The biggest advantage to staying at the Hotel Scott House is its location... just a block and a half from the Termini, albeit through a somewhat seedy part of the city. Its position on the 4th level (each of the other levels are taken by other "hotels" in the building) makes it difficult to manage the stairs carrying 2 or more suitcases if the lift is not available.

However, the biggest downside is the street noise... almost impossible to sleep with the window open, even when just cracked slightly for some air. There is a bus stop outside and the street car line corners near the property... they both operate most of the night and make a good rest out of the question. Of course, the sound of the scooters is ubiquitous both day and night. The continental breakfast is spartan, at best.

All in all, I would not recommend this hotel and would not stay there again. I have found others much better in the same price range. It is, at most, a 2* property and pricey for what you get (E98 per night).

I can not understand how people said good things for that hotel! I selected this hotel by reading the reviews on trip advisor (at the beginning of the summer), however it was a big dissappointment!
* there was a smell in the bathroom. the water in the shower was too hot or too cold. the hot water was not flowing, it was almost dropping. And after a while it exhausted. water was flowing all over the bathroom, to the room, and even to the corridor of the hotel, out of the room!
*although the cleanliness of the room is very good (they were cleaning our room daily), the equipment in the room was poor-quality, third class, very cheap! for example, there was no cabin for the shower, instead there was a curtain that had turned to yellow.You should have courage to touch it!
*the breakfast was very very poor. the coffee was smelling badly, there was no cheese, no bread. we did not have it after the first day.
*the walls were very thin. the hotel and the street were too noisy.

It was near termini, and the housekeeping was good, but these were the only things that I can praise. The price is too high for that hotel. I have stayed at other hotels near termini in te previous years, and I cannot even compare them with this one.

While the location for this place is great and the price is pretty good it was let down by several factors.

1. The room had a distinct odour which came from the bathroom so had to ensure the door was closed while sleeping.
2. There was no water pressure in the bathroom so the showers was terrible
3. Also the clasp for the shower head was broken so had to hold the shower head in my hands.
4. The breakfast was minimal and the same everyday
5. While the staff were friendly and spoke very good english they could not answer questions like how long does it take the shuttle to get to the airport. Things I would expect any basic concierge to know.
6. The mattress was thin and hard as a rock.

I in all honesty could not recommend this place to someone to stay for that price. Think you can get a better deal elsewhere.

We stayed at Hotel Scott House just for one night after landing in Rome as we needed to get to Rome Termini early the next morning for a train. If it weren't for the closeness to the station I would never stay at this hotel again!

Negatives were:

- You aren't allowed to control the air conditioning unit in your own room! You have to call reception and they come up to adjust the air con (mind you this was in the middle of summer when Rome was about 33 degrees outside!). The girl on reception seemed very reluctant to turn the air con to 24 degrees and increase the fan speed! Quite hilarious.

- The shower is an absolute dribble coming out of the showerhead. Well, that was the case in our room anyway. You had to practically run around the shower to get wet!

- Food at breafkast looked pretty awful...we skipped it and decided to get something at the station instead!