AinB Born Damas Apartment

Spain , Barcelona
BARCELONA, Damas, 1
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4/10

Poor

10 Nov 2025

Stephan

It is not an Aparthotel, like in the description. There is no housekeeping and getting in for the first time is a disaster (others reported the same). Even though they had my contact from Expedia, they only sent me the details to get in after I had to call them (multiple times) with expensive roaming.
The apartment is run-down and on the most ugly balcony I ever saw we had the AC-outlets of all five floors. Good we didn’t came in summer!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 May 2025

Jessica

Amazing clean place!

Business_and_leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Sep 2024

Michelle

The place is small, but it is clean and in a great and lively neighborhood. Walking distance from everything. Great!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jul 2023

Benoit

The matress was really hard, no view from the room, small.
But was clean, was ok

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

21 Oct 2019

Great location but apartment is EXTREMELY small. Bathroom/showers are tiny, kitchenette is a nice amenity but we didn't use it - we would have but you can barely move around the room with your luggage.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

16 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

It would have been nice studio, but two things happened:
1) The building elevator takes you directly into your room and it's located maybe 2 feet from your bed so you can hear the elevator going up and down all night.
2) The electricity kept going out every couple of hours in the apartment for no apparent reason, we had to reset the breaker box a couple of times

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2019

Daniela

Nice studio and location! No shuttle or cleaning!

Great apartment studio and great location, short walk to the beach and central areas! The only thing is on Hotels.com it says they have an airport shuttle and daily housekeeping and that is false.

Family

2/10

Poor

03 Dec 2018

Sarah

Don't stay here - the manager is rude!

The hotel broke my suitcase as we left it there that morning before checking in later that day. On discussing this, the manager was very rude and also didn't provide the correct room that we had booked. I would not stay here again!

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2018

Adrian

Barcelona trip

Nice area and comfortable room

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2018

Anna

Great location, decent lodging

Area is amazing-- so many great things outside your doorstep. Apartment is quite small but comfortable. The only frustrating part of our stay was that we received no instructions about how to check in. So we hauled our suitcases on public transportation to the apartment, only to find it empty with a sign saying that the main rental office was in an adjacent neighborhood. So we hauled our stuff to the rental office, checked in, and then hauled our stuff all the way back. More clear instructions would have been really helpful.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

08 Apr 2018

Good Location

Strange set up. Elevator inside the room and can hear this going up and down all night from other guests in building. 2 single beds pushed together. Extremely small. they do not clean the room or change towels sheets etc.

2/10

Poor

01 Mar 2018

Gab

Not a hotel. Key pick not on site. Late informatio

No pick up on site. No clear directions where. Bad heating. No soap. Lift opens in room but not reassuring.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jan 2018

Bradley

Good... could be better

We loved that we were really central to everything. We were actually moved to another apartment due to there being no water in the other apartment so was very accommodating. Pillows however were very uncomfortable, satellite channels did not work, hot water runs out fast, we also lost WiFi connection for an entire day. The streets are noisy so if you looking for something quieter this is not the area for you.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

My sister and I loved the studio apartment, it was clean and in very good condition. The kitchenette area is very convenient and doesn't take up too much space. We stayed in June and were thankful for the AC in the room. My only criticism would be that the room was not cleaned during our stay because we only stayed for 4 nights, which is somewhat understandable, but when we asked for more (clean) towels to be dropped off we were told no because the limit is two towels for two people.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2017

Shawn

The location can't be beat. Right in the Born neighborhood, a short walk to the beach or the Gothic quarter. Great restaurants just downstairs in the same building. It's a small set of rooms - the elevator opens right into the room.

The room is nothing special. It was very small. There is a balcony, but it was small and was used to store cleaning supplies. You'd be able to walk out onto it without the cleaning supplies there, but, as is, there's not enough room to walk out onto it. There were ants in the room. Very little shower pressure. Shower door was missing it's handle. No toiletries. No safe. The room is only cleaned after your stay, not daily. Three stars seems like a stretch to me. Good wifi though.

