Park Hotel

Very central location. Spacious, comfortable room overlooking street with all amenities. Good sized balcony. Good quality breakfast. Nice tapas bar at the front. Welcome rooftop pool which attracted a pleasant breeze. The shower up there didn’t work and there were no umbrellas, but on the plus, it was never over crowded or noisy. The Reception staff ( all male) were friendly, not gushy.

Comfortable, bright, and well-air-conditioned rooms, with staff always available for any request, and the reception ready to meet any request and provide advice on how to best navigate the city, even suggesting the most interesting routes. A varied and quality buffet breakfast. Additionally, finding quality coffee in the room is not common; the rooftop pool is excellent for recovering from the hot days in Barcelona.

Booked this hotel expecting it to have a cost ‘Boutique’ feel (I guess based on the design-lead appearance and the philosophy of the hotel group that runs it). Be aware it is far from this. The rooms were nothing special, but acceptable and cleaned daily. Bathroom amenities were poor quality. Staff were very cold and indifferent - no smiles, zero care for guests, like they didn’t know they worked in hospitality. Worst thing was that whilst there was a coffee machine in the room, each pod was charged at Eur2! Not even 1 or 2 free per day. And the machine was a very specific illy type system where pods could not be bought in any of the supermarkets. This to me is completely unacceptable- a relative small thing that completely ruins the stay, but in keeping with this hotel’s attitude towards guests being treated as a burden, rather than valued. Hotel location was ok, 10min walk to beach, walk to park, and main shopping area. Metro station 5min walk. It was however on a busy ugly main road and the surrounding area, whilst pleasant, was a complete tourist trap with overpriced everything. If you book this hotel please temper your expectations otherwise look elsewhere.