The good bit: excellent location in a great city. Barcelona. Great staff in reception. The hotel is basic, quirky. And not necessarily inexpensive... Everything is the hotel is sterile, whitewashed. And now worn in most ways. Barcelona has a vast number of similar hotels everywhere. The place is full of tourists all year round.

We stayed three nights in this boutique hotel. Its location is probably the biggest asset, although our room also met almost every expectation. Good size, clean, facing the (noisy) street, small balcony and good amenities.
What strikes me is that when you aim at the somewhat younger traveller with money to spend, this place is very 'basic' in supplying free wifi only in the lounge, and at the same time provide free Nespresso (chic), thea and water. Breakfast is available at very reasonable prices in the adjoining restaurant Kharma (including free wifi).
Friendly and helpful staff completed a very nice experience.

loved this hotel. stayed for a 5 day city break. Love its cool decor comfie bed and HUGE front door..lol.
toilet/ shower may be a problem if you are shy but i was with my husband so it wasn't an issue for us.
Although it is a little bit out of the way, location wise, i really liked it. Felt more like living with the locals than staying in a hotel on La Rambla.Loved all the narrow little streets and open areas with authentic tapas bars. I would stay again if i was going back to Barcelona.

We stayed 2 nights at the beginning of our Spain trip and 1 night one week later prior to our flight back home. Overall it was an interesting, new and exciting experience. The front desk staff are very friendly and helpful. I would recommend this hotel as long as you are open to the "chic-ness" and "basic-ness" of the hotel.

Likes:
- Close to Barri Gotic (5-10 min walk) and La Rambla (15 min walk)
- Born area is a youthful area full of life from day to night
- The Large interior room lived up to its name (large)
- Free unlimited cold bottled water! Tea and coffee too in the guest lounge.
- Basic white rooms appeared clean. LED colored lighting of beaded curtains in the room was a cool touch.
- Natural Sky lighting in the ceiling of room.
- Free disposable slippers for two.

Things that we encountered that were issues for us but may not be issues for other guests:
- For our second stay, our room was not ready until 45 minutes after the hotel check-in time.
- No elevator for rooms on floor 1 (the same floor as gym). We had some heavy bags.
- Our room had a sewage smell that was covered by an air freshener. Initial entry into room has the strongest sewage smell, but the continuous air freshener spray blended odor to an okay level. However, we received the same room on our second stay and the air freshener was not spraying. When we requested a different room, we could not switch because they were completely booked.
- No internet in-room. WiFi in the Lounge area and a desktop available to guests in same area.
- No safe in the room and no full closet. The safe is at the front desk and there is a coat hang and a plastic drawer set in the room.

Other things to consider/know:
- Chic style may not be for everyone.
- If you need it, the front desk staff do speak other languages including English.
- Hair Dryer in-room. No Iron in-room.
- You'll need a plastic card (e.g. card key) to turn on the electricity in your room.
- About a 30-35 Euro Taxi ride to or from Barcelona Airport.

I hope you enjoy Barcelona!