Mechelen Hotels with Pools

I will never choose this hotel again. The parking is so small to enter that I accidently damaged my business car entering out. The entrance is very small, steep and low. So only low and small cars fit. Also the handle in the bath tub was rusted and fell of while stepping outside the bath. Never again. Nobody at the reception when needed. Had to call the receptionist who was busy in the back of the hotel.

Our team will welcome you with a smile and it is our primary concern for you to have a good time at our hotel in the city of Mechlin. Settle in to 4-star comfort at the family friendly hotel Novotel Mechelen Centrum, a 5-minute walk from the medieval city centre. Wood furnishings, subdued colours and sleek design make your room a serene haven. Full-length windows let the sun shine in at the lavish hot breakfast buffet while a stylish bar gives you a more intimate place to unwind at Novotel.

The hotel itself is really nice and the food was extraordinary and delicious. Unfortunately, you cannot open the windows in some of the rooms, as they are blocked with a lock and so the air in the room was smelly and thick the whole time I stayed there. At least the staff should be able to air the room when they clean it. All other aspects were excellent. The construction site next to the hotel is not nice but it did not disturb me that much.

On booking.com extra comment was added, honeymoon trip. No acknowledgement was received from the hotel regarding this. Emails we received was over and over again to upgrade the room and extra services. Little acknowledgement of congratulations and thank you for choosing us was enough as customer service. Easy fast check in. Room location was well explained. The room itself was very nice, size wise and clean. slippers, bath rope and extras were foreseen. Also there was a little welcome card with a cookie for the honeymoon. Thank you.

From the very beginning, our stay was tainted by the absolute lack of communication on the part of the hotel management, and the very out-of-date, poorly composed website. We depended mainly on the website for the information we needed to settle our travel plans, along with some info gleaned from Belgium travel guides. We were surprised to find, upon arrival at Het Anker, that contrary to the website information, we would be charged E15 per day for parking, 'down the street'. That was our first of many surprises attendant to our brief one-night visit in mid-June 2023. The second was that the 'coffeemaker' in the room was nothing more than a 'hot pot' contraption to boil water in, and the 'coffee' was simply a few packets of some instant concoction. On top of that, there was no cream or sugar in the room, and my multiple requests to the front desk (BTW, there is no room phone, you must physically walk to the desk...) to provide some extra coffee and condiments went completely ignored. Based upon the website information available at the time we booked, there were no brewery tours being offered (likely no site update since Covid?), however, upon our arrival, we noticed that tours were in fact being offered, just none available during out stay! Of course now it appears at least that portion of the website has been updated. In general, the rooms are small, and there is no A/C. The restaurant is nothing special, and we were very surprised to find that the fries they served with our fish and chips were not true Belgian-style fries, they were simply the frozen variety commonly found in the U.S. and other countries! What a disappointment! I would have to say, unless you are truly desirous of a 'stay-at-an-old-Belgian-brewery' experience, and are willing to forego many of the standard creature comforts associated with a hotel in this price range, you can likely do far better in the Mechelen area!

Smerig! Het stinkt, trappenhuis is ongelooflijk heet opgestookt en vies. Niet prettig. We kozen voor een appartement 'hotel' omdat je dan een kitchenette hebt met koelkast ed. Er was een ranzige theedoek en een nieuw sponsje en zelfs afwasmiddel, geen wasteiltje of dop, geen afdruiprekje of afwasborstel, geen handdoekje of vaatdoekje. Oh en er waren precies NUL vorken. Gelukkig konden we die via de receptie wel krijgen. Het appartement leek niet of ontzettend slecht schoongemaakt. Direct melding gemaakt dat het appartement vies was. Zucht steun, maar de receptionist kwam zelf wel even stofzuigen. Allemaal goed en wel maar de vloer is zo smerig dat we e niet met blote voeten op durfde. De badkamer is ronduit goor!! Schimmels en vlekken op de muur. De wc pot vloer en wanden waren duidelijk niet gepoetst. Zelfs nadat de volgende dag een schoonmaker extra aan het werk was gezet (waar moet ik schoonmaken?? Waar niet?) Heb ik zelf flink moeten schrobben met de aanwezige spons en de handzeep. Toen was het door van dragelijk maar prettig was het niet. Later maar wat extra handdoeken en een nieuw sponsje gepakt van de schoonmaak ploeg. De schuifdeuren konden nauwelijks open of dicht omdat de rail zo ontzettend smerig was. De lift was onbetrouwbaar, we zaten direct naast het trappenhuis dus gebruikte we alleen de trap. Het personeel was wel vriendelijk maar niet gastvrij, ze leken niet echt op de hoogte van hoe je met gasten omgaat, hoe je moet schoonmaken etc. Er lijkt niet echt een beleid ofzo te zijn. Het is dan eigenlijk ook geen hotel. De kamers zijn gehorig. Locatie is wel prettig dichtbij het centrum. De bedden waren oke, met schoon en heel beddengoed, lijkt me normaal maar dat was gezien de verdere hygiene een meevaller. Op zich ook ruim genoeg, de indeling was niet echt logisch, veel kastruimte al waren de kasten van binnen helaas ook niet schoon. Zonder parkeerplaats zou het erg lastig zijn al zit er dichtbij op het plein wel een parkeer (geen idee van kosten). Lang verhaal kort: Ik zou het 100% afraden om naar Be-Hosting Mechelen te gaan. Gewoon NIET doen! Zonde van je geld, want zó goedkoop was het nou ook weer niet.

The boss is very enthusiastic, and the English is very standard. He gave us a very detailed introduction, including the city's attractions! Also helped us carry our luggage! The room is very cozy! Come here next time!

We stayed 1 night on Saturday to Sunday. The location is very good, pal in the centre near the Rombouts tower. The interior didn't talk to us immediately but the reception was warm. The room was clean, but the TV didn't work, there were no coffee/tea facilities and the coats (only 1 per person) did not make much of it, which caused us to have not sleeped well. In addition, you could hear the noise from outside and from other rooms/passports well. We also had trouble with the smell hind from a restaurant nearby. The breakfast with view to the tower fell in the taste, it is a limited buffet with fresh products, but not very extensive but certainly sufficient and with enough stocks that were supplemented in time. Checkout wasn't due to no presence, it's strange to leave.