Walking distance to beach, La Rambla, Barcelona Cathedral and so much more.

So close to many sights- La Rambla, La Boqueria , the Picasso Museum and the Barcelona Cathedral just to name a few.

The Rambles and  the The trendy Born area (Barcelona Cathedral) and a safe, easy ten minute walk.

The location is opposite the marina, about 5-10 minutes walk to the beach and the same to the Gothic quarter and Barcelona cathedral.

The gym is small and entirely functional.

There is a small gym and roof top plunge pool ( a bit cold for that in January!).

There is also a tiny gym; essentially one treadmill and one elliptical trainer plus some minimalistic equipment.

When we got there one morning there was someone on the treadmill and as it is a very small room we struggled to fit in.

Well, the gym is tiny and as a consequence, not that well stocked.

Small gym available with treadmill, elliptical and weights to help offset too many tapas . .

Should be aware gym is very small and parking off site and a 10 minute wait.

Also has a small gym which is perfect for a little workout.

but the seating area into the room made the hotel room small for a suite.

Neither room is large enough as well, even higher categories rooms are actually very small.

I didn’t want to be in the room during the day because it’s so small.

pretentious water saving sink with no facility to hold water.could only get hot water out unless the water was left to run for ages negating the original design to save water.An expensive,small room with the only view from the window of a small alley.

The rooms are a little small for the price

Room was quite small and wasn't anything that special about it for the price to be honest or any special touches apart from bottle of bubbles and some snacks on arrival.

The Rooms are small & face another building, so we upgraded to water facing Jnr suite, it was light & airy
It just not quite quirky enough to be boutique,

The property is small at under 30 rooms and located overlooking the marina.

So wonderful to be pampered and have staff that go out of their way for you.

The staff made recommendations of things to do and places to eat in Barcelona and their recommendations were spot on.

The location is perfect, the staff is incredible, and the hotel is beautiful.

Every staff member that we interacted with was fantastic and helpful.

I can’t recommend this boutique hotel highly enough, the staff, the interiors, the restaurant and the location all fantastic.

The staff are attentive, polite and they provided us with great recommendations on restaurants and sites to visit.

Great location by Gothic Quarter, El Born, port Vell and Barcelona 
Professional and competent staff.

The staff went above and beyond, very friendly and helpful!

Exceptional staff, great welcoming process and a very comfortable room.

The employees are very friendly, helpful, The hotel makes you feel special when you check in,

 You can enter the streets of historical Barcelona right next to the hotel.

The service from all the staff is amazing.

Everyone was so eager to serve and please.

I can’t say enough about the staff, they were professional, attentive, and friendly.

Diego was informative and helpful with suggestions for dining.

Serras Barcelona

small room

small facility

Paid public parking nearby

Free High Speed Internet (WiFi)

Pool

We also spent some time on the rooftop terrace with lovely views of the Barcelona Cathedral and the city (included pic was taken on terrace).

Location of the hotel is near to a supermarket (Carrefour), Barcelona cathedral and of course the market - La Boqueria.

Two young women at reception welcomed us warmly, which made us feel extra happy finally being in Barcelona (I am sorry I did not know their names).

Staff was quite courteous and efficient..

Excellent service team - friendly, helpful

The staff from the front deck, bar, and breakfast were all very friendly and attentive.

Location  was fantastic and service by the staff very attentive.

The reception team were a delight to deal with and could not have been more helpful.

We found the staff to be absolutely wonderful.

The high quality service ,staff and of the amenities was exemplary.

The hotel and its rooms are of high quality and the staff are very helpful and friendly.

People at the front desk was so helpful with everything we needed and we felt very welcoming.

Staff always helpful and we look forward to returning in 2024.

And in the bathroom needs to wait 5min+ for hot water.

Water damage in the bathroom, along with well worn fittings.

One tiny “free” bottle of water for 2!

Others have remarked on the (lack of) hot water in the bedrooms.

but if you are a bit late they'll be gone and not refilled.As well as coffee but there are plenty teas and hot water.

