Hotel Best 4 Barcelona

Close to the beach, not far from restaurants and shopping.

The breakfast was hit or miss - mostly due to lack of staff. They seemed understaffed. Some food - like eggs would be all gone and not replaced for twenty minutes which is a long time. Dining room very crowded, hard to move around as space was so tight.

Rooms were spacious and bathroom was a decent size with hand wash/shower gel etc provided. Reasonable storage space, free to use safe and a small fridge, good for cooling water from the supermarket. Air con also there and working. 2 lifts which although slow were good for getting to the upper floor. There was a housekeeping service every day and came back to a nicely tidy room every day. Location of the hotel is close to the beach which was a few minutes walk away. Its in a quieter part of Barcelona away from the major tourist places. There were a number of supermarkets, bars and restaurants nearby, and metro lines can whisk you to the busy centre easily enough. If traveling from the airport, make sure you plan the train route and metro lines to get to somewhere close by. Literally a small supermarket on every corner open late, and some larger ones a short walk away. Breakfast if your room didn't include it was €12, a reasonable selection of food, and buffet style, enough to fill up to fuel the day and get moneys worth.

Would have been nice to have a downstairs bar where we could meet for a drink before going out. Although this made the lobby really quiet, it also felt a bit lifeless. Restaurant is it bit too small, at busy times for breakfast it got full and people had to wait. Staff did a good job of keeping breakfast items stocked. There was some confusion on arrival, we had booked a number of rooms, some for single occupancy, but the reception staff expected with 6 twin rooms there would be 12 people, and when there were 10 of us, tried to tell us we only needed 5. Eventually we cleared it up, but could have done without the hassle after a long journey getting there. There was a kettle in the room with a selection of tea and coffee, although no liquid milk (no small UHT containers). Easily remedied by buying some skimmed from a supermarket and using the fridge but would have been easier if we didn't have to do a supermarket visit. One thing outside the control of the hotel, the tourist tax was about €9 per person per night, for October we felt this was pretty high.

Close to the beach and hop on hop off bus.

Property old style needs up grade. Some reception staff I felt were not friendly. The male staff member that greeted us on arrival was very nice but some of the others I felt were not.

The location near the metro and beach was excellent

The staff is not friendly enough. The gym and rooms can use a update. No airconditioning or ventilation