You have to go to a separate office to check in. It's not far, so no big deal, except the check-in communication was a little off. We were early, but were told the room would be ready at 1:30. We got our keys at 2:30 and walked about 10 minutes to the room. It was still being cleaned. We were told to come back at 3pm. Not a big deal, but a little poorly managed.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2017

Lisa

Lovely flat in the heart of the action

So close to Museu Picasso and Barcelonetta! Lively part of town late into the night. We had a great time but if you go to bed early, it might be too loud for your taste.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2016

Kim

A great little space!

Another great stay with AinB.

Family

4/10

Poor

26 Jul 2015

Verified traveler

Not comfortable!

The bed was extremely hard and the elevator that opens directly into the room had me nervous all the time! One time the cleaning staff opened the elevator onto us sleeping, we also walked in on them cleaning our room without notice. Check in is super tricky. You need to go to the main building for check in which wasn't specified. Therefore I carried my 23kg backpack between the apartment and the main office, which was about 500 metres either way! Check in staff were good, even watched our bags while we explored Barcelona before check in!

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2014

Bethany

Barcelona trip

Difficult to find reception , received a nice upgrade

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2013

Lisa

No amenities, horrible staff, but nice rooms

The room is a 10 minute walk from reception, and they do not help with carrying bags to your room, so you are on your own. The elevator opens directly into your bedroom, and on one occasion the cleaning staff came up from the elevator to find us half naked taking a nap in the middle of the day between seeing the sites (very uncomfortable). The hotel confirmation included buffet breakfast. There is no buffet breakfast, and we actually had to fight with them in order to get a voucher for a croissant and coffee from a café down the street. The confirmation listed free wireless internet. There was no internet working the entire time we were there. We complained on 3 different occasions about it and it was never fixed during our stay. We ended up spending 25 dollars to use our own internet access via our phones because this amenity was not available. There was also no phone in the rooms, so we spent another 25 bucks just making calls locally on our personal cell phones because there was no phone available there, any the staff was unwilling to make calls for us. Staff was slow, and did not take care of our issues or concerns.

4/10

Poor

27 Apr 2013

ABC

Tiny room

Most of the room was taken up with an elevator! The galley kitchen was about 30 cm wide, so almost impossible to use. Twin beds when a double was requested. Wifi didn't work. Only saving grace was the great location. Overall very poor.

2/10

Poor

14 Oct 2012

Vlad

Never book this hostel

This is the worse hostess you can meet! The room is extremely small, the wardrobe is just a tiny box with 4-5 wire hangers, no any drawer or shelves. There is no bed stands or drawers at all. There is no telephone in the room, so you can't contact the owner or any other staff person with your questions or request.
The kitchen area is very small and the set of dishes is poor..
The entrance door is constantly closed and when you come first time to get in you have to call phone number shown on the door and ask somebody to come and let you in. We had to wait over 1 hour until the woman (owner?, consierge?) came from the city to open the door.
One more trick - you get only 1 key for the couple and this key is for entrance door, for elevator,which brings you directly into your room, and for turning on the electricity in the
room.So, if you are a couple, you have to leave the building together or to stay in together, otherwise the person, which leaves the building without the key can't get in or if you will take key with your other party will sit inside without the electricity.
The room gets slightly cleaned once in 2 days, no bedding has been changed for all the time of our stay #4 nights).
Summarized all said we would never recommend anyone to choose this hostess for stay,
although its location is perfect for Barcelona visitors.

