Name: Hostel De Zandpoort
Address: 70 Zandpoortvest, Mechelen, Mechelen, Mechelen, 2800, Belgium
Rating: 6

Elevator/lift

Smoke-free property

Heating

Garden

Terrace

Private check-in/check-out

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

Outdoor furniture

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Locker

Rooms

Accessibility features

Accessibility

Concierge services

Luggage storage

Services and amenities

Diet menu (on request)

Common kitchen

Packed Lunches

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Spanish

German

English

French

Languages Spoken

Library

Barbecue grill(s)

Picnic area

Recreation

Parking

Garage

Meeting and presentation facilities

Business

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids' TV Networks

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hostel

Brussels Airport

Atomium

Mini-Europe

Antwerp International Airport

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

Hostel De Zandpoort

Mechelen

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

12-beds

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19-beds

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

Booking through booking.com does not give you an easy way to get charged and not a decent receipt to be expected. Rooms are deprived of a normal dust bin (only for hygienic thingies in the toilet), coat hanger, power socklets close to the beds .. check in is not automated and there's not enough staff to give good opening hours. 
Breakfast is ok for this price. 
In average I would call this lodgings rather not good value

low budget yet not good value

The place tries really hard to be a cool place and i have to compliment them on that, however it feels.... interesting. The rooms feel strange, more like kids rooms with low beds (why not bunks? more privacy!) and "swimming pool" ensuite showers. Even though it was late September, our room got super hot at night. The reception dude was friendly and funny, there was a bar that wasn't open and heaps of signs aimed at "backpackers"  During our visit we did not encounter any other travelers though, a bunch of guys in our room that seemed to just hang out at the hostel all day? and a few groups of school kids, some business people. The complimentary breakfast is generous and good.

Interesting hostel

I found my room perfectly satisfactory, as was the breakfast (I love hot chocolate, and I could have as many cups as I wanted). I also found the lockers outside very helpful. I left my bag in one on the day I checked out, as it is quite near the train station (another plus). I also found a nice walk to my convention in the city center that took only 15 minutes. On the other hand, there is rarely any staff there. When I came and paid, the incompetent clerk gave me my key to my room, but not the password to get into the hostel. Then the next evening he told me that I had not paid, tho' I obviously had. Then his boss piped up and told me that to leave the hostel!

A place of contradictions

Stayed here for a week with school, beds were awful (no duvets, blanket that hadn't been washed in months), mosquito bites everywhere even though none in other hotels. Shower scolded my scalp - I may have to go to hospital. Caught a nasty illness due to how unclean it was. Food was borderline, little flavour and made me feel unwell. Spend the extra money and go to a hotel, seriously.

Absolutely awful

I stayed here for one night, it's a very empty, sad place. 
But I had to sleep outside on a bench in front of the front door.
an employee made a mistake with resetting the entree code, so i couldn't get in at night. There is no reception / night person. I tried all the doorbells, and couldn't find a phone number for emergencies. 
I still had to pay for this night, but they offered me another night in the next 2 weeks. Well... they won't see me again.

Hostel De Zandpoort

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