La Réserve

Hotels
Independent
8.8 (65 reviews)
Elizabetlaan 160, Knokke-Heist, 8300 , Knokke-Heist , BE

Pets allowed

Facilities

Fireplace in lobby
Free WiFi
24-hour front desk
Terrace
Luggage storage
Sauna
Designated smoking area
Concierge service
Steam room
Elevator
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Luxury ambiance
Friendly staff
Cons:
Poor service
Cleanliness issues

Categories

Cleanliness
7.9
Several reviews mentioned issues with cleanliness, such as empty soap dispensers and delayed room cleaning.
Service
8.9
Service was frequently noted as lacking, with complaints about staff experience and response times.
Location
10
Guests appreciate the location being near the city center, as emphasized in multiple reviews.
Room Quality
8.4
Some complaints about room features, such as no door on the toilet and insufficient towels.
Amenities
8.4
Amenities were criticized, particularly cleanliness and availability in the spa and breakfast services.
Value for Money
8.4
Given the mentioned issues, guests may feel that the hotel is not worth the high price.
Food and Beverage
8.4
Mixed feelings about food service quality and availability at breakfast.
Overall Experience
10
Despite various issues, some guests had good experiences, highlighting the luxury feel of the hotel.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-09 08:49

Property Description

Recreational Amenities and Dining
Indulge in the indoor pool, sauna, and fine dining experience at La Rigue, offering local and international cuisine with 24-hour room service. End your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.

Comfort and Convenience
Stay connected with complimentary wireless internet and enjoy the fireplace in the lobby. Featuring 110 air-conditioned rooms with flat-screen TVs, private bathrooms, and daily housekeeping, the hotel ensures a comfortable stay.

Convenient Location
Located in Knokke-Heist near Knokke-Heist Beach and Zeebrugge Harbour, La Réserve provides easy access to nearby attractions. With a 4-star rating by Hotelstars Union, your stay promises luxury and relaxation.

Book your upscale retreat at La Réserve for a memorable experience near the pristine beaches of Knokke-Heist.

Important information:

Enjoy recreational amenities such as an indoor pool and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and a fireplace in the lobby.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM

Property Policies

  • Pets

    Only dogs and cats are allowed

  • Pets

    Service animals are exempt from fees/restrictions

  • Children and extra beds

    No rollaway/extra beds available

  • Pets

    Pets allowed

  • General

    Professional property host/manager

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Location

Guest Reviews

8.8
Based on 65 reviews
Cleanliness: 7.9
Service: 8.9
Location: 10
Room Quality: 8.4
Amenities: 8.4
Value for Money: 8.4
Food and Beverage: 8.4
Overall Experience: 10
M
Maaike partner
10
Pros:

Fantastisch hotel met zeer luxe uitstraling en behandeling van hun gasten ! Alleen maar lof !

2025-09-16 via Nuitee
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Bulent
10
Fantastique
Pros:

Sans doute le meilleur hôtel de la ville, tout était parfait, hôtel, très propre, pas loin du centre-ville, très propre personnel, très souriant et accueillant rien à dire

2025-09-13 via Nuitee
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pieterdotbe Couples
4
Avoid if you can. Nice building but no (really no) service
Pros:

This is the only 5-star hotel in the area. I’ve been here several times before. In the beginning, you could overlook the low level of service — you have to give people a chance to learn. But now, a few years later…
Some examples: at check-in you get your key and that’s it. Find your room yourself. Hotel information? Absent. Information about breakfast, the spa, etc.? Not mentioned. There is a WhatsApp AI app that always replies “it will be passed on and housekeeping will help you,” but nothing actually happens.

The spa is “so well” maintained that all the soap dispensers have been squeezed completely empty. When going for breakfast, please check if they’re still serving eggs. Just because they let you in doesn’t mean the kitchen will still be willing to fry one. Also check if there’s soap before you shower. Ordering coffee at breakfast easily takes 10 minutes.

