We stayed in this hotel in the middle of May. We booked 3 rooms. Two of the rooms had old carpet flooring and smoke smells lingering in the room (despite requesting non-smoking rooms). The other room had hardwood floors (nice), but an air conditioning system which worked at times and didn't at other times. The bathtub/shower was strange with the shower head installed on the horizontal and shower curtains that were not long enough for the entire tub. Otherwise, the washroom was clean. Walls were dirty and grimy.

Buffet was quite good, especially considering that it was included in the price of the room. The service of staff at the front desk was efficient, but was not overly friendly. In fact, they seemed to discourage questions. Transfer to the airport was expensive, and would not recommend it. (You can take public transportation for much cheaper if you don't have a gazillion bags like how we did). Staff was downright rude when we told him we would think about the airport transfer as the price was high. However, service improved later in the day when we asked for a good place to eat - staff was willing to point us to a good restaurant in the area. Service was variable.

If you want to see the Vatican, this is a good place to stay as it is close. It is also quite close to the metro. Found the location to be quite good considering the price.

Not sure if we would recommend this hotel given the variability in the room and service.

Before traveling to Europe I went into trip advisor and it helped me out picking up the hotels that I was going to stay. This is a great hotel, next to the Vatican, not a luxury hotel but really clean and good service, A/C was fine also. If you like to walk it is a 15 min walk to Plazza Novona.

I was satisfied with this hotel in all respects. It's not 5 star, but in doesn't claims to be. The room was fairly large for European/Rome standards. The bathroom had a full size tub with shower. We had a great view of the Vatican and a balcony. The only thing I thought the room was lacking was a safe. I thought the location was great. It's obviously a short walk to the Vatican, but all of the other sites are a fairly easy walk as well. The coliseum is probably the furthest site, but it's probably no more than a 30 minute walk. The only time we took a taxi was to and from the train station.

Stayed at this hotel in beginning of April. The hotel is right around the corner from the Vatican and St Peters. It looks like its right across the street from the photos but you must walk around to get to both places. The metro is not close but about a 20 minute walk from the hotel. We were given a standard room upon arrival. The room was a bit drabby. The carpet looked dirty and the walls and curtains were dirty. Definitely not like the photos you see on the website. The bathroom was extra clean. We later found out why it was extra clean. The shower didnt have a lip around it so when you showered all the water ran out and flooded the bathroom. We had to build a "levy" from towels to keep the water from running all over the place. This was very annoying. The walls were very thin as well. We could hear the neighbors as if they were in the same room with us. We werent in the room much so it wasnt that much of a big deal. Breakfast was good. Ham and eggs, fruits, breads, yogurt, cereal, juices.
We didnt think highly of the hotel until we returned a couple of days later after staying at other starhotels in Venice and Florence.
On our return we were upgraded (without asking) to an executive room. The experience was totally different. The executive room was very nice. Separate living room. Bathroom had a nice tub. Didnt have to worry about the water running all over the place. The key to getting an executive room is by requesting a king bed. Otherwise you'll get stuck with a standard room with 2 beds. So the standard rooms are 1-2 stars and the executive rooms are 4 stars at this hotel.