Premeditating its destruction, the Hotel Le Plaza was, exactly like the Palace of Justice, made into a booby-trap by the Germans, before the arrival of the Allied Forces.

Twenty years passed before the rebirth of the Hotel le Plaza under the impulse of its present owner, Baron van Gysel de Meise.

With a view to restore the building's original purpose, while modernising its amenities, the Société de Gestion Hôtelière undertook, from February 1995, considerable renovation and furnishing works for an investment of 400 million Belgian francs.

[1] The architect of the Hotel Le Plaza, Michel Polak, found inspiration in the style of the Hôtel George V in Paris, ensuring by its concrete frame a remarkable solidity.

There was a Plaza Taverne located on the corner of the Boulevard Adolphe Max and the narrow Rue de Malines/Mechelsestraat, now the main entrance to the hotel.

The menu, created by the chef Olivier Bontemps and his sous-chef Alexandre Van Kalck, varies with the seasons to guarantee fresh quality ingredients.

Examples include: Shortly after the liberation of Brussels on 4 September 1944, the British General Staff occupied the Hotel Le Plaza.

Other important personalities of politics and finance were regular guests of the prestigious hotel, but it was most appreciated by the world of the arts and show business: Charles Aznavour, Jean Marais, Maurice Chevalier, Mistinguett, Louis Jouvet, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philippe, Annie Cordy, Simone Signoret and Yves Montand, Luis Mariano, Gary Cooper, Raymond Devos, Georges Guétary, Josephine Baker, Fernandel, Lucienne Boyer, Charles Trenet, Martine Carol, Bourvil, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Claude Pascal, and Claudine Dupuis.