4/10

Poor

17 Aug 2012

Mairead

Apartment tiny sparsely equipped. Sheets were never changed during the week. It was two single beds even tho it was advertised as a king size. Cleaning was minimum. Towels were changed every second day. The location was great cud walk to main street La Rambla and the square catalunya. Staff were very helpful. Enjoyed our stay but wud not go back to Borm Damas again.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jul 2012

Jane, S

5 star location... Good if you only need a bed

Great location in amongst the Gothic Quarter, we needed up staying in the Corders apartments listed by the same company (three streets over from the Born-Damas apartments). After a very frustrating and confusing start to getting into our apartment, we finally got in- the apartment was small but all we needed and the apartment company was so apologetic about the confusion with the change of apartments they bought us a bottle of champagne and chocolate. Great location if you're there to see the beach, gothic quarter and Las Ramblas. Ask for level 6 - it has it's own private rooftop!

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2011

Verified traveler

Small room, great location

The hotel room was in an amazing location just a short walk from most everything. Access to the beach was very good and there was a lot in the area and it felt safe. The room itself was very small, which was actually fine. The bed was very uncomfortable BUT had we complained they seemed like they would have been very accomodating. The staff was very nice and did accomodate all requests we did make. CALL AHEAD TO KNOW WHERE TO CHECK IN. It is close by, but if you don't have a phone it would be tough if you don't plan ahead.

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2011

Verified traveler

Comfortable, close to harbour

This accommodation was very comfortable with the apartment having its own kitchenette and clean and modernised fittings in the bathroom. Fairly quiet.

Reception was located separately to where we stayed and was easy to find once we had written instructions from the staff. Apartment was 10 minute walk from point of check-in. Be sure to have the location of reception figured out before you go. Staff were mostly helpful.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2024

Job

Feeling Home

Feeling home during a business trip , based in a great neighborhood, studio had all I needed. Only table was bit small to work on but all fine

Business

8/10

Excellent

30 Jul 2018

Louise

Klein maar fijn!

Klein appartement maar wel op een superplek, in El Borne en ook dichtbij het strand.
Zeker als je fietsen hebt, een fijne uitvalbasis!

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jun 2018

Nicoline

Perfekt fin lille lejlighed

Rigtig fin dejlig lille lejlighed. Perfekt beliggenhed, fin stand og pæn og ren. Dog skal man være obs på, at der ikke er håndsæbe eller bodyshampoo. Men der er opvaskemiddel og ting til at lave mad. :-)

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

10 Apr 2018

Jean Louis

Joli appartement, en plein centre El Born , a deux pas du Passeig del Born .
Seul problème clés magnétiques .
Un oubli en pleine nuit de votre clé , et vous devrez payer pas loin de 30€ de frais de déplacements

6/10

Pleasant

17 Mar 2018

Lisa

Väldigt lyhört hus.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2017

Thea

Nice hotel, best location in Barcelona.

Nice hotel. Rather small, but perfect fit for a couple.
Best location in Barcelona.

8/10

Excellent

28 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Nöjd

Inget toalett papper & ACn hade fastnat på 24 grader - vilket blev rätt kallt.

Annars helt magiskt!

Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Top locatie!

Top! Mooie locatie, fijn apartementje, alles schoon en nette spullen

4/10

Poor

06 Jun 2017

YUKIKO

悪くはないけど。。。

立地は非常に良いです。便利ですし。
ただし、１泊目が違うところを指定されました。
次の日も交渉してやっと予約したところに変更（じゃないけど）してもらった感じです。
時間もまともに守りません。まぁ、それはスペイン全体に言えるのかもしれませんが。
受付も遠いので、荷物を持って移動はキツイです。

Family

4/10

Poor

17 Jan 2017

Arne

Dusty and cold, but perfectly situated.

Not clean (very dusty), cold (no heating) and no soap/shampoo, no wine opener (broken), no complimentary water (badge only, no water) and no pot to heat milk (only frying pans (two!)). Location fantastic, quiet, close to everything and nice little balcony. Service at office very nice. Not really worth the price.

8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2016

Thijs

prima plek in Barcelona

prima plek, dicht bij metro

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Sep 2016

Rowena

Schattige studio. Kleine badkamer en naar mijn mening was het bed hard.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2016

Verified traveler

Une nuit à Barcelone, belle chambre pleine de charme dans un quartier animé, faux lit king size(deux petits lits collé), isolation phonique complètement à la ramasse (porte fenêtre cassé)

Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2016

Bernd

Location was great in the center of El Born!

