W Barcelona Still Pretty, But Needs Serious Work on The Vibe

Where: Pla�a de la Rosa del Vents, 1 , Barcelona, Spain, 08039

October 5, 2009 at 9:33 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Oh dears. We really hate to say this, but could it be that with all the hype around W Barcelona and its foxy building, they forgot to work on the foxy W vibe?

Barcelona resident Pulso BCN alerted us to the fact that there could be a problem with his comment here. He stopped by on Thursday, which should have been banging, seeing as it was the first night, but although it had a nice-looking pool, he wasn�t feeling it. �Maybe the W hipness is in crates stuck in Spanish customs,� he reckons. On his Twitter feed he went further: �No glam opening, no edgy people, just a bunch of staffers running around trying to find a spot.�. Oopsie�

And it gets worse. There are no reviews up on TripAdvisor, or anywhere else that we could find, but we had a squiz on Twitter, and found another bad sign: anniebennett says that a friend who stayed the weekend called the service �abysmal�. Hmm. Maybe when they advertised for "ultimate cool hunters" to work there, they should have specified ultimate cool hunters who still know how to give good service.

But hey, service can be worked on, right? At least the location is pretty gorge, as msuster tweeted from his room. We probably owe that building a couple more weeks and a few more reviews before we give up the faith completely. Although we won�t be rushing to spend our �265 ($386/�241) on a room just yet.

[Photo: W Barcelona Facebook]

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