Grand Apartment, 1 Bedroom | Living area | LCD TV

Reviews of Condo Gardens Leuven

Condo Gardens Leuven
Dekenstraat 87, Leuven

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 32 out of 179 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 60 out of 179 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 179 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 179 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 179 reviews" "

6.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.2/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Caroline

Self check in was not possible. Kiosk didn't recognise the reservation number. We couldn't reach any staff. Phones were not answered. (incorrect numbers of voicemail) >> We never got in the hotel! Refund requested, no answer yet.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Overall ok but stairs to loft not best for seniors to climb. No safety railing was poor. Beds adequate but average at best. We would not stay there again as we are pushing 80 years of age.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mehran

Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Reasonable accommodations
I think it's comfortable, clean, and in a good location. I think check-in could be better, currently it's only between 4-6pm which is super difficult but the proprietor accomodated me at 2:30pm. The room was clean but the shower head was broken and the bed was ok.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

bruno

Business traveller
Good location but need of improvements
Several items mentioned on facility presentation are not available as pool, breakfast. The garage is out of street but not closed and in morning smell of urine. Code to enter facility area is known by not people living there.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2021
Response from Liesbeth on 11 Jan 2022
Dear, Thank you for your feedback after your stay. We will keep your remarks in mind to improve our service. Kind regards,

8/10 Good

Ross Campbell

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice property in a good location!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
A little too monastic for me. Lighting was dim. Neighborhood unappealing. Staff pleasant but not terribly helpful about transportation.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Suitable for youth people
The only thing I didn’t like at all is bathroom: smell from the toilet and problems with the shower in my flat. Presence of a kitchenette with little fridge is definitely a plus. The city of Leuven is beautiful, very good beer and tasty chocolate are here.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Raymond

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Jim

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 13 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The front desk person is very friendly. I came from China and does not carry an adapter. The front desk person was very kind and generous to give me one for free. I appreciate it very much.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Ilie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Condo Gardens Leuven
It was very good value for money. Perfect location for sure. You didn't really see anyone around but that doesn't bother me. I had a free upgrade and reasonable early check in. It was basic facilities, no iron but an ironing board. Did have hairdryer and cooking equipment. If you are looking for a trip where you want to save some money and have excellent links to the rest of Belgium, this was great!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good stay
Good, clean and well kept , no fuss place to stay.comfortable and quiet
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very satisfied!
We really liked our stay and would return. Very convenient at a great price.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay for shorter or longer periods.
I highly recommend it for the best value for money and it's central location. All expectations were exceeded and I am definitely looking forward to booking a room there in my next visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
not great - was there as no other hotel available in Leuven. Wouldn't want to stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

martin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good place as a low cost base
The rooms are spartan but equipped, tile floors stay clean, once a week cleaning was minimal, changing bedding and towels; helpful staff and expect to be left to your own devices, you won't see them unless you look
Stayed 27 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Gal

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

traveler, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stay away

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Joyful staying experience!
Very helpful staffs, and a super reasonable price for such a big room. However my room couldn't receive wifi well.

6/10 Okay

Abbeygayle, Dublin, Ireland

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You get what you pay for really, was a clean place. I spend two nights here with my daughter. It really wouldn't be a place for Children or family break. Very noisy at night and you can literally hear everything. It's really suited for a crazy weekend kinda thing or people who don't really mind noise at night past 10 0r 11.

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

EM, PNW

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Staff Enters Room without Knocking
Overall the place needs cleaning if their not going to update it. Cobwebs and bugs are seen almost in a daily either in the room or in common areas. If your looking for a place to sleep then this will be fine, but expect things to not be cleaned thoroughly and dust. We had to open the door and two windows to ventilate the room. The topper of our dissatisfaction of the place is we were taking a nap and then the door opens and the guy says he's going to change the TV. My husband told him about coming in without Knocking and that we were taking a nap (jet lag) he gives a smirk and sarcastically says taking a nap at 11. On the day of check out I came down around 830 asking how to get a cab at checkout the same guy says he'd call me a cab at 10 at checkout. We came down at 949 and the office is closed. Unable to checkout and had to put the key in the Dropbox. Simply.. I would not stay here again. I found out later that other people that stayed there the prior year refused to stay there again. This was a first and last time to stay there.

