I booked the hotel on-line and decided to go with a hotel that was further afield so that we could enjoy the pool in the July heat after a day of site seeing. I was a bit aprehensive after reading the reviews here, but went ahead and booked anyway. The hotel is a good 15-20 minute walk from the metro (which closes at 10pm). Buses run to the metro stop about every half hour, but you still have to walk about 10 minutes uphill to get to the bus stop. Once you get to the metro, nobody has ever heard of the street on which the hotel is located nor have they heard of the hotel! So good luck finding it if you haven't brought along a special non-tourist map (tourist maps in the guidebooks don't go out any further than the vatican)!!
The hotel is a 1970's warehouse looking building with windows (as are the neighboring buildings). The pool was out of order and had not been functioning at all in 2008. The "double bed" was actually 2 single beds pushed together. The fridge didn't work. The air conditioning had two settings: ON full blast or off. Rooms are not soundproof and several nights we heard our neighbors on all sides talking and their TVs blaring. The restaurant closes at 10 or so, and after that, when you order food, it is microwaved frozen food.
On the positive side, the hotel was clean, the staff friendly and willing to help us find our way around, to the metro, to the beach etc. There were also plenty of bathroom amenities, which is probably where they got their 4 stars, I would have given the hotel 2 stars.

I had heard some bad reviews after booking the hotel and so was quite apprehensive but I have to say, the hotel is nice. Okay, so it's not right in the centre of Rome but looking at some of the properties situated there, that was a god-send! The staff were friendly, bi-lingual (speaking up to four different languages) and very helpful.
There were tours bookable from the reception whereby you were picked up from the hotel and transported to the coach company who did the tours. There were some very reasonable prices - the one me and my sister did was 35 euros each and it took you around ancient rome - the roman forums, the colleseum, etc etc. Definitely worth while, especially as you get transported back to your hotel at the end of it and would be cheaper than getting taxis around the different places and getting your souvenirs.
The only downfall I have to say with the hotel was the lack of privacy due to the thin walls. I could hear people taking showers next door and often you could hear people mumbling when talking and laughing also. Its ok if you want your hotel to be a base for sleeping and eating (they have a nice restaurant - fairly priced italian cuisine) but I wouldn't recommend to those of you who want to be central or who don't like any noise or disturbance.

Read very varied reports about it and were a bit uncertain. Pleasantly surprised. It was clean, rooms ok with airconditