We enjoyed our stay at Youssef's apartment.This was a nice cosy little apartment right at the heart of Brussels city centre just a 10 minute walk from Gare du Midi station surrounded but loads of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean restaurants in the vicinity. Youssef was out of town so had had made alternate arrangement by getting one of his friends Sara to help with the check-in. We were warmly received by Sara and she was were helpful and forthcoming.
The apartment itself was very clean and cosy with lot of stuff stocked in the kitchen we were allowed to use (although we didn't use them much). There was a carnival going around in the area just few blocks away which was noisy going on till late in the night, but this didn't cause any inconvenience as such.
Overall a place with proper value for money and its sad that we couldn't stay longer at this place. Would strongly recommend this and would return this place when we visit Brussels again.