Name: Ghent River Hotel
Address: Waaistraat 5, 9000 Ghent, Belgium, Waaistraat 5, East-Flanders, 9000, Belgium
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at $117 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8

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Ghent River Hotel

Waaistraat 5, 9000 Ghent, Belgium –

*7.9* Ghent City Hall: only 6 minutes away! (1,550 feet by foot)

*8.5* Toreken: only 2 minutes away! (550 feet by foot)

*8.3* Friday Market: only 2 minutes away! (450 feet by foot)

*7.9* Design Museum Ghent: only 6 minutes away! (1,650 feet by foot)

*8.0* Great Butchers' Hall: only 5 minutes away! (1,250 feet by foot)

*8.3* Old Fish Market: only 5 minutes away! (1,300 feet by foot)

*7.5* Graffiti Street: only 4 minutes away! (1,000 feet by foot)

*8.6* Gravensteen Ghent: only 4 minutes away! (1,050 feet by foot)

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Very beautiful hotel in the heart of Ghent. We enjoyed an extra comfortable stay and the breakfast had a wide choice of food. The special package was nice and the little champagne on the house was very much appreciated :)

Alessio, United Kingdom

location of hotel is excellent, with many of the sights of the city in walking distance. the breakfast was extremely good and the room was spacious and clean. there are nice touches such as a pod coffee maker and robes and slippers in the room. and the rooms with a view look out on to the canal.

Nigel, United Kingdom

Very convenient for the old city. Comfortable bed.

George, United Kingdom

Breakfast was good, location very good, size of room and shower were good.

Michail, Luxembourg

Inspired conversion from an old canal side factory with unique in our experience décor. Extremely clean, quite and comfortable rooms. Superb breakfast catering for all tastes. Very helpful and polite staff.

Roger, United Kingdom

Breakfast was great. Just was running low if you come towards the ends of service.. Far away from the train station but close to the centre

Acidute, United Kingdom

The hotel was very central. However, due to many roads being closed for roadworks, one way systems etc.... it was very difficult to navigate to the parking close to the hotel.

Simon, United Kingdom

beautiful room with original oak raftered ceiling and very comfortable bed. A great choice of breakfast food available in the lovely glass walled dining room. Would definitely book this hotel again and although I don't know what the rest of the rooms were like, from my own experience I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

Sandra, United Kingdom

Beautiful river view room..very large along with a lovely bathroom. Worth the extra price for the river view.

Dexter, United States of America

Excellent location, right on the canal and in the heart of Ghent - on the edge of the old town.

Michael, United Kingdom

Stay in the Heart of Ghent – Excellent location – show map

One of our top picks in Ghent.

This hotel blends an industrial history with elegant décor and modern facilities. Ghent River occupies several former factory buildings, less than half a mile from the Botermarkt. It features a sauna, gym free Wi-Fi and a riverside terrace.

The rooms at Ghent River Hotel have a TV, minibar and a modern bathroom. Some of the rooms include original features such as high ceilings or wood- beam ceilings.

The House of Alijn is only 900 feet from River Hotel. Gent-Dampoort Train Station is a 15-minute walk away. The center of Brussels is 40 minutes away by car.

Each morning a buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast room which features panoramic views of Ghent. The buffet includes croissants and pancakes as well as bacon and scrambled eggs.

This is our guests' favorite part of Ghent, according to independent reviews.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 9.1 for a two-person trip.

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	Special Offer- Executive Double or Twin Room 1 full bed	Show prices
댴 Private bathroom Room Size: 269 ft² This spacious room has a minibar, a TV and a desk. The bathroom is fitted with a bathtub or a shower. A hairdryer is also provided. This romantic package includes: - a stay in an Executive Double or Twin room - breakfast buffet in the breakfast room with panoramic views of Ghent or in your room - romantic decorations in the room - a small bottle of Louis Casters Brut Champagne in the room - a welcome gift in the room - luxury toiletries - late check-out until 1:30 pm Room Facilities: Minibar, TV, Telephone, Air conditioning, Hairdryer, Desk, Toilet, Bathroom, Heating, Slippers, Bathtub or shower, Hardwood/Parquet floors, Wardrobe/Closet, Toilet paper , Trash cans Free WiFi is available in all rooms. Check-in / / Check-in Date Check-out / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children
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댴 Private bathroom Room Size: 215 ft² This room has a minibar, TV and desk. The bathroom is equipped with a bathtub or shower. A hairdryer is provided. Room Facilities: Minibar, TV, Telephone, Air conditioning, Hairdryer, Desk, Toilet, Bathroom, Heating, Bathtub or shower, Wardrobe/Closet, Toilet paper , Trash cans Free WiFi is available in all rooms. Check-in / / Check-in Date Check-out / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children
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댴 Private bathroom Room Size: 269 ft² This spacious room has a minibar, TV and desk. The bathroom is equipped with a bathtub or shower. A hairdryer is provided. Room Facilities: Minibar, TV, Telephone, Air conditioning, Hairdryer, Desk, Toilet, Bathroom, Heating, Slippers, Bathtub or shower, Hardwood/Parquet floors, Wardrobe/Closet, Toilet paper , Trash cans Free WiFi is available in all rooms. Check-in / / Check-in Date Check-out / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children
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댴 Private bathroom Room Size: 323 ft² Luxuriously decorated room. Most of these rooms have a river view. Room Facilities: Minibar, TV, Telephone, Air conditioning, Hairdryer, Desk, Toilet, Bathroom, Heating, Bathtub or shower, Hardwood/Parquet floors, Wardrobe/Closet, Toilet paper , Trash cans Free WiFi is available in all rooms. Check-in / / Check-in Date Check-out / / Check-out Date Rooms Adults Children

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Ghent River Hotel is overlooking the river Leie, and it is the only hotel in Ghent that can be reached by boat. Just a stone's throw away from the city centre. This elegant hotel is a combination of two historic buildings: a renaissance house from the year 1518 and an old cotton factory dating back to the year 1857. Some rooms still contain specific details of this old factory. The hotel is famous for its stunning breakfast room, situated at the top floor, with a sun terrace. On the ground floor you can enjoy a drink in the cosy bar or on the quiet patio. And you can use the sauna and gym. Or you can hire bicycles a 5-minute walk from the hotel.

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Closest Landmarks

Friday Market 0.1 miles
Dulle Griet 0.1 miles
Toreken 0.1 miles
The House of Alijn 0.1 miles
Graffiti Street 0.2 miles
MIAT Museum 0.2 miles
Gravensteen Ghent 0.2 miles
Great Butchers' Hall 0.2 miles
Old Fish Market 0.2 miles
Ghent City Hall 0.3 miles

Closest Airports

Deurne Airport 32.8 miles
Zaventem Airport 34.8 miles
Ostend-Bruges Airport 38.7 miles

What Travelers Love About This Location

“Breakfast with a view Location”

Carion99

Netherlands

“The staff, the breakfast and breakfast room, my room.”

LAURA

United States of America

“Lovely location. Excellent breakfast in beautiful view restaurant”

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United States of America

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Children and Extra Beds

All children are welcome.

One child under 12 years is charged EUR 20 per night when using existing beds.

Free! All children under 2 years stay free of charge in a crib.

All children under 12 years are charged EUR 20 per night for extra beds.

Any additional older children or adults are charged EUR 50 per night for extra beds.

The maximum number of extra beds in a room is 1.

Any type of extra bed or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.

Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

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Pets are not allowed.

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Guest are requested to contact (or leave a comment in the Special Requests box) the hotel if they require an extra bed in their room.

Breakfast is served during the following hours:

6:30 am – 10 am during the week
7 am – 11 am on weekends

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September 19, 2017

Alessio
United Kingdom
9.6

“Great experience”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Special Offer- Executive Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉The view from the breakfast room wasn't as stunning as I thought but still very nice
눇Very beautiful hotel in the heart of Ghent. We enjoyed an extra comfortable stay and the breakfast had a wide choice of food. The special package was nice and the little champagne on the house was very much appreciated :)
September 19, 2017

Nigel
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
7.9

“Great Hotel - Great Location - Poor Staff”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • 2 rooms
- • Stayed 3 nights
눉We felt that there was a lack of trained staff working over the weekend that we sent at the hotel. The reception staff whilst courteous we had to wait ages for them to serve us, and there was times when the reception was not staffed. To be fair to the staff on Friday you could time they had had a day from hell, with computer systems fail. but unfortunately we had further issues over the weekend, like two of the rooms set out as doubles even though we booked twins and we had to convert them ourselves because it was too difficult to get them to sort out. and when the rooms were serviced one of the rooms they took away the used towels but did not replace, and when we asked for replacement we had difficulty getting the receptionist to understand what we were asking for.
눇location of hotel is excellent, with many of the sights of the city in walking distance. the breakfast was extremely good and the room was spacious and clean. there are nice touches such as a pod coffee maker and robes and slippers in the room. and the rooms with a view look out on to the canal.
September 18, 2017

