Hotel Bélgica

I recently stayed with my family and the check in process was really simple. We arrived after hours and they were very accommodating. My two year old enjoyed sleeping on the beds.. The bathroom was well kept, hot and cold water worked perfect. Our room had a balcony and it was beautiful to be able to see outside. Overall we had a great stay!

We loved this beautiful and historic hotel in the center of town. They have done a great job maintaining the charm and elegance. The front seat staff is very friendly and goes out of the way to help you (we needed a kettle for hot water), and needed help with parking. The room was an interior room which had no windows but we loved it since it was dark at night to sleep. The ceilings are super high, very nice decor and bedding. Air conditioner worked great and a beautiful bathroom. Very clean. The food truck across the street is a must!!!!

Positive: This hotel is for those loving quality vintage. Hotel employee made our stay the most accommodating one could expect! He went above and beyond from local excursion recommendations to laundry and finding a coffeemaker, he is legit made of exemplary service. Negative: The construction wasn't desirable whereby we had to drive around a bit to figure out how to enter and then there were some suspect people in the vicinity but harmless.

I love how Americans come here expecting these hotels clearly stating built in the 1800's & expecting it to be a TRUMP hotel they can't afford! Stop being so spoiled! I am from the states and absolutely hate most hotels as they're all the same! Over priced, beds too soft, and the pillows to the same complimentary breakfast that's horrible! The staff here were great. PARKING IS FREE SO NOT SURE WHY THEY SAID IT WAS 20.00 you go in and they tell you where to park for free!!! The hotel itself had a beautiful old charm! 😍 yes it was a bit darker than most due to no windows HOWEVER there are small balconies and upon opening you get natural light! THERE IS ALSO A PRIVATE AREA FOR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY TO SIT OUT ( TERRACE) SEEN IN THE PICS!! It's just adorable being in a hotel with so much history and charm! Our stay was perfect!

We loved this hotel in Ponce. Beautiful decor, quiet, feels like going back in time. Can't wait to go back on our next visit to PR.

A wonderful small hotel with rooms that have a lot of character, situated right around the corner from a historic town plaza. Cozy room with a delightful feel, with wooden doors that opened onto a balcony affording views down the street. Wonderful combination of wood and tile and stucco in the room.

Beautiful rooms! Had a clogged shower that didn't get cleared until I requested assistance multiple times. Friend staying in another room had large bugs in her bed. Had to stay with me instead.

An elegant and well placed hotel in the centre of Ponce, a super friendly welcome and a beautiful room. The excellent price point marred a little for us by an excessive use of air freshener and no hot water.||Place = great, style = great, welcome = great, price point = great but all let a little down by some details.

We were in Ponce and stayed at this FANTASTIC Charming Hotel right in the Heart of the Beautiful City! The plaza is right out front the entire community gathers plays music rats gorgeous tasty Puerto Rican cuisine! Also directly next door they have a coffee shop that makes breakfast and Great coffee! The Hotel had Blowing freezing (WHICH WE LOVED) AIR CONDITIONING! Which keep us cool for 7 days! We had a GORGEOUS ROOM WITH BALCONY! Rockstar parking everyday! All the front my desk Customer Service ppl were AMAZING! Wonderful! But... the MAIDS WERE BEYOND FANTASTIC! I was a pain bc I slept in late! They still rocked it out gorgeously without a seconds notice! Omar and I love this place and he's been coming here for like 20 years. This is the fantastic place. It's wonderful. You'll love it. It's quaint. It's in the middle of everything right in the middle of the square there's food there's drinks there's casinos. There's everything within walking distance, it is so wonderful and I hope that it just keeps growing and growing and more businesses go in there if you wanna place to have a business go to Ponce the people are wonderful. The town is wonderful and I cannot say enough about this hotel. It's just gorgeous. It's clean cleaner than you would ever imagine.! We recommend this place 1 million times and we will see you soon ! Rose slater and Omar Santos

The good news is that the staff is very nice, the rooms are comfortable and clean, and the air conditioning works. The bad news is that the wifi never worked over 3 days and there was no hot water. I know that Ponce is going through hard times from Maria and especially from the recent devastating earthquake, but both of these are rather fundamental for a hotel--especially the hot water.

