INNSiDE by Meliá Barcelona Apolo

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Why this one

INNSiDE by Meliá Barcelona Apolo sits at number 57-59 on Avinguda del Paral·lel, in Sants-Montjuïc. That little stretch does a lot of the work for you. Nineteen of the 42 reviews we read point to the location, and the line that keeps coming back is the simple one. Walking distance to La Rambla. The second thing guests keep mentioning is the team. Sixteen reviews name the staff, often with the kind of detail you only write when someone actually helped you. A 5 out of 5 puts it plainly. Receptionists Jorge and David are very attentive and friendly. Another says the greeting at 2am was exceptional. That matters in a city where you may well be arriving late. Cleanliness shows up in 13 reviews, and breakfast in 6. The room was brilliant and the breakfast superb, writes one guest. Not everyone pays the same rate for the same experience here, so it pays to read what you are booking. The rest of the sample reads like a hotel doing the basics well for people who came to Barcelona to be out of the room.

What guests keep saying

The pattern across the 42 reviews is consistent. Location leads with 19 mentions, staff follows with 16, cleanliness with 13 and breakfast with 6. People write about walking to La Rambla, about reception helping with tickets, about rooms that are spotless and beds that are big. Value for money comes up in 4 reviews, and the tone is measured. The only downside for me was the price, writes one guest, which is the kind of line you see in a city where rates move a lot by date. Noise appears in 4 reviews, and even there the note is often reassuring. Although I had a room to the main street, it was not loud, good insulated windows.

• locationpraised 19 / 45%

  “Walking distance to La Rambla.”

• staffpraised 16 / 38%

  “Very friendly reception staff.”

• cleanlinesspraised 13 / 31%

  “Staff is very friendly and the rooms clean.”

• breakfastpraised 6 / 14%

  “The room was brilliant and the breakfast superb.”

• noiseflagged 4 / 10%

  “Although I had a room to the main street, it was not loud (good insolated windows).”

• cleanlinessflagged 4 / 10%

  “The smell in the bathroom was awful.”

• value for moneypraised 4 / 10%

  “The only downside for me was the price.”

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The bit the hotel does not tell you

The reviews suggest the interior rooms are the quiet ones, and the ones facing Paral·lel are fine if you keep the windows shut. If you are booking for a special occasion, say so when you reserve rather than at check-in, because the reviews that mention a smooth stay are the ones where the request was handled in advance.

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