Took 4 night break. Booked direct with hotel as best price. 4 nights including breakfast and bottle of Cava (good Cava too) on arrival was Euro 395 for two. Location fine for city centre and harbour/beach. Metro stop right at front door. I didn't feel uncomfortable walking around the locality at night (but be sensible and don't take risks) and... more

We stayed at the hotel for 4 nights during September and had a great time! Check in was fast and efficient, the staff on the front desk were very friendly and informative through out our stay. Our room was amazing, massive corner room. Room was spotlessly clean, serviced daily. Lovely bath and shower. Free safety deposit box in the wardrobe.... more

Just returned from an excellent 3 night break in Barcelona, staying at the Universal. I could not fault the hotel - modern, clean with efficient staff. However I agree with previous reviewers on the location. The hotel is within walking distance to Ramblas and the port area. However, the walk from Las Ramblas through the Raval is intimidating, especially at... more

I don´t hesitate to recommend this hotel! Clean, great staff, good breakfast buffet, nice skyline view from the roof pool, metro just outside the door. Unfortunately we had an inside room without a window but the room was OK with a free safe deposit box. Maybe 15 minutes walk from the harbour/beach and 5-10 min walk from the Rambla. However,... more

We orignally booked Hotel Barcelona because of the great price and it looked like it was close to town. We were very happy when we arrived. The hotel is very nice (modern) great staff who were friendly and willing to help. They had free computers/internet to use and the best part was they are located on a main road so... more

we arrived at this hotelin 29th september2009, the check in took less than a minute and we had this great room ..it was spacious and very clean,the bathroom was fantastic.......and the best thing is that u have the metro station just in front of the hotel...and u can walk to la rambla in less than 10 minutes... more

Just returned from a fantastic trip to Barcelona for my 30th birthday. Very pleased with my choice of Hotel as it was clean, modern, friendly and ideally located with La Ramblas 10m min walk and a metro station just outside hotel. Would recommend using Metro to get to all major sites... so easy to use and so much quicker! My... more

Part one of my span trip Stayed here from Oct 10 - 13th Room 602 There is a subway station right out front of Hotel...which makes it a big plus. When we walked in, the place is very modern and beautiful. We checked in very quickly. ROOM: We got a great large room with amazing city view. large room and... more

The worst hotel I have ever stayed!! Staff quality was terrible! Especially the staff named :Juan My room lock was broken and couldn't double locked from the inside, when I compalin to the recepition, the staff named "Juan S. Blazquee" told me that there were no room for me to change. But after further checking, he again told me that... more