Hotel Le Plaza

Brussels, Belgium. Located in the heart of Brussels on Boulevard Adolphe Max, between Place de Brouckère and Place Rogier.

Hotel Le PlazaBrussels, Belgium

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Practical information

About 190 rooms and suites, from Classic rooms to a Presidential Suite among the largest in the Benelux.
L’Estérel, combining a bar and a 48-seat dining room with seasonal menus.
A listed former cinema in Moorish style, now a theatre for banquets and conferences.
Located in the heart of Brussels on Boulevard Adolphe Max, between Place de Brouckère and Place Rogier.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1930
Le Plaza opens, designed by Michel Polak after the Hôtel George V in Paris, with an Art Deco exterior and Louis XVI interiors.
1940
During the German occupation, the military commander for Belgium and northern France takes up quarters in the hotel.
September 1944
A booby trap left by retreating German forces kills two British officers and destroys the Winter Garden and stained-glass dome; British staff then occupy the hotel.
Post-war years
Winston Churchill stays regularly; guests also include Brigitte Bardot, Yves Montand, Josephine Baker and Charles Trenet.
27 January 1960
Headquarters of the Congolese delegates at the Round Table; Le Grand Kallé and African Jazz first perform “Indépendance Cha Cha” here.
1976
The original hotel closes.
23 July 1992
The building is listed as a protected monument by the Brussels-Capital Region.
February 1995
Owner Baron van Gysel de Meise launches a restoration directed by Pierre-Yves Rochon and Anne van Gysel.
1996
Le Plaza reopens after twenty years of closure.
2012
Éric Rochant shoots scenes of the film “Möbius”, with Jean Dujardin and Cécile de France, at the hotel.