We picked this on the factor of price with the B&B option, paying 49 euros for the night, and we used it as a stop gap after a long weekend in Barcelona.
Where do I start?
When we arrived at first we couldn't even get in.... there is no door handle... they make you ring the bell for entry (possibly for security - not a fabulous area around the hotel). The reception guy was very pleasant, but although we had 2 small-ish bags and another larger one he didn't offer to carry anything up to our room - please note there is NO LIFT in this hotel.
Our room... no 104 - we asked for non smoking and it was adequate.... but the double bed had a mattress which had definately seen much better days and I swear I have spring shaped bruises on my hips as a result.
Also I would highly recommend taking ear plugs as it was quite noisy outside( we went last weekend of Feb, so very quiet in the hotel itself apart from our neighbour who had his tv on very loudly.)
The bathroom....well for starters there are no baths in the hotel, just showers, not even the half baths that you sometimes get in the older Spanish hotels. Secondly, you couldn't really get in and out of the bathroom easily - having to side step the door each time with about a 3mm clearance on the sink. I'd love to know which room had the large bathroom on the reviews, as if I did think of returning (which I won't) then that'd be a must to request!! (think of the normal size bathroom in something like an Ibis hotel, and half that...corridor style.... thats more the size we're talking.)
Breakfast - I would say was an average breakfast for Spain, nothing special, certainly not one to rave about. The usual cold meats, croissant, cakes, sliced bread which had been out for quite a while by the feel of it, no staff around at all to ask for anything. The only thing I saw in addition to the norm was the Spanish tortilla (potato omelette) which you could heat up in the microwave.
It did advertise the restaurant, open from 8pm - 10.30pm, but the night we went it was very much closed (Sunday).
One reviewer said its about 5 mins walk to the train station..... make that about a 2 minute walk.... not that I heard a train, but we did hear every single person that walked past the hotel on their way to another one with their wheely suitcase across the ribbed pavements.
Its also a fair hike up to the old town form the hotel, although only about a 5 min walk from the port.
Major plus side was that there was WIFI in the rooms.
- Catalunya Express Tarragona