John
United Kingdom
9.2

“Very comfortable. Enjoyable.Reasonable value for money”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Deluxe Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉Room 125 - light switch for bathroom wrong side of door
눇The breakfast was excellent
September 11, 2017

George
United Kingdom
7.9

“We loved Ghent, and the Ghent River hotel was a good base for our explorations.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
눉Plumbing in bathroom needs attention
눇Very convenient for the old city. Comfortable bed.
September 8, 2017

Michail
Luxembourg

4 helpful votes
6.3

Pleasant
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
눉Room was not well cleaned and had a smell of humidity and closure; Room on ground floor very dark, looking at noisy courtyard. Personnel somehow indifferent with the exception of receptionist on arrival day.
눇Breakfast was good, location very good, size of room and shower were good.
September 2, 2017

Johannes
South Africa

1 helpful vote
8.3

Very Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉Not their fault but the taxi service they contracted is substandard.
눇The location is amazing.
August 26, 2017

Anonymous
United Kingdom
7.1

“River rooms lovely, courtyard rooms yuk”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉Pokey rooms downstairs, very noisy beside courtyard. Took 4 attempts to get a room that worked!
눇Lovely buildings, great location
August 24, 2017

Richard
United Kingdom
8.8

“Hotel good - Access to hotel by car awful”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉Parking & access by car - never again!
눇very central and friendly staff
August 22, 2017

Elaine
United Kingdom
8.3

“We love this hotel so much we keep going back.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Executive Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉Parking facilities
눇Great view of the river
August 18, 2017

Maher
Saudi Arabia
5.8

Okay
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
눉The trip was not comfort since there is no stuff for help plus the washing dishes was little noisy at the third floor ..
눇The location is great and near everything
August 16, 2017

Roger
United Kingdom

2 helpful votes
9.2

“Superb in all respects, if a little pricey.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Executive Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
눉There is nothing at this hotel not to like!
눇Inspired conversion from an old canal side factory with unique in our experience décor. Extremely clean, quite and comfortable rooms. Superb breakfast catering for all tastes. Very helpful and polite staff.
August 16, 2017

acidute
United Kingdom
Age group: 25 – 34
6.3

“Has potential but needs some TLC”
- • Leisure trip
- • Group of friends
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
눉We had a ground floor standard room (021) facing the canal. Canal smells. plus bout tours start operating around 9-10 and they are loud. Room was nothing like in the pictures (no cool brick walls or wood on the ceiling). Not enough light especial in the bathroom (was taking shower almost in the dark). Gym is horrible! 4 trainers and they are very old.
눇Breakfast was great. Just was running low if you come towards the ends of service.. Far away from the train station but close to the centre
August 16, 2017

Simon
United Kingdom
5.0

“QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery) Quality Poor; Cost was too high for the value; Delivery slow / poor.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Executive Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
눉Due to many roads being closed for roadworks, one way systems etc.... it was very difficult to navigate to the parking close to the hotel. No parking at the hotel. I had tried calling the hotel to obtain directions due to the road system after calling twice I was on hold for 22 mins before speaking with the reception. There was no view from the room. The value for money was poor. The breakfast was the poorest that I have taken in all the hotels that I have stayed in Belgium. Breakfast was until 11:00, however at 10:30 there was no bread to make toast, the eggs looked dried and undesirable, the bacon was a small pile of fat. The orange juice tasted strange. There was no management to supervise the young team. One server spent 15 mins folding some serviettes - non value added activity at the time, instead of clearing tables or filling the breakfast area. The young team lacked motivation, affability, passion in their job.
눇The hotel was very central. However, due to many roads being closed for roadworks, one way systems etc.... it was very difficult to navigate to the parking close to the hotel.
August 12, 2017

Sandra
United Kingdom
9.2

“great hotel in a lovely town.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Executive Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
눇beautiful room with original oak raftered ceiling and very comfortable bed. A great choice of breakfast food available in the lovely glass walled dining room. Would definitely book this hotel again and although I don't know what the rest of the rooms were like, from my own experience I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
August 12, 2017

Brian
Panama
7.5

Good
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double or Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
눉Driving to this location is a nightmare. The city has closed roads rendering a gps useless.
눇Good location

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