Koekelare hotels

Pros: Breakfast was continental style, and we were served personally by Filip. There was fresh fruit on offer, eggs and a combination of breads, meats and cheeses. The setting was wonderful, downstairs in a dining area near the kitchen. There was wonderful furniture all around, with lighting showing off art and pictures. It was quiet as we seemed to be the only guests at the time so it meant direct service and being well taken care of. The whole house looked great, lots of period features. It was in an excellent location, with a park nearby and within a few minutes walking distance of the beach. Filip also gave us some recommendations such as a great restaurant, and when we wanted to go to Bruges, suggested taking the train which worked out well.

Cons: We came with our dogs - they were made very welcome and we were well supported with them. Only one small point - we needed to climb many flights of steps to the top of the building to our room and that was not so easy with our dogs

Cons: The host made it very clear we were a burden on HIS schedule. The overall experience with him was extremely negative as he blamed us for several things that inconvenienced him.

Pros: I liked the style of the hotel, that’s why I choose online this Hotel. Quality of hotel presentation in web very clearly expressed, no surprises when arrived at the hotel. Thanks for the good time spend there.

Cons: Functioning of television, I could not really utilize the proper service of tv channels due to the confusion of two remotes controls.

Pros: Great location. We had a very nice room on the top floor which was very quiet. The owner was very friendly and helpful

Cons: A lift would have been a bonus, but it was very good exercise!

Pros: what we enjoyed our birthday weekend a luxurious suite, a warm welcome and a royal breakfast thanks for making the stay as pleasant as possible

Pros: Very cosy, qualitative and classy b&b with a very warm welcome ! Very good location Top breakfast

Pros: Breakfast and service were superb. Surprised this hotel has only two stars.

Pros: Excellent charming old house. Good breakfast. Close to the sea and at the same moment away from the crowds.

Cons: Staff was too busy on check in and didn't help a lot. Very small rooms. You can hear everything from neighbors.

Pros: The hotel offers free bikes for the guests

Pros: The hotel is well situated and very clean and tidy with very friendly and helpful staff.

Cons: The on-site bar/restaurant closed in the evening from about 6.30/7.00pm so we had to walk into town. Not a problem though as there are lots of nice places on the beach not far away.

Pros: This cosy hotel is at the very far west end of Middelkirke. Room was comfortable, but up two flights of stairs, no elevator. The bar and restaurant was nice but closes early. A short walk to the seaside.

Pros: Great breakfast!

Pros: Friendly staff, very nice breakfast, very comfortable bed and the room was already cooled down ( hottest day ever in the records ) with the air-co when we arrived. Peaceful and quirky.

Pros: Location was easy to find and close to the promenade. Comfortable accommodation, public rooms elegantly furnished and exceptionally clean throughout Staff were extremely helpful, friendly and polite. Breakfast was outstanding with lots of choice. I would highly recommend this hotel

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Staff is very friendly and helpful. Room matched the description. Breakfast is also good. Great venue and value

Pros: Very nice renovated hotel with great usefull personel. Bathroom with big mirror (something for womans}. Breakfast were way over my expactations. close to the beach and parking. Lady,I guess owner of the hotel, is very positiveand is always ready to help You. I wish them all the best in business.

Pros: Very comfortable hotel efficiently run. Very clean, good beds, easy bathroom with nice hot running water. The breakfast was of a much higher standard than the rate it was given. Everything fresh and crispy and the hot breakfast personally prepared.

Pros: room 6 has a spa bath which was very relaxing.

Pros: This is a beautiful hotel, immaculately run by a young couple. Facilities were excellent and breakfast was extremely good. Middelkerke is a great seaside resort and the Kristoffel was the perfect place to stay.

Cons: There was nothing we didn’t like.

Pros: The staff and everything else was great.

Cons: The WiFi was too far from my room to give me access.

