hotel might appear to be a jodhpurs-and-foxhounds type of place, but for all its manor-house grandeur it has a languid, laid-back air." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"A haven of calm set between the bustling blocks between the European Parliament and the Royal Palace, the 1991 Stanhope has a decidedly British charm." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Providing deluxe Belgian hospitality in three converted townhouses, the five-star boutique Hotel Stanhope is decorated in English country style and delivers old-fashioned service."
Star Service
"Inaugurated in 1991, Stanhope Hotel remains one of the best options for traditionalists in the capital." Full review
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Oyster
Upscale
"Part of the Thon Hotels chain, the upscale Stanhope has a boutique touch." Full review
Jetsetter
"Nineteenth-century townhouse with Regency-era rooms and an ivy-clad garden in Brussels' European Quarter." Full review
Hideaway Report
90.0
"Elegant hotel in several 19th-century former townhouses within walking distance of designer shops and key attractions including the Royal Palace, Magritte Museum and European Parliament." Full review
Michelin Guide
"This hotel is sewn together from an old convent and the surrounding townhouses, and the result is possibly Brussels' most exclusive and elegant hotel...decorated in an English country house style" Full review