Flandrien Hotel - Brakel

Marc B.

Extraordinaire ! Un hôtel pour cyclistes géré par des cyclistes passionnés ; tout y est, accueil, conseils, environnement, qualité de l'hébergement, repas ... au coeur des Flandres et de ses monts mythiques. Nous y séjourné un week end et nous y reviendrons !

PATRICK M.

Avec les copains de la Team Cycliste Bussy (77 - France) nous sommes partis pour un Tour des Flandres sur 2 jours (+200 kms pour 2500 D+)
Un super week-end vélo inoubliable (pluie, vent, pavés glissants , bergs mythiques )
Un accueil bienveillant de Bernard et de son épouse , des gens passionnés et passionnants !!!
Tout est fait pour votre confort et celui de votre vélo, les chambres sont top, le déjeuner et les repas spécialement étudiés pour les sportifs sont qualitatifs et quantitatifs, le tout dans un cadre champêtre et chaleureux
Flandrien hôtel pour cyclistes passionnés ... ça transpire vélo, ça parle vélo, ça rêve vélo ....

Christopher S.

This is the most perfect hotel for those that like / enjoy / love cycling. We have had the most brilliant long weekend with Jamie and his crew - super welcoming, super knowledgeable super friendly and super brilliant and super guides
to Flandrian cycling. Food was great, rooms were great and bike collection is next level!
..........and secure bike storage that isn't your room!
Thank you and I look forward to coming back

Finn W.

Greatest experience staying at the Flandrien Hotel. The owner/host was so nice and caring and went the extra distance to make sure that you were having the most comfortable, perfect stay. Highly recommend for the amazing riding and proper belgian cycling experience.

amanda T.

“Real review” see below Jamie & Bernard

One of us really wanted to stay here for the ‘cycle culture’ and now that we have, we NEVER will again!

We have stayed at bike hotels in both Riccione and Bormio Italy and loved the organized structure and professionalism they provided for cyclists.

If you are merely a couple, don’t bother since this is all about the groups. We booked a ‘superior room’ and got a tiny cubicle in the middle of many rooms with one tiny window and not even a chair to sit on. We were made to wait until after 17:00 to check in despite their check in at 16:00 and the room seemed quite dirty still. Carpet wasn’t even vacuumed. We noticed other rooms had a nice Flandrien chocolate as a welcome yet ours had nothing of the sort. Here we weren’t even given the bike storage lock combo and had to ask another cyclist to open it for us. As a couple, we were pretty much forgotten or not respected. At breakfast which is not at all structured- the timing floats based on whatever group may be there it seems. On a few mornings we went to sit for coffee and were told to move for a group. That’s fine however we would have liked to know where to sit right away to both help us wake up in a calm fashion and enjoy coffee plus not be in someone’s way. This is how breakfast felt. The breakfast food seemed limited for a cycling hotel since there weren’t even eggs, hard boiled or otherwise and the oatmeal packets were five months expired.

They also need some help or attention in the breakfast area with atleast someone emptying the garbage bin next to the coffee machine after breakfast. It was full a couple of days and hot and stinky.

The one nice perk was the beers we could enjoy from their bar at our leisure and mark it on our tab. But most importantly to have gotten a closet for a room compared to the others we saw and pay for a Superior Room was a waste and for certain we would never recommend this place to friends.

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This is a response to them claiming this is a fake review, which it is not. We actually stayed there in May 2024. We actually talked to Jamie about our bad stay. Jamie even mentioned that maybe the small rooms don’t bother other guests because they’re normally out cycling eating and doing other stuff instead of staying in the room as my injured partner had and Jamie was kind enough to offer us a free stay if we ever came back, which of course is not going happen because we didn’t enjoy our first stay so why are we going to use our free time in the future and hope it’s a better stay next time !! iI’s interesting how they attack this ad saying it’s a fake review which it is not and the reason you see reviews from Vietnam Jamie is because if you remembered who we were, we are full-time travelers therefore we leave reviews around the World! We will be back in Belgium this fall of 2025 and guess where we’re not staying Jamie, The Flandrien Hotel!

This review is 100% real and if you read its content you see we talk specifics of exactly we did not like !!

Sorry Jamie and Bernard that you didn’t like our review! I guess I should’ve posted this last May so more people could’ve seen it since that time sorry for the late review. I did you a favor in that respect!

Your response below is totally off base and laughable, AI generated, Good one guys!!

Nick B.

My wife and I booked this stay as part of our honeymoon trip over the Christmas and New Years Holiday. We wanted to experience cyclocross in Belgium during this time this seemed like the perfect place for that. Jamie was a great host making us feel right at home welcoming us to breakfast and lunch. He was an awesome communicator leading up to our stay, making me feel comfortable about having the tools and everything else necessary to race in Belgium without having all the burden to bring rollers, think about transportation etc. This is especially appreciated when flying abroad. Not only was this place great from the racing perspective, but also as a tourist. The hotel is decorated with plenty of bikes and modern imagery of great cyclists to inspire you while you are sipping your morning coffee in the clubhouse. It also has an expansive kitchen to cook all of your food while you are there and self service bar. This is nice to have as nutrition is so important while racing and sometimes hard to find while eating out at restuarants. There was also ride nutrition available to purchase which was reassuring since I often forget to pack extra gels etc while traveling. It is great to mingle with other cyclists staying at the hotel and chat with Jamie about his bike collection and the other great work he is involved in, including the scholarship program that they offer to help young cyclists pursue their dreams. Truly, anything is possible at the Flandrien and cannot wait to return!

siemon C.

Unrelated to the accomodations, but speaks volumes to the ownership:

During my ride today I had one flat after the other, and ran out of CO2 and inner tubes. On the roadside, a friendly cyclist stopped and offered help. Gave me his own last CO2 cartridge, and was really helpful and friendly. With the day I had, this was really great to encounter.

Ended up waiting another 90 mins for pickup, but this was really great.

Turns out the man was manager (?) of the flandrien hotel - and since I didn't get a name I wanted to offer my thanks this way.

If this man is involved with the hotel, I can only imagine the type of service you'll get there.

Thanks again!

Zoe W.

Had the most fabulous time staying here in August. We stayed for two nights in the glamping tents which were super comfortable and spacious. From the moment we arrived, Jamie was the most amazing host, from the welcome to the tour to the stories! Jamie is a wealth of knowledge, is super helpful and accommodating and has the most fabulous stories to tell. It was great to be joined at dinner by the scholarship cyclists living onsite, from a vast range of backgrounds, it was super interesting to find out more about them and their racing.
We certainly felt we left having made new friends and we can't wait for a return visit.