The 1st impression about this hotel was good, with modern decoration and clean atmosphere. The location was near to the transport connection and around 2 km by feet to the center of Barcelona.
On the other hand, the longer stay at the hotel, the more annoy I feel about this hotel.
1. The room is about 25 square, which is not too small compares with other hotels. But, super noisy! I can easily hear the neighbors making noise while I am sleeping as well as the loud sounds from the street outside!!! ( even the windows was closed). The interior design give me a feeling of a hostel for young adults, which was decorated with paper printed photos and stick on the wall by color sticking-plaster
2. The bathroom was somehow cleaned but there is no toothbrush and toothpaste. So that I have to buy it outside or ask the reception. But trust me, you will not like to use the one they give to you!
3. One more thing about the bathroom, the bathtub, which is not functionally work well when switching between hot and cold water. Additionally, the pressure of water is really low, especially with cold water. Overall, it only work "well" with hot water, as the temperature burns you easily.
4. The breakfast buffet costs 8.5 euro/ pax, which is really standard quality and taste not so different from packaged food at the supermarket. Maybe because there is no restaurant in the hotel, so that there is no chef as well?!
5. When you entered in the breakfast room, which is in the same stage with parking and WC in the floor -1, there is no employee welcome you to the buffet. You will directly seat and have breakfast by yourself, till a guy come to you with a list of guest, standing next to you without a greeting or a smile, then you will tell him your room number... then after verifying your name, he leaves as the same process he came before...
6. When you get in or get out of the main door, which is right in front of the reception, the receptionist will ignore you and keep focusing on their "busy computer screen", as they always do the whole day.
7. The most annoying thing I fell from this hotel is when I checked out at 11:30 in the morning, there was a male receptionist, with an unfriendly face and no smile at all ( of course) look at me without any emotions. Then, I told him I want to check out, then he did the check out process as a robot, without asked me if I like the stay, without thanks for my stay,and of course, there is no welcome me to be back in future!!! In my opinion, greetings and thank you are very basic rules that people who work in a hotel at least have to know.
As a person who works in hotel and service industry, Hotel Guillermo Tell has not enough standards of facilities and service to be a 4-star hotel. The stay in Guillermo Tell is a huge disappointment, waste of money and ruins your vacation joyfulness. Even the price is quite okay but I am strongly recommend you to choose another 4-star hotels when you come to Barcelona.
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