Was a bit worry as they didn't have private parking and building look old, i was wrong staff friendly, parking in front of building was safe, rooms was spacious and nice. Not 5 because i feel the restaurant may need better food.

Is a bit old so didnt get all 5 stars, the staff is wonderful the receptionist Jannielle was very friendly and accommodating. Pet friendly +++. Is in Ponce center so around areas for tourist.

My family and I loved this hotel! It's charming and cute! The customer service is excellent and the room was very clean and comfortable. Shocked to see it was rated three stars. Because this place was AWESOME! The beds are big and comfortable. The room is very clean! I would recommend anyone visiting Ponce to stay here! The location is very convenient and there is free parking around the hotel.

Worst hotel experience I have had in my life... We where careful not to smoke in the rooms, however they want to charge you $250 for smoking in the balcony even though they don't warn you that not smoking IN the room includes the outdoor balcony areas. Thieves... otherwise the room was pleasant and the linens where clean and comfortable, the bathrooms are in for a much needed makeover...

In the quieter parts of Ponce, we were heading towards the square after checking out a nice antique shop where we bought an antique coffee grinder we walked past Hotel Belgica - our eyes lit up not expecting to see a hotel with a Belgian name. We walked into this historical european style hotel and were greeted by the owner who was family was from Belgium. He told us we could tour the hotel if we wanted even though we werent looking for a room. We checked out the upstairs architecture and the houses that were build into the back of another it was very interesting indeed.

1. Reserved on March, 2015 for August 2015 for a wedding. They got the reservation wrong, and we're unwilling to do anything about it. 2. Talked to the manager his response was "stay at another hotel." 3. Shower had no warm or hot water, and on top of it was clogged. 4. They're breakfast was literally a carton of orange juice, a couple of cheese single slices, and a loaf of bread. 5. Only good thing was the host named Lu, who tried her best to calm me down when I got there after a 13 hour flight to find they had messed up my reservation. 6. STAY AWAY from this hotel.

This place is quirky and very affordable. Great architecture characteristic of the area. Beautiful common areas. Internet signal was weak and worked only in the lobby, but there was also a shared computer with free internet and it was never busy. It IS loud, but that's the location for you...this place is right around the corner from the town square in Ponce, and the town square gets very loud on Friday and Saturday nights. It was much quieter on a Sunday night, so keep that in mind. The side of the hotel facing the town square backs up on a fairly loud bar / club, but Friday night, our room on the other side of the building was fine. Side note? If you haven't been to Ponce, the town square is AWESOME. Seriously, I would be content staying here for a few nights and just going to the square and talking to random people and just paying attention to the random stuff going on there...there's always something happening, especially weekend nights, but, really, all the time. I found our rooms (we stayed here twice in two different rooms) to be very clean. One room was open to the outdoors, and had some mosquitos coming in (we visited in May, a wet month) so I did wake up with a few more mosquito bites, but a negligible amount compared to the amount we got walking around. Continental breakfast is minimal. They have whole grain bread (one of the few times I saw whole grain anything in Puerto Rico), and nutella...big plus, and London Cuppa tea (the only place in Puerto Rico I saw something higher-end tea than Lipton being served). But there was only orange drink, no legit orange juice, and I didn't like that. They also only had an artificial, processed butter spread. I find it hard to find healthy foods in Puerto Rico, so I suppose this place isn't too bad by comparison, but I would have appreciated real butter and real orange juice, or whole fruit. Staff mostly speaks English; some staff speaks broken English and a few people speak no English. But that's the norm for Ponce. Don't travel here if you expect to be able to speak to everyone in English, stay around San Juan if you want that. But the staff here were very nice and helpful. My Spanish is minimal, and when I had to speak to people who only spoke Spanish, they slowed down and I was able to understand them just fine. I would definitely stay here again.

