Hotel Villa Royale

I want to start this review off with the statement that this place is around 50 euros a night… the place across the road is anything from 100 – 200 euros a night so put that into perspective when staying here. If you are spending a long time in Brussels this place might not be ideal but if you just need a place to crash this place is perfect for the price!
The staff do remind you of faulty towers with a policy of not allowing a single carry on bag to accompany you when having breakfast, and insist on you storing it in the luggage room which actually means putting it just next to the reception counter. Very strange to enforce such rules when you are the only person in the breakfast area…
Downsides:
The 10 euros breakfast was disappointing for price
The heaters in the room are set on hellfire mode so expect to wake up sweating
The elevators are tiny and only hold 4 people and no luggage
The toilet seat did not fit the size of the toilet bowl
The toilet roll holder was broken
There was no hook for the shower head so you had to hold it
The towels in the bathroom were a little small
There was no free toiletries (but they have soap/​gel dispensers instead) which is better for the environment as less waste and you already have enough hotel soap at home you never use anyway…
Upsides:
The place is cheap
The rooms were clean
The bathroom is quite big and reasonably renovated
The room furniture was renovated and quite nice
There is soap and bath gel dispensers in the bathroom that are hypoallergenic
The shower pressure was insanely good, firehose level if you open the taps on full
I had a decent new Samsung LCD tv in my room
My bed was reasonably comfy
Breakfast is served until 10am so you can sleep in if you had a late night

Reminds me of faulty towers. The rooms can only be accessed through a dingy open-​aired court yard. Not ideal when it’s raining. Attempting to pre-​book a taxi was a disaster, with the staff member only ringing when we arrived back down. 20 minutes late for a business engagement is not ideal.