Name: Guest House Heysel Atomium
Address: 143 Rue Stéphanie, Brussels, Brussels, Brussels, 1020, Belgium
Rating: 9

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Hairdryer

Toiletries

Rooms

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Coffee/tea for guests

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

English

French

Multi-language staff

Turkish

Languages Spoken

Parking

Children's playground

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Personal protection equipment for staff

Extra decontamination measures

Personal protection equipment for guests

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the guest house

Bockstael

Pannenhuis

Stuyvenbergh

Laken

Laeken Park

Port of Brussels

Mini-Europe

Atomium

City 2 Shopping Mall

Cathedral of St. Michael

Galeries St. Hubert

La Grand Place

Brussels Park

Royal Palace of Brussels

Jubilee Park

Bois de la Cambre

Brussels Airport

Antwerp International Airport

Charleroi Brussels South Airport

Guest House Heysel Atomium

Brussels

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

13-beds

14-beds

15-beds

16-beds

17-beds

18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

20-beds

21-beds

22-beds

23-beds

24-beds

25-beds

26-beds

27-beds

28-beds

29-beds

3-beds

30-beds

31-beds

32-beds

33-beds

34-beds

35-beds

36-beds

37-beds

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

Very clean room with a view 👍 i enjoyed the clean bathroom with shower accessories; The shower is wonderful! The location is good for metro, trams and buses. Many restaurants and cafes. The room has a good size double bed, fan, hangers, many sockets and powerful Wifi. The management and owners are well organised, clear check in and check out instructions. The people are warm and friendly. Really enjoyed, relaxed and got a good rest!

Harry visits Heysel Laeken Atomium and has a wonderful 3 night stay!

Where to start, this place is special!

I had to relocate from the hostel I was staying in so, I had to pay an emergency €60 for this room.

I took a taxi to the place as I had a swollen ankle and thank goodness I did. Because you'll need a miracle finding this place otherwise. There is no sign, not at all, it is after all just someone's house in a fairly ghetto area of Brussels. Well the latter may be an exaggeration, but it was a local place, not really for tourists. That said the atom thingy was viewable from my room.

For your information the intercom says 'booking' on one button. I only realised afterwards that it meant 'booking.com' - for which I had booked with and with which they share a mutual relationship. That said, whilst I looked at the intercom with horror, the lady opened the door regardless, she had seen me. Maybe because she e-mailed me after booking asking mew what time I was arriving and stating that she'd be needing cash on arrival.

I didn't have a problem with that, but it soon was realised that they simply don't have an electronic payment system, as I found out listening to the loud conversations of fellow guests being asked for money.She was very keen for the money, which is fine, but some woman had to say she'd pay her the next day as she wasn't prepared. Who knows, but I can tell you one thing, I got NO receipt, and the girl I heard was being asked to pay a fee far higher than me plus €30 'City Tax'. I had paid €60 in total, my neighbour €130.

To the room, well, I'm not the fussy sort - I am not - but it was fairly grim. The bed set where you lay and didn't come back up, the bedding - from the 70's - was grey, used for generations, knobbly and smelt of old. Really bad.

That said it looked a bit dusty but I didn't dare check. 

But it was a room; it was not cold, but it was loud... if a person makes a noise in any room then you'll know all about it, it's all wood and high ceilings; I'm not laying blame, but be prepared. Fortunately my neighbours were solo travellers and no pain was suffered.

The bathroom. There is one for all to share, which can lead to waiting, but I only waited once. The bathroom is quite poor, but functional, and has a radiator that was on.

The shower is terrible, low pressure and dangerously designed - and very old. A slippery      ledge awaits you.

The Wi-Fi. It worked for 3 hours and was impressed the owner went well out of her way to explain it... saying it is normally perfect. Well it isn't, it's crap and stops working; and my laptop never picked up the signal, though my 'phone did! In the end though, signal being fine, it still wouldn't connect from 10PM to check out. No matter what. Nowhere to complain/enquire, when you get shown your room you get told where to leave the key and service is removed at that point.

The area. Plenty of shops which is brilliant, and the owner warned me about the Chinese which was great, and she recommended the kebab place which stood up to the test. Go there.

Ayse, the owner (aye-shah) was so lovely, I could have kissed her, but the €60 visit was still bloody poor.

Transit. You can go on the bus or tram, but more importantly you can take the underground via line 6 to Gare du Midi - this is just around the corner next to the DIY place. Buying a ticket is automated and will need several hours to buy ticket, hint, know the green button oscillates. And I knew instinctively to use the validation machine next to it, which I waited for a kind local to help me. The network is badly designed, but hey-ho I managed it. The fare is €2.10, so that wasn't bad and the line is 'Elisabeth' for your info.

No TV in room, just old furniture and bed.

The VFM factor was record-breakingly bad, but it wasn't too bad either. The owner is a pet, but ultimately it was quite poor.

Don't forget to post your keys through the letterbox!!

Guest House Heysel Atomium

Main amenities of the guest house

Location

Available rooms

Location

Description of the guest house

What other amenities are there?

General

Rooms

Services and amenities

Meals

Internet

Languages Spoken

Parking

Kids

Pets

Health and Safety Measures

Policies

Check-in terms and conditions

Paid on the spot

Additional information

Payment