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Our favourite hotel in Barcelona

Reviewed Sep 14, 2022
I have traveled to Barcelona over 10 times, and stayed at different hotels. Since 2018, AC Hotel by Marriott Diagonal L"Illa became my home in Barcelona. If you look at its location and facilities, this is no doubt a business hotel. However, its location is very convenient, you can get to any tourist attractions within 10-15 mins of taxi. The staff at reception are very welcoming and accommodating, during my stay they helped to arrange a taxi for me during rush hour. Furthermore, it is next to the Diagonal L"Illa shopping mall with food courts, restaurants, and supermarket. The rooms are spotless and in good size.
This is my 2nd stay in this hotel and I will definitely return very soon!
Date of stay: August 2022
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Reviewed July 26, 2022 via mobile

First of all the hotel has a lot of potential - it’s a lovely clean and well located hotel. We got upgraded to a family room but when we also needed a cot which it seems the hotel does not have (!). They also don’t have tissue boxes believe it or not - tissues are 5 to a small pack relegated to the bathroom. Which is not helpful when you need tissues. The small bottles of Hair Conditioner not given or available. The toiletries in general, as well as the number of staff, gave the hotel the lower stars.

There was never anyone at the front desk, and we would have to call a person from the inside office where he was hanging out in order to get anything, including check-in. The front desk (particularly the PM gentleman) was so unhelpful and actually cost us a lot because of his lack of advice on parking. When we first reserved the hotel we mentioned we were driving and would need parking. They told us there is parking in the mall w a special rate, and that the hotel is easy to find from the parking. That is all untrue, sadly and we were left to fend for ourselves despite asking for help and advice when we arrived. When we called again they assured us of the same. In reality when it came time to pay for parking he didn’t give us anything like stamp or coupon and when we paid parking it was over 60E! This is for less than 24 hours, The helpful parking office then told us there is a multiple day pass for far far less.
Front desk should hve told us this information when we asked about parking.
The skint behavior also was reflected in the room service - there is only an available service of going to the 2nd floor, seeing the menu there (which could have been sent to us via WhatsApp or email saving us a trip after 6 hours in the car) , then going and picking up the food when it was ready! This is also due to a lack of staff training or number. The hotel has a lot of potential but without such small essential factors like a helpful front reception staff and adequate toiletries and room service staff it fell far below what it promised.

Room tip: Talk to parking office in mall for multi day pass, and get detailed location for where to park when you’re checking in.
Date of stay: July 2022
Trip type: Travelled with family
1  Thank Dala F
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Amelia Jimenez, Guest Services / Front Office at AC Hotel by Marriott Diagonal L"Illa, responded to this reviewResponded July 26, 2022

Dear Dalakks,

Thank you for taking the time to let us know about your experience while staying with us. Your experience is below our standard.

Providing the highest level of hospitality is our number one priority and I sincerely apologize for failing to meet your expectations. I have shared your feedback with all the hotel leadership team to ensure the necessary guidelines are in place and reviewed to prevent this issues from occurring in the future.

I hope you choose to stay with us again when your travels bring you back to the area.

Sincerely,

AMELIA J.
FOM
AC Hotel Diagonal l’illa by Marriott

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Reviewed July 25, 2022

I love this hotel. Its always struck the right balance for me between functionality and understated comfort. Its not a luxury hotel, but its comfortable, classy and perfectly located if you appreciate the slightly quieter nature of Les Corts. I am not a tourist, Im a resident in the city and I use it as a home from home / bolthole for at least a couple of weeks per year, and I need somewhere that isn't right on top of the madness of the centre of town or the old city. I always get really well looked after. Special mention goes to Vahag, Rebecca and Susanna for whom nothing is too much trouble. Looking fwd to coming back in December.

If I had to offer any critique, a couple of things do stand out as being able to be easily improved, a more extensive gym would be a great addition (they do have one, but its essentially a converted guest bedroom on the third floor) and a fully redone wifi service. it really is poor to the point of being almost unusable at times.

But overall, just a great vibe and fully recommended. It does get very busy in the summer in particular.

Date of stay: July 2022
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Reviewed July 12, 2022

Probably one of the best hotels I have stayed at. Appears brand new. Incredibly clean. The interior décor is fantastic. Modern but very comfortable and inviting. The moment I entered the room my mood changed. I felt happy. Did not want to leave. Also, it was incredible quiet inside the room. Amazing. The hotel is situated in a busy part of the city, overlooking a busy kids playground area, yet I did not here any outside noise. Also, I did not here any mechanical noise inside the building although the central AC was working well. Incredibly built. The beds and the pillows were incredibly comfortable. Slept like a baby. The hotel is situated in a very nice area of the city, a bit away from the usual tourist traffic. Very nice restaurants. The Mall is remarkable. The best Mall I have ever visited. A tourist attraction in its own rights. They use the underground parking at the Mall and offered discount. It was very convenient since we had a car.
Again, I did not want to leave, hope to stay again.

Date of stay: July 2022
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Reviewed July 1, 2022 via mobile

Great property in prime business location. If you want to be close to the water or touristic locations with monuments this is not for you. Mostly business patrons. Breakfast very good but they ran out of coffee one of the days with limited service due to what appeared to be short staffing. Otherwise great property for business travel or people not wanting tourist crowds.

Date of stay: June 2022
Trip type: Travelled with family
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Reviewed June 3, 2022

Stayed here for about a week so I feel like I have a pretty good feel for the hotel. The rooms are nice and clean. Located next to a shopping center with a fully fledged grocery store if one needs to buy things like extra clothes, snacks, or water. Really nice, quiet area. However, the area does not feel as alive or as charming as other areas of the city. For me, I preferred being in the mix of it all - so would probably prefer a different area but I understand the merits of staying somewhere slightly less busy.

The in room wifi is absolutely terrible from time to time. I could not be productive at all from my room. Video calls will constantly drop and I regularly dropped connection to our linux cloud machines. Even basic things like scrolling instagram on the in room wifi was a terrible experience. IG would only load 3 photos in my feed and then I'd have to wait. At times, it would be impossible to stream video from providers like Netflix or ABC to watch the NBA Finals. Ended up resorting to working from the lounge on the second floor - which is a pretty terrible compromise because it's impossible to take work calls that aren't appropriate to take in public settings.

Date of stay: May 2022
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alejandro ruiz roig, General Manager at AC Hotel by Marriott Diagonal L"Illa, responded to this reviewResponded June 4, 2022

Dear W2324HMbrianc,

thank you very much for your comments, they will help to improve our procedures and service.
I truly sorry if the wifi service was not good and you had problems to connect with your devices.

We are double check this service to avoid problems with the wifi connection in our property.

Please, accept my sincere apologies for this experience in AC Diagonal L´Illa.

Thank you very much again for your email and comprehension.


Kind regards,

Alejandro Ruiz.
GM
AC Hotel Diagonal L´Illa





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