Hotel Agora Bruxelles Grand Place

While other reviewers are correct that the windows are double-glazed and thus impervious to sound from the square, the problem is that you hear sound from literally everywhere else. My family room on the 2nd floor (1st European floor) could hear music thumping from the store next door every single day from morning until 11:30pm. Not great for any kind of attempting sleeping in or resting during the day. The floors are all old wood (no carpeting put down in halls) so you can hear every step and furniture scrape upstairs as well as people going down the stairs, since the stairs cut through your bathroom. One night at midnight the hallway was invaded by giggling teenagers, and with reception gone at 9pm, there was no recourse. When I mentioned this to them in the morning, they just shrugged. Overall, every time I asked them about any issue, they just shrugged, without any apology. The bathroom had a smell of sewage that others have mentioned and uses the (expansive!) space very poorly - the sink is a few inches deep and barely larger than a laptop, despite there being so much more space. I had to turn sideways to enter the shower cubicle, and my head nearly touched the ceiling in many places. I'm barely 5 feet (150cm) tall. The place advertises itself as eco-friendly (using rainwater for the toilet, for example), but still gives you plastic cups all individually wrapped in plastic. There's no thermostat, so you have to either open the window or use the fan to cool down.

Location is great but the condition of the hotel is old. Bathroom is super tiny. We are asians and we still find it tiny. There was a foul odor coming from the bathroom. The loft upstairs was very low ceiling, my kids can’t even stand up. You pretty much have to crawl to get to the beds. Very uncomfortable for $183 a night. I would not book here again. The staff were great just FYI. This place is close to everything.

Hotel Agora was a wonderful place to stay during our two night visit in Brussels. It's a very short walk - less than 5 minutes - from the Brussels Central train station. The hotel is also super close to Grand Palace and other major sights. The room itself was absolutely lovely, and the front desk staff were all very friendly and helpful. I would definitely stay here again if I visit Brussels again!

The room and hotel were very comfortable and clean. However, the hotel is located in the heart of downtown, and there happened to be an event going on the night we stayed. It was very, very loud and hard to go to sleep because of the noise. It's a pro that the hotel was so centrally located, but a con because of the street noise.

Great service, perfect location

Amazing hotel. Best location and the staff were welcoming and helpful the whole time we were there$

Hotel was centrally located. People were very nice and helpful.

Nice hotel , central , nice friendly staff. No AC and no lift .

If you are nimble. Thus place is great. There are some stairs and it is pretty narrow and small. But the location is simply perfect and people at front desk are very friendly.

Nice hotel but No air conditioning during a heat wave made our experience subpar. Nice staff, and stay is probably Nice during cooler weather.