Unlike most central city hotels the rooms are very spacious. We went with 2 children and had a quad room which consisted of a small kitchen with microwave, sink and fridge, a huge bathroom with bath and shower and 2 bedrooms. There is a flat screen TV in the main room which is ideal for helping the kids drop off at night!
Our room came with a large balcony which gave us fantastic views of Barcalona.
The reception staff were extremely helpful and all spoke English fluently. You get free Wi-fi at the hotel and PC's available for free internet access.
The breakfast was a buffy consisting of continental and bacon and eggs. I could not fault the food at all and again, for a city hotel, there was a wide variety of choice.
I would recommend you purchase Bus Tour tickets from the reception. They give you a slight discount and also provide a book with many discount vouchers for local attractions. The bus tour is hop-on, hop-off and definitely the best way to see all the amazing sights in this city.
The hotel is near the Placa Espana and walking distance from the magic fountains. It is one metro stop from Placa Catalunya where you go for Las Ramblas, so is in a fantastic central location. The metro is cheap and clean and puts our Underground to shame, I had not qualms about using it even late at night.
I would definitely stay at this hotel again.

We booked this on the strength of TripAdvisor reviews and because it seemed less of a rip-off than most other Barcelona hotels. We found that it's good for families (like us - with a 2yr old) the fact it had capacity for 4 people, also that it had a kitchenette (even if you don't cook it's useful to have a fridge for baby milk etc). The rooms was a bit dated if you were being picky but fit for purpose. Bathroom had a good powerful shower and was clean. Location, while you can't pretend it's really central, was not bad especially in relation to Place de Espanya (Magic Fountain etc) and Sants station which was where we arrived and departed the city. For La Rambla, Placa de Catalunya etc we took the metro a few stops - same for Sagrada Familia although that is a bit out of the centre anyway so you'll always have to take the metro.
Area around hotel is fine, not touristy which is good, we ate tapas round the corner which was perfectly nice. Supermarket next door is very useful. Breakfast plentiful and tasty. There is a little play corner in the lounge for young kids (has puzzles, books, building blocks etc) which is a nice touch. Reception staff speak English and were nice enough though we didn't have to test them by complaining or anything!
So the main bad point about the hotel/apartments was the noise - not from outside, as it's a quiet area a little off the beaten track - but from other rooms. We were woken early in the morning by neighbouring rooms singing, talking etc, and people above us walking up and down. I guess you often get this in hotels but it was annoying as you sometimes want to be lazy on holiday and not get up at work time! That was the only thing which would make us think twice about booking again... that and the fact that you can't lock the room door from the inside and the lock generally seemed flimsy. I think if you had a mind to, you could probably get into the rooms without too much difficulty. Though maybe I'm being paranoid. Just found it weird there was no bolt or similar on the inside.

We found this place to be in a great location and served our needs very well. It was nice to have a kitchenette, even though it was small it had everything we needed. The bed was very comfortable and it was a treat to have a flat screen TV and have internet service available in the hotel. The balcony is small but it was nice to be able to look out and feel like you lived there. Having the supermarket next door was fabulous, nice to be able to pick up a warm baguette when we got back from our sightseeing and it cut our food bill considerably. We walked to both the plazas frequently, used the wonderful Metro. Breakfast was available every morning for 8 Euros and it was excellent and good value, also they had a communal room with fresh pastries, coffee, tea and water. We would recommend this place.

I had a very spacious room, with kitchen , seating area and a balcony. It was at the back of the building but with a nice view of the surroundings. Quite clean and spacious bathroom. In general you got all comforts to stay more than a week. The location is also good, although not very close to the Ramblas or Bari Gottic, there is a metro station very close...In general a quite nice stay.