Double Room, Private Bathroom

Reviews of Pensión Ab Domini

1 out of 5
Pensión Ab Domini
San Juan 8, 2 derecha, San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 46 out of 91 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 91 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 91 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 91 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 91 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place in old town!
Free bottle was a nice touch!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Joan

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Alexander

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room 3 was advertised. We were placed in room 1 which was tiny. The check in person did not speak English to discuss. We did not feel safe as the code to enter the building was the same as the pension building. Would never stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from Ab Domini on 10 June 2022
Your reservation is correct. You booked a double room with private bathroom and WE HAVE GIVEN YOU A DOUBLE ROOM WITH A PRIVATE BATHROOM. I don't understand why you thought we were going to give you room 3. The number of the rooms does not appear on your reservation. You never told us nothing about your displeasure. On the other hand, the code to enter the building is the same but not to enter Ab Domini and it is also different for each room. So we are a safe pension.

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place, very warm welcome, fantastic location
The pension is really nice, we received a very warm welcome, and the staff were very helpful during the whole stay. We stayed for 4 nights and had our room upgraded halfway through which was a nice touch. The first room was fairly small but had everything we needed, and came with complimentary drinks, hot drink facilities and lots of small extras. The second room was much bigger and nicer, but both were clean and had lots of nice touches. Location is superb being right on the edge of the old town. Would definitely stay again and highly recommended
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2022

8/10 Good

Alana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Glen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value & position perfect
A great basic pension in a fantastic position. Our room was small but adequate and had a lovely small balcony that looked out over the street below. The receptionist was very helpful and welcoming even though we had no Spanish. We would recommend Ab Domini without hesitation - great value for money.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic location with great service & lovely little extras!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

CRAIG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location on hand for everything this excellent city has to offer
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Super San Sebastien Stay 😀🎶
it was amazing to be in the center of everything! our hostess was fantastic and added all kinds of perks and treats! sooo accommodating and friendly. we would HIGHLY recommend staying here😀
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

manami

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great neighbourhood , interesting old building , walkable to so many sights and right in the thick of the pinxtos food scene .
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wondeful little place, clean, cozy and easy to walk everywhere. Staff are very friendly and their cafe and restaurant recommendations are excellent.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was clean and pleasant but cramped. The hostess was very good as was the location.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this pension!
Claudia and her staff are so wonderful and our room with private bathroom is very clean and nice, great old town location for famous pintxo restaurants, shopping, transportation, 3 minutes walk to Drop off laundry service for 15€/per bag, and indoor market also near by to purchase cheeses, fruits.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Robert, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The pension was extremely clean, the staff was very friendly and informative. The location is close to the old town and beaches, but this had the negative of a lot of noise both day and night.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

6/10 Okay

John

Great location. Nice staff. Very small room.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Excellent location
Excellent location, clean a friendly staff!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Sarah, New Zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly hotel in centre of town
Found the hotel easily. Upstairs but good working lift so luggage up to the hotel floor was easy. I selected the room with its own bathroom which was well worth the extra cost. The view was great over the church and town streets. Only a little street noise as windows well insulated. Room clean and tidy with a lovely suprize of bubbles and juice free of charge. Staff were helpful, spoke English and were able to advise about local restaurants and things to do. Loved our stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for a short stay!
Lovely place to stay. Didn't realize it was 2 shared bathrooms for 5 rooms until we arrived but it was not a problem as we almost never had to wait for the bathroom and both bathrooms were kept very clean. Highly recommend - location is excellent too!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Brendan, Toronto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cute hotel located in old town between 2 beaches
Very cute hotel with amazing location directly in old town (where the pinxtos trail and nightlife is) and short walk to Playa Concha and Zurriola. Hotel is also essentially at the base of Mont Urgell so you can easy access to do a hike up and around the back to the Ocean. Aside from the great location, the best part about the hotel is the owner's love of her place and attention to detail. She really wants you to enjoy her place, provides a bottle of cava and a couple waters and mini fridge in the room, has pre-ready towels and separately beach towels, a blow dryer in the room seperate from the washroom for girls getting ready and maps of all of her favourite restaurants and how to get around. The little balcony and window openings get great fresh air into the room so we had great ciesta's. Overall great stay for 2 nights in San Sebastian. Absolutely would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location Beautiful room Claudia was lovely
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Kyle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unbeatable location for a great value
Claudia is very nice and the location of the hotel is unbeatable. Overall the value is great - we even splurged on the corner room which is very nice. Claudia emailed a couple days before to ask when we would be there; although the place only has five rooms, she was at the front desk from noon to 9pm both days we were there which is impressive. The room was clean, there was a fan - which was nice to add to some air we could get by opening the windows. I would come back for the location!!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Carol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A short stay in San Sebastián
I want to start saying that I loved the town of San Sebastián. The hotel’s location is the best you can buy for the money. The hotel is next to the plaza del Mercado in the old town. t’s central and ideal walking distance, for tapas hopping. Claudia gave us nice attention suggesting the best places to go for tapas. The hotel itself is an older small apartment going up a couple flight of stairs. The room is small and cozy. There is a small fridge with some complimentary water, soda, and juice which were very convenient.
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

barbara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A great location in a Great Place to visit.
A perfect location in this lovely town. Entrance a little shabby but don't be put off! Accommodation on second floor but has lift. Small reception friendly helpful staff. Our room was one of two with private bathroom, room was a little small but compact with Comfy bed but pillows rather hard.Lovely white bedding and towels. The waldrobe door came off when opened, but was repaired later that day. Nice touches, free soft drinks etc in fridge and tea, coffee & biscuits. Safe in waldrobe. Bathroom had large shower and variety of free toiletries. Dressing gown and slippers. Great central location for Restaurant's, Bars Beach, Parks etc all within easy walking distance. Only downside opposite is a school and every morning 8-8.30am was noisy with children playing in playground !! Would we stay again Yes. .