What used to be a variable tropical shower has a clogged head so the water is more like a wet weekend.

However, the walls are extremely thin that you can hear people walking past at all hours of the day, you can hear water flowing through pipes when other rooms flush the toilet/ shower, and you can hear people in the lifts as they are approaching your floor.

though again the water was cold and not pleasant.

Additionally water was only provided in room for 1 person, the shower system needed a card to explain its operation, rooms were not cleaned automatically & the lift system is complete chaos for residents.

Besides the noise, there’s no hot water - just briefly in the morning, then it’s off all day and into the night.

but no way were we going to get hot water for a shower despite following the instructions .

The only problem was on the last morning there was a lack of hot water.

Let the shower run in the morning for AT LEAST five minutes, probably longer, to get properly hot water,

Hot water is a problem, and that just wasn’t my experience alone, even allowing for the curious plumbing fittings.

We had to run water for a good five
Minutes-

The only issues we had was that it took several minutes for the hot water to run , reception staff told us that it was recent issue that was being fixed and the failure to access the BBC news channel on the TV .

A ref and hot water thermos was supplied.

The Cons:  The bathroom has a rainfall shower that is too close to the curved-up end of the bathtub; hot water can take more than five minutes to appear even will all taps open; the bathroom heater gets hot enough to cause burns and is not protected; no hair conditioner; poor quality bathroom amenities; the room lighting is clever

Hotel 1898

water

Paid private parking on-site

It is incredibly close to the Sants train station and walking distance to Citat Vella 
And the Barcelona Cathedral.

The room was generally dark even the corridor despite having on all the lights On room.

But then you go to use the bathroom and toilet - it's very dark and suddenly the funky lighting doesn't work in your favour.

and the light of room was so dark and opened window was so narrow.

The hotel theme is modern, albeit a bit dark in places.

but light still comes through and around these so if (like me) you like a completely dark room you will notice this.

buttons, hot/warm lighting, and combinations (if you arrive tired and it’s too frustrating, remove the key card and it goes dark).

but lighting made the halls and room quite dark.

Decor was dark and corridors were unsettling as they are so dark.

Interior deco is a little dark, like a night club.

although I did find the lighting a little dark in the room.

My only complaints are the shower has a small glass partition that gets water all over the floor and the room can be a bit dark.

We booked a standard double room and it was a bit dark as the hotel is a high-rise building and there is not much natural light

The only let down was how dark the rooms were and sometimes the room smelt unpleasant.

Decor is minimalist and contemporary in neutral, dark colors.

All the reception staff were very helpful and knowledgeable , they really made the stay enjoyable….

When we arrived we were greeted by an extremely helpful member of staff whose name I unfortunately didn’t catch.

Can’t thank him enough for being so accommodating and kind!

We had good time, the staff was friendly and very informative and  ready to help with any request.

Staff was friendly throughout and the check in process was smooth and efficient.

**Amazing service & care from Adrià at the front desk.

Friendly is an understatement and he cares 100% about the experience of his guests.

but cannot speak highly enough of Pablo and his team.

First of all staff at the desk are good especially Frederick,
The room is my main concern specially the cleaning and quality of lighting.

Front desk was probably the best I've ever experienced.

We’d seen how many of the hotels had thefts from their receptions so this was really important to us.

Nice ultra-modern hotel with responsive front desk and in a convenient amd location.

A quirky Hotel - I like quirky 👍 The location to explore Barcelona is excellent  👍  The staff are super friendly and helpful 👍 The breakfast buffet is more than adequate 👍 The rooms are modern and clean 👍 The beds are conducive to a good night's sleep 👍 Have you noticed all the 👍👍👍 => 😊

On one hand, the reception staff did not seem genuinely concerned about customer needs, even when suitable rooms were available.

Staff were great, both at the front desk (Roberto was exceptionally helpful) and in the breakfast area.

Clean, air conditioned, friendly, helpful, professional staff.

