Hotel Barcelona Colonial ****

May/2014 Someone from England, UK thinks:

• Overall rating: 9.9
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Location and helpfulness of the staff
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Couples, Modern style lovers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10 Room very clean and made up daily. Could not fault it.
• Location: 10 Perfectly located a short walk from La Ramblas, La Cathedral, Gothic Quarter and the Marina/port. Easy to get to on public transport and conveniently located a 2min walk from the Metro.
• Common facilities and services: 10 Other reviews we read stated the wifi was poor and the breakfasts questionable. We didn't have any problems with the wifi at all - the hotel gives you a code at the start of your stay for the duration and it worked absolutely fine. We decided that based on many reviews, we wouldn't take the breakfast option and were pleased we didn't. As you tend to eat dinner later in the evening, neither of us wanted an early breakfast but there are several cafes nearby where you can grab breakfast for a few euros - much cheaper than the hotel and available if and when you feel like it. TIP. Lovely little local café across the road from the hotel does great breakfasts.
• Staff: 10 Excellent staff. Friendly and willing to help in any way they can.
• Quietness: 7.5 On a main road and the metro runs underneath hotel so some slight noise but do you expect silence in a city centre location?
• Room: 10 Beautiful, spacious and everything we needed for our stay. We took the advice from other reviews and requested a room high up and at the back of the hotel. Not much of a view but no noisy road either!
• Value for money: 10 Excellent location and reasonable if done through a discount website. Not sure why the price if bought direct from the hotel is so much higher though?? Do you think people won't shop around...

May/2014 Someone from PARIS thinks:

• Overall rating: 8
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: EMPLACEMENT GEOGRAPHIQUE
• Negative: LA CHAMBRE UN PEU SOMBRE
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 5
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

May/2014 Someone from Ireland thinks:

• Overall rating: 9.9
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Friendly front of House staff, comfortable bed, great shower, great location...
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Families, Couples, Luxury, Peace seekers, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 10
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 10

May/2014 Someone from israel thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.2
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Clean room and nice service workers
• Negative: Breakfast poor and not varied for people vegetarians
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 10
• Room: 5
• Value for money: 7.5

May/2014 Someone from Haguenau thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.2
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: La chambre
• Negative: Confitures et jus d orange au petit déjeuner de qualité mediocre
• I RECOMMEND it for... Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

April/2014 Someone from rieux de pelleport thinks:

• Overall rating: 9
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: la chambre, le service, l'accueil et la disponibilité du réceptionniste
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Couples
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 5

April/2014 Someone from Scotland thinks:

• Overall rating: 8.1
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Excellent location to explore Barcelona, easy to access from airport bus and close to Metro.
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for...
• I recommend it especially AGAINST...
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 7.5
• Quietness: 2.5 Noise from Metro, fridge noisy turned to off and reported to reception, sorted.
• Room: 7.5
• Value for money: 7.5

April/2014 Someone from MONTAUBAN, France thinks:

• Overall rating: 7.9
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: L'accueil, la courtoisie du personnel.
• Negative: La présentation du petit déjeuner. Pas d'oeuf ou omelette nature... 3 chaines de TV, dont une sans le son ?????
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Families, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Peace seekers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 7.5
• Location: 7.5
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10 Très aimable, ne parle pas français malgré la proximité des deux pays et la catégorie de l'hôtel....
• Quietness: 2.5 On entend beaucoup les bruits de la rue.
• Room: 7.5 Problème de TV : seulement 3 chaines et une sans le son !!
• Value for money: 7.5

April/2014 Someone from Rome thinks:

• Overall rating: 9.6
• Would you recommend it? Yes
• Positive: Position in the barrio gotic. Courtesy. Cleaning of the room. Great shower. Wifi internet service Varied breakfast Silence inside the hotel
• Negative:
• I RECOMMEND it for... Older travelers, Families, Couples, Classic style lovers, Modern style lovers, Handicapped
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Peace seekers, Travelers with a car
• Cleanliness: 10
• Location: 10
• Common facilities and services: 7.5
• Staff: 10
• Quietness: 7.5
• Room: 10
• Value for money: 7.5

April/2014 Someone from Glasgow, Scotland thinks:

• Overall rating: 6
• Would you recommend it? I don't know
• Positive: THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE CIUTADELLA HOTEL AS OUR BOOKING WAS CHANGED. Friendliness of reception staff & cleanliness of room
• Negative: Room amenities such as Iron, range of toiletries & also service at breakfast.
• I RECOMMEND it for... Young travelers, Older travelers, Couples, Modern style lovers, Business travelers
• I recommend it especially AGAINST... Classic style lovers, Budget travelers
• Cleanliness: 10 Very clean in all areas of hotel
• Location: 7.5 Good location not in the lively centre but within walking distance to most places of interest
• Common facilities and services: 5 Breakfast a bit disappointing - most of the time there was no staff available and some things needed replenishing
• Staff: 10 Staff were most helpful friendly and professional at all times
• Quietness: 7.5 Although room on a busy road no excessive noise from this
• Room: 5 Room well furnished but lacked some amenities expected from a hotel of this standard
• Value for money: 7.5 We seemed to get a good rate this time but would be unhappy to pay anywhere near the rack rate for this hotel