Name: Hostal Noria
Address: Plaça de la Font 53 43003 Tarragona,Plaça de la Font, Tarragona, Tarragona, Tarragona, 43003, Spain
Rating: 6

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No parking

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Placa dels Sedassos

Tarragona Circus

Plaza de la Font

Casa Castellarnau

Casino Tarragona

National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona

Tarragona Tourism Office

Tarragona Historical Archive

Tarragona Roman Wall

Tarragona Cathedral

Forum Square

Tarragona Ampitheatre

The Old Santa Tecla Hospital

Camp de Mart

Casa Canals

Miracle Beach

Porta de Sant Antoni

El Palau Congress and Exhibition Center

Tarraco Roman Theater

Tarragona Marina

Plaza Imperial Tarraco

Plaza de Toros

Central Park Shopping Center

L'Arrabassada Beach

Aquopolis

Aquum Spa

PortAventura World

Port Aventura World

Reus Airport

Ferrari Land

Hostal Noria

Tarragona

The elevator is a very small room with two separate beds, a very small balcony, there was not even soap in the bathroom to wash your face, you look out from that poor balcony and you have a ghostly view with so many pigeons squatting two meters away from you, there is no air conditioning but a ventilator with 46 degrees constant, in the room we used to do the sauna even at 4 in the night. I don't recommend it to anyone. The owner with a ghigna and not smiling at all.

More than ever in that tortoise with the pigs almost in the chamber

The hostal is at one end of Placa de la Font, so great location.
This was our go-to place for snacks at lunchtime - normally a filled roll.
The food was actually very nice, especially considering the low price.  We had hamburger and chips/ egg and chips one day too and they were fine.

The service was odd.  We arrived at 3pm on the first day and they were happy to make us rolls. Another day we sat 20 minutes before giving up. Another day our order was taken and then another waitress had to take it again as our waiter had disappeared.  The staff didn't speak much English but were always friendly enough.

So good for the food, less so for erratic (but not unfriendly) service.

Good value for a snack but service is unpredicable

This is specifically a review of the hostel restaurant—I was in Tarragona with a university program, and half of my group were staying at Hostal Noria, so I went to the restaurant a couple of times.

The food was fine enough—simple, decently prepared, inexpensive, with a good amount of menu options. The service, however, was awful—not just slow, but outright hostile, and for no reason, especially given that I later learned that the restaurant doubles as the hotel's reception area and so the opposite should actually have reasonably been expected (that staff would be welcoming, especially of someone pulling a suitcase and so clearly a likely hostel guest). 

The first occasion I walked in, on my first day in Tarragona, the server behind the desk shot me such a cold glare that I thought she must have mistaken me for someone else—I didn't know her at all, and she was looking at me as though she despised me for simply walking in and asking if I could still order lunch. Eventually some minutes after I sat down another server came by and the rest of my dining experience was fine, until I went up to the counter to pay, and the first server again gave me that same angry attitude. 

The second time, I came in for a late breakfast, was the only guest in the restaurant, and the same initially hostile server was the only server in the restaurant. She did not come to my table for 20 minutes, despite there being no other guests to serve. At 10 minutes into my wait I peered over the counter to see if she was occupied with any cooking or kitchen prep, but she was just on her phone, playing a game I think. She eventually came over, seeming somewhat sheepish, as she took my order: at that point I believed the long waiting time had indeed been intended to run me off.

I'm Black; the server was white. The only reason, in my experience, for anyone to be so demonstrably hostile toward me as soon as I enter a space has been racism. I know that Spain is in a period of great flux right now, meaning that many people—including this server perhaps—may identify people from visibly different backgrounds to them as being harbingers of negative changes in their lives. But this is a business in the hospitality sector. That behavior is unacceptable everywhere but especially at a place whose sole business purpose is hosting people, *regardless* of background. It was an unfortunate experience to have in an otherwise beautiful city. Please do better.

Decent food but hostile service

I paid 40 euros for a very small room.The receptionist was very cold, the shower did not rise to the height of my head, there was nothing soap.There was no lamp by the bedside.More basic impossible.The location is good but there are other options.

Very expensive due to the low quality.

The hotel was simple but efficient, the price was very interesting for a single night. The room and bathroom are small but match the price and are clean. There was no air conditioning but a fan which was sufficient. A public parking is available at the foot of the hotel for 18 euros a day

Very good price ratio

We waited 5 minutes for a person to come to us to ask for drinks. The waitress didn’t even speak english. We ordered drinks and they didnt come out until my mother went in and got them herself after 30 minutes of waiting. she then ordered our food that didnt arrive for another 20 minutes. We asked for my fathers meal on 3 occasions and they were still in the process of making them.  They finally arrived after we asked again when the waitress was serving people outside aswell. The food was standard but it was a pity we couldnt eat it together as a family

Poor service

Location was fantastic, right in the old town. The room had an old world charm. It was spacious, with a beautiful wardrobe. There’s also a balcony.
Very nice bathroom. rather than using the expensive parking located opposite to the hotel (€18), we used an underground parking that is located close to the Muralles which is priced at €4.5 per day.
All major attractions were close by. For example, the basilica was just 300 m away. The Roman walls, the Roman Circus, balcony promenade and the amphitheater were within walking distance.
Supermarket is close by as well.

Excellent

The attention was pesky. I treat them very badly and hesitatingly. I guess they want their customers to always pintas because the roommates are like that. On the one hand, it takes a lot to serve and the food and luggage. We don't return or give gifts. I can't imagine the garbage that the hostel should be.

Psimo is the name of the game.

Ideal for a one night stay and to visit the city center. I was in a single room and it suited me perfectly in terms of size and cleanness. The staff is mainly concentrated on offering service to the cafe' so the check-in is a bit odd. However I was provided with the instructions on parking options vs costs and generally they were kind - just they seem not to pay too much attention. The elevator is available but only as of the first floor. Breakfast was possible in the morning and it was readily served and very cheap. The hostal is very near to the square where the city hall is: the square is full of restaurants. Inevitably,  there is some noise in the evening - however i was so dead tired that I collapsed in the bed. Overall, it is budget hotel with a good quality/price ratio. I would return.

Good for a one night stop

We went to breakfast, the masks were on their necks, they were going up and down while she told us what kind of pimples they had, she scratched under her nose and then touched the kind of pimples she had so I ran away to tell her that I had changed my mind... I still had to go to the cappuccino in that same square... it's not a receipt or before the covid...

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