After reading some of the reviews, I wonder if we went to the same hotel. The area is intimidating to say the least, no matter what race, color or ethnicity they are. We are not used to having men stand around drinking beer on the streets and I don't mean in outdoor cafes. Close to the train and bus station, YES and that is great, but.....

THE AREA IS INTIMIDATING and I will not recommend for families with kids. A single business person coming in and going out from either the train or bus station and moving around the city in a cab is OK if you get the right price. Why are there two or three cars full of carabinieris in front of the hotel in the mornings?

The restaurants in the area are tourist traps with mediocre food at best even if one great feature of the hotel is that it is right across the street from the food market which is always quite an experience and you always hope there is a restaurant owned by someone from the market with great food. Not the case.

The hotel is clean, the service is good and it is close to the stations, but if you scare easily and want to be where you can walk around without looking over your shoulder, specially at night, go somewhere else.

When chosing The Golden Tulip Ambra Palace for our 2 weeks in Rome, I had read that it wasn't in the 'nicest' area. Well, I suppose that's true, but it more than surpassed our expectations. It is a lovely hotel: clean, well-staffed, comfortable, safe, quiet, and one block to the Metro. Also, walking distant to Termini Station, which was important as we did several day trips by train. As for the area, it's actually quite good. There is a huge market directly across the street and 2 small parks within a 5 minute walk. the hotel staff could not have been more pleasant or professional, and their English far surpassed my Italian (which is nil, but nonetheless). The rooms are average in size, with a mini-bar and safe, TV, and wonderful air-conditioning which was greatly appreciated at the end of a 15 hour day in 90f weather. We thoroughly enjoyed our 2 weeks in Rome and found this hotel to be a very good 'home' location. I would highly recommend it.

Keith Perrott

Stayed for 5 nights at the Ambra Palace.AS the hotel is near the bus terminal we caught a bus from the aerport which run frequently and it took about 10mins to walk to the hotel from the terminus.Nice clean rooms,with bed linen changed every day although unneccesary.Annoying tiny showers.If you're chubby you might struggle to pick the soap up again if you drop it! Friendly staff.Only average breakfasts in my opinion.
Overall;good but not as good as some of the reviews on here.Some of you are easily pleased.

Near Termini, nice, quiet, very clean.
The breakfast was good.
The staff very helpful - nice people with smiling faces.
Although the surrounding area has a lot of immigrants we never had any trouble even at night.
Near the hotel there is a small restaurant with exceptional indian food - if you like spicy food you have to eat there.