Beach nearby, white sand

Reviews of Hotel Helios

3 out of 5
Hotel Helios
Zeedijk 92, Blankenberge

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 83 out of 175 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 72 out of 175 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 175 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 175 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 175 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

timothy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The guy who was working reception was so friendly and helpful .. 10/10 for customer services and the view from the room was stunning .. I will be making a point of staying there again . Can’t recommend it high enough and once again the guy working was a credit to the company .
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Malwina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Fadi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good experience, friendly staff and good service
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tayo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

CLAIRE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely clean, quiet room. Good welcome.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

M

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Abdolkarim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great area, great staff and great room!

8/10 Good

Mandeep

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great modern hotel on the waterfront walkable to centre and local car parks. Breakfast was delicious and plentiful and there were tables available with a wonderful view. Room was tastefully decorated and clean. We visited in the winter so it was quite cold in the room - heating was available but the room took all night to warm up and we were checking out by then. Would stay again if we were back though.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

CLAIRE

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic hotel. Lovely city view room, spacious, clean, great shower. Breakfast was excellent with good quality food and a good range. Staff nice and friendly. Area around is peaceful, safe and good to park. Would stay again for sure!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Dalton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel that was clean and new. Would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent stay with kids Good breakfast
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

geert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice Hotel, close to the North Sea. Clean and nice staff. Breakfast was great too!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel with a view!
Hotel was clean, the staff were friendly and the location was excellent! Right on the beach! Price of the room was very competitive for a 4 star hotel. I will definitely be returning.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

4/10 Poor

Albert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
They need to finish remodeling first.
The hotel is still being refurbished, which we were not told by the email we received for the hotel and also it was not listed on the Hotel website. There was no hot water in the room. After telling the receptionist (which was very friendly) the water was turned on the next day in the morning and then it went out again. The window in my room was not sealed well, it was very cold and you could hear the wind com through the broken seal like a drift.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Nuts

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
What I liked...the hotel is neat and clean. It is at beach front location with paid parking available. The rooms are good size with good partition in family rooms. What I didn't like...There is a lack of basic facilities such as lack of iron and no tea making facilities in room like a kettle. The breakfast is really basic, the sausages were not proper sausages, they were the boiled ones. There was no fried egg, you have to boil your own eggs and no beans, no tomatoes to go with your sausages. Staff- the guy at check in was lovely. When we told him about the lack of kettle in the rooms and how we felt like having tea, he pointed us to the coffee/tea machine where we could unwind. There were also water bottles there which we could use. Later that day when we came back from dinner there was a lady on the shift. She was quite rude and interrupted us when I went to the machine to make tea. She said that the machine was only to be used for breakfast and we can't make tea. I politely referred her to what her colleague had said and she said he was not doing his job properly. I asked her to check policy with management and she replied rudely that she didn't need to check. I explained that there is a discrepancy between staff setting their own rules and if the coffee machine is in the public area it is meant for use. I then picked up a water bottle and she made us put it back and said we cannot use it. Hotel needs consistent policies. Sauna is there but only 3 hours a day.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from Tim on Dec 23, 2019
Good evening Miss, We do not have fried eggs, but there are scrambled eggs at breakfast; there also are eggs our guests can boil as long as they prefer. There are tomatoes at our breakfast, and saussages, but these are indeed not the fried kind. About the tea in the room, there is no kettle in the room. Tea and coffee downstairs are not free though. Because there were a lot of guests arriving at the same time when you checked in (it was a little before 14:00 on Saturday, so the busiest check-in time), and I felt it had taken quite a long time before all data for your rooms and those of the other guests (you did not all arrive together exactly at the same moment, so there were different other guests checking in at that moment between your rooms, making you wait for each other) had been properly recorded and everything had been explained to all guests, I offered you to take a free cup of tea from our machine when you came back from the room a few minutes later and you said you would like a cup of tea (because there was no kettle in the room). There must have been a misunderstanding between what I meant at that moment (you could take a cup)and what you thought I had meant (that it was always for free). My apologies for this misunderstanding. Standard hotel policy is that guests normally have to pay for all beverages downstairs. Letting you take a free cup of tea is therefore not standard hotel policy, but was a way you, your family and friends indeed could relax and start enjoying your stay in Blankenberge and Bruges after a long trip. There are water bottles, but these are indeed for breakfast; there is a free bottle of water in the room; it is not our policy guests take several extra bottles of water to the room without asking. When you came back to the hotel in the late evening, and my colleague saw there were about 12 persons standing at the coffee machine without first asking if it was possible to have a drink, my colleague therefore correctly told you this was not the hotel policy, so there was no need to check this with management. We hope you had a nice stay in Belgium though.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
wheelchair friendly. delicious breakfast buffet. beautiful interior design. right in front of the beach
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

