This is not your usual hotel. It is a hostel, which means it shares a building with other tenants. The hotel is on the first & second floors, with apartments above, and retail is on the ground floor. Everything else is pretty much the same. The staff was friendly and helpful, and more importantly, spoke English. The hotel location is... more

To summarize the experience in a few words – it felt like a guest house in India which is designed in style. My boyfriend and I stayed there for two nights in October. The only thing good about this place is its location, which is near the Rambla and Placa Catalunya. We found the room absurdly small, there is no... more

My boyfriend and I stayed in room 3 for 3 nights on our first trip to Barcelona. We had seen the pictures and reviews on TripAdvisor and other websites, and decided that for the location it seemed like a good find. However when looking for it at 11pm after travelling all day to get there it was a bit difficult... more

Hotel had an fun look to it although medium size room (especially the bathroom) was pretty small. Access to free snacks 24/7 was a great addition. We didn't interact much with staff but when we did they were friendly and helpful. General location is good but we found it was usually about a ten minute walk to get to the... more

I stayed three nights in room 15 which is a single room. The room was tiny with modern furnishings; AC and Heat, LCD TV, ensuite bathroom, and in room speaker system with built in "chill" music channel programmed by the hotel. While the room was clean it's showing some signs of age, especially the bathroom. The shower had very little... more

We stayed 4 nights at Chic & Basic Tallers. The hotel is nice. Our XL room has a clean decoration, LCD TV, air conditioning and heating, balcony, confortable bed. Just the bathroom is very small and the water in the shower has no force. The location is very good: 2 minutes walk from Ramblas and Plaza Catalunya and very close... more

Stayed here at the end of a three week tour of Spain and Portugal so I can compare Chic and Basic to all of my other accomodation. I stay in places with character, not the cookie cutter hotel and this place fit the bill for me. I liked the clean modern feel of Chic and Basic found in a older... more

It was the first time that I tried this type of hotel which is, as its name reveals basic: no extra features in the room, a basic bathroom. I was mainly disappointed at the bathroom/toilet: the door did not close properly, so forget about the intimacy, and it could have been cleaner. The basin which is in the bedroom is... more

Chic and Basic Tallers is like a hostel on steroids. By far the best aspects of this hostel are the actual beds, desk staff and the well stocked 'breakfast' fridge that you can dip into whenever you like. One of the features we loved was the in-room speakers playing chilled out music which could be adjusted at will. But the... more