Renaissance Brussels, Belgium [Master Thread]
Oct 25, 2017, 4:43 am
Renaissance Brussels Hotel
Rue Du Parnasse 19 Brussels, BE 1050
Renaissance Brussels - Excellent treatment for elites (7 Photos)
Renaissance Brussels Hotel
Despite that the rooms in this hotel have a little bit a dated look I love this hotel for the smiles I get from the staff and the excellent treatment for elites.
Check In
Check-in has always been a pleasent experience at this hotel. Staff are friendly, start a little conversation. As a platinum member I got a paper where I could choose my welcome gift.
On my first stay I arrived around 6PM on a friday evening and some sort of happy hour was going on apparently and I promptly received a glass of wine.
Room
Rooms have a little dated look. Beds are comfortable though. TV in the room is brand new with a USB interface.
Bathrooms are rather small but include a nice set of amenities. Only the executive suite came with a bigger bathroom. I have stayed in a club level room, junior suite and excecutive suite. All three rooms offered bath robes by default.
My last stay was in a junior suite. This room has a seperate small office. The room is twice as large as the regular rooms but not very practical. A wide open space between the bed and the TV on the opposite wall. A sofa is placed along the right wall, not really in a good position to watch the TV either.
The last picture shows the welcome gift we received as Platinum member.
Service
This is the main reason I like this hotel as much. I feel welcome from the moment I enter this hotel. Everybody who works here is very friendly and polite from the reception to the restaurant to the gym. (which is operated by a 3rd party)
My first stay here was a surprise for my wife for our wedding anniversary. I had booked an arrangement that included some cocktails but as I mentioned this during check-in (they asked something along the line "what brings you here") they promptly upgraded us to the executive suite and upgraded the cocktails to a 3-course meal in the restaurant.
On all my subsequent stays I always received at least an upgrade to a club-level room and as mentioned earlier on my last stay as Platinum member to a junior suite.
I should say all my stays were on a Friday or Saterday evening.
Dining
Breakfast:
The breakfast buffett is pretty extensive. I cannot think of something I miss. Gold & Platinum elite members get a free American bfast for 2.
Dinner :
It has been a while since we had dinner in the restaurant but I remember that it was pretty much OK. Food as well as the wine were certainly OK. Service was very friendly over here as well. It was no problem to change some aspects of the set menu. There were also quite some other customers in the restaurant, which makes it always more cozy.
Location
The hotel is very well located for everything related to the European offices in Brussels. But Brussels is not that big, 20 minutes walking will take you to the central square, 15 minutes to the royal square.
This hotel offers very interesting rates over the weekend so I would certainly recommend to pick this hotel during the weekends for your city-trip to Brussels.
Fitness - Parking - Lounge
Fitness:
As a guest of the hotel you have access to the World Class fitness center located adjacent to the hotel. Entrance is on -1. The fitness offers a heated pool, a gym and bot a mixed sauna (dressed) as a naked sauna (in the changing rooms)
Use of all the facilities and the lockers is free.
On Saterday morning this place is rather busy.
Parking:
The hotel has a large parking facility that it shares with the Marriott Executive Appartments nextdoors. At first it can be tricky to find the entrance to the parking. The sign is a bit hidden (it hangs on a wall for the opposite traffic direction whilst the street is one-way). The entrance is in the Rue de Parnasse, almost opposite the Vietnamese restaurant, before you reach the entrance of the hotel.
You may find parking spots in the street as well but you need to pay for parking along the street during the week as well as on saterday.
Lounge:
As mentioned earlier I never really made use of the lounge as it's not open during the weekend. I did however take a peek during my stays and I must say it doesn't look very attractive. It looks rather small for the large amount of elite members I suppose will stay in this hotel during the week. These are however just assumptions.
Sep 8, 2021, 8:50 pm
Fitness center, still operated by a third party and open to the public, is open 7AM-11PM weekdays and 8AM - 8PM weekends. Rules be damned, no one wears a mask except old 365.
I, former Brussels resident, love the location, far from but walkable to (if you must) the Grand Place or Louise or (better) Bois de la Cambre or Ixelles or Churchill or Chaussée de Waterloo
Hotel staff were very good.
Aug 1, 2023, 8:49 am
The location isn't the best. Its a bus or long walk from the main square in brussels. The other marriot certainly would be a better tourist location. But the hotel itself was great.
Mar 24, 2024, 12:48 am
Just some small points that might assist others. An Uber to and from the central old town will cost 9-13 EUR.
Be careful if you are parking a car at the hotel on the weekend. Normal parking is 29 eur but on the weekend it should be 16 according to the reception. Inhad to fight to get this reduced rate at checkout.
The club lounge is accessible directly from the elevator on the first floor. The selection of food was definitely not suitable as a dinner ersatz, at least not any reasonably balanced meal. Red, rose and white wines were available starting at 16:00 as well as beer and other soft drinks.
I could not figure out how to turn on all the lights so some of them are in the dark.
Apr 7, 2024, 9:08 am