Pros: I requested some soya milk to have with my breakfast and I could see that the owner had bought a carton of it especially, and it was brought to the table every morning. She had also gone out of her way to buy me some soya yoghurts, that I hadn't even asked for. So very thoughtful. Thanks

Cons: Stairs steep and narrow and no lift. No hot drinking facilities in room. On street parking a bit difficult.

Pros: very family friendly. Good breakfast.

Pros: Alles want alles was pico bello inorde

Cons: Niets alles was in orde

Pros: Our host was really friendly and helpful and did everything for our 5 month old baby to feel at home: a baby bed, a microwave at our disposal, a room on groundfloor level close to the dining hall. The breakfast was delicious and vareous with fresh and local products. The location of the dining hall was spaceous so we were certainly not back to back with other people or other tables which was nice.

Cons: The luxurious and modern photos on the internet made us choose this hotel. On the outside the modern building with its offwhite walls looks wonderful and is surrounded by green. However, once opening the door to our room it looked really dark and outdated. When we saw the other building "Luxus" while doing a tour on the domain we realised that we were in the rather outdated part of the hotel... The floors were aged, the wallpaper was dark with traces of a giant self-adhesive sticker that was no longer there. The ventilation in the bathroom was really loud. There was a mouldy smell in the room's closet which smelled troughout the room. We booked last minute and maybe therefore we have been given this room, however we don't feel like it carries out the same spirit as the rest of the hotel.

Pros: Super friendly staff

Cons: Nothing really

Pros: IT was perfect!

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Super hotel, beautiful room, service, breakfast, location. The staff super.

Cons: Everything perfect

Pros: Beautiful property! Clean, modern and very comfortable.

Cons: The price was a little expensive.

Pros: Everything

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Nice room.

Pros: Breakfast was vaste and tastefull

Pros: Wonderful and very friendly staff at the reception

Cons: We adore it !

Pros: breakfast was the best the chose was amazing just all good for any diet

Cons: nothing

Pros: Sauna was quite good. The sea view balcony was outstanding. The bar was really nice.

Pros: This hotel blew me away. I wasn't expecting much given the price, but the hotel was beautifully designed. Loved the slide in the main area, many USB ports, and comfortable room.

Pros: Interior is great, breakfast is awesome.

Cons: Acoustics: we could easily hear the visitors in the rooms next to us

Pros: Decor

Cons: Great hotel ,but needs a kettle in the rooms

Pros: I loved the decor and amazing entertainment facilities

Cons: No room servicing during our 3 days. No cleaning or changing of linen needed but emptying dustbins, more toilet paper and sweeping room would have been great

Pros: Friendly welcome by the owners. They did everything to make the stay comfortable and the breakfast was excellent. Good for a stopover but would be excellent for a seaside holiday for a family. On a working farm and well located for all the coastal attractions.

Pros: Beds are too old and absolutely uncomfortable. They made me think of cardboard.

Pros: Very Family friendly, quiet place, lovely owners, well located to the sea(by car), kitchen for cooking, nice and safe garden for kids, child chair and many toys for the kids available, lovely breakfast

Pros: Great family stay, fully equipped communal kitchen meant saved on eating out. Middelkirke was easy to cycle to and only 10-15 mins away.

Cons: Cash only payment

Pros: We had a great stay. The owner is very hospitable and helpful. The room was very clean and comfy. Excellent breakfast.

Pros: Great location, very friendly owners, good breakfast, very clean and cosy room!

Pros: Everything, totally amazing, I’ve never stayed in better for the money

Cons: Nothing it was perfect

Cons: We had a room for three persons, the double bed was a bed couch, was not really dcomfortable. Our backs hurt :-( Furthermore, great location, super clean, great.

Cons: No coffe machine

Pros: Great security. Interior was plush. Art on the walls were unusual!

Pros: Water was hot. Balcony outside room.