You get the feeling that all staff are friendly but very inexperienced student workers. And when you arrive: the reception is at the back on the right — in case, like many others, you can’t find it. The people at the door only help guests with short skirts; otherwise, they just talk to each other.

This hotel is best compared to a TV show where people have to manage a 5-star hotel for the first time. Lots of good intentions. Lots of “sorry.” But honestly, it’s just painful. Book something cheaper nearby and spend the money you save outside the hotel.

2025-08-09 via Tripadvisor
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F5824QTcharlied Family
2
Such a bad experience never again ( sabena)
Pros:

The worst experience ever.This is not a hotel ,5 star worth.
Waste of time,waste of money, waste of health.
This must be belgium.

2025-08-02 via Tripadvisor
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Andre partner
6
Pros:

Super Nice Hotel but Service is Not what you expect and know from other Hotels - Like the Bothanic Sanctuary in Antwerp before This stay. Room was cleaned on Sunday at 4pm there is no door to the toilet which is not good at all. Only 1 towel per Person in the bathroom and no Soap.
More of such Details could be mentioned Burg This is what makes the difference

2025-07-16 via Nuitee
J
Jochen
10
Aangenaam verblijf in prachtig hotel!
Pros:

Zeer aangenaam hotel, prachtige wellness en bar. Mooie afwerking in het ganse hotel! Zeker een aanrader.

2025-07-04 via Nuitee
S
Sener partner
8
Pros:

ontbijt was het best

2025-06-26 via Nuitee
E
E4379XRroberts Couples us
4
Not Even Remotely a 5-Star Hotel in Terms of Service
Pros:

We stayed at this hotel for more than a week at a special, heavily-discounted group rate. Still, the value simply was not there. Physically the hotel, at least arguably, deserves its supposed 5-star status. It’s modern, attractive and generally clean.

Unfortunately, that’s where the good news ends. In terms of service, the place doesn’t measure up even to 3-star standards. While there are a few staffers there who would like to take proper care of their hotel guests, they are clearly poorly managed, overworked, overstressed and they have no systems in place to make sure that problems get solved. If you ask the employees why problems never seem to get solved, some of them will tell you about this in detail, sotto voce.

For example, we checked into a room where the air conditioning was flat-out not working. The following morning we reported the problem and were promised that the problem would be fixed by the time we returned to the hotel in the evening. When we arrived back the problem was not fixed, no attempt to fix it had been made (“We were too busy today”) and were told that no other rooms were available so we would have to accept an extremely hot room (close to 80 degrees Fahrenheit) until the following day.

The second day we were again promised that the repair would be made but, once again, nothing happened. When we returned to the hotel we were simply told that the system was working properly, contrary to what I was telling them. Only when I insisted that an employee physically come to the room to see that the room was hotter than a Finnish sauna and the A/C didn’t blow any air at all did they acknowledge the problem.

Still, they claimed that there were no other rooms available that night and we would, once again, for the third night in a row, have to try to sleep in an extremely hot room. When I suggested that perhaps some kind of discount or other compensation might be in order under these circumstances, I was told, in so many words, that I would be ice skating in Hades before management would agree to anything like that.

The best I could get is an agreement to put us in a different room the following day. This promise they finally honored.

However, not checking the invoice carefully at checkout time sometimes has its consequences. The new room, though on the surface identical to the old one, apparently was in a different price category, and we discovered later that we were charged quite a bit more for the new room than for the old one. It would have been polite, not to mention ethical, for the hotel to mention this at the time rather than wait for us to notice it (or not) on the final invoice.

This is not the kind of thing one expects from a so-called 5-star hotel. Incidentally, the 45 euro/day parking fee is ridiculous. There is free parking across the street between the hotel and the casino. The breakfast is not terrible but definitely not 5-star level, either. I could go on, but you probably get the idea: If you value service and value-for-money, stay far away…

2025-05-27 via Tripadvisor
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Colleen partner
10
Pros:

A fabulous hotel, where the little things are taken care of, without needing to ask. Super facilities from the design of the hotel to the bedding. A complimentary glass of Ruinhart, probably tells you what you need to know!

