Dream Cube Hostel

This place is… fun!
Ok, first off, it’s mere Euros to spend the night here in what is otherwise a very expensive city, so let’s roll with price = value.
Myself, my husband, my sister, and our dorm mate from Lisbon landed in Barcelona around 1 am. Our dorm mate had a 13 hour layover until his flight to Dubai, so we told him where we were going, how much it was, and he decided to split a taxi fare with us and rent a bed instead of sleeping at the airport.
We were dropped off in front of the Dream Cube Hostel at about 2 am and were buzzed in by the front desk. My group got checked in and our friend waited while the receptionist showed us to our room, which was pretty near by. There’s a large common rooom area where people were still on the computer, and a very decent kitchen: actually one of the better one’s I’ve seen on the trip.
Our dorm had 12 cubes in it. Basically, it’s a long hallway with cubbies built into the wall and drawers you can lock along the floor. We were given clean sheets and had to make our own beds, which, as you can imagine, at 2 am I basically just unfolded the sheets and laid down on them as is. The pillow and mattress was comfy and a curtain pulls over a rod that extends the length of your cube, so I closed it and flipped on the light above my head and plugged my phone in to charge before totally passing out.
The room itself was hot and muggy. The window cracked open, but there was no way to get a breeze or draft pulling air through, so that kind of sucked. My group maxed out the cubes, so 12 bodies in a still room was a little rough, so keep a waterbottle by your head.
The next morning we got up at a pretty decent hour and got ready. Our dorm mates were up and we had a good time chatting with an Irishman who was bunked below me as well all reorganized our stuff.
The reason for the 4 star review is the bathroom. While there are separate mens and women’s bathrooms, there’s not a lot of privacy. During busy times, both doors are constantly swinging open, and the way the shower doors are set, they swing open at an angle and it’s very much possible you walk out and an open hallway might be facing you as someone walks into the bathroom. So just be hostel ready with your towel drapped over the shower door and wrap yourself up or dress yourself in the shower. It’s awkward, but the good news is it’s not dirty! The sinks were covered in water, but I blame the girls before me for not having the decency to wipe down the sinks rather than blame limited hostel staff.
We checked out once we were all ready and the guy at the front desk locked up our luggage for us while we wandered around Barcelona. He told us of some good places to eat, gave us a map, and we headed out. The Dream Cube Hostel isn’t right in the middle of any action, but it really close and totally within walking distance. So Aside from the funky laid out bathrooms (which might be perfectly acceptable to Europeans and Asians, but North Americans might be a little put off as my group was), Dream Cube hostel was clean, the staff was friendly, and above all CHEAP! If you did the math, you’ll know we only stayed here for about 8 hours total and we couldn’t justify spending more for what we were gonna use. Therefore, price vs value was totally spot on and really good.