Cons: After reading the review I was really disappointed with my room, it looked like it was furnished as a DHSS hostel. Shower head did not fit in holder properly so it rotated with water pressure. Breakfast was average. I have stayed in better hotels for less money. This hotel caters for a certain type of person. People who like a 'sing song' in the bar and eat food like they have at home. Whilst I booked a double room, I actually got 2 single beds pushed together - I would call this a 'twin' room.

Pros: very little. i will remain anonymous but the hotelier will know who i am

Cons: all plug sockets hanging out of walls. someone's dirty underpants under bed,rickety old lumpy bed.tv impossible to see on top of wardrobe. pointless. got trapped in lift 5 times. staff unhelpful about problems and difference in booked price and their charged price.

Pros: Great Value, very comfortable, and great breakfast buffet!

Pros: The hotel is excellently situated and the room was clean. Friendly English speaking staff. Good value for money.

Pros: It was ok but semed expensive for what we got

Pros: Very good location close to the beach, centre, ferry and railway station, very friendly staff, only a few noise at night

Cons: Inspite of the summer season no vegetables or fresh fruits at all for breakfast, problems with sanitary equipment in the bathroom

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Cons: Breakfast was really poor. And it was only till 9-30. Room furtnished very old style and smelled correspondingly.

Pros: Our stay was only a short one and we loved everything about it. We would definitely go back to the same Hotel, next time for much longer. The staff were very pleasant, the food was great - perfect.

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Cons: The bar furniture was dirty, no towels in the bathrooms, general decoration poor

Pros: From the late night warm welcome with a smile, to the hearty breakfast options, and a perfect location for easy train access as well as a run/stroll to the sea. The website gives you the look and feel, but the service expressed the real quality of the hotel. Thank you for a lovely stay, for the care shown in the room design, and for how you treat your guests.

Pros: It’s a lovely place with lovely people we go back every year

Pros: Location is good, breakfast nice with nice selection of fresh breads, homemade jams and fresh fruits. Room 12 is possibly smallest room we have ever been allocated for a hotel! The room was clean with a decent size shower and clean towels, but this was the only positive I can give on the room I’m afraid!

Cons: Room (12) this room is very small and very hot with no air con! Looks out into harbour but it is extremely noisy and having been allocated probably the smallest and hottest room in the hotel we had to sleep with the windows open hence every noise could be heard including the extremely noisy alarm system going off every time the bridge is raised at the harbour!!! We were given a fan to help with the heat however this did not help much and it was also very noisy!! On our last morning we woke up to a really bad sewerage smell in the room, obviously they were having a problem with their waste system! This was not pleasant in an extremely hot room!! Also our room is allocated across from the laundry which would not have helped with the heat in the room! When checking out we asked do they have air con in any of their rooms and we have yet to hear yes or no! The gentleman at reception told us they have newer rooms and extending the hotel but he did not give us the answer to our question which believe should have been No!! Staff were pleasant, however not over friendly. The waiter at breakfast on first day was very nice however the waiter the next two days was not so friendly and at some occasions looked like he didn’t want us there... it would have been nice if he could have wished us ‘Good Morning’ and ‘have a nice day’ but we have yet to hear either!!! Overall it was an ok hotel but would not be one of my recommendations I’m afraid!

Pros: The service, the accomodation, the staff, the restaurants :breakfast and the "à la carte-menu"

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Location excellent, paid parking very close by, good restaurant

Pros: Simple place, but welcoming, conveniently located at 3 minutes from the train station

Pros: The location is perfect for visiting Oostende, the breakfast is copious and the meals in the restaurant carefully prepared (and tasty!).

Cons: I wish I could have stayed longer!

Pros: The view and the breakfast, and location

Cons: Nothing really,

Pros: Location, breakfast,staff and plenty of storage.

Cons: No air-conditioning. Fridge would have been good.

Pros: We had a wonderful stay... Beautiful view from the spotlessly clean room, helpful and friendly staff, great breakfast, secure parking. Highly recommended

Pros: Thoroughly enjoyed our stay. Bed was comfy and rooms really clean. Breakfast was lovely and fresh with hot and cold variety of food. Will definitely be booking for next year.

