Standard Apartment, 1 Bedroom | Private kitchen

Reviews of AinB Gothic Cathedral Apartments

AinB Gothic Cathedral Apartments
Carrer Jaime, 13, Barcelona, Barcelona

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 75 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 154 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 57 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 315 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 13 out of 315 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Holly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Change of Apartments to Sagrada Familia
We did not actually stay at the Gothic Cathedral apartments since they were "out of order" at the time of our arrival. Instead we stayed at the Sagrada Familia apartments in the Eixample neighborhood. The 1-bedroom apartment was very spacious and we were provided a crib, high chair and toys for our toddler, which he loved. The apartment is about a 10 minute walk to the closest subway station which allowed us to get around most of Barcelona easily.

8/10 Good

chris, MA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice apartment in old section of city
Off busy street of small shops and restaurants, these apartments are on an old, renovated building. Space is clean and airy, comfortable but somewhat sparse.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good area to stay, place as I expected staff was excellent...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet street in Gothic area
Small, clean, quiet apartment - perfect location to explore Barcelona from.

6/10 Okay

Karen, Ottawa

Liked: Staff & service
Kitchen poorly equipped; sound proofing limited
We were disturbed more than once times several nights at 3 and again around 4 o'clock in the morning. Possibly by revelers or young people heading to the airport. The concierge readily supplied toaster, knife and breadboard plus tea towels when requested. The rest of the kitchen supplies were pretty limited - not even a sharp knife. Great location for exploring Barcelona.

8/10 Good

Douglas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location in the "Old Town" - modern room
Great location in the 'old town' - the most interesting part of the city. Less than a 10 min walk to the beach and less than 5 minutes to Las Ramblas. THe apartment was fairly large and service was good. We felt safe at all times.

2/10 Terrible

Dorothy

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A complete disappointment. We booked two rooms for eight days. The room and address given online was not where they put us. One of the rooms they gave us was obviously uncleaned when we arrived. The second room was literally a few feet from an active, noisy construction sight, which meant the drapes had to be drawn the entire time if you didn't want to converse with the men outside the windows. From day one, they said housekeeping would take care of the dirty room, and they did bring us clean sheets. They also said we could move to a different room to replace the room in the middle of the construction zone. Repeated promises, waiting and no action. We cleaned the rooms ourselves, including the dirty dishes in the cabinets, we over looked the ripped up sofa and stained towels and we waited for them to move us. Nothing every happened and after a few days they were angry that we were still asking. I was not surprised to see their business lobby with a line of other frustrated customers who had received the same lack of care and action. Towards the end of stay, I was told to complain to our booking site, not them. None of the issues we experienced would ruin a vacation, but the lack of consideration or honesty was very hard to accept. Stay away from AinB Apartments if you don't want to feel mistreated.

10/10 Excellent

Adriana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff was really nice

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Could be much better
No room service. But good size apartment. Center if the city with 5 mins to all landmarks. Apartment 10 mins from the front Office. I had to carry all our bags from front office to appartment and from apartment to front office to take the airport limo. And I payed almost 4 stars cost for this.

2/10 Terrible

khalifa, cairo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was one of the worst apartments i've ever seen!
We checked in a basement apartment with no windows or light !! You can't even beath !! And the stuff are rude ... When we asked them to change the apartment to have one like in the picture they said no ! And they refused to help ! The apartment is too creepy ! It has a door to a very weird and creepy underground stairs .... Check the picture to know how creepy ! I don't recomend it at all ...
Scary view inside the apartment

8/10 Good

Simon, Surrey, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ideal for our stay - great location
This apartment was just right for our family (2 adults, 2 children aged 14 and 12) as we wanted to be able to sight-see, visit the beach, and relax in the apartment. It was in the centre of the Gothic quarter and we could walk nearly everywhere (beaches, cathedral, Las Ramblas) all in under 10 minutes. It is just a few minutes from Jaume metro station if you want to go further afield (so easy to get to La Sagrada Familia). AinB have many locations of apartment (and one central reception on Carrer Jaume 1) so I'm not sure if all the reviews here apply to the same apartment block, but our apartment was lovely. It was very quiet (no night-time noise at all) and on the top floor, with a full length balcony with plenty of space to sit outside and relax (we may have been upgraded, I'm not sure). It was very clean and the air conditioning was very effective. There was a separate bedroom for us, and the kids slept in the sitting room. The lady at the main reception (Laura?) and the man on duty at the apartment (Shavid?) were both very helpful. The area felt very safe and was very picturesque.

