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Boardhouse

3.0 star property
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Reviews

8.4 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant
  • Business services
    Business services

Explore the area

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Jules Vandenbemptlaan 6, Leuven, 3001
  • Arenberg Castle
    12 min walk
  • Grand Beguinage of Leuven
    14 min walk
  • KU Leuven
    15 min walk
  • Brussels (BRU-Brussels - National)
    25 min drive

Room options

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Basic Double or Twin Room

Basic Double or Twin Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Luxury Double or Twin Room

Luxury Double or Twin Room

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

About the area

Leuven

With a stay at Boardhouse in Leuven, you'll be within a 15-minute walk of Dyle and Arenberg Castle. .This hotel is 13.9 mi (22.3 km) from NATO Headquarters and 0.9 mi (1.5 km) from Grand Beguinage of Leuven.

What's nearby

  • Grand Beguinage of Leuven - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • KU Leuven - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg Campus - 6 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Leuven Town Hall - 9 min drive - 4.3 km
  • Grand Market Square - 9 min drive - 4.3 km

Getting around

  • Heverlee Station - 3 min walk
  • Brussels Airport (BRU) - 25 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪De Grillekes - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪De Spuye - ‬13 min walk
  • ‪Alma 3 - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Voltaire - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Wok Dynasty - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Boardhouse

Hotel in Leuven with a rooftop terrace and a restaurant
Boardhouse offers 8 accommodations with DVD players and safes. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Cribs/infant beds (complimentary) are also available. Housekeeping is provided weekly.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include complimentary bicycles.
Make yourself at home in one of the 8 guestrooms featuring DVD players. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access is available. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
At Boardhouse, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and multilingual staff. Planning an event in Leuven? This hotel has 323 square feet (30 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and 2 meeting rooms.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM on weekdays.
Boardhouse has a restaurant on site.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free off-site parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee weekdays 7:00 AM–10:00 AM: EUR 16 per person
  • 1 restaurant

Things to do

  • Free bike hire

Family friendly

  • DVD player
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Laundry facilities
  • Soundproofed rooms

Guest services

  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (weekly)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference centre (323 square feet of space)
  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Free cots/infant beds

Bathroom

  • Towels

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • TV

More

  • Desk
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofing

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 10 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: EUR 10.00

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 2 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20.0 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 3.50 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately EUR 16 per person
  • Late check-out fee: EUR 10.00 (subject to availability)
  • Housekeeping is available for an additional fee
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 20.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Special cancellation policies or charges may apply for group reservations (more than 8 rooms for the same property / stay dates)
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash

Property is also known as

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Boardhouse Hotel Leuven
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Boardhouse Hotel
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Boardhouse Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 29 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 27 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 66 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 66 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A very pleasant stay
The hotel is located about 1 kilometer from the city center of Leuven in a quiet suburb. The room was stylishly decorated, clean and spacious. There is a bar and restaurant with a large terrace and they do offer breakfast as well. I found the staff to be very helpful and friendly. Overall I was very pleased with my stay and I would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Quiet, very nice rooms for a great price
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is a nice hotel. The rooms are large and comfortable. The location is also quite convenient if you're planning to visit the KUL university (which is usually my case), but it is a bit far from the center.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good location, spacious rooms, clean, very good breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Darren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little hotel
I have stayed here many times but never left a review. It’s a great hotel and offers both rooms in main building and at the studio type apartments. Easy and free parking. More a residential area but 20mins walk to the town centre. Staff here are great and they offer bikes and even lights for nighttime. Breakfast is average for a hotel with something for everyone. Supermarket near by if you want to prepare your own in the apartments. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Large rooms and friendly service coupled with Good location Make this a fine place for leuven
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

William

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Some good, some bad
This is a mixed review and a possible caution for others. The hotel is nice, rooms large and comfortable. However, we seemed to be treated like second class which came up in a discussion with the front desk. We had 3 service issues - TV not working, I complained 3 times before it was replaced, I indicated the safe would not functioned as directed, I had to bring the topic up twice before being heard and our room was not cleaned on the second day. When I brought this topic up to the front desk - I was told that they were confused and that because we had only paid 70 Euro per night (thru Hotel.com) and there normal rate was in excess of 100 Euro that they had decided to treat us like weekly clients who get no room service. It did feel like we were being treated like second class. The big apology would be that they would clean our room tomorrow. Not much of an apology if you ask me. Top management obviously isnt communicating with the front line as to rates they are advertising rooms. The other issue is parking. They advertise free parking which is true with the following caveat. There 8-10 space parking lot is also used by their restaurant which is full every night. If you arrive back at the hotel between 6-9 pm, you will have to try and find a spot on the street which is very difficult. Beyond these issues, the hotel room was very nice. Note there is not an elevator
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Huge jaccuzzi was an unexpected bonus on the top floor. Two flights up and quite a corridor but no offer of help with suitcase wasn't great, otherwise the staff were very polite and helpful. Very spacious light room; no doors to wardrobes would look messy during a longer stay though. Skylight over the bed is a head hazard first thing in the morning. Excellent breakfast in a well-designed modern conservatory. (Unsecured) free wi-fi connected automatically and was strong enough to stream movies. Very good bar restaurant next door is a real plus.

