Montanus - Bruges, Belgium     

Have just returned from a trip to the Hotel Montanus, we stayed in a garden room which, unfortunately looked nothing like photographs we had seen! As previously suggested a 4 star hotel with sleazy, orange 2 star rooms, not as clean as I find acceptable either. From the start, it felt like everything was done to "lift" as much extra money from us as possible, the steep price of 15 euros per day to park our car on site,in my opinion, over priced breakfast, likewise with the mini bar tarrif and then the threat of a 5 euro charge if we dared to lose the plastic key!!! I wish I could have said something nice about the staff, but as a flight attendant, used to travelling every week, the reception staff here were amongst the most amazingly unfriendly and completely disinterested I have ever encountered. Location was great and we loved Brugges, but suggest you keep looking if you think this is the answer to your accomodation needs.

Our third visit in 5 years but sadly the last. We have stayed in the main hotel in the past but only Garden Rooms were available on our recent visit. Agree with a previous post that they were more akin to a 2 star motel room. Cheap furnishing, plasic bathroom fittings and a couple of loose sockets are not what is expected of a 4 star hotel. We were unable to get anywhere near the bar, there was a function that overspilled into the breakfast area - hence a smokey atmosphere the following morning. Food acceptable continental breakfast fare. I suspect there may have been a change of ownership of late.