Pros: The service from the staff first class .

Cons: Leaving

Pros: Location, staff, spacious room with balcony

Cons: Walls were paper-thin unfortunately.

Pros: The cleanliness of the whole hotel first class

Cons: Leaving

Pros: Friendly staff, lovely comfortable bed and spacious room with four poster Good selection for continental breakfast

Cons: Bedroom at front of hotel a little noise at night and no windows open?

Pros: We stayed for two nights in December and the location was perfect, the staff were extremely helpful and friendly, excellent breakfast, we were delighted with our choice.

Cons: Nothing !

Pros: Nothing

Cons: We've stayed here several times and always enjoyed our stay.

Pros: Everything from the excellent friendly staff,the breakfast, the room and the location.

Cons: Only one minor problem no British TV station on the Television .

Pros: Friendly staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Nice cozy hotel , very clean and friendly personnel. Breakfast was amazing.

Pros: i have chosen the hotel because of it location, but hotel is very nice, clean, staff is helpful, breakfast is excellent

Cons: if the room was a bit larger, it would be helpful

Pros: Very central location for shops and railway station

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Clean, comfortable room. Excellent location. Friendly, helpful staff.

Cons: No kettle in my room - but.....

Pros: Breakfast excellent and location just right. A great place to stay with friendly and helpfull staff. Stayed here several times and will no doubt be back again.

Cons: Could not fault my stay.

Pros: Nice staf and a very nice environment for kids

Pros: Great hotel , central location for Ostende . Small but very clean room , friendly staff and the buffet breakfast was exactly as everyone had said - excellent. Would stay there again if visiting Ostende

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Everything! The hotel was great, the room was wad nice and a good size. The staff were helpful and it will definitely be our hotel next year when we visit.

Cons: N/A

Pros: Breakfast choice excellent, location excellent, very clean. East check in and out.

Cons: Being very picky, early morning street noise but due to location I feel it is to be expected

Pros: Very quiet and comfy rooms. Breakfast with local produce is amazing.

Pros: Confortable rooms with space. Nice bathroom and excellent breakfast. Didn’t at all expect all this for a 3star

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Location and friendly staff.

Cons: Breakfast choices were limited for us.

Pros: Breakfast is self service and there is plenty of choice. Staff very friendly and accommodating.

Pros: Perfect location! Really close to the beach. Bedroom was really big and the bed was enormous. Also a bathroom with a lot of space was present. An extensive breakfast and really friendly employees. The hotel is highly recommended.

Cons: The breakfast room was a bit too small. Because of the thight space it was difficult to get to some parts of the breakfast table cause the room was packed with people. Although this was a small downsider, the hotel was really nice!

Pros: Good location, reachable from the central station

Cons: Staff were like robots, TV set was not provides as promised in the proposals

Pros: Very central location, very clean rooms, friendly staff, fluent in english

Cons: - I booked a queen bed, but got two separate beds instead, there were no other rooms available when i asked to change. - Overpriced

Pros: The breakfast buffet offered a lot of choice. The staff was friendly. In the room, all the basics were present and OK. The bathroom was ok, making the best of its small space.

Cons: There was too much noise in the room from the elevator, people in the hallway, and even people in the room next door. This made it hard to sleep after 7:00. (I guess this kind of problem is hard to fix in a seventies building.) I could list a few smaller nitpicks, but no other negative point was important.

Pros: Great stay and great staff!

Pros: Brilliant breakfast lovely beach view

Cons: Beds tired and soft

Pros: Bed and pillows not the most comfy ones...

Cons: Great location, not far from Oostende, tram stop right outside. Very friendly service.

Cons: Hotel closed at 6 pm even though they have confirmed later check-in. It took 30 minutes call to abroad number to gen into already paid room. Lighting in the bathroom was not working, drain was not working, door handle kept coming off.... Terrible hotel On the breakfast there was spoiled ham which made me sick later!

