Hotel Curious

For $ 95 a night you get a small New York City room very modern, free Wi-​Fi and also free breakfast and it’s all about location location location. You also just steps away from the main Avenue and the main central market. The staff could not be any friendlier and talk about location as they say it’s location location location The breakfast is really good and I will keep you going all day long if you are in Barcelona why spend $ 300 a night down the street

My wife and I had a great stay and loved the location. It was everything we needed in a hotel and would love to stay there again in our travels. Staff was always very helpful and pleasant. Easy cab to the airport and spoke very good english as well.

Great location. Great staff. Wasn’t a fan of the breakfast but it was free so we made do. Smallish rooms but they are set up to be functional, liked the fold down suitcase shelves and the fact the TV was wall mounted. Room was clean, maid service was outstanding. Bathroom was decent sized. Elevator scared the crap outta me, only used it when going up or carrying stuff. It was a bit shaky and actually sunk about 3 inches once I stepped inside.
Tip: Don’t get a room on the street side or you will not be able to sleep! Also checkout the market behind the hotel for fresh juices and fruits. You won’t be disappointed!
Summary: Would stay again if price is right and I was on the less noisy side of the building.

This hotel is cheap but I think you get more than what you pay for. First off location is great for a tourist. Breakfast is also nice with fruits and baked goods but I wish they had granola instead of corn flakes, which is probably too trivial to complain about. I had a single room and it was quite spacious, although the shower was tiny and did leak a ton. My room also got particularly stuffy at night even though I had my window open. Aside from that, all the staff was friendly and helpful.

You can’t beat the stay for the price!
So our hotel room was small, um very small BUT the staff here is absolutely fantastic! And the rooms are also very clean which is a major major plus in my book! When you check in they give you a whole packet of information. The front desk is super helpful and will have tons of recommendations if you came without an itinerary. They provide you maps of Barcelona and will point out must check out places. They will call and make reservations for you. You can even buy a bus tour ticket at the hotel at a discounted price.
I would also have to say that the walls are a bit thin, I could hear our neighbors to the right but all in all, everyone that stayed at this hotel was friendly and courteous.
The best part of this hotel was the location! You are so close to Las Ramblas and a slew of nice restaurants. Walking distance to the bus tour stop too!
As a plus, they also serve breakfast for free! Coffee, juice, cheese, ham, bread, fruit, yogurt… I was pretty impressed. They even had a panini maker so you can make yourself a breakfast sandwich!
This hotel will have fond memories for me… I would highly recommend if you are on a budget and looking for a clean friendly hotel with an amazing location!

Good location although the actual street itself may appear a bit desolate. It is directly off Las Ramblas and situated about a 5 minute walk from Catalunya Square or a 10 minute walk to the water (wonderful Mediterranean beach).
The staff are excellent and provide an introduction to Barcelona with maps and suggestions
Our room is a bit tight and fairly basic however for the price, location, free breakfast and free wifi, it’s a great deal!
I highly recommend this hotel if your looking for value and a great location along with a very helpful staff.

Lovely. My husband and I spent five nights here in October and it was great. Good location near Las Ramblas. Room was clean and well appointed. The staff was truly wonderful. Very accomodating and helpful — great with recommendations. Also, surprisingly inexpensive for what you get — especially considering it includes a very substantial daily breakfast. Book a room here. You won’t be disappointed.

