Safestay Barcelona Gothic Reviews

Overall, a good stay with a Few Minor Issues I stayed at Safestay Barcelona Gothic from June 17–18, 2025, in a 12-bed mixed dorm. The experience was mostly positive. ✅ Pros: The location is excellent — just a 5-minute walk from the metro, which made it easy to get around. If you have an early flight (like mine at 08:30), this is a good place to stay as you can easily reach the airport in time. The dorm, bathrooms, and common areas were all neat and clean. Wi-Fi worked well throughout my stay. The staff was friendly and spoke good English. Definitely value for money. ⚠️ Cons: The check-in time listed in my confirmation email was 14:00, but they didn’t allow check-in until 15:00. This was a bit inconvenient. Breakfast was not included in the booking. Overall, it’s a decent and budget-friendly option in a central area, especially for solo or budget travellers. I would recommend it for short stays.

This was the best experience ever for me in hostels. Location is as good as you can imagine - restaurants of all types, ATMs, metro, laundry in on step and beach in near location. Hostel personnel are polite and helpful. There was air conditioning in lobby and rooms.

The auspicious location, good staff, facilities and services are perfect! Like a temporary family! Recommend this great hotel!🎈🌹🎉🧚♀️✌💌🔥

This is my third Safestay hostel. Last year I stayed at Passeig de Gracia. They are completely different. And this year I was at the same hotel in Porto, Portugal. Convenient check-in, they don't accept cash at all. I didn't like that the kitchen is small and there is no stove for cooking. The refrigerator is small and full, for such a number of tourists. Also, there are a lot of beds in the room, too many. Good showers, some with broken plumbing. No shower gel. Everything is fine in terms of cleanliness, the reception area is beautifully decorated. Freshly renovated. The guys at the reception are friendly, special thanks for that.

Small hostel for young people. Quite a welcoming place. Air-conditioned rooms.

The walls are thin. The hostel is clean. Perfect for a night's stay.

The location was very convenient in the center of the city and the facilities were good for the price, but it was a little bit unclean.

Convenient, affordable and hygienic.

The kitchen facilities are simple and the space is quite large

Very good

I wasn't let it by a terribly rude Latin American lady. They only paid the basic rate back, but not the tourist tax. I have residence here. I think they want the Guardia Urbana and the Mossos d'Esquardia at the door. If I don't get my money back by tomorrow, I'll come to the door and call both the Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Civil. I am resident of Spain and hate corruption and falsity. Avoid this horrible place.

I’ve only given this place 1 star so I am able to share my groups awful experience with this place which claims to be welcoming accommodation. We were asked to leave at 9am after only 1 night of our 4 nights stay due to us being accused of breaking rules which we had not as when we arrived we asked to go over all the rules which were very clear and we followed. We did not argue when asked to leave we just wanted answers & clarity from the staff at the front desk who were very hostile with us and completely unprofessional and unhelpful It felt like a robbery by this place they got us to pay for our full stay and kicked us out after the first night with no sort of compensation or answers. Out of all the places I’ve stayed on a budget this by far ranks the worst by a fair margin. All we were offered was an email to make a complaint to, I’m yet to hear back and would be surprised if I did given the amount of care and consideration by this hostel. Please find a list below of all actions we found unacceptable. 1. The front desk had cleared out one of our beds of the belongings and denied it until handing over the belongings after 30min of discussions. 2. As they gave away one our beds we had to share a bed for the one night they gave us which I find completely unacceptable as we paid for a stay and we had to share a bed. 3. The amount of blatant lying by the staff at the front desk was shocking, no one would look us in the eye. It was always the managers the decision but the manager was nowhere to be found. 4. Refusal of refund. As a group of young travelers trying to save every penny we were left with the loss of significant funds and left trying to find a hostel on ridiculously short notice. In conclusion I would stay far away from this hostel as it’s not worth it. We had read some of the negative reviews prior and thought I’m sure it will be fine no they were completely correct. In future I will be paying that little bit extra for a reliable hostel. I would love to hear from the hostel to get their take on this but I fear they will reply with that ‘’We’re really sad to hear about your experience with us please tell us how we could improve.’’ From what we experienced face to face they do not care for you or your safety.

Given how cheap this place is, I can't complain too much as it's in a good location for exploring Barcelona. However the dorm we were in had no curtains around the bunks as per the photos so there was no privacy. Also my bunk didn't have a socket near it and there weren't enough sockets in the room to charge your phone. There were only 3 working lockers in a dorm of 8, luckily I was able to share a locker with my friend. The room was unbearably hot and stuffy (bearing in mind we travelled in January) and the bright lights from each bunk (and no curtain) made sleep virtually impossible. Even though we were out exploring all day, I'd rather pay a little more to get guaranteed sleep.

Worst hostel experience - not worth the central location!! Thinking this would be perfect location, I booked. What a mistake! The dorm is a freezer, the beds are super creaky, the lights come on automatically, I slept 1 night out of 5 here - I have never had so many sleepless nights in a row. People are not friendly - no smiling - no social activities organised - awful for solo travellers! The staff are pretty unhelpful and it’s just generally a very uncomfortable experience. Would highly not recommend if you wish to sleep and meet nice people.