Pros: I’ve been before but had a ground floor studio which was lovely. The room was clean and well stocked with towels, enough UK tv to keep up to date etc. Breakfast was good with nice outdoor seating. Well located tram stop right outside, plenty of restaurants and bars with a supermarket not too far away. Dog friendly

Cons: It’s not value for money. The lift is painfully slow and there’s no aircon. On entering the room the door banged the bathroom door and jammed. Pets in the breakfast room???? What’s that all about....

Pros: Very comfortable bed. Great breakfast and really friendly staff

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Nice location, close to all amenities in town, with very friendly personnel, decent breakfast.

Cons: We asked for a double bed but still was two single beds. They told us that that could happen, but still, would have been nice. Rooms are not big.

Pros: Still my favourite Hotel in Middlekerke and surroundings. Great breakfast with a view on the ocean. If you like good service, this is the place for you. The staff is amazingly friendly and accommodating.

Cons: Nothing really...

Pros: Everything lovely staff clean and comfortable very central

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Super location for getting around the bars and restaurants very close to beach 5min walk hotel very clean and staff very helpful and also provide good parking 2 minutes walk from hotel at a reasonable price good all round hotel Would stay there again

Pros: The staff was very friendly! The bed is okay. Breakfast is allright.

Cons: The bathroom wasn't clean. The shower wasn't comfortable.

Pros: I received a bigger room than the one I ordered for the same price. Excellent location in the center of Oostend, lots of restaurants in the neighborhood.

Cons: I've only seen staff the day i arrived to check in.

Pros: I really enojoyed the short stay in Hotel Cardiff. The place is small, but with cozy and home atmosphere. The value for money is very good and just perfect for a short trip to the sea. The localisation is perfect, close to every kind of facilities and the seaside. The service was very nice, helpful and oriented.

Cons: The only thing I didn't like about my room was really outdated TV set. At a time when it is common to use all kinds of streaming services, it seems to me quite obvious to equip a room with some basic smart TV. Even if we stay there only for one night, it is very nice to personalize this time according to your preferences. Especially when we are from abroad and most of the programs are in the local language or there is simply nothing interesting.

Pros: Clean and modern room, nicely decorated and good bed. Tasty breakfast with view on the outdoor swimming pool.

Pros: The breakfast was great, as in all the C-Hotels.

Cons: You have to walk through the rain in the morning to get to the restaurant.

Pros: This was the second year my family, spanning 3 generations, had taken a short break at this venue. The location was good - only a short walk to the tram/bus, which run along the coast. Lovely beaches and promenade. A bit further in either direction to walk to restaurants and shops but easy walking along the prom. We had 3 of the studios between us which were clean, comfortable and warm and although quite basic had everything we needed for our stay. We ate all our meals out and had no problem finding somewhere for lunch, but most places close early in the evening so we had a little difficulty getting dinner. Best to go early!!

Cons: There were minor things like a handle hanging off one of the doors in my studio but generally no complaints. There was nothing we disliked. The fact that we went back this year indicates that we were satisfied.

Pros: Location and dog friendly

Pros: Spacious for what they are,

Cons: Can here everything from adjoining property

Pros: The staff are so nice and helpful. Best location to access the beaches and the swimming pool is good open till 9pm. Lovely room but quite hot during the hot summer.

Cons: The fridge is not functioning properly so can't keep food fresh and all our ice lollies melt after a day out so don't close the wooden door . otherwise the heat can't release from the fridge . Also never leave your sandals or shoes outside the room as my saddles was missing next day .

Pros: There was a heating issue with the room and Katrin the receptionist was a STAR in sorting it out - esp as it was Christmas Night and many staff were on holiday

Cons: Nothing

Pros: The location of the accommodation was excellent. Very close walk to the beach and lots of restaurant near by. Parking was available for free. The breakfast area appeared nice, though we did not eat there. The pool and small play area was nice but we did not get to use it as we only stayed one night and used the beach instead.