I ended up being a difficult customer booking the room (make sure you call your credit card company and tell them you’ll be making a purchase overseas or they might think it’s fraud and not let you book it) but throughout all the emails we had, they never let on that they thought I was a pain in the ass.
We stayed one night before leaving for a one week cruise and when we got back into port we had booked the Curious for two more nights before flying off to Madrid. It was risky… if we hated the hotel on the first night we were stuck because we already paid up front for the next two nights. The only room they had available was a double room (two small beds pushed together) but if you paid upfront they took 15% off the entire bill. It was extremely affordable for the location off of La Rambla and in the end, it proved to be the perfect fit for our three nights.
The rooms were definitely small — there’s no way around that. Like Karlie M. says, it’s all Ikea furniture and the quality suffers. But, who spend that much time in the room on vacation anyway. We had a balcony overlooking a narrow street and even though it got loud at 5am when the clubs got out (do they ever get out?) we weren’t bothered because we are used to noise in our own city.
The management was very nice, always had suggestions if we were stuck, helped with getting cabs and pointed us in the direction of really awesome restaurants. Two things: They were 25 minutes late on our wake up call at 6am to get to the airport but luckily we had our backup alarms set. Also, when we asked where we could pick up a bottle of wine, the management was clueless telling us he had no idea where a store was that sold one, but we found one literally one block down on the exact same street. Oh, and they don’t have ice or glasses readily available.
The breakfast was basic and just fine for what it was but go one block over and you’ll find yourself in the amazing market where you have your pick of amazing foods.
The location was fantastic and we walked miles every day soaking in sights and tapas hopping.
All in all, we’ll definitely stay at Hotel Curious again when we’re on a budget and looking to be in a spot where everything we needed or wanted was at our fingertips.

Hotel Curious tries to be hip and fresh, but really it was quite standard to me. Everything was fine, no problems, but everything was just basic. Kind of looks like the décor is all from IKEA. There’s nothing wrong with that, but that’s just what it reminded us of. I was sort of put off right from the start when I was checking in. Having just come from outside, obviously, and being tired and sans makeup, I left my sunglasses on. After talking to the front desk guy for a few minutes, all of a sudden he got all flustered and said he couldn’t talk to people with sunglasses on and that it’s inappropriate, and wouldn’t continue talking to me unless I took them off. I felt like he was scolding me or something and it was really strange. Up until then he had been nice though.
The room, again, was basic and fine. The bed was comfortable for me as it was on the soft side. The free breakfast was the highlight for us. Really tasty meats and cheese, hard boiled eggs, croissants, delicious peaches, melon, cereal and yogurt.
The hotel is located just off La Ramblas, about a minutes walk. This is good and bad — good because the Metro station is close if you need it, bad because you have to cross that annoying sea of people if you want to get to the other side.
If I were ever to happen to stay in Barcelona again, I would give somewhere else a try.

Lo más curioso que tiene este hotel y que supongo que será a lo que hace referencia su nombre es que las ventanas de las habitaciones dan a un patio interior ocupado por el ascensor y están ciegas… Punto muy negativo. Para «remendarlo» han colocado unas fotografías grandes a una distancia de unos 20 centímetros entre la ventana y el vacío. Es decir que «parece» que ves Barcelona pero en realidad lo que ves es una simple imagen en papel.
Esto no lo vi avisado en ningún sitio al hacer la reserva.
Otro punto que tampoco me gustó en absoluto fue que al hacer la reserva –desde la web– se me ofreció hacer checkin tempranero y salida tardía pero al llegar, ninguno de estos servicios estaban disponibles. No era algo especialmente grave pero sí me molestó mucho la actitud del recepcionista cuando, preguntado por este hecho de ofrecer algo que luego en realidad no estaba, me contestó con un «¡Ni que esto fuera el Ritz! ¿Qué esperas de una tarifa como la nuestra?» No sé, me pareció fuera de lugar… es cierto que la tarifa era muy barata: 89 € pero también es cierto que el hotel no merece pagar más por la habitación; pequeña, cama estrecha, ventana ciega. AL menos el WiFi era potente.
Es una opción pasable si el resto de hoteles que conozco están ocupados… y aún así trataría de evitarlo e irme a otro. No es que sea malo, simplemente yo no tuve buen feeling.

I stayed here for three days during the Christmas holiday. It’s located very close to the La Rambla and the Metro, and the MACBA is a short walk from the hotel — so the location can’t be beat.
I was in a single room with no windows (except for the faux window that had a nice «view» of the Barcelona skyline). The room was relatviely small but adequate, with a frosted glass door and wall seperating the bathroom from the rest of the space.
Free Wi-​Fi and breakfast was included. Breakfast was basic — cereals, bread, orange juice, coffee, cheeses, pasteries…
The staff was nice — they were always friendly and had lots of smiles.
It’s a no-​frills operation but that doesn’t equate to not good in this case. I plan on staying again next time I’m in the beautiful city of Barcelona.