8/10 Good

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great room. The reception closes at 8 p.m., not 9 p.m., as listed on the website.

8/10 Good

james, edinburgh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
very handy for our planned visits
staff very helpful and polite and enjoyed our stay in this beautiful city

8/10 Good

Lucio, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Don't bother staying downtown Brussels, go Leuven.
Very friendly and helpful staff. Very good price/quality relation.

8/10 Good

Anonymous, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap and simple
It was inexpensive, simply but well furnished - like a student flat with a kitchen. Clean, decent single bed. Walkable to the centre. I only only needed the room at night so its simplicity was ok.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very basic hotel, good location.
The kitchen was barely functional, there were people smoking at the picnic table outside our room for most of the evening and the smoke wafted in through the window.

6/10 Okay

Szabolcs

Cheap but ok
Room quality simple but ok. Windows should be replaced and the heating warms mostly the gallery so the lower parts are cold. Worth to have coins because you can't buy anything with card as the most thing can be bought from a vendor machine. There are a little shop and washing salon from the room just few minutes walk (can be paid only with coins/cash). Otherwise it is quite good location, silent and easy to drive to Brussels so if someone can manage minor unconvenience then it is absoult ok choice.

6/10 Okay

jake, sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
cheap but not so clean
Cheap but not so clean or comfortable

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Basic but adequate
Very much as advertised. Basic but has everything you need really. Only complaints were the thin walls but that seems to be common everywhere, and the bathrooms had a slight damp-mould smell but not that bad. The management were very accommodating to any requirements.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen, Wakefield

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend party
Excellent hotel. Bargain price and a very friendly and helpful receptionist. Will definitely stay again.

8/10 Good

Rajesh

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

6/10 Okay

rautsan, mumbai

Disliked: Staff & service
good hotel
nice

10/10 Excellent

paul, england

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Its was fab good place to stay

2/10 Terrible

GGB, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shocking service, terrible management.
Organised for 12 people to stay here to attend job interviews. Called the hotel the day before to ask for the phone number of a local taxi company to collect them on the morning of their interview, the manager offered to make the taxi booking for me. I called back 60 mins later and was told that the bookings were confirmed and the taxis would arrive at 7.40am the next morning. The taxis never arrived and the 12 candidates were 50 mins late for their job interviews. I have emailed and left a vm for the manager, he has not bothered to reply!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

James, London

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good alternative to a chain hotel
good option that was cheap compared to the regular hotels without the hassle of hotel timetables. Have rebooked.

4/10 Poor

Odette

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Think twice before you choose this
Pictures do portray some of the apartments but at no time was it the same as many of those shown in the advert. The aparthotel advertises that there is Internet in the apartment. Well, we had none. Complained three three times with the management but nothing was done. Changing for towels or linen was never done in the 10 days we stayed there, and please this is advertised as a hotel ans not as an aparthotels. Twice in 10 days we had no electricity and when you check in they give you the code for the main gate but they don't tell you how to open it on the inside, since the switch is the same color as the wall and at 6am without any light on the gate we could not see it.

4/10 Poor

C, Oxford

Disliked: Room comfort
Depends on what you are after
I was in Leuven part for business and part for leisure and it was booked about 3 days before I left, so everything else was prohibitively expensive. Condo gardens is not a hotel, it is students' accomodation. The reception is in the morning and the afternoon with a large gap in the day when it is unattended. It was fine for me but it may not be for others. Leuven is small and by and large safe so even though the neighbourhood looks like it was constantly in a backlane of something else, it was actually fine. Just around the corner from bus stops that takes you to the station and probably buses into town - although I only learnt one bus route because of language barriers. If you can, stay closer to the city centre. But it will be more expensive. Overall, I wasn't expecting much, I didn't need to be in my hotel room much because of work in the day and eating out at night. So, it was fine for me. Basic furnishing, a little dark, heater works well but takes some time to warm up the rather large room and the bed is placed in the far corner. Clean but basic. Wifi - the free wifi is VERY slow and I dropped out constantly. This forces you to pay for more expensive and high speed wifi which I understand worked well.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Jude, Germany

Condo Gardens Leuven
I personally find the hotel ok since it is on my way back to Bonn Germany and its proximity to Brussels was quite nice as well. Apart from that I will recommend it to anyone.