Internacional Cool Local Hotel

No complaints from us. Mum and adult daughter for 3 nights in June. Booking.com provided a courtesy airport transfer. The hotel happily stored our luggage until check in. Located right on top of a Metro Station. Excellent location, mid Ramblas. We had room 208 overlooking las Ramblas. Shame the area was under construction but that’s not the hotels fault. No noise could be heard with the balcony doors shut. Air con was on constantly at a nice temp and we were there during the heat wave. Minimal interaction with staff but polite and friendly when we did. I would use this as a base and stay here again.

The hotel is basic and has unusual design and colors. The entrance is a bit dark and cramped, but the rooms are comfortable. The furniture is older, the bathroom is not renovated, there is no toilet brush in it. That is a real drawback. I have never seen that anywhere before. The rooms are clean and the beds are really comfortable. This hotel wasn't our first choice, but after cancellation due to overbooking our hotel, we accepted this offer instead due to the great location- just in the La Rambla street across the entrance in metro station Liceu. The breakfast is ok. There is no buffet style. Breakfast is served on a plate . It is continental breakfast with fresh avocado, iberian ham, baguette bread, croissant, butter, jam, juice and coffee. We also got an interior economy room without a real window. Yes, technically there is a window, but it looks out onto the inner hall of the hotel and there is a skylight on the roof, so you don't get any fresh air. On the contrary, the AC is perfect and the room is perfectly fresh anytime. I saw the other reviews where guests complained about noise, but we haven't heard anything. The inner rooms don't have that problem. All in all, it is quite ok for a short stay, but please do not book an economy room! I saw that standard rooms have a small french balcony, but are oriented to the street and probably are loud. The staff is polite and helpful.

We stayed here for 2 nights in April and were concerned about the reviews here but we’re so glad we stayed there! The location really is so practical to access all areas of the city with the metro right outside and the gothic quarter a few minutes away. We arrived early and although checking wasn’t until 2pm, the receptionist was happy for us to leave our bags with them while we went to explore. When we came back later to officially check in our bags were up in our room already. We stayed in room 403 on the top floor in one of their “comfort rooms”. It looked like the photos on the website. We were worried about the noise from the restaurant on the first floor and the noise of building works outside, but neither interfered during our stay at all. The room was really well sound proofed and had brilliant blackout blinds. The bed was comfy and the shower was boiling hot with good pressure. No issues at all around noise or water temperature. The breakfast was included when we paid and was a good variety of foods brought over on a plate (croissant, jamón, cheese, avocado, omelette, butter, jam, a satsuma, small sliced baguette, juice and coffee). Overall given the varied reviews we were pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed our stay. I’d definitely book again if we went back and would request the same room on the top floor to negate the other concerns around noise.