There were a lot of nice little tapas restaurants near our Hotel. Within 3 minutes walking distance you can easily find several tapas restaurants.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 May 2016

Verified traveler

Apartment in gotischen Viertel

Für einen Städtetrip zu zweit perfekt!
Föhn war leider kaputt

8/10

Excellent

07 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

Tolles Studio in bester Lage.

Wirklich ein super Aufenthalt in bester Lage. Nahe am Strand, nahe an der Basilika. Einfach traumhaft. Nahe an der Metro. Leider gab es keinen Kleiderschrank und keinen deutschen Sender im Fernsehen. Zu verkraften. Immer wieder gerne.

8/10

Excellent

16 Dec 2015

khadija

ENDROIT IDEALE

très surprise quand j'ai vu que l'ascenseur donnait directement dans la chambre !!
tout était parfait, le quartier sympa et vivant, tout se trouve a proximité.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jul 2015

Liv

Tiny but ok enough

Really not easy to find. A better map / guidance to the apartment would have been good. Tiny place, and the balcony was a joke with 4 heaters (from ditto air conditionars in the house). The surroundings were very ok, though: living just in the middle of everything of interest.

Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Jun 2015

Verified traveler

Top!

Klein maar fijn, uitstekende locatie in de schattige straatjes van El Born, vriendelijk personeel.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2015

Verified traveler

Apartamentos bonitos y muy céntricos.

El staff de recepción nos atendió amablemente... están gestionados profesionalmente.
Todo fue de maravilla.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2015

joaquim

Apartamentos muy bien decorados y super céntrico.

Agradable estancia en el centro de la ciudad.
Muy limpio y el personal muy servicial..
Repetiremos!!!

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2014

Serge

Appartement très bien situé

Nuits bruyantes mais l'appartement est très bien situé. Idéal pour un couple ou jeunes célibataires.

8/10

Excellent

31 Jul 2014

Verified traveler

Perfekt område

Perfekt område, værelset var lille men fint. Hvis man vil bo i el Born, og helt tæt på hvor alt er godt. Så er det stedet

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jul 2014

Sofia

Bra läge men inte så mycket mer

Vi bodde här 7 nätter och hade en helt okej vistelse. Man checkar in på ett ställe ca 5-10 min bort från själva huset man bodde i. När vi checkade in var personalen hur trevlig och hjälpsam som helst men när vi återkom till receptionen för frågor de andra dagarna kände vi oss inte alls särskilt välkomnade. Vi fick ingen städning eller byte av handdukar/bädd av säng alls så efter den fjärde natten gick vi och sa till. Då var de i receptionen mest irriterade och sa att vi bodde på ett lägenhetshotell, och därför skulle man inte förvänta sig något. Vi fick iallafall våra handdukar bytta till slut, något som stod i att det skulle göras dagligen i broschyren på rummet... Läget på rummet var det som var bäst, 10-15 min promenad till både stranden, La ramblas och Placa de Catalunya. Mysiga \"gamla stan\"-gator omkring med massa härliga restauranger. Dock lite skumma gränder på natten så se till att gå i på de \"större\" gatorna och inte genom de mörka gränderna. Sängen var hård men inget vi störde oss på. Vi fick bo på översta våningen, och hade ett rum helt utan utsikt (fönstren satt uppe vid taket). Vi trodde även att vi skulle få en balkong men fick en ca 1 kvadratmeter stor terass fylld med allas air-condition-fläktar som brummade högt och var väldigt varma, så man kunde inte vara ute på terassen (air-conditionen var för övrigt väldigt bra). Så om ni kan önska något i bokningen önska att ni slipper att bo på våningen högst upp. Wi-fi:et på rummet funkade bra hela tiden.