Rooms fine, well appointed, but walls in this hostel are paper thin. Combined with the noise from the lively lane aside the hostel this is not the place for a quite stay. but if you want to party on, crash and do it all again..it's the place for you. NO real common areas but who cares in this location you would be out anyway. Laneway at side of hostel is quite dodgy, but security in hotel is 100%. Staff friendly, and hostel very clean.

Private Rooms: TINY. Not enough space to move around. Very clean, however, with nice beds. A bathroom big enough, spotlessly clean!

Staff: helpful and kind!

Location: Great! A plus indeed! Only two blocks away from Las Ramblas.

Breakfast: just ok.

Common kitchen: very good. With all the necessary stuff. The PCs are there too!

Lockers: to leave your luggage is you are travelling somewhere else. It was 2 euros per day for a big suitcase (January 2011).

It suited our needs. However, I didn’t book this hostel again six months later when I was back in Barcelona because of the room size.

Be Ramblas is definitly a Hostel and not a Hotel. Being a Hostel is a good one comparing to some horrible hostels that you can find around Europe.

LOCATION
On the Hostel's street you can find mini supermarkets, ATMs, cheap souvenir shops, bars and the beautiful Palau Güell from Gaudí. The Hostel is well situated, literally less than 5 minutes walking to the famous Las Ramblas. From there you can easily go to Plaça Reial, Plaça de Catalunya, La Boqueria, Barri Gótic, Port Vell, Avinguda del Paral·lel, Rambla del Raval, etc. At night the street can be busy and loud because of the pubs but the Hostel's windows are double glass, so you can get a good night of sleep. There's excellent access to public transports: metro, buses, taxis.

BEDROOMS
The bedroom ensuite is small but doable. All bedrooms have balcony with excellent natural light, flat TV, air conditioning, free internet, linen and towels. The room was clean everyday. Towels and linen changed everyday too. Anyway, the towels and linen were not so clean because everyday we found some stains in it and little hairs in the sheets. We were really concerned about it. The bathroom has everything we needed and has a good shower. In our last day there, unfortunately, we found 3 small cockroaches running around the room, I don't know if we let the window open or if they were there before...anyways, is always disgusting!

BREAKFAST
Some people here liked the breakfast, some people don't. We didn't like in regards to the quantity and variety of it. Everyday we went for the breakfast room at 9.30am and almost everything were gone...almost nothing to eat and no variety. I am not asking for a fancy breakfast because I know that is a Hostel but 1 or 2 things can be added in it. The breakfast was not enough to achieve the classic expression 'good to go'...we had to stop in some places to eat something more to be able to start our long walks around the city.

LOCKERS
Be Ramblas has lockers where you can put your luggage after you do the check out. Our flight home was only at 6pm, so we put our luggage there - for 2€ - and we went for our final walk in Barcelona. Once you put your luggage there you cannot open the locker again unless you want to pay another 2€. So, be sure you put everything you want in there until you open it to grab your belongings and go.

STAFF
Staff is polite and helpful. We had a little problem with the TV, we went to the reception and they quickly fixed the problem. The moment you arrive to do the check-in, a staff member of the reception will charge you the room. Be ready to pay in cash!

Some more info:
- The elevator starts on the first floor, so you have to go up the stairs with your luggage.
- Every time you leave the hostel you have to give your room key in the reception.
- A bit expensive for a Hostel but perfectly located to explore the city.

Maybe in that area there are better hostels with better prices and conditions. Is a matter of looking for those hostels and compare them. But I have to say, even with those flaws I mencioned, Be Ramblas is not an awful hostel...is just doable. With some improvements I am sure that it will be like an average Hotel and not just a Hostel. By the way, you must go to Méson David to have dinner. The restaurant is from the Be Hostels Group. We went there and it was a great spanish experience!

Room was great, small but doable. Sink in room was very helpful. Breaky was good. Great easy location.
Staff help was interesting. Advertised tapas tours with wrong meeting point and still posters up when we left, so we missed out, luckily there 2 more nights! also not your usual overly helpful tips that u get at a hostel about sites etc. Walking tour didn't arrive and taff not particularly helpful. Nice enough though. Travel bar has otter tours so just make sure to look around and not take their only ones as guy wouldn't suggest others to us which is wrong I think. Good actual hostel though