6/10 Okay

Garry, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Great location nice neighbourhood, different st.
Hotel is fne, great location. One of the doorman is fine the other is not. Too much street noise for the apartment on the front. Front door kept slamming and the noise could be heard into the apartment. Great location, nice apartment. Wi-Fi was problematic. Had to get the routers reset.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Guests should know that their neighbors in the building--all university students --will drink, sing, yell, scream late into the night, and that they will get no sleep.

10/10 Excellent

Lilian, Miami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent location ,secure & very nice place
Excellent location ,secure & very nice place to stay with my family.close to everything. Excellent location ,secure & very nice place

2/10 Terrible

the worse roo. , barcelona

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room it's actually a garage,
The worse hotel o have ever stayer in, The garage was made into a room, AC don't work. Very nosy. No towels, the gave me an used soap and shampoo.. The room was dirty, holes in the wall. Rusty bathroom. There were mosquitos and even a spider on the room:

8/10 Good

Mary, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Would stay here again
Fantastic location - walk to everything !!! Would stay again. Staff extremely helpful. Kudos to Shahdi (spelling) who went out of his way to assist with luggage, information and airport cab. Even showed up early to make sure we got off ok.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice apartment close to good restaurants
Apartment good but we experienced a lot of noise at night. Lots of people pouring out of pubs/clubs until early hours of the morning/ bin men clearing the streets and other people in the apartment block noisy and had no consideration for others. That is our only criticism. Not great if you have children who need their sleep.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
A stay in Barcelona
The apartment was in a great location, Gothic district, and within walking distance to everything. If we were staying in Barcelona for a few days or more, it would have been perfect as it accommodated the five of us without getting multiple rooms, but we only stayed overnight so amenities such as coffee, water or even soap were not available. The day time staff is great but the overnight person that started at 7pm was uninterested and basically ignored us. Overall, I would stay there again but knowing going in it's an apartment not a hotel

6/10 Okay

Joseph, toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
expensive and small
I guess you are paying for location here which is great- although if you are not an early riser, beware of the children's school across the alley. kids and parents gather early and make a huge noise in the echoing courtyard! Good modern style and nice kitchenette but very small bedroom and bathroom for the price.

10/10 Excellent

gerardo, loa angeles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay at a cozy, clean and spacious apartment
Only drawback is that the actual apartment is away from the check in desk, but they tell you that in advance. But well worth it! Very spacious 2 floor apartment. Very comfortable, quiet, and private with nice balconies

10/10 Excellent

Lavinia, Cluj

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In the heart of the city
Ideal location to explore the center of Barcelona and at a few minutes to the port and Rambla. The apartment has a clean, minimalist design, with enough storage space. We enjoyed the nice kitchen and the great variety of TV channels.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Good location, close to Jaume I Metro Station
The rooms are close to different places of interest: Rambla, Palaus Guell, Cathedral, Basilique and Picasso Museum. Walking a little more La Pedrera, Casa Batlo, The rest of places can be reached by Metro from Jaime I Station. Room was ok (basic). Staff was kind, Wifi was weak. Price was a little expensive

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Low expectancy review
This hotel had a terrible cleaning, noisy environment, terrible assistance, and a non-comfortable check-in location in comparison to the distance of the actual apartment.

4/10 Poor

Yap Chai

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No soap was given, most toilet doors are spoilt and water from bathroom are leaking to the sitting rooms downstairs. Need to walk through small and dark alleys so not good to walk out at night. Very noisy neighbourhoods at night. Taxi cannot get to the hotel cos of narrow and blocked streets to hotels.

10/10 Excellent

christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was very nice
loved the room wish we had it the whole time.

4/10 Poor

wendy, Melbourne Australia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beds very uncomfortable, location good, staff good
Location was excellent, staff very helpful, beds very uncomfortable, no amenities for first night stay like (soap or tea and coffee).

8/10 Good

tea drinker, Cheshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, walking distance from many sites.
Massive fridge and freezer but very little to actually cook with! No bread or chopping board. No bowls. Good kettle but tiny coffee cups.

