Rome is a crazy, noisy city. I would recommend staying someplace that felt more like a refuge from the city. Although there were a lot of positives here, it was not a refuge for us.

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Pros:
Location is good -- near the Coliseum metro stop so we walked by the Coliseum a lot! In retrospect, I would stay closer to the happening Trevi Fountain area the next time.

There are some good reasonably priced restaurants on the street.

The bed was comfortable, the room a decent size. The shared bathroom was large and it had a good shower by European standards with lots of hot water.

The breakfast was okay , a small start to the day-- coffe and tea, juice, packaged croissants and pies and toasts.

Our host was nice but did not speak much English and we think he recently started this business and is getting the kinks out.

Price was good.

Cons:
Noisy street, bring earplugs! Better quality windows may have helped. I would not stay here when it is hot as you'd never sleep if you had to keep the windows open.

Maybe I am just not a candidate for sharing a bath with 3 other rooms (6 or more people). . Had to wait quite a few times to take a shower or use the facilities.

The worst was when we came home late one night and the key to the front door would not work! We were locked out and on the street after a long day. We buzzed and buzzed and finally a neighbor in the building let us in but she was not happy about it and yelled at us like it was OUR fault! Said we should have called the manager but we did not get a cell phone for our Europe trip so how were we supposed to do that? The locks and doors all need some work! I guess it happens often as one of the other neighbors yelled at our host about it the next day.

Overall if you can sleep through anything, it was not a bad deal.