Doesn't look too promising from the road, but is much better once you are inside. We had a first floor room on the seaward side and could here no road noise and had a balcony with decent view. The room and bathroom were a good standard and were kept very clean, and the hotel has had a recent refit and redecoration throughout. Breakfast was a continental buffet served in a pleasant ground floor room (garden view). The beach nearby at Santa Cristina is a short walk, and is a sandy, roomy beach raked clean daily. You can walk in either direction along a coastal promenade, and the walk towards Santa Cruz takes you past beaches, parks and a castle, with views over the city. Santa Cristina has several restaurants, bars and a shop, but is very quiet at night.
Downsides are the very steep drive into the garage; the walk to the beach starts along a section of pavement, partly broken and scruffy by a busy road; the 170 or 172 bus to A Coruna stops nearby every 25 mins (but a lot of guesswork involved), but the final stop at the bus station leaves a long walk through the worst bits of city, so you need to take a second bus. (There is a direct night bus from the centre from Puerto Real Fri and Sat 11pm,1am and 3am, or a taxi is 8.50-10 euro.) Driving into the city is not advisable - the road layouts are complicated, the traffic frantic and no street parking, only expensive underground car parks. So a pleasant spot to stay with ocassional access to A coruna, but, not as easy as we'd thought to nip into the city and back.