10/10 Excellent

Jamie, Ontario, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place in the heart of the Gothic district.
The room was great, very big and comfortable. Two balconies faced the street, which was really a quiet walking street. Comfortable bed, nice kitchen and facilities. The staff was on hand 24 hours and were always very nice and helpful.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
There was one particularly rude little man at the front desk. He was BEYOND RUDE and CONDESCENDING. The hotel itself was not as nice as it was in the pictures.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Great location although, not nearly as nice inside as the photos show.

8/10 Good

Pamela, UK West Yorkshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
AinB Apartments - Gothic Quarter
We had a rooftop apartment that did not disappoint. The patio ran the length of the apartment so was accessible from the dining room/lounge/spare bedroom, the twin bedded room and kitchen. The kitchen was amazing with induction hob and combined microwave/cooker with fridge freezer and diswasher plus all utilities. The bathroom was small but adequate and the twin bedroom was cosy. The patio area outside had concealed lighting and loungers (for sunbathing) plus a table and seats. We ate breakfast, some lunches and had drinks outside, in fact it was really lovely. My only complaint would be a complete lack of storage, barring a wardrobe which was not accessible due to the 'cosy'bedroom. Also quite a few of the lights were not working, these were reported but not replaced during our stay. The Porter who was at the reception desk was absolutely brilliant, he organised taxi's and was really helpful whenever we had a query. I would stay at AinB again and recommend it to anyone visiting Barcelona. Barcelona itself and the Gothic Quarter in particular was excellent. We found the clothing and leather to be be really reasonably priced, tapas were good and inexpensive especially in the Gothic area. I would recommend The Plate where the locals go. A really memorable and enjoyable holiday.

8/10 Good

Brian, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Most Central Location You Can Find
Im going to explain how this apartment works just to help everyone out. The centralized hotel front desk is at a separate location thats about a 5 minute walk from the apartments (they have several apartment locations). You check in at the front desk and then you and a hotel staff member will walk over the the apartment location. The front door is opened using a passcode. Theres usually a hotel staff member on site of the apartments during business hours doing laundry, admin work etc. When you check out you just leave your key on the table in apartment and shut the door (the door autolocks so dont lock yourself out!). The easiest way to get here from the airport is to take the Aerobus for around 6e to Placa De Catalunya and walk down to the front desk location. Its a 7 minute walk. Now onto the hotel... The apartment is down a laneway in the gothic area. Single women might not feel comfortable walking down here late at night by themselves but I didnt see any evidence of it being unsafe at night. There were always people around. Thats really the only neutral thing I can say about the apartment. Otherwise the location is excellent as its close to everything interesting in the gothic quarter, las ramblas, el raval, barcelonetta etc. Very central location. I dont think you can get much better for location. The apartment I stayed in was I think 402. It was super clean and in great condition with 2 balconies that over looked the laneway, kitchen and laundry. Bring laundry soap!

6/10 Okay

Carolyn, Connecticut

Liked: Room comfort
Nice apartment in Gothic Quarter
My first impression of AinB was not the best - I let expedia know so the very next day. Check-in was chaotic, the apartment was dark, in mediocre condition, and the view was of an abandoned building. I called Expedia and the management to see what I could do to cancel the reservation and began researching other available accommodations. To my surprise, Expedia contacted management on my behalf and AinB offered to move us to another apartment but I would have to wait until Monday for either maintenance to try to address my concerns or for a manager to authorize a move or a cancellation/refund. Overall, the apartment did not live up to expectations (one burner on the stove didn't work, no coffeemaker, there was no tv signal, a broken lamp, scuffed walls and gnats.) Management moved us Monday afternoon to a different apartment on the same floor, and this apartment looked like the apartment in all the advertisements - two huge doors that opened to a balcony facing the street. Light-filled, airy and nicely decorated. It was more apartment than we needed as it had two bedrooms on the second floor, but it was absolutely lovely and easy to move into since it was just a few doors away. Kudos to management for making it right for us! We spent four more nights and had a lovely time in the apartment. It's close to the Ramblas, the beach, the metro, the Borne neighborhood and really good, affordable food/drink. I would recommend it to independent types.

10/10 Excellent

Steven, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You must stay!
Fantastic! Perfect location! Super helpful guy on site always happy to help. Really clean and despite only being there for 5 nights even had sheets and towels changed which is unusual for an apartment. Couldn't recommend it more! The office was centrally located and someone showed you to the apartment so you weren't trawling around getting lost.

6/10 Okay

Julie, England

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to everything
I went with my son and is girlfriend, It was very close to everything, but we got lost a few times. There are no doors on the bedroom. . It took us a while to find the lead for the kettle. It was in the kettle. It was clean and tidy, but very noisy. The walls were paper thin. Alright for young people. The staff were nice and they brought us fresh towels on the 3 day. The Metro, shops , beach and the rambles are very close. by.

10/10 Excellent

James, Bedford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Barcelona Experience
We had a great time in Barcelona and the apartment was at the perfect location to visit the Gothic Quarter, walking distance to the beach and close to a metro station. The apartment itself was clean well equipped and the staff were very friendly and efficient.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Despite the range of lovely photos, none reflected the basement apartment we were given. The room was clean but very basic. Noise from outside all night because we were just below street level. Real shame because most of the apartments looked great so perhaps we drew the short straw.

8/10 Good

Michelle, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location, brilliant staff
We were concerned about check in but the office had two staff who were very friendly and helpful. The apartment was a five minute walk away and one of the staff helped us with our bags (we were travelling with a toddler so had too much to carry on our own). The apartment was excellent, great location in the heart of the Gothic Quarter, superb terrace, generally good facilities. A few minor things were missing in the kitchen (e.g. no tea towel so had to dry up with a bathroom towel) and not all the pans were big enough for the stove. We only had one sheet to make up our son's bed so an additional sheet and blanket would have been good. As we were only staying two nights we didn't contact reception about the above but I'm sure if we did, it would have been fixed.

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
Wonderful building, location, apartment and hospitality!

8/10 Good

Garry, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Comfortable 2 floor apartment
Very friendly staff, helpful with suitcases and more. Location was excellent. Amenities were good, AC was good. Two level apartment hotel, good elevator.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good points-good location, modern, comfortable, well equipped, lift, quiet Bad points-not great for small children-no bath, glass coffee table (sharp edges) Improvement-attach 'wardrobe' to wall, soap dispenser to wash hands, better kettle We had an email the day before asking whether we could move to another apartment which was further away and not in my opinion to the same standard in which we paid for. We declined because of this and because we wanted to be near friends and family and they managed to stick to our original booking otherwise we would have asked for a refund.

6/10 Okay

Monica, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
excellent location but so noisy at night
We love the location and the apartment is well maintain. We stayed there for 4 nights, and we couldn't have a good night sleep because of a noisy neighborhood. People talking from 1am to 3am then then voice of someone play rollerblading was completely unbelievable.

8/10 Good

Cecilia, Calgary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Clean and modern
We love the place, it fits for 6 people, it's so clean and especially the kitchen, there is only 1 bathroom and no mirror in the rooms, but overall we love the place

2/10 Terrible

Ross, Winnipeg, MB

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
no towels in the room, no remote, you have to ask
Great location but not a great apartment stay, no towels in the room, no remote, you have to ask for both

10/10 Excellent

Anne, San Diego

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great apartment!
Excellent place!!! Secure building with staff on site at all hours, centrally located in the heart of Gothic Quarter. Modern apartment was spacious and very well maintained (including washer/dryer!). Couldn't have been happier!

10/10 Excellent

Timothy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gothic quarter
In the heart of it all, lovely places to eat on your door step

8/10 Good

PortJeffTravelr, Long Island, NY

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I loved this place and will go back
The apartment was spacious and modern. The beds were fairly comfortable. It was perfectly located for getting all around Barcelona. We were able to walk everywhere and take the metro. I only wish the cleaning service came more frequently. During our stay of 6 days, they came twice. We could have used one more time as we ran out of clean towels. The staff at the office was very friendly and helpful, but they did not inform us about our one morning of complementary breakfast. We discovered this after it was too late and were not able to go. Overall, it was a great place to stay and we would do it again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very central location.
Staff were very helpful. A lot of street noise. No door between bedroom and living space.

8/10 Good

mark, Stalybridge

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Barcelona break
3 day break to Barcelona, apartments right in the middle of the Gothic Quarter. ALll nice and clean new.