Hotel Catalonia Portal de l'Àngel

I understand that the hotel's room stock can vary: new and old. Apparently, I was unlucky, perhaps because I only stayed one night and was the only guest in the room. They decided to give me an old room with a terrible design, with windows facing the wall and terrible soundproofing. It looks cheap and not worth the money I paid. After reading the reviews, I admit that this hotel may have other rooms, slightly better. But unfortunately, not for me and not this time. Overall, the guy at the reception was very nice and fast. The location is good. But if you are offered room 206, please refuse it immediately.

I’ve stayed numerous times at this Hotel and I absolutely love it! Every visit has been smooth with no complications, bill always correct. Good value for money in the centre of Barca. The only draw back I can think of is that you have to get a taxi to drop you at the end of the road and wheel your case a couple of hundred yards into the Hotel. It’s very central with everything you need right outside your door. Las Ramblas just around the corner. The building is beautiful old style Catalonian, with an internal court yard. Room is comfortable and mini bar well stocked. Staff are wonderful! Definitely worth upgrading to a terrace. I’ll definitely be back soon!

A fantastic hotel with an amazing location. A 5 minute walk to Las Ramblas, many restaurants and shops close by and 20 minutes to the ports. |Service was impeccable and very friendly. Hotel was very quiet, well appointed rooms and very comfortable beds. The hotel was spotlessly clean. The one lady knew me as I always came for cappuccino at 7:30am|We felt very safe. Huge bathroom with exquisite shower. We had a terrace room. |My only bad point was breakfast. While it was very large and many options, all the hot food was barely warm or cold. Bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, omelettes and pancakes all cold. We went elsewhere for breakfast after the one visit. Perhaps it was a one off issue but we didn’t want to pay $44 euros to try it again.

This was a lovely hotel located on a busy pedestrian street but our room was quiet. Great to watch people below as our room faced the street. Location was perfect for getting to the metro and walking in the Gothic quarter. The breakfast spread was excellent- lots of choices for fresh fruit, cheese, meats and eggs. The staff were helpful and friendly. We didn’t use the pool but sat in the back courtyard to relax after a day of sightseeing.

The room was clean, relatively spacious, and comfortable. Also well laid out. Good A/C. The price was a good value considering the nature of the hotel and the location. It was easy walking distance from shops and restaurants, and the big market. The staff gets an A+. They were able to provide an early check-in after we arrived unexpectedly very early. They were also able to arrange for a taxi to the airport on a morning were traffic was impossible given a big race that closed much of the downtown area. Finally, they refunded the breakfast portion of our bill since we had to leave much earlier than planned given the traffic situation. We would definitely stay here again, hopefully under more relaxed circumstances.

Great location, friendly and helpful service and super clean and comfortable rooms (3 stars). Hotel was very accommodating and allowed us to check in several hours early, gave us great restaurant recommendations. The wireless Internet also works well. Breakfast buffet is amazing and well worth the money, don't miss it. They have everything from fresh squeezed orange juice, great expresso coffee machine, Spanish hot meals, cold selection..... just great.

A word of caution to people who are doing extensive travel and have a lot of luggage (especially if you are older) - the hotel is not accessible to taxis. You will be dropped off about 2 city blocks from the hotel and you will then have to drag your luggage through heavy pedestrian traffic to reach the hotel. Our Uber driver tried to get them to send a porter but they refused. The hotel is lovely and a fantastic location but try to travel light with only rolling luggage. There is also limited space in the room for luggage or to put away your clothes.

Hotel is in a nice location. Most things were fine, but missing some extras for the price paid. Breakfast starts quite late at 7:30am, so we paid for breakfast we couldn't have on our last morning as our taxi was booked for 7:40 and they won't let you in any earlier.

Warning - this hotel refused to honor our reservation and involuntarily transferred it to a different hotel in the same chain which was in a more noisy, crowded area that was older and where we would not have gone otherwise. The other hotel had multiple complaints in its evals and problems like full-time security at the entrance and bathroom sink would not drain (got fixed after a few hours). We didnt change because rates had gone up and we were too tired to hassle with the process. Avoid this place, esp if using Booking.com like we were.

I loved this hotel the location was perfect near La Rambla plenty of restaurants and things to do, not far from all the attractions and tourist places to see in Barcelona. Our room was big with a balcony clean comfortable and the bathroom was beautiful. The staff in the hotel is amazing very attentive and friendly from the front desk, the bartender Camilo, to the breakfast crew in the morning. I would definitely recommend this hotel and I cannot wait to go back to Barcelona.

Very nice hotel. Large rooms balcony looks out onto gorgeous street view. It is located very close to La Rambla and the shopping and restaurants that surround it are to numerous to ever try them all. The bathroom is as large as some peoples apartments. Hot water so hot you'll never run out. Front desk staff is very friendly and helpful but when I locked my key in my room they never asked for ID. Only my name. I would definitely give one more star if the wi-fi worked it takes forever to recognize the network and then kicks me off before a web page finishes loading. The just shrugged and said yes, it is some times like that. Very sad that such a beautiful hotel stay was ruined by tech problems.

Great location and the value for the price is really good. It is very large. The staff is sort of off and on with some having more knowledge than others.