Name: Hotel Den Grooten Wolsack
Address: Wollemarkt 16, Mechelen, Mechelen, Mechelen, 2800, Belgium
Rating: 5

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Free Wi-Fi

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Multi-language staff

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Library

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Free parking nearby

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Brussels Airport

Atomium

Antwerp International Airport

Mini-Europe

City 2 Shopping Mall

Jubilee Park

Cathedral of St. Michael

Brussels Park

Galeries St. Hubert

La Grand Place

Royal Palace of Brussels

Bois de la Cambre

Hotel Den Grooten Wolsack

Mechelen

Booked this place for an overnight stay on a business trip - I should not have. The location is great, BUT: calling this a 3 star HOTEL is quite an overstatement... I've stayed at plenty of B&B's which were way better for a fairer price. The room came relatively cheap at 99 EUR plus city tax (off season in February) which did not include breakfast, and based on the reviews I'm glad I did not spend the extra 16 EUR on it. The hotel has a weird layout with a separate reception and a fire-door type entry with a broken handle to some old derelict building. Conveniently located next to the Mechelen Cathedral which is nice if you don't mind listening to bells chiming every hour, right next to the main square. 

This is about as positive as it gets. The rooms are extremely shabby, most things are broken e.g. towel holder in the bathroom hanging halfway ripped out of the wall, some odd cabinet type contraption behind the toilet that is broken and chipped, dirty light switches from the 80's, overall broken and worn out feeling. Sinking mattress with no support, placed on top of two single beds that do not match in height and size. Flower decoration in a used wine bottle with the labels on and some sand inside. Unbearable perfume smell in the entire room which I had no idea where was coming from, so had to keep the window open in -5 °C to try to air it out and then listen to the traffic on the cobblestoned street below.

Extremely rough towels that appear to have been washed a thousand times with some extra tough detergent. Plastic cups for drinking that were milky from the wear and use. Just UGH. 

Sheets were clean and I stayed in much worse in Belgium before, but still, not even close to a 3-star hotel.

Oh, and the check in: friendly girl at the reception, took quite a while to find my reservation (booked through company booking app) which turned out they mistakenly booked for the next day.   
Lucky for me they had space available so at least I did not have to wonder around a strange city looking for another place to stay - but maybe this was the Universe's way of trying to warn me to back off. Next time I'll take the hint and give this place a miss.

Not 3 star...and not a "hotel"

Unfortunately, the reception was unoccupied both when I left and when I arrived. First, I had dinner with my friends at the restaurant. The next day, we both talked and said in retrospect that it was uncomfortably cold at dinner. Then I went into my room where it was very cold. Then I noticed that the bathroom window was open. Of course, I immediately closed it. Also in the bedroom it was very cold and the heating was off, in the bathroom there was hardly any heating. When I went to bed, I noticed that everything was clinging. Then I tried to get the bed covers and pillow together with the dryer's feet. Then I noticed that the bathroom window was not cleaned. I also waited for the bathroom to be cleaned away from others. The best thing I could do in the morning was to get up to 3 a.m. But when I got up to the bathroom, I could not say that everything else was cold, and the best thing I had to do was to get up to the next morning, and when I got up at 10 a.m.

At first glance better than it really is, I'm not coming back!

Cheap hotels are fine, as long as you know what to expect. This one is cheap, and looks  fine on the website, yet, I found the rooms quite shabby, with a lot of things broken, half finished and rather mouldy. There was a bible though. But instead of having god as a refuge, I'd rather stay in some other hotel next time.

Bit shabby

Good location and a spacious room. However, a check out time of 10 o`clock was super early. After a debate at the reception they extended it for us until 10:30, which is still early. The internet was very poor, basically non existent in the room. 3 different networks, but no functioning Wi-Fi.

Very early check out time, very VERY poor internet.

Tripadvisor should not only serve travelers, criticism should also serve to improve the establishment in question. Well, it seems that complaints about the cleanliness are useless. The site has long accumulated dirt, and so you see that they have no intention of changing it. When you cross the door that communicates with the hotel, bad smell, dirt, and abandonment begin to make their presence known. Everything careless and dirty, from the curtain of the room, to the dust accumulated in the bathroom, the dirt (really disgusting) of the TV controller or the dirt accumulated from the lavatory (you have to serve the blind and/or the very dirty sense to get something like that).

Dirty shit.

I've been staying at this hotel for months over the past three years and the quality has dropped. The rooms are very nice and pretty clean. The service was a little unattended, considering the long stays. The breakfast on the way was getting poorer and messy with insects and food that wasn't being supplied. Good place for short stays.

Overlooked in Time

I was here for 15 days it's excellent budget  hotel. especially location is awasome. Bus and train facility is close. And very neer to groote markey. This hotel has common kitchen and 24 hours hot water

Venkat

Room number 18 on the first floor.
We were there on 28 and 29 july.

Toilets made noise everytime.
It was hot in the room, and if we opened the window, mosquitoes were entering (between 10 and 20 mosquitoes in the room).
We had two single bed so we asked for a double bed.
NO LIGHTS worked, except the bathroom's light !
 

Horrible, don't go there

Location is really good. Supermarkets, Hotels, Mechelen square is in Vicinity.
The room which i got was small. Also in some rooms there is an issue with WIFI range.

Room on first floor is having only heaters and No AC which can be problematic in summers.

Overall a Good Budget hotel

Fantastic Location, Small Rooms

The evening we chose to eat here was very busy due to the rain. For one of our party the steak was over cooked but the restaurant changed it for one of the correct temperature, although this took longer than the said time our friend was happy with the result. Staff very friendly. nice layout of the restaurant.

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