It would have been a 3 if it was not for the breakfast experience. The rooms are high ceiling, elegantly set and the building is simply beautiful. Service is ...meh. Breakfast is literally by the reception desk. It is a table with cinnamon rolls and muffin, a jar of nutella and one of peanut butter and bread. Coffee. No water. For tea... you have to go upstairs by the fountain to take water, come down again and go to the other side where the microwave is. And you would have your breakfast literally in the corridor/hall between the reception and the street.

LOUD, no (zilch, zero, none) hot water, and bedbugs! Good luck.

Really nice hotel for a great bargain. It was $85 a night for a double bed room. The rooms are large with 15-20 foot ceilings. The bathroom looked to have been recently renovated and there was a small fridge in there if you need to refrigerate food. Besides the double beds, the room also had 3 nice wicker chairs and a table; perfect for lounging. It sits right of the main square and is surrounded by buildings with beautiful architecture. There is a computer with Internet if you need it. The continental breakfast was sort of weak with some bread, nutella, some yogurt, cereal, and chips. At least they feed you though. Staff is nice, but have slightly broken English.

LOUD next door NOISE CLUB 3am! Even on WEEKDAYS! Couldn't sleep with AC and earbuds. Music plays throughout whole hotel every possible area. Lobby. Hallways. Rooms. During the day you can hear the housekeeper clean bathrooms in far away rooms. The walls are super thin and so are the doors. Don't come here if you don't plan on clubbing next door till 3am. A bunch of clubbers end up getting a room to sleep with each other here, I don't blame them, it's right next door!!

Most of the reviews here appear to be several years old. Things have definitely changed since then. I have just spent a week at Hotel Belgica, and I can't recommend it highly enough. The beautiful old building retains its Colonial authenticity and is well maintained. The rooms are large with high ceilings, modern bathrooms, mini fridges, large flat-screen TVs with cable, AC, reliable wifi, very comfortable beds, and some have balconies. The small, mostly female staff is very warm and attentive. There are no coffee pots in the rooms, but coffee is served for free in the lobby. You can't beat the location, right beside the Plaza, or the price. It's very economical for PR. No breakfast is provided and the rooms are not handicap accessible. Street facing rooms can be a bit noisy at night with street traffic, car radios, etc, but it usually quiets down by 9 or 10 p.m. Only one night out of seven did I hear the loud bar next door, but my earplugs took care of that. It is not flashy or fancy. It is simple and elegant and a pure pleasure to spend time in. I will definitely be back.

Nicest hotel I have EVER stayed in. Huge bathroom, soft bed, high ceilings, beautiful molding, etc. Our area was super quiet. Wifi worked perfectly. Any other hotel I ever stay at will be a disappointment. Stay here, you will not regret it!

Pros Location, Not a chain, nice rooms. Cons No Ice at all, not enough for a drink, they said I could go to Burger King down the street and ask for some. No wine opener they said they used to have one. No help getting our wine bottle opened.

I agree with other reviewers--it is a cute hotel and an amazing location. If you hate sleep and peace and quiet it's the right place for you. We loved it until we got back to our room around 10 pm and were assaulted with pounding music that lasted until 2 am. It was UNBELIEVABLY loud. So loud it rattled all the furniture in our room. We decided not to complain to the front desk, assuming that there must not be an interior room available if we were given a street-facing room. Our mistake I guess. When we complained the next morning we were basically held responsible. The woman said that we should have asked for another room, and that there were interior rooms available. She said that we should have seen the reviews online and known what to expect. She also told us "that's why we warn people when they check in, and give them the option to switch rooms". Despite this impeccable logic (why not just assume that people don't want to get hearing damage all night?) we were NOT told about this when we checked in. The person who checked us in was brusque and barely spoke to us. I emailed the hotel later to complain about the whole experience, and I didn't receive an answer. I get that it sucks for the hotel that this club moved in across the street. But that doesn't mean I should have to pay to deal with the consequences.