We booked this hotel through lastminute.com and were looking forward to staying at what we thought would be a really swanky looking minimalist design hotel - as the photos on their website and the recent refurbishment suggests.

The hotel was easy to find - it occupies the first floor of a building. It is in a quiet residential area of Rome - not far from Vatican City and Piazza del Popolo (which has lots of bars and restaurants) but is a bit of a trek from the other major sites and unfortunately the public transport system is a bit rubbish.

Check-in was easy, however we soon discovered that although we would be having breakfast in Hotel Giuggioli we were actually staying in a different hotel which occupied the 4th floor of the same building - Residenza Dei Quiriti. This was quite a nice hotel however it wasn't very modern - the decor was a bit fussy and stately home-like which is really not to my taste - the check-in staff didn't seem to be able to tell us why we were not actually in the hotel we had booked.

Breakfast wasn't great - very small consisting of a pastry and one piece of toast - already laid out for you when you arrived so not sure how fresh it was. The 'restaurant' was also staffed by two or three women who shouted at each other constantly which didn't make for a great start to the day.

Overall a little disappointing.

Paid 79 euros for a small room with a balcony. Decor is modern and breakfast was nonexistant -- a (hard) danish and yogurt. It did have A/C but the toilet was noisily leaking. Shower is the type where you hit your elbow standing there.

Lepanto metro stop is 6 blocks away. It is set in a quiet neighborhood with lots of pizzerias. I didnt see the many restaurants that the other reviewers mentioned. I would not stay here again because reception in the mornings didnt speak English at all which I found slightly disturbing for a hotel.

Please note that there is a different hotel on each floor of this building. I would compare prices.

We booked this hotel as a last minuite thing and picked it off a website that we hadn't used before and had no information on the hotel other than it was close to the Vatican so I was quite nervous before we got there. This was totally unjustified! The hotel was fantastic for what we paid. The bedrooms were spacious enough for 3 people and had air conditioning which was a godsend. The bathroom was quite small and there was only one mirror which proved challenging when the 3 girls were trying to get ready for a night out! Breakfast was basic but got us started for the days sight seeing. The location of this hotel was great, 5 minutes from the Vatican and access to the tour buses and had some fantastic restaurants on the same road as the hotel which had great food and at a really reasonable price.
Would definately stay at this hotel the next time I am in Rome.

just back form spending 5 days in this hotel, i have read the other comments and they are right, hotel is right beside vatican, near to metro and lovely resturants.
staff very friendly and the rooms were good not great...spotless.

have booked to go back in January and cant wait.

highly recommend this hotel.