Hotel La Royale

small room, no conditioning, kitchen smell from the street, impossible to open the window

Not a lot

No kettle, no cycle parking, most of staff were very grumpy. The staff must be very badly treated to be that grumpy

The hotel is right on the very lively place in front of the station of Leuven, where the old heroes of the city's nightlife come to get a drink in their older years. My daughter sat in the window for quite a while enjoying the scene and I saw many known faces from my student time. The two connected rooms are ideal for a family with two children. A good breakfast is included in the price.

Now that the property is part of a large catering and hotel chain, I guess they can afford some paint and maybe new carpets in the rooms, they don't seem to have remodeled in about 50 years. The rooms in front get very hot in summer, if you open the windows, the noise from the nightlife and station comes out. With windows closed, the noise is kept out but the air becomes uncomfortable due to heat, moist and the smell of an old building.