10/10 Excellent

Lamia, bordeaux

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing hotel in city center
Beatriz was waiting for us til 1:20 in the morning. Very nice and kind. I recommend to everyone to come here at ab domini. Very good experience
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome Budget Hotel!
Awesome budget hotel. Great location and allows you to have a great stay while allowing you to spend your money on the things that really matter... food! The staff was great from top to bottom. Loved it, even if the walls were a little thin.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value and perfect location
We were warmly welcomed and the room was made ready for us as soon as possible. The manager made some restaurant recommendations which proved to be excellent for both quality and value. The room had a minbar with free water and soft drinks. A bottle of cava was also offered on arrival. The bathrooom was shared but this was not an issue as it was just across the corridor; gowns and disposable footwear were provided. Location of the property is great with easy access to the old town for bars and restaurants and the beach at Gros. Very highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice little hotel next to old town. Helpful staff.
We had a great stay here. Free water, juice and a bottle of champagne on arrival. Although the toilets and showers are external to the room they were very close, always clean and almost always available. Most importantly, Claudia was super helpful. We both lost our bags on separate airlines, and she helped speak to the airlines and coordinate their return to us. Highly recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will recommend this place
Great choice, excellent location and more than satisfactory. Old town and foodie district. Impressive. Very comfy
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Attractive, atmospheric hotel in central location.
We travelled quite extensively in Spain. We can say that San Sebastian is our favourite one. What a beautiful city, with stunning beaches and dotted with hundreds of tapas bars. The food is amazingly tasty. We will visit this place again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Consuelo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Kei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location
Great location for going out at night. It is a little bid noisy at night.

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and convenient.
Very friendly proprietor. Would definitely stay there again.

6/10 Okay

Jack, Denver CO

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Try to find something better
Excellent location and very helpful, friendly staff. Very tiny room that was primitive in furnishings. We loved San Sebastián and have never been here before, but we have to believe there are better places to stay for less cost. Other places we have stayed in Spain give much greater value in lodging for a lot less money. Also, there is no parking and you cannot even get close to the pension to unload your car. You must walk about 3 blocks from the underground parking lot with all your luggage, so that may be an issue for some visitors. The pension gets you a discount on the parking, but still 15 Euros per day with the discount.
Response from Ab Domini on 20 Oct 2016
Dear Customer, Are you sure your review is about Ab Domini? Your review is very hard and really, I do not understand it. The size of our rooms (between 12 and 25m2) is within the rules of the Basque Government. On the other hand, I am sorry that you have not understood our decor. Ab Domini has been completely renovated. We have a classical decor, but not old and primitive furniture as you mentioned. About the parking, I sent you instructions that if you had lots of luggage, you should go first to Ab Domini and if you walked 03 blocks with your bags is because you wanted. Any hotel or hostal in the old town of San Sebastian have parking. the good new is that we have a very special price for our guests. On the other hand, San Sebastian is one of the most expensive cities in Spain. You can not compare it to other cities. What I see is that you are only focused on money. In fact, I'm sure you has been decided by Ab Domini because it was the cheapest hotel that you found. People like you do not understand our essence. We are a hostal with soul, feelings and we work hard every day to offer the best to our customers. People like you do not feel gratitud for our free detais: minibar with a bottle of champagne, water, tea and coffee, beach towels, bathrobes, slippers, wifi, amenities, late check out and etc … Our secrets about bars of pintxos and restaurants. I understand that Ab Domini is not for everyone.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very clean and excellent friendly & helpful staff
Very clean and excellent friendly & helpful staff. Location is central close to everything. Claudia was very knowledgable of the area and things to do, see & eat, including a map breaking down the eating establishments by type (pinchos, tapas, sit down restaurant etc) which is very useful in a foodie town like San Sebastian. Thanks again!

6/10 Okay

Terry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location in the old town, right "amoung" it all but not exposed to the revelry going on into the small hours. The shares bathroom situation was no problem at all as two to choose from, both the best we have found so far in Spain, always clean and never encountered anyone else using them. Our hostess Claudia, could not have been more helpful, 10 out of 10 for hospitality. Terry & Erin McLean New Zealand

6/10 Okay

Suchitra

Disliked: Room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Sheryl, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel in Old Town
Great location for walking to sights. Lots of pinxtos bars for food/drink. Try fresh anchovies and cod, local wines. Not too noisy for this 50+ who felt safe out at night. Best shower ever, bed a bit too soft for me. San Sebastián a great place!

10/10 Excellent

Henrik

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect old town spot!
A great location if you want to eat pinxtos in the old town, which you should! A little noisy at night but if you are out then it doesn’t matter! Easy access and great service.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Francisco Javier

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ubicación perfecta
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2020

4/10 Poor

Gunilla

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
A jewel. Perfect place to stay in San Seb. True 'Spanish' area, with identity. Great tapas / pinxos places and bars around, a hill to climb, between two beaches (!), and in general beautiful. PS: Catch Gross - the brewery in the same building.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Marie France

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Linnea Engstroem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Isabelle

Liked: Staff & service
Abdomini
Pension agréable et bien située Cathy est très sympa Le seul souci reste le manque d’insonorisation;)
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019