Usually with a city break I’m of the opinion that ‘as long as it’s well located and clean it’s fine’ but our stay was just a little uncomfortable.
The shower was a cold trickle; no power at all and barely above lukewarm at best. The temperature in the room was very uncomfortable. The air con / heater didn’t seem to do anything but tell us how warm the room was and even in January at one point it was 32oC at 2am! The window was lovely and big so we slept with it open for most of the night but they do open on to a very loud road above several bars and what sounded like the bins and recycling being collected every night at around 2am. The rooms are quite small which was fine for us as we didn’t have much stuff but if you’re travelling with more than hand luggage it would be tight.
The hotel is really well located for lots of the main sites including las Ramblas, la Boqueria, palace Güell and the marina and several metro stops. It was also really clean. We just really struggled to sleep and I probably wouldn’t stay here again for that reason.