Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Facade

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew – Bruges, Belgium

I didn’t do much homework when I book Hotel Montanus I visited Bruges in late June. As it was a relatively last minute decision due my 2-week business trip to France was confirmed at the eleven hour. Moreover, I was contemplating on a few location for the weekend besides Bruges, such as Antwerp, Belgium and Strasbourg, France. As it is summer in Europe, most are out for holiday and hence hotel was fast book out and I just went ahead with Hotel Montanus as I like what I see. 

 

Hotel Montanus is a four-star hotel in a Modern European style building. An interestingly, it has 2 building, a Main and an Annex.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Facade, Another View

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Lift Lobby View

 

I booked a Basic Twin Room for 1 night stay; checking in on 30 June 2018 and checking out on 1 July.

 

 

Surrounding and Location

 

Hotel Montanus is in the heart of Bruges and close to various attraction. In any case, Bruge is a very small town whereby one can walk from north to south or east to west within an hour. What is most important is that it is within walking distance from a bus stop (from Bruge Station), however the bus stop to Bruge Station is quite a distance.

 

In addition, a supermarket is close by.

 

 

Lobby

 

l was impressed with the lobby. It was decorated into a living room of a home.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Lobby

 

 

Check-In and Out Counter

 

The check-in and out counter was simple looking with numerous guides including a dining guide. Both checking in and out was swift and the front desk staff was friendly and warm.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Check-in and out counter

 

Though I arrived before the checked in time 3pm, I could check which I appreciate. This is one of the rare hotel in Europe that I got early check-in. As usual, check out is at 12pm.

 

 

Room

 

First and foremost, the room does not have air-conditioning. If that’s what you needed, you may want to look elsewhere. Otherwise, this is certainly for you. Personally, I won’t book it when it is at the peak of summer. Otherwise it would be find. The room has heating system, fortunately, therefore, winter isn’t a problem.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Room Access By Inserting Card

 

Entering the room, instead of usual tapping, guest need to insert the card into the reader.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Room, View from the door

 

My room perched on the 2nd floor (3rd level in Singapore context) of the Main building. Decorated in the modern looking design and I like it. With greyish blue wall and contrasting yellow bed cover. 

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Another view of the room

 

However, the bed and pillow are too soft for my liking. As I find that it couldn’t support my back and neck. In addition, the duvet was relatively rough as it kept scratching my skin. Quite uncomfortable.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Wardrobe

 

The wardrobe is on the left as one enter the room. In it beside the bathrobe and hangars, there is a safe and some amenities (vanity pack, sewing kit and shoes polishing material). The bathrobe provided was soft and comfortable, unlike what most hotels offered were rough.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Complimentary Amenities

 

Mini Bar was filled with various sparkling and still water and a handful of Beers and Coke.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Mini Bar

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Snacks

 

Part of the mini bar includes Pringles, nuts and wafer. When checking in, I was handed the price list of the minibar for indicating of my consumption for billing during check-out.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Prices for the Mini Bar Items

 

There are various English Channels for the TV in the rooms beside other European languages; French and Dutch.

 

In the room was lacking of complimentary water, tea and coffee.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - View of My Room

 

This room is facing the hotel courtyard, or rather outdoor of the hotel restaurant filled with green. It is actually quite beautiful, unfortunately I couldn’t lift the mosquito net. Since the window isn’t sealed, in the evening when groups of guests are dining, it could be quite noisy in the evening.

 

Bathroom

White was the colour theme for the bathroom with traces of wooden colour.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - View of Bathroom

 

Thoughtfully, a chair was placed in the bathroom.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Bathtub view

 

A bathtub with no separate showering area. 

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Shower nozzle

 

Adjustable height for the shower was available.

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Bath Amenities

 

Interestingly, Hotel Montanus offers Shower Gel and Conditioner but there wasn’t shampoo. In addition, there is soap and shower cap.

 

Housekeeping standard seems decent except for the tissue box which trap lots of dust. I couldn’t comment more since I stayed only for a night.

 

 

Breakfast

 

At the hotel, breakfast was offered as well. Your room rate may or may not include breakfast. Otherwise, you may have to pay an additional of 19€ which I did. I have a post on the spread of breakfast at Hotel Montanus.

 

F&B

 

Hotel Montanus offers a Michelin plate restaurant, Den Heerd.

 

 

Others

 

Hotel Montanus offers complimentary coffee to guest daily from 11am to 6pm. 

 

Hotel Montanus In Bruges, A Homely Feel Hotel With Warm And Friendly Hotel Crew - Complimentary Coffee

 

 

Price

 

The 1 night stay at Hotel Montanus was 169€ (breakfast not included), booked via booking.com. Breakfast was at 18€ per person. On top of the room rate, there is a city tax payable. All were paid at the hotel.

 

 

NAHMJ Verdict

 

Despite it is a non-air-conditioning hotel, I quite enjoy my 1 night stay in Hotel Montanus as I feel homely. If it is longer, I would be disappointed as the pillow and bed are too soft for my preference.

 

 

 

Hotel Montanus

Nieuwe Gentweg 78, Bruges, Belgium
Tel: +32 50 33 11 76

Websitehttp://montanus-hotel.hotel-in-bruges.com/en/

 

Rating: 7.5/10