Basic accommodation, nevertheless, it was very clean; manned by friendly staff and nice & cool in the 30 degree Barcelona heat.

The front desk staff, specially Sheila, was so helpful. She booked the best, most organized tour for me the date of my arrival, gave me a great tip to see a fantastic Falmenco dance just a few minutes walk from the hotel on La Rambla de Catalunya that night. The next day, she assisted me by calling a tour operator who flaked out on me and arrange for me to be picked up at the hotel. She even held my luggage for me by her area and charged my cell phone while I was on a tour!! She did wonderful things for me, which, if I were in a bigger hotel might not have happened. In short, my stay in Barcelona was more memorable because of the helpful Front Desk staff at Hotel Catalunya!! For the money I paid for, this hotel gave me more bang for my buck!! I would definitely stay there again.

It's decent and very clean. Rooms are very small and can get uncomfortable with two people, and while showers have good pressure, you spray the whole bathroom... The gym is a bit of a joke, but it has a nice turkish pool. Supposedly there is a working spa. The business center is their fortee.
However, if you are here for business and need a good night's sleep, and are a light sleeper, good luck. All floors are marble! There is no carpeting. You hear every step in the hallway and room above you. ..every door closed, every suitcase dragged. So, while it might be a good value for the money, if you are a light sleeper, it will be the worst choice you could make.
It baffles me that hoteliers do not consider the quality of sleep they should afford their guests.

Bad experience that consisted of the hotel staff charging me and my grandmother for two double rooms instead of one. Why? A computer mistake that they blamed on us, and proceeded to tell us that "there was nothing they could do" and that "only 'the boss' could fix it", nevertheless, they had charged us for 2 rooms and only gave us the key to one room, the one we used, highly convenient of them. During our brief 24 stay, we talked to 3 staff members about our problem, and even waited the whole morning for a seemingly nonexistent "boss" to arrive. When we left, the charges were still in place and nobody even tried to help us/seemed to care. We were treated mostly as annoying pests rather than paying clients.