Cons: Unfortunately we found the apartment not cleaned properly. As it was my birthday, it put a negative light on the stay. The floor in the main area was not hoovered up properly. We found chunks of dog hair in several places. In the morning we saw that in every apartment next to us people stayed with several dogs. We will read up on hotels better next time. We found dog hair on our T-shirts we put on the chairs when we went to bed. There were cobwebs all above the bed and we had to catch two very big spiders from above our head before we went to sleep. The round table was dusty on top. The mattresses were very soft to our liking and were not put on the bed properly so on one side it was hanging off. We did not notice till the next morning, after a very uncomfortable night's sleep. We are quite tall so we hit our heads many times in the poorly positioned shelves just above the bed. The bathroom appeared clean but the shower curtain was too long and got soaked in the dirty water after everyone washes and probably does not get washed every time so it does not appear very hygienic. Otherwise the place was cosy and would have been perfect for our one night stay, if it was cleaned properly.

Pros: Hotel is well located and staff are very friendly. There is a restaurant attached to the hotel where you can have lunch or dinner and the food is excellent!

Cons: When we moved into their equivalent of a "Master Suite" the room hadn't been cleaned, there was trash in the bins, like a band-aid of the previous guest and their water bottles. The bed wasn't made up and we had to wait in the room after calling their helpdesk to get them to clean the room before unpacking. Apart from that detail everything was up to a 2 star hotel's standards.

Pros: Great view of the sea front, clean and good breakfast. The staff were very helpful and didn't mind when I hadn't checked in by 5:30 and arranged an alternative.

Cons: The check-in is only up to 6pm this should be more prominent on booking.com.

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Pros: Very good location

Cons: no staff around for questions - we never saw anyone after checking in! The bed was really small! the room didn’t get cleaned during our stay (even though the towels were exchanged)

Pros: Sea view from room. Good continental breakfast available. Hotel front(?) door opens directly onto the sea front promenade.

Cons: No bar with seating inside to enjoy a glass of beer. Only tables in the restaurant.

Pros: The location and close to the sea are likely

Pros: Hotel position is excellent, breakfast is superb

Pros: Great location., we were staying only for one night but all our expectations were met. I had my dog with me and there was no issue at all.

Pros: A two minute walk to the sea front and a tram stop, ideal place. Comfortable and clean room, everything worked. Tasty breakfast included. No problems, enjoyed our stay here.

Pros: Good breakfast and near the beach.

Cons: The bed too low

Pros: + Top location, just steps away from the beach + Friendly and helpful staffs + Room is ok with outdated decoration + Fast elevator + Parking is nearby, it costs 5 Euro per day + Two supermarkets nearby (one is just opposite to the hotel) + Nice basic breakfast + Easy and fast check-in/out

Cons: - Fridge does not work. We also inform their staffs but it seems like they knew it already and does not care to fix it anytime soon. Although, they are nice to offer us to keep our baby food in their restaurant fridge. Appreciated it! - Fire safety measures should be better taken care. On the second floor, the fire extinguisher is located at the corner and is blocked by a couch. In reality, if that couch catches fire, you will have no chance to reach the fire extinguisher. I would suggest the hotel to remove that couch away. There is no use of it at that spot anyway. - The hotel room is good enough but very outdated decoration. The bathroom doors are not easy to close it properly. Lighting is a bit too dark in the room. They need to freshen up and renovate their rooms.

Pros: Lovely breakfast, great location, spacious room.

Cons: There was hardly any toiletpaper provided and no reception at night to ask for something.

Pros: Location and staff

Cons: The size of the room

Pros: Excellent mid-range hotel with superb location.

Cons: There should be a choice of pillows. The ones in the room made my neck hurt.

Pros: The hotel was in a very good, central location. The room was clean and spacious. The breakfast was exceptional and all the staff were very helpful and friendly.

Pros: Room was lovely staff were very friendly and helpful and welcoming