Centrally located, with helpful and attentive staff (especially Robert) the bed was comfortable, the room spacious and the air condition unit worked really well.

I personally tried temporarily closing the window tightly, and I felt a significant reduction in the noise.

The sound insulation of the windows facing to the street was not good enough.

However, the front desk assigned me a room with an internal window.

Thankfully you can close the blinds on the window (if you find the

The blind in our room broke and we didn't have time to tell them in the morning, when we came back in the evening,  it was fixed.

The curtains also do not close all the way so sleeping in is difficult with the light.

but opening the window during winter was effective enough unless there are noise in the public on New Year’s Eve.

Heavy traffic makes the room a bit noisy with thin windows.

The door in the balcony did not seal well and street noise was quite loud at times.

but it had a pane of glass that extended across about 1/3 of the tub length.)

but has powered blinds that can be closed with the touch of a button.

The only thing to complain about is that you can not turn off the lights themselves in the window which are switched on and off automatically.

(-) 
- a bit niosy due to thin walls (door slamming from the neighbor rooms)
- limited view due to the post modern painted windows (schalosia style)

Your privacy is furthermore respected and noise from the streets is filtered by soundproof windows.

but bathroom should have had a shower curtain as water leaks to floor.

button near the sink that will close the blinds but there is no signage telling you and its in an odd spot.

The very cool miniblinds in the windows don't work--permanently.

Only things that would make this hotel the best would be to put blinds or a curtain on the shower glass wall, as in the bedroom you can see straight into the shower, as there is no privacy which wasn’t the best.

Also noted in other reviews, it was a bit irritating not being able to amend the blinds between the window panes.

Hotel Soho Barcelona

dark

window

Located at the southern end of La Rambla, the property provides easy access to the Gothic quarter, Pl Catalunya, the Barcelona Cathedral, etc.

Though our room was tiny and not really conducive to doing anything

Some of the rooms are on the small side, some have a wall instead of a view,

The room was very small and noisy at night which made it hard to sleep.

Our room had one tiny window so would get very stuff and was of course always dark.

Our room was TINY with a tiny view of a wall.

Our room was on the 4th floor, small room

We stayed here at Easter for 4 nights and found that the room was very small.

The other was because I was given a smoking room and I am allergic to smoke.

She just shrugged us off and said they all knew each other and then said she will go back out and be with her ‘friends’ to really demonstrate her lack of care and actually went out to smoke another cigarette with this creep.

(Drain was smelly, blocked and shower not working).

My bottle of perfume was broken during room/ bathroom cleaning.

Arrived at the hotel late with 6 friends check in was fine arrived to our Room on the 4 th floor opened the door and there was a horrible sewage smell went straight back to reception to inform them they said they would send someone to inspect it in the morning once inspected they said there wasn’t a problem

You can hear more when they drain the sewers in the next room or higher.

Old and musty and god knows how long since they had been cleaned.

Rooms were nice and needed so touch ups like paint and mold between the shower tiles

There is absolutely no view except old buildings falling apart, there is a street right under your terrace where men gather during the night, smoke, have some kind of parties and keep you awake all night long!

The only down irritation was that the bathroom extractor fan seem to smell of tobacco smoke, i can only assume that someone was smoking in one of the other rooms and it was passing through the air ducts and out of the extractor fan.

La Rambla is loud, smelly, and dangerous at night.

Only had a shower in it and had to be extremely care not to touch the crossbar where the facets were because it was so hot you could get burned.

There are some weird smells here and there

There was a nasty smell in our room, in the corridors and sometimes in reception (an eggy drain type smell).

but don’t expect tea making facilities and there was an unpleasant smell in the corridors!

The room was kept clean and all hotel staff were friendly.

Pre arrival emails to hotel with questions were answered promptly (within 12 hours).

The staff were also super helpful and we really appreciated the takeaway breakfast that they put together for us when we had to leave really early for the airport.

The staff at Arc La Rambla are professional and courteous and also very helpful with the tourist side of things.

