Stayed at the Hotel Bloom for 3 nights and have nothing but praise. The room rate was a real bargain and we were given a lovely room- bright airy, and although at the front of the hotel, not at all noisy.
Breakfast was very good with an excellent choice. We loved the added touch of a Sudoku at each place setting which certainly resulted in a peacful dining room.
Metro stop at Botanique really handy although a leisurely walk to the Grand Place only 15 mins away. Metro itself is frequent but condition of stations and surrounding areas leave a lot to be desired. We bought a 3 day travel card for 9.5 Euros which appears to be a new thing as the hotel reception staff had not heard of it.
The hotel Bloom may not be in the centre of the city but for a short break it is excellent value.

I chose the hotel in rush, according to price level and expected a semi-habitable closet. Luckily, I was so very wrong. The room was spacious, stylish (no mural in my room, though) and very comfortable. And oh, the breakfast! Lovely!

HotelBLOOM has a great beginning. It's located a few hundred meters from the Botanique subway stop and a short walk to the city center.

I appreciated having a grocery across the street, as well as a modern and sophisticated room. The amenities were also nice-- free bottles of water, ultra fast wireless internet, an email before arrival asking if we had questions, and key card entry into the elevators to name a few. It was also incredibly inexpensive for the quality of hotel.

Our only 'issues' per say, were that some parts of the hotel seemed to not be finished. We were on the 3rd floor and were awoken at 9am by some kind of strange drilling above.

The street outside also has a fair amount of traffic. That being said the drilling stopped and we were able to enjoy sleeping in. The blinds were also very efficient at keeping light out at any hour.

I would highly recommend this spacious and modern hotel.

Hotel Bloom is an excellent place to stay. It is recently refurbished and is now a boutique style, modern hotel. We had an excellent rate (70E) for a clean, large room with beautiful mural paintings. Beds were excellent and the pillows nice and soft.
I do not know if all rooms have been modernised yet. Make sure you ask when booking.

Location is good. You can walk to the Grand Place in 10 minutes. Or you can take the metro or tram which takes you anywhere you want.

Because our room-booking was without breakfast, we had the choice to pay 2x 22E each morning or go to the supermarket across the street. We (being Dutch) off course did the latter and bought Croissants for only E 0,65 each....
A good tip for anyone who did not book breakfast.

New year's eve in Brussels was great. Unfortunately the fireworks were cancelled because of a terrorthreat. But On the Grand Place we counted down and had a lot of fun with lots of people. And we then celebrated the new year in Cafe Toone, with some nice Pauwel's Kwak beers. What a way to start the year