The location is perfect - in a quiet street just steps away from Plaza Cataluna, which is the site for: the largest shopping centre Il Corte Ingles, airport express buses stop just in front of it, as well as the tourist buses.Short walk from the Rambla, the Gothic quarter and embankment.
The staff is friendly, helpful, and English speaking (not always the case in Barcelona).
I read complaints about bad sound insulation - however did not experience any noise - neither from the street, not from the neighbouring rooms. My room was on the 6th floor and had a terrace with two chairs and table (paid a little extra for an upgrade, which was worth it). The room is ok, better lighting and coffee maker would be welcomed. The bathroom is large and clean.
Overall impression is that the hotel is in need for some renovation. The management is obviously thinking the same, because on the last day of my stay the works had started in the lobby - during one day it was repainted and the furniture was changed for a new set of sofas, arm chairs and coffee tables, which gave it a much nicer look.
Breakfast was nice with plenty of choice. The only negative point was coffee - poured by the waiters from the pots, while in most hotels I stayed in Barcelona, there is a choice of good expresso, latte, etc.

We stayed for two nights. Fantastic location and wonderful breakfasts, very friendly staff and within easy reach of the Ramblas, tourist bus, restaurants and bars and the tourist information centre. However, the room and bathroom were small considering this is a 4 star hotel and no tea/coffee making factilities. Insulation between the rooms was poor and we were disturbed by early risers and constant running water from neighbouring showers/baths. However, the location made up for many of the shortcomings of the hotel and would therefore probably consider staying there again but check the room noise first.

Hotel is perfect location close to main shops but on a quiet side street. Room clean but need new mattresses. Sound proofing between rooms is poor. Had dinner in con tempo restaurant - excellent food and plenty of it - really good value meal. However, hotel charges seem high for room only.

Just returned after 4 nites and we are amazed that we had found negative comments about this hotel by others. We had an amazingly good experience. Nice sized room on the first floor - our daughter and 2 grandchildren had a room next door which was ample for 3! The rooms were opposite the pool and could be noisy in the summer. Location, staff and breakfast were excellent. A tip - The "Bar" on the first floor is on the way to the pool and as we were off season no one seemed to know it was there. It was a luxurious place to sit around with the family, playing games or planning our itinerary and we even found it a good alternative to generally overspriced desserts we found at restaurants. Coffee, Hot Chocolate and cakes were delicious and reasonable.
One area that we feel could be improved was room lighting. It's nice having a reading chair in the room but there should also be a light close by. In addition increasing the wattage of the light over the bed would also have been beneficial.
Can't say if it was "value for money" because it was included in a package.