Nice staff, especially Christina who very attentive a helpful.

but the front desk staffer told us to ignore Google routes on the Metro and busses.

While waiting for 20+ minutes at reception I wasn’t even acknowledged

He argued and argued with me for 5-10 minutes.

Our check in was spoiled by a very harassed receptionist who forgot to say "Hello and Welcome" and snapped at us when we offered our booking reference to help him.

There is an employee at the reception named Edvin who is very helpful, if you are lucky check in when it is his shift……….

the breakfast is plentiful and a lot of variety: do NOT eat/drink on La Rambla centre pavement, 6€ for coffee BUT inside restaurants 2€ , this is because they pay a premium to use the centre pavement and pass on cost to tourists; The staff at Hotel Arc are very helpful & friendly, especially Edvin & Leonardo who both went above & beyond in assisting us, we are very grateful; The Barceloneta Beach is 10 min walk to right of hotel, just across from Christopher Columbus statue.

We cannot praise the reception staff enough they were so helpful and really put themselves out to help.

Staff at front desk were always very helpful and friendly.

The hotel had a fantastic nice staff, always someone at the reception and they were all helpful, we had access to a delicious breakfast at a reasonable extra cost, a nice large room and a perfect location.

The receptionists were incredibly friendly and helpful, making me feel welcome from the moment I arrived.

Excellent hotel in a prime location.Very big rooms,very clean,very good breakfast,staff extremely helpful with everything you need.La Rambla is close to the main attractions,AC is working perfectly,I would definitely stay here again.

Hotel Arc La Rambla

smell

Wifi

Breakfast available

Barcelona cathedral is also worth a visit,

The only downside is that it’s on a very busy road so quite noisy at night time.

Our room was on the 7th floor and overlooked the roundabout, which was quite noisy

The location is noisy, traffic and dustman in the early hours.

but the surrounds aren't, so the noise still comes in.

As it turned out, this worked to our advantage because the garden view room was extremely quiet at night whereas the city view room would likely have been somewhat noisy.

Only downside - no English speaking tv channels and i do like to have some for background noise.

Busy area - light sleepers may need earplugs to block out the early morning street cleaning noise -

On the street side of the hotel, there can be some noise from traffic, while the back side is very quiet.

A lot of road works going on all over Barcelona when we travelled and although we where on the 6th floor it was very noisy from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm even on the Sunday so sleep was poor

No bar or hall area, a bit noisy for rooms above the street.

One minor problem is that when metro passes through, you can feel the vibration

Traffic noise isn’t as bad as people make out.

but the second room, though on the 6th floor, was just as noisy.

If you want a quiet room, choose one that does not look out over the Gran Via.

The only let down was the noise from outside - I get the location

Sometimes we could hear the noise of the underground passing under the hotel.

There is a LOT of noise from the metro and the road, as well as from the hall and elevator.

The only down side was my room was near the road so I could hear the traffic at night,

Staff were very friendly and helpful and hotel was always kept clean and tidy.

Ask for Sandra and Tejazvi as they are probably the best of the staff this hotel has (we interacted with others that were not helpful).

We enjoyed a few drinks on the terrace each night - the bar staff were all very friendly.

Lastly all the staff we encountered on our trip were lovely and always ready to help 10/10 trip.

The receptionists who met us upon our arrival were super efficient and even gave great tips about Barcelona.

Reception are super helpful and friendly.

I just stayed one night at B hotel, I have to say the staff was very friendly, they allowed us early check in, and had a good attitude in general.

I was instructed to contact the hotel again for compensation because "the lady with authority" was allegedly absent during check-out.

Great service with staff who were only too happy to help.

Thank you to the hotel staff for making our stay an enjoyable one.

The staff even surprised us by leaving a tray of cheesecake and berries and a bottle of champagne on ice in our room on the afternoon of my husband's birthday - we had never told them we were celebrating it and can only assume they noticed the date on his passport when we checked in.

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