When we were dropped off at the hotel, the taxi driver told us to watch our belongings which I thought was a little strange. We couldn't check in right away and decided to walk over to the LaRambla area. Felt very uneasy getting there. Got back to hotel and finally went up to desk to see if room was ready and it was. If I hadn't noticed another guest going up, we might be still waiting. No notification by the desk even though they had our email address.
Area felt very unsafe and the second night, a homeless camp set up right next to the hotel in the park adjoining the hotel. People yelling, dogs barking, you can imagine we got hardly any sleep. We were grateful to be checking out the second day.
Will never return to that hotel.
I know the hotel has little to do with what goes on around it, but they never warned us about the area, only the taxi driver did.