The AC Irla was clean and crazy-modern (a clear sink -- too cool!). The location was preferable to being on the Ramblas, the people were friendly -- what more could you ask?

I stayed in the AC Irla last night and I had the same problems with the heat as a previous reviewer, pachuchu47. Such a shame, because otherwise a nice hotel. Because it was so hot/or noisy with the window open, I didn't sleep until gone 2am and so I overslept for my business meeting this morning, all a bit stressful and tiring, not ideal. However, the staff were very nice and did try to do what they could. They sympathised, gave me a big bottle of ice cold water to drink and offering to call the heating engineer,. The trouble was it was gone midnight and I wanted to sleep, not have an engineer work on the air con in my room! Other than that, really great location, fantastic for shops and in a characterful district with plenty of laid-back, stylish bars and restaurants. Very pleasant staff and nice touches in the hotel; I was told I could take anything from the minibar free (check, it might have been a special tariff and I don't want to mislead anyone!) and the coffee/bar area in the hotel foyer was free for guests - that was really good as you could make yourself a coffee anytime, so much better than having to order room service and wait. Also the breakfast was gorgeous; delicious fresh bread rolls, cheeses amazing want to eat them all again. Fresh fruit, good coffee and all that kind of thing. If I hadn't overslept, I would have taken even longer over breakfast. Not the biggest rooms in the world, but nicely laid out with super- clean bathrooms and, oh yes, a fantastic range of stuff in the bathroom including comb, toothbrush and toothpaste, razor, tissues, shoe shine, showercap etc. and, joy, a proper professional hairdryer with blow-dry nozzle (fab news for my fellow frizzy-haired friends out there!) All in all, a very nice hotel, just turn the temperature down and it will be even better.

The AC Irla was clean and crazy-modern (a clear sink -- too cool!). The location was preferable to being on the Ramblas, the people were friendly -- what more could you ask?

I went to Barcelona for business recently and had the pleasure of staying at AC Irla. My husband also had joined me. I found the room to be very clean and modern. We loved the shower! The staff was also very friendly. We thought the location was perfect for shopping and restaurants. We were also walking distance from Casa Mila and other attractions. We had no problems with the AC and the room was always at a comfortable temp. I really recommend the hotel for business travelers and couples.