Name: BRXXL5 CITY CENTRE Hostel
Address: Rue de Woeringen 5 1000 Brussels,Rue de Woeringen, Brussels, Brussels, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Rating: 7

Elevator/lift

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Terrace

General

Non-smoking rooms

Locker

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Luggage storage

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Common kitchen

Vending machine

Meals

Internet access

Internet

Sun Deck

Recreation

No parking

Parking

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hostel

Brussels-South

Clemenceau

Porte de Hal/Hallepoort

City Center

Brussels Midi Train Station

Halles de Saint-Gery

La Grand Place

Notre Dame du Sablon

Galeries St. Hubert

Mont des Arts

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Rene Magritte Museum

Cathedral of St. Michael

Royal Palace of Brussels

Brussels Park

Belgian Comic Strip Center

City 2 Shopping Mall

Jubilee Park

Bois de la Cambre

Mini-Europe

Atomium

Brussels Airport

Antwerp International Airport

Charleroi Brussels South Airport

BRXXL5 CITY CENTRE Hostel

Brussels

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

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2-beds

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3-beds

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38-beds

39-beds

4-beds

40-beds

5-beds

6-beds

7-beds

8-beds

9-beds

king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The worst lodge that I have ever stayed at in Europe. The hostel is in a sketchy neighborhood. The front desk refused to let me check to a bed in a dorm room since I was over 40 years old. But when I booked it at booking.com, there was no warning about the age limit.  The hostel's website did not say anything about age limit either.

In any case, I was forced to pay 220 euros more to stay at their private room. Then I got bed bites all over my body. 

I notified them right away with photos of bug bites on my body. After three weeks of email exchanges, they only agreed to refund the money for the dorm room, and refused to refund the 220 euros I was forced to pay at the check-in time.

This could be my worst lodge experience after traveling to more than 70 countries. I cannot believe that I would be treated this way in Brussels. I will never stay at this hostal again. Not sure that I want to go back to Brussels.

The worst lodge that I have ever been to

They are terrible, not hospitable, dirty, filthy and I will never recommend anyone to this hotel. Not coming again. Non cooperative, insane, unkind crazy staff. No one bother your compliant. They are really bad.

Terrible,  a nightmare 

Not coming back.
Super dirty.
There were hair everywhere and it’s not recommended to walk barefoot in your own room, because it’s to dirty.
T
Also, it didn’t have a blind. 
The bathroom is disgusting, everything is broken and the sink and shower are clogged.
If you want stay in the shared room, maybe would worth it for the prices. But the private room it’s to disgusting for the price.

Too dirty

Terrible experience in this hostel; really bad customer service and receptionist with bad attitude, not willing to help at all! I had a bad experience and asked for refund after cancelation and were not willing to help, even after booking sent them multiple messages. Not helpful at all if you are traveling by yourself, not customer centric. Do not recommend! 

Worst Customer Experience

Terrible location, Guests are homeless have terrible smells, and cannot sleep also the toilets sink doesn’t work. I inquired the receptionist he said can’t do anything due to the hostel installations being too old. AVOID!

Horribleness experience

Booked and paid . Was surprised to receive confirmation stating they would not accomodate anyone over 40 years old, confirmed by check in staff on arrival who were happy to take my money and not refund it, but not accomodate me. AVOID these descrimatory thieves! EU services directive 2004/113 bans age descrimination. Imagine if they decided not to accommodate women, LGBT or specific racial or religious groups?

Age descrimination and theft

This hostel has a bad drainage issue! It smells gross everywhere, especially in the bathrooms. We had to move rooms because of it, but the second room was just as bad. The hallways and the rooms have air freshener pots everywhere, so they obviously know about the problem. Felt unsafe in the local area, it was very noisy both inside and outside the hostel and the walls are incredibly thin too so you get woken up all the time. Our window didn’t shut. The private rooms are dark and dingy. There was hair on the bed, and the towels are thin and threadbare. The staff were friendly - only positive!

Smells horrendous

The hostel was calm, clean and the staff was really kind ans helpfull. The rooms are clearly affordable and confortable.
Only point is some smells in the rooms ..
The location is really cool with lot of good restaurants and not far from nothing (everithing is possible by foot)
I really recommand

Hostel very welcoming and kind staff

We stayed in the triple room with private bathroom. Our entrance light was burnt out, and with only 2 small lights it would've been really nice to have. As other reviews state, it is quite dark in the room. We ran out of shower gel, we went downstairs and they quickly provided us with a new one. It stank in the bathroom constantly. 

Location: Close to Gare du Midi. We read other reviews regarding the area so made sure to be back to the hostel before it got to late. I was with my husband but as a female during the day and evening I feel you would be safe to walk since there's lots of people around. Can't speak to later than 9pm.

Beyond Basic Room

First of all, the location is not ideal.. Although it's really close to the city center, it's in a sketchy part of town.. There was no cleaning the whole 3 days we were there, they didn't offer anything as a bathmat so after one person had a shower the bathroom floor would be all wet and you have to pay 2€ for a tiny towel..

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