Ramblas Apartments in Barcelona

We stayed for 6 nights and we were a group with 10 rooms. So we experienced the stay total differently one from the other:

The location is great if you want to feel the vibe and the night life of Barcelona, but if you want to relax it will be a terible experience.

The noise from The Rambla can be easily heard up to the 5th floor, because the windows are clasic and they provide little protection agains noise. So in the lower levels you feel like you sleep in the street...and yes some times you can feel vibrations from the metro.

The arhitecture of the hotel is very strange and many rooms do not have any kind of sunlight because they do not have any windows. I am not joking: NO windows of any kind. The furniture is very old and it was a cheap furniture from the beginning so the rooms have a moldy aspect and many defects including the front doors so be very carefull because you might leave the door open by mistake.
Also when we stayed there it was a bad smell in the hotel, especially in the lower levels.
We did not had any problem with the cleanness of the room, but some of our friends were not so lucky, so i think it is a problem with some of the cleaning staff: some are doing their jobs some dont and this is the biggest problem that they fix very fast.

They have some other small problems but they are relative from person to person, like: they are under staffed so the services are very slow, the food at breakfast is ok, but very limited in options, oooh and the elevator is terrible, like it has a mind of it's own: it stops at every floor regardless if the people there want to get down or up, i have not met this problem in a very long time so it was strage for me, but we were never in a hurry so we had some fun visiting and revisiting people on different levels on our way down from 7th floor.

So as a conclusion: if you are young and dont bother much with the quality of the room and want to party, it is ok due to it's location wich is great, but if you want a relaxing stay with the family you better not go there because it will be a terrible experience.

Located at the port end of the Ramblas, great location. Reception is small and can be busy with only one person dealing with guests. We were on the 9th floor in a terrace room overlooking the west of Barcelona, with a small table and 2 chairs.
The room was very basic but clean & tidy with a safe. No toiletries in the bathroom.
It's a cold buffet breakfast with cheese, yoghurts, meats, pastries & bread and a toaster.
Whiel we stayed at the hotel, the service was good. We were there prior to joining a cruise so on boarding day, we checked out, went for a walk and decided to stop at one of their tables outside the hotel on the Ramblas. Service was good and we tipped 10% but the waiter made it very clear that he expected a bigger tip, very rude.