I stayed in the hotel 2nd time and was satisfied. Good cosy but clean rooms, close to metro, good beds and bathroom. I liked it there and will come back.

I stayed with a few friends here for 4 nights and would recommend it.
It is a good price for a fairly good location- maybe a little tricky to find at first, especially trying to pronounce 'puxtet' to the locals for directions!
the staff were quiet but fairly friendly.
the rooms and bathrooms were very small but clean and modern and with such an amazing city outside, the hostel is just right if you only want somewhere to lay your head for the night.
something to consider is that, at least while we were there, there is no hot water!
showers are luke warm which is fine if you go in the middle of the summer.
around hostal puxtet are plenty of little shops, groceries, tabacconists and an internet cafe is a stones throw away.
the metro system was a short walk from the hostel and from there it is only a quick, easy and cheap journey to the centre of Barcelona; plaza de catalunya. A taxi off the street from the centre back to the hostel will cost you between 10 and 15 euros which is fine if you are splitting it 4 ways.
overall a very satisfactory experience was had for the little time we spent in the hostel- a definite recommendation to student and young travellers on a budget.

Hostel in Barcelon. 200 m from metro station. The room was like from IKEA catalog.The bathroom was small but very clean. Hostel is well connected to the city center with metro and bus, and it is near Park Guell, near other beautyfull garden and near good polish restaurant.
The staff very friendly sometimes with english :)

We stayed at Hostal Putxet for 9 nights in 3 rooms at different floors. Some of us paid more for the same kind of room. The rooms are indeed very small and the bathrooms are even smaller than I expected.

The main things we did not like were:
- the narrow staircase
- thin walls - you could hear the neighbors taking a shower, singing, talking in the room, so very noisy rooms.
- cleaning was superficial - tones of dust under the bed, the sheets were not changed during our whole stay and they were not actually clean. The only things they did were to set the bed and to bring clean towels. The only time they cleaned the floor was when we spilled water on the floor.
- air -conditioning - in some rooms it was too powerful (first and second floor) and in some it was not working that swell (the third floor) - plus, you could not turn it off because the switch was for the whole hostal.
- the wireless internet was working only on the first floor, and mainly next to the reception

In the first two weeks from June we got cold weather, outside it was raining and because of the air conditioning it was very in the rooms.

The best parts of the hostel are:
- the location - you could easily go by foot to Guel Park, the Lesseps Metro Station was very close and you could go anywhere in Barcelona, plus the public transportation, you could get to Plaza Espana with the 27 bus, with 33 bus you could get to Plaza Catalunya, to reach the beach you could take the 17 bus.
- cheap hostel
- nice and clean neighborhood, the Park Putxet is close by
- close by are places to eat and supermarkets - Eurosky - one street away and Dia on the end of the street on which is the hostal
- kind staff
- you can find maps and flayers next to the automatic machine

Piece of advise:
If you come from the airport and don't wish to take the taxi, you may take the bus 46 or an A1 or A2 bus (for 5 Euro) and from Plaza Espana you can take bus 27, from Plaza Catalunya you can take the 33 bus and ask for the Lesseps station. We made the mistake of coming with the metro and it has looots of stairs and it's not easy if you also carry your baggage. You can take the bus tickets from any metro station and it's about 8 Euro - 10 trips.

Barcelona is a great city, I will most certainly return, but not at Hostal Putxet because there are other Hostels and Hotels that also offer meal services for almost the same amount of money. But if you do stay at Putxet, pray that the weather is great and you can spend as much time as you can on the amazing streets of Barcelona. Enjoy!