Hotel Del Mar - Barcelona, Spain     

We stayed Two Nights in July. there is no portage avaliable not good for elderly people ,in the room we were alocated the a/con was not working. after a lot of trouble at the desk I was relocated to another room the a/con only gave out about 40% Barcelona is very hot this time of year only one key card to use the electric services eg a/con,I asked for ice blocks for drinks, not available they have a soft drink machine in hall way but no fridge in room,or tea or coffee making facilitys I was told ice machine was broken,the tv was not tuned into cnn or bbc world the rest of the tv channels were all european stations the european soccer final was on but I could not get this channel I phoned reception and was advised they would get it fixed next day,we paid for breakfast it was disgusting only ate there once we both felt sick afterwards. I asked for the Key to use the in room safe I was charged 2 Euros.a day for the key they also charged 28 cents to call a cab to airport., the staff in the reception where very rude. Considering we paid $300 per night the only good thing about this hotel was location, I have read the other reviews and I wonder if this is the same hotel ? take my advice dont stay there,Grumphy

Others have given this hotel rave reviews, and certainly I've stayed in plenty worse places. Reception staff were friendly, our room was fine, the hotel generally had modern decor and was well located (metro line R10 runs from airport to nearby Francia station). The air conditioning in our room worked fine (essential in Barcelona in summer) but it might not in yours: the hotel staff were unable to find a room in which the A/C worked properly for another member of our party. But the big let-down is the breakfast, which is a standard buffet, understaffed (so things that ran out weren't getting replaced) and the "hot" food was cold and extremely unappetising. Overall, I'd stay at this hotel again - but I'd have breakfast elsewhere.