2025-05-05 via Nuitee
J
Jana partner
8
Pros:

Sehr schönes Hotel.
Wir lieben das Ambient im La Reserve Im Restaurant La Rigue kann man hervorragend essen aber der Service war beim letzten Besuch nicht gut. Obwohl wir erst Ostermontag angereist sind, wo der meiste Trubel vorbei und das Restaurant am Ostermontagabend relativ leer war , lies der Service sehr zu wünschen übrig. Da stimmt Preis /Leistung leider nicht .Schön war der Tag auf der Terrasse mit DJ.Sehr lobenswert zu erwähnen der Service und die Freundlichkeit von Estefania ,die uns meist an Bar bedient. Für uns dort bis her die netteste Servicekraft . !

2025-04-27 via Nuitee
N
Nicolas partner
10
Pros:

Very nice hotel

2025-04-07 via Nuitee
J
josephine family
10
Pros:

the only criticism ww has was the cleanliness. in arrival we found some hats in the bathroom floor but this was was made good will just we went out for a walk
hotel is situated in a very convenient area and is of a very high standard
breakfast was impeccable

2025-01-19 via Nuitee
C
Christel
10
Pros:

Prachtig decor! Excellente service 5* upgrade room junior suite! Food is delicious! Perfecte prijs/kwaliteit verhouding 👌

2024-11-10 via Nuitee
E
Edward
8
Pros:

veel te duur voor dit hotel. is gewoon goed maar niet buitengewoon

2024-10-11 via Nuitee
A
Ann
8
Pros:

Heel mooi hotel. De bediening aan het ontbijt was niet goed! Heel lang wachten

2024-09-21 via Nuitee
F
F5824QTcharlied Friends getaway
2
watch your back
Pros:

This place has been renovated. .It lost all its charm from the past
It looks like a luxery dark crematorium
Its all about fake.Fake materials, fake staff
They invested in the most advanced cameras, permanently controling guests and staff.
Its North Korea at the north sea

2024-09-18 via Tripadvisor
D
Dr-Z89 Business Miami, Florida
8
Clearly one of the top hotels in Belgium. Recommend a visit. Be very wary of the dangerous steps to the pool.
Pros:

Super location with great views on the pond. Beautifully redone with luxury touches. Excellent restaurant with a marvelous grand room. Ok fitness room, somewhat small for a new luxury hotel. Nice and big rooms with plenty of amenities. Excellent service. Steps t from sauna to pool had no banister and were super slippery, I had a bad fall and mentioned it to the spa attendants. They were aware and it really surprised me they continued to operate it that way without a warning sign and at least some anti slip materials or cover. That was a very big negative for me which would warrant a zero but I didn’t want to give that kind of rating for a hotel that is clearly aiming to be of at least a Four Seasons/ St Regis standard.

2024-09-17 via Tripadvisor
A
Andrew
10
Pros:

Amazing hotel, great reception service, restaurant food really good- only let down was speed if restaurant service on a Saturday night, very slow.

2024-09-03 via Nuitee
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Erik
8
Pros:

Klassehotel, maar prijs-kwaliteit iets overrated. vb: superontbijt, maar voor 45€ pp verwacht je toch dat alles erin zit. Je kon nog betalend uitbreiden (bubbels, bepaalde eierbereidingen, ....). Tof zwembad met sauna en overall wel vriendelijk personeel.

2024-08-27 via Nuitee
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Cyril
8
Pros:

Tolles Hotel in bester Lage. Das Personal ist ausgesprochen freundlich. Die Zimmer sind sehr schön, allerdings würde ich breitere Betten bevorzugen.

2024-08-25 via Nuitee