8/10 Good

Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Boardhouse
Stayed before and will stay again. Friendly, helpful and welcoming

8/10 Good

DG

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

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff is very friendly and they take good care of their guests.

8/10 Good

Anonymous, Somewhere

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Comfortable Close to KULeuven Campus
I think that nowadays breakfast should be included. The first day i paid the 12euro for it. It was ok but not so special. Instead ended up buying breakfast at the local supermarket. 12 euro for the rest of the week. There were some problems at the rooms from my colleagues like a light not turning off at all, noisy air-conditioning, noisy fridge. The bikes service was nice, though they could need some maintenance.

10/10 Excellent

SJ-1957, Aberdeen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Leuven Accommodation / Rock Werchter 2014
My party of four travelled to Belgium from Aberdeen and stayed in two rooms at the Boardhouse in Leuven as our base for the 2014 Rock Werchter festival. The hotel location is in a pleasant suburb called Heverlee, which has numerous shops, cafes and pubs close by and is a five minute walk from its own railway platform, just one stop away from Leuven Central. There are also frequent buses into the town centre, which is alternatively a 30 minute walk through suburban Heverlee and the lovely university quarters into the splendid centre. We got back to Leuven most nights from the festival around midnight and either took taxis back to the residence or walked through the streets which were always quite busy and felt very safe. The lodgings themselves (which are more centrally located in Heverlee, five minutes’ walk from the hotel reception & main building) were a delight to get back to, especially on the days that were rainy. Our rooms were spacious and clean, and although we didn’t use the cooking facilities in the rooms, I did use the free washing machine and dryer in the basement – very convenient once the festival site became muddy. The hotel management and staff were really welcoming, friendly and helpful, and our entire experience in Leuven was really pleasant. The Festival was a huge success, and having the Boardhouse and Heverlee as our home from home really added to the whole experience. Book early for Rock Werchter 2015!

8/10 Good

Deanna, Leuven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to KU campus
Great location if you have business at the university. However, the picture posted on hotel.com (the reason I chose this location) was not actually a picute of the hotel, at least the location where my room was located. The room was great, though. The buffet was not worth the money.

4/10 Poor

Jack, UK

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good location
stayed in external guesthouse, nice little apartment style room with kitchen, located at Heverlee train stop, Breakfast at main hotel definitely worth the price

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good for a 3 star hotel
Probably 15 to 20 minutes walk to the center. Parking very easy near the hotel. Great breakfast as well. Highly recommend

10/10 Excellent

Denis, Toronto, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A gem
This was a delightful hotel, without any doubt the best of our two week trip to Europe. Although we had what was billed as the 'standard' room in the Boardhouse - a 2 minute walk from the main hotel - everything about the room was perfect. The decor was understatedly elegant and modern, it was in pristine condition, the breakfast was wonderful, the staff were engaging and helpful, and the hotel's location was an easy 15 minute walk to the centre of the city. I would recommend this hotel to anyone considering a visit to Leuven - which, by the way, is itself a delightful and vibrant little city to visit.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Apartment hotel in Leuven
I got the apartment - so it was a little bit away from the main hotel. However it was worth the short walk. The room was large with an equally large bathroom - incl a jaccuzi bath. The apartment also had a fully equipped kitchen area to prepare your own food, incl microwave, 2-hob cooker with cutlery and crockery. It should be said that it is a little outside of the centre of town - about a 15/20 min walk or a 5 min bus ride (the 1 and the 2 go to the station through town). Also on Sunday morning there was a market in the square outside which woke me a little earlier than I had planned. But the inconvience was more than made up for by the chance to buy some fresh pasteries for breakfast! Overall I rate the room very highly.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
5 minute walk from centre

8/10 Good

Werner

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Praktisch
Vlot, netjes, rustig en praktisch. Vlak bij Leuven.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ludovic

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bon hôtel
Très bon hôtel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ludovic

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Très bon hôtel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
super verblijf!
Hele vriendelijke, behulpzame mensen, een heerlijk bed, mooi dakterras, wifi en schone kamer met badkamer
Stayed 1 night in May 2020

10/10 Excellent

luca maria

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Val la pena di tornarci
Assolutamente positiva come esperienza, camera pulita, silenziosa, confortevole, alla reception sempre trovato persone gentili e disponibili, l'unico neo è stato il caldo di notte ma sufficiente lasciare aperta l'aerazione dei lucernari per ristabilire una temperatura accettabile.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020