After reading some of the reviews about this hotel I was really worried about what I had booked throughThomson. I had bought some ear plugs (in readiness) which were helpful for those in our party who had rooms by the road. If you can,ask for a room at the back so you can avoid the road noise and these rooms have a balcony that overlooks the hotel terrace gardens
which catches the evening sun. The hotel staff were polite and helpful, the rooms were very clean and breakfast was as much as you can eat. Although situated at the end of the metro line B ,this had a number of advantages always guarnateed a seat taking you direct to the Colossum (15 min). Lauretina also has a bus terminus at the metro station and the number 30 takes takes you direct into the centre of Rome if you want some of the piazzas, just get off at Argentino and you have Piazzo Narvonna one side and Campo Fiora the other, lovely restaurants and bars, excellent to watch the world go by. Just sit and die on the bus ,0 min later your there!

When travelling to any country, we all like a nice hotel with good facilities in a decent location.
Well this isnt it.

4 star, hardly would be a 2 star if quality was measured.

facilities, well it has a bar and a restaurant - but beware the restaurant isnt always open as they book it out for private functions and in this area everything else is closed by 9pm - unless you want an ice cream!!!

Location - this is good in that it is the end of Metro B tube line - Laurentina station. Means you always get a seat and its around 25 mins to Termini or Colosseum. The hotel is 3 mins walk to the tube.
Location - Bad. Its on a 3 lane main road and the road noise is terrible unless you get to the back of the hotel.

Room - just big enough to swing a cat in. I didnt know they still did 12 inch portable TV's either and the channel choice was poor and not aligned to the hotel guide. Bathroom adequate.

All in all, good location for me as i was working 5 mins walk away but high road noise throughout the night and lack of aircon will be horrendous in summer months.

The noise from the traffic outside could be heard over a resonably loud TV. The TV channels consisted of three English channels two of which were news channels. The bins were emptied at 12.30 in the morning and then again at 2.30 the same morning by a diesel lorry (very noisy!!!) The room was tiny but bearable.
We had booked a New Year break and the restaurant was closed the entire time except for the "breakfast" which consisted of nothing that needed cooking!!! The bar was open but firstly you had to find the barman and then when there are only two of you sitting in the bar it seems a bit pointless!!!
Outside the hotel there is very little (except a few beggars) and you need to use the metro to find any civilisation! The metro system is easy to negotiate but is covered in graffitti and again there are more beggars.
The bald headed man on reception was helpful giving us advice on the metro and giving us a map.
We booked our holiday through Thomson Holidays. It appears that they no longer accept bookings to this hotel - I wonder why???

We arrived at Laurentina tube station and yes the hotel is very close, but when we got to reception the guy on the desk seemed totally uninterested and nonchelant. The room we were given was so small you could JUST walk around the bed on all 3 sides. When my partner went to reception and asked if this was the standard room size (knowing there were bigger rooms opposite ours because the cleaners had the door open) we were told that all the rooms were this big. After pulling them up on this we got a larger room 3 days later. The standard of the decor and service does not befit a 4 star hotel, closer to 3. The desk staff were also quite stroppy and unhelfpul. We were told all the shops were closed on Sundays, only to find everything open in town mid sales! Breakfast was mediocre with stale croissants and coffee from a vending machine type dispenser.

It is very close to Laurentina line B station, but this line has no air con and all the trains are covered in graffitti. We also managed to come out of the station one night to see a guy with a stab wound staggering around outside which security just ignored!

Overall, not impressed with the hotel at all, even less so the staff.