PABLO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel Helios review
I enjoyed my stay at this hotel. Cozy and very clean room, good location and friendly staff. I recommend booking this hotel for the holidays.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Vince

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Irene

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Pleasant stay
The check-in staff was pleasant and accommodating. The room was large, pretty basic, but with glass to ceiling window which gave us a wonderful view of the ocean, we were satisfied. Since we were on the top floor, which we requested, we were not bothered by the noise from the street and restaurants below. However, there is no air-conditioning and we were there on a very hot day. Luckily, we were provided an electric fan by the front desk staff, so that helped. Cleanliness can be improved. The window ledge was dusty and it seemed was not dusted the whole 3 days of our stay. Location is excellent, beach front and walking distance to lots of restaurants. Breakfast was basic but sufficient, although the quality of the breads could not be compared to the ones we had in the other hotels we stayed in Bruges and France. Overall, we had a pleasant stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Marta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel is an awesome place to stay! Beautiful view of the beach and sea out our window. Breakfast included hot food, fresh fruit, yogurt, breads & great coffee. There is a nice sauna room with 2 types of saunas & relaxing room. The rooftop area was a great view & would be a nice place to relax in the warmer weather. Staff was extremely friendly and helpful! I would definitely recommend this hotel & would love to go back again!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I want to come back!
The staff was very inviting and informative. The breakfast was delicious and they even encouraged us to take snacks for later. The room was very cute and clean. The mini bar prices were clearly advertised and realistic. There was some construction in the building going on that woke us but other than that it was perfect.

10/10 Excellent

MICHAEL, Stuttgart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Michael's birthday
Quiet get away, though the room walls could be better sound proofed!

6/10 Okay

Mike, Kenley

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Weekend in Blankenberge
We were disappointed that there was only cold water in the room in the morning. Despite waiting for a less busy period the water did not get warmer. The service at breakfast was chaotic. There were insufficient staff on duty to replenish the demand of a full hotel. Generally we were disappointed with the hotel as the position on the beach front is excellent, the quality of the rooms are high and it hosts a Michelin recommended restaurant. With one or two small changes the Management could clearly achieve a much better review.

8/10 Good

Bjorn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Het was in orde
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Arend

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
nice place to stay. Clean, practical, a good place to start a daily exploration of Paris city. The matras, however, were not of the best quality; But still acceptable.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

carole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bon séjour
Bon séjour, chambre propre et spacieuse Salle de bain de belle taille
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nathalie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sur la digue, emplacement idéal,calme malgré tout, très propre et accueillant, buffet petit déjeuner extra, je recommande
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wijnanda

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

AUDREY

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marika

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Walter

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Heinz

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Sehr schönes Frühstück große Auswahl .
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Corinne

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Leuk hotel vlak bij het strand. Erg vriendelijk personeel.

10/10 Excellent

Stéphanie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nicolas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convivial
L'accueil et la situation
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Eve

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Heel vriendelijk ontvangen. Grote kamer met een hele nette badkamer. Het was een aangename verrassing. Het ontbijt is inclusief en er was zeker voldoende keuze. Ook de koffie was erg lekker.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marijke

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ruime en gezellige kamer, voldoende handdoeken, uitstekend ontbijt, vriendelijk personeel
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jelke

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Mooie en propere kamer. Heel uitgebreid ontbijt.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Rita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ik was er met 3grotere kleinkinderen. Een familiekamer tip top naar onze wens. Ontbijt super! Personeel zeer vriendelijk ondanks de grote drukte
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Jessica

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Schönes Hotel an der Strandpromenade. Zimmer war sauber und ordentlich. Frühstück war gut: große Auswahl an Brötchen und Teilchen, Aufschnitt, Marmeladen, Rührei, Speck, Würstchen,… Parken ist etwas schwierig. Platz in der Tiefgarage muss eine Woche vorher reserviert werden. Dauert Tiefgarage ist klein und sehr eng. Parkplätze in der Umgebung sind je nach Uhrzeit/ Wetter schwierig zu finden. Kosten ca. 25€/10 Std.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Louisa

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

wassim

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Marie-Jeanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022