Sunotel Junior  

I stayed 6 nights at the beginning of May, was in Barcelona for the first time, wished to discover the city and Gaudí's works. Booked at booking.com, looked for a nice clean hotel to sleep after Barcelona sightseeing. Accomodation in Barcelona being surprisingly expensive, Sunotel Junior offers good value for money. In short: good clean hotel, close to the center, well-communicated with public transports, friendly English-speaking staff, excellent breakfast, no big luxury, but worth its money. Well-situated, not exactly at the center, but metro station Hospital Clinic in 3 mins walk, direct line to Sagrada Familia (7 mins), 1 station to Diagonal - the beginning of Barcelona "shopping line" - Passeig de Gracia with all shops (especially luxury). You could arrive to Plaça Catalunya - many shopping centres and the beginning of Rambla, the main tourist street, - in 10 mins by metro (1 change) or by bus 66 (stops round the corner of the hotel). The hotel is well-communicated with El Prat airport: either Aerobus from Plaça Catalunya or Renfe train from Barcelona Sants (only 2 stations by metro from the hotel). 2 supermarkets, some restaurants and bakeries close to the hotel. After having booked a room, I wrote a mail directly to the hotel reception to ask how to get to the hotel from the airport and to request a room on the silent side of the street (I was afraid of Booking clients' reviews concerning noisy rooms), and the hotel reception answers were clear and precise. The hotel staff are friendly and nice, all English-speaking, they gave me a good room and were ready to help at any moment. Single room nice, well-cleaned daily, not spacious, but I didn't need big comfort for sleep. Not noisy, my room overlooking the interior garden, but thin walls, could hear other guests when they were in the corridor (but not in their rooms). No problem, since I always sleep with earplugs, so I had really good night rest.

Just maybe a couple of remarks that could help you improving the quality of your service. First, I would have appreciated if the swimming-pool and jacuzzi had extended opening hours: 10 A.M. - 8 P.M. I was in the city and could't use swimming-pool, even if I didn't really need it, it would have been nice to be able to do that. Then, would maybe suggest a more comfortable pillow, the one I had was a bit too flat, but it's a minor thing. Finally, and I'm sorry for this remark, a toilet brush in the bathroom is a must, thank you for your understanding!

Nice staff

Ok but expensive for what it was. Have had a lot better in Spain for the money

Everything was really good. The street is quiet but 20 minutes walking from the center. Administrators were polite and very helpful.

I didn't like some noise from other guests of the hotel.

Friendly helpful staff, clean and good sized rooms, close to station and nearby bars restaurants

Biggest problem is noise from a very busy road, better double glazing required or take earplugs

Decent price, good location, helpful staff.

Too much traffic noise, however this was sorted out by a change of room.

Room on streetside, extremely noisy, hard to sleep. Window would not close well. Tv kept switching itself on by itself

The frontdesk staff

The room I got , beside the street. I woke up many times cause of the noise in the street

- Great location, nwer to the center, easy to reach with public transport. - personal: friendly, hlepful, 24 hour reception, all receptionist can speak english - room: big enough, comfortable matrace, big bathroom - breakfast: more than delicious, you can have everything that you wis for breakfast

The location, very near metro station. The very nice and helpful staff. The free wireless internet access in the room.

Very noisy room due to the street trafic and the lack of window isolation.

Fast and free WiFi. Decent shower which is usually hard to come by through Europe - decent water pressure and temperature.

Room was shoebox small, with a single bed against a wall which was awful. I could feel the springs in the bed, pillow was paper thin, the room was right in front of the lift so was woken at all hours of the night. Although advertised as having a pool on the rooftop this was in a neighbour hotel which required you to walk downstairs and across to the other building. Staff were generally nice yet sometimes forgot to call back when they said they would and after flying for over 40 hours and after my airline lost my suitcase on the way over I was hoping for a little more effort on arrival. After my suitcase finally arrived, the room was so small that the first day the cleaner entered my room they knocked the case off its perch and my items were sprawled everywhere when I returned to my room. I stayed for 5 nights over the public holiday and itma trade show in September so prices were dreadful across the entire city. This was priced low-mid range but was still frightfully expensive for the facilities offered even though booked months in advance. Maybe I would have been less picky if it was cheaper and at another time of year. Though for this stay, the value was very poor.

Staff were friendly. Restaurant breakfast was very good though 10 euros.

It was expensive for a mediocre single room out of the city centre.

Conveniently located, clean, very good for such little money.

The windows looked out onto the street, the room was noisy.