Hotels near Kerk Sint-Jozef Werkman, Laakdal

Spent just one night here and wish it was more. This is a beautiful hotel housed in an old mansion-type building in a rural area of Aarschot. It was a little difficult to find due to the narrow lanes and fields, but if you follow a SatNav you won't go wrong. The gentleman who checked us in was extremely friendly, took our cases to our rooms, explained the layout of the hotel and even said he'd booked a place for dinner for us given the late hour. Dinner was good, although the menu was limited, they went out of their way to cook a special dish for us and the food was stunning. After dinner we relaxed in the hotel bar and chatted with other guests and it made for a really nice atmosphere. My room was massive, with a really comfortable bed. My only issue, albeit a slight one, there was no door to the shower/wash basin, which is surrounded by mirrors and in line with the bed. This means when you sleep you are looking at a reflection of yourself all night (some people might enjoy it, I didn't). Overall though, this warm, pleasant family-run hotel is a gem. I would stay again no question.

No complaints about the room, in fact they are quite nice. well appointed and clean. Had dinner in the ”Orangerie” and decided to choose a ”traditional” Flemish Vol au Vent aka Chicken Fricasee with salad and fries. It tasted like cream of chicken from a can poured over a biscuit. Was salty, pasty, chewy chicken, and some little balls of something that i couldnt tell. Simply really bad. I ate about 1/3rd and was done. I asked for ketchup an mayo for the fries and got 1 packet each. I told the waiter(s) that it wasnt good and one waiter had the gall to tell me I was the FIRST EVER to say such a thing. Then when i received the bill i saw there was a 1 eu charge each for the ketchup and mayo. SERIOUSLY?? They did nothing to adjust the meal and assured me it was standard practice to charge. ( they were going to remove the ketchup and mayo but one of the waiters was so adamant about my taste and the charge I told him, no.. keep it on. For sure i will not eat here again and I can only hope that the included breakfast will be ok. again. rooms are fine, but the food, an insult to the chicken who made up the dish. To the chef.. go on line and look at some pictures and tell me that it resembles what you served.

There is a buffet for breakfast. If you choose not to clean the room every day, there are 5 euros of substitutes that can be used to buy food. There is a small shop on the first floor. Basically, the supermarket is closed after 8 o'clock in the city.

Nice hotel, but on the cheap side. No coffee machine on the room. Well, water cooker, tea and some solvent coffee. Booked via trip.com. Price and booking included breakfast, but at arrival there is no breakfast for that price. Also the confirmation email, which you receive when you have already paid, no comments on a breakfast (or whether it is with or not). Don't give much confidence to book it again via trip.com!

Well located in the centre of town, let down by shockingly poor staff (of whom there are too few). Check in was initially OK, but there was a problem with the plumbing in the room so a new room was requested - no apology, just a slightly grumpy offer of a replacement. The key to the new room didn't work. so yet another trip to reception (and yet another wait behind other guests checking in). Again, no explanation, no apology, just a rather slowly produced new key. New key a to a DOWNGRADED room - from a double to a twin. Later - but only around 21:00 - my colleagues and I returned from dinner (they don't provide evening meals) to find the entire reception/bar/breakfast floor completely deserted. Not a living sole anywhere. We wating, then we rang the bell, waiting a little longer, rang the bell again. Eventually, having explored the entire floor including the kitchens, I rang the number at reception - which necessitated an expensive call from my non-Belgian mobile. Nothing - just a recorded message and music-on-hold. Having tried that a second time, we just helped ourselves behind the bar and left a note of what we drank. As we were finishing our drinks, a receptionist finally turned up and just told us there had been an emergency so she had to leave - said we should have just waited for her. Again no apology. Although we have a corporate rate, there's no way I would stay again.