What People are saying

Great location & very clean

Pamelina Aon 03/08/2017 04:05

Travelling with friends, the kitchenette was fine and all we needed. Great location, everything is very handy. I asked for 2 single beds & we got a double/queen with a lounge sofa bed. Not ideal but it worked for us. I would stay there again.

Loved our stay. Perfect for families with young children to explore Barcelona.

764aimeehon 29/07/2017 19:55

The Born district was ideal for our small family, quiet (especially for July), yet still close to all the main attractions including being 5 minutes away from the zoo. Plus, the park outside the apartment building made our little one very happy. I wouldn't deter couples and larger parties either as the street and surrounding area had a fantastic, relaxed and lively nightlife. Would stay again.

Left a lot to be desired

Cocolalocaon 20/07/2017 15:28

These are called "apartments," but they are just hotel rooms with kitchenettes. It's just one big room, with a tiny kitchen area that is not functional for cooking. It's not appointed in a way that would make it comfortable as a long-term living space. I suspect they call them "apartments" to try to get away with a lower level of services than would be expected at a hotel. They don't clean the rooms and expect you to take out your own garbage, for example.

Another service they don't provide is a front desk. Someone is there a few hours a day to handle checkin and checkout, but that's it. They give you a phone number to call in case of emergency, but our U.S. cell phones didn't work there and there are no phones in the rooms or elsewhere in the building. We did encounter an urgent situation and couldn't get help from management. There was a mentally disturbed man (apparently on bad drugs) in the lobby area. I ended up sending an email because I had no way of calling the emergency number, and I never received a response. It's upsetting that management didn't feel that this situation required any action on their part. Apparently, guests encountering drugged out weirdos in the lobby is not a concern to them.

Another time we attempted to get service and received none was when we asked for top sheets for our beds. We were there in July, and the only bedcover provided was a warm duvet appropriate for winter. We were forced to turn the air conditioning way up in order to be comfortable. The employee did not bring the sheets promised and didn't bother to follow up about his failure to do so.

We did like the location overall, though it was better suited to someone there to enjoy nightlife than a family. I lived for years in the East Village in NYC, and it reminded me of that scene. It was a bit grimy and rough around the edges, which probably helps keep our excessive numbers of tourists.

The noise was a bit of a problem. When it was just a hum from the patrons of the bars/restaurants, it didn't bother us. But there was a time that there was a band, including drums, playing at around midnight, and another time a man screaming and banging at around 3 a.m. woke us up. There was also a lot of noise from things like doors banging from within the hotel.

There were problems with cleanliness. The coffee maker contained moldy grounds and there was a used false eyelash stuck to the bedside table. (Actually, the bedside table was just a piece of gnarled wood with an open top, which couldn't be used as a table, but it seemed to have been put there with the idea that it was a bedside table. I've included photos for your enjoyment.)

I haven't even gotten to our biggest complaint about the place, which is its ridiculous design choices. Most of these complaints were small, like the unusable bedside table and terrible lighting. But numerous small problems lead to guests feeling annoyed rather than comfortable. The most terrible design choice in my book was the bathroom, which was separated from the rest of the apartment only by a frosted glass swinging door. The door not only did not lock, it didn't even latch. There are gaps all the way around the door. So if anyone else is in the "apartment," they get to enjoy the sounds and smells of the toilet. We had our toddler with us, and there was no way to keep him from opening the door. I don't think we are prudes, but my husband and I prefer not to poop in front of each other, so needless to say we disliked the bathroom design.

The free wifi worked for surfing the internet, but we had trouble watching videos and using FaceTime.

After reservations for 7 months, 1 week prior to arrival hotel cancelled

Tara Gon 17/06/2017 05:45

After having made reservations 7 months prior (Nov 2016), 1 week prior to our arrival the hotel cancelled. They offered to move us to a property >1km away in El Poblenou that they cited was an "upgrade", but has poor reviews and not located in a part of the city we wanted to stay. No compensation was offered. As the hotel cancelled with such late notice all hotels in area already booked.

Great place to stay in Born neighborhood

AustraliaMareeon 30/05/2017 18:30

This an aparthotel which combines the space and kitchen area of an apartment with the features that help in a hotel (i.e. a front desk that is open from 10am to 6pm everyday).

A great way to travel if you want to stay in a place for a few days and not have to eat out every meal. Plus the people on the front desk can help with things like restaurant suggestions and taxi bookings.

We were staying 7 nights so cleaning of the apartment and new sheets and towels mid stay was included in the rate .

Barcelona Apartments has a number of properties and this one in Allanda street in Born was perfect for us. It is a local neighborhood area (i.e. Not a lot of tourists) with a couple of restaurants and bars in the street. This meant with the windows open there was a lovely happy hum of noise on some warm nights but nothing like the sound from tourist/Irish type bars in other areas. We were directly above a children's playground which meant there was the wonderful sounds of happy kids playing into the early evening.

Our apartment had large windows ( there were others with stone wall features, smaller Windows and a balcony ) and there was lots of natural light. It was just one large room with a bed and couch but plenty of storage and room to move around.
The shower was a bit tricky to get in (not much space between door and basin) but it was a good size shower and great water pressure. There was some water leaking out of it until we learnt to turn the movable shower head to face the wall not the glass!

The location was perfect for our daily visits to Santa Caterina market for breakfast rolls and good coffee plus buying supplies for eating in nights. There are also a lot of great bars and restaurants near by including the famous Mundial plus a great social enterprise café at the end of the street. You are in easy walking distance to the Picasso museum, the main Cathedral and a lot of other main tourist sites.

Very happy to recommend this place for value and location.