Mercedes was very welcoming and friendly and has a wealth of information, ideas, maps, discounts- as good as any hostel reception! The apartment is well situated in the heart of Las Ramblas although this does make for a rather noisy area on weekend nights! The flat itself is definitely fun and friendly but not for everyone. Climbing 5 flights of stairs is not easy with luggage or without! The flat is small and charming and full of character if you don't mind clutter. However the main downside was our room was really just too small, even for one night if you have big bags. The ensuite bathroom is basically a loo and shower inside the room without a separate door from the bedroom, so no privacy from your partner and it just takes up valuable space of the room. There is absolutely no room to move, only to sleep. If you just have small bags you will survive but if you are two people and need to open your luggage or change clothes at the same time, you could suffer a little. There is no room for two people to stand in the room together unless your luggage is on the bed. I would have preferred to have the other bigger room and share the bathroom in the hall with others. That said, the general atmosphere was fun and the breakfast on the roof was brilliant. Over all it was fine and even fun, but for the size of the room it was overpriced and difficult to be in there more than 5 minutes.. I don't know how much the other room costs but I think they had a more pleasant stay than we did.