Hôtel de France

Spent six hours in Brussels, didn’t get many sites in because got here in the evening and had to be up and out of Brussels by morning. Fount this hotel to crash and at a little less than 60 Euros a room per night, not too bad. Needed a place to stay and one could see it’s name in lights: Hotel de France. It was the most reasonable choice for a night. This hotel is lackluster with a cheesy romantic décor. Dealt with two staff members and both were nice. It’s not a crappy hotel, but it’s not great either.
They gave me a pretty large room but the bathroom was super small and the sink and shower that went with it. At least there were plenty a clean towels, I never use hotel towels anyway and little packs of soap/​shampoo. The bathroom was 8.5 clean but I saw a couple hair locks in the corner but besides that all else was shiny and clean. The bed was a Queen sized, soft and sheets also clean. The room was a bit cold until I fount how to close the window. It lacked more heat but was livable. It wasn’t gross but the carpets could use a cleaning service, stains and looks dirty, not working bare foot here type of carpets. Overall the room was clean and livable. Though one could tell it was renovated a couple years back because besides the slightly dirty carpet everything was kind of modern tacky sort of way. Add a bit of worn and aged/​out dated décor, you have the hotel. Elevator to the room which over looked the train and the street. Nice!
Location-​wise is only a 5 minute walk from the Gare Du Midi and not too far from Place du Grand Sablon.
Not much to do around at night from what I can tell, the room is not very warm and only has a 12 inch thick-​flat screen television I didn’t even use.
I’m not sure if it’s all year round but right outside the hotel has a bunch of vendors in tents selling everything from food like roast chicken, coffee, clothing, toys to candy and chocolates.