Nice hotel with a great location in Rome---walking distance to metro, Colosseum and Forum. Breakfast nothing special but had lots of options. Do not eat at the restaurant next door; overpriced with mediocre food. There was an excellent family run restaurant on the street behind the hotel, just adjacent to the metro entrance with reasonable prices. The house wine was delicious and only 1 euro! I would definately stay here again if I return to Rome.

My husband and I decided to plan a trip to Rome and do it "on our on". We didn't want to be locked into a tour group so I researched hotels on Trip Advisor and in the Frommer Day by Day books. I discovered this hotel on the trip advisor website. I knew I wanted something that was close to the Colosseum because that was one of the main attractions that I wanted to see. This hotel is a five minute walk to the Colosseum and is in a great overall location. We walked to pretty much everything from here except the Vatican but we did end up walking back From the Vatican. Believe me we walked the entire city except the area near the Spanish Steps as the last 2 days of our trip were to be spent there at a different hotel.

The hotel itself was quite nice. I had booked a stand room with a double bed on the hotel website but I had put in a special request for a complimentary upgrade if possible because we were celebrating our 20 year anniversary. The hotel arranged our transport from the airport to the hotel. When we arrived our room was not ready but after waiting maybe 15 minutes the desk clerk said he was upgrading us to a Junior Suite. This was really nice. It had an amazing bathroom and the room itself was quite large with a king size bed, table and chairs, lounging sofa, tv, safe. Our room came with a breakfast daily. They had two breakfast areas. One was for tour bus patons and the other was for people who had booked on their own. The food was actually quite good and there were many selections. There were the typical deli type meats and cheeses, scrambled eggs, bacon (that was a little too limp for my taste) numerous pastries, yogurt, juices, coffee. The staff in the breakfast area were a little snobby some days but we just overlooked that and didn't have a problem. They always supplied you with whatever you requested. We are a very good breakfast and then either no lunch or split a small sandwich for lunch and would have a nice supper. I would definitely recommend this hotel and would stay here again if I came back to the area.

We stayed at the Palatino for 4 nights in April and are very pleased with our stay.
Nice breakfast ( slightly confusing since it is spread out around the breakfastroom...)
Close to the metro and in walking distance to many great sights.
The staff was a bit ignorant but helpfull when you finally got their attention.
The room was nice and clean but a bit outdated.
Great value for money.
Recomended!!

BEWARE!!! This hotel looks AMAZING on its website-Beautiful pictures with updated rooms. This is what you see on the first floor! When you stay on the 3rd/4th/5th floor, like we did, what you get is a room that is a small, old, and in desperate need of a good cleaning and some paint. I was willing at first to overlook the “no frills” accommodations when I saw how close we were to all the sights. Yes, it’s very close to the metro. And yes, it’s very close to the forums and the Colosseum. But the room was a DUMP! Our room was missing necessities on a daily basis and when requested we had to wait hours to get them. Overall, the staff was rude and not very accommodating. They often seemed as if they didn’t want to be bothered. Feel free to stay at this hotel as it is close to the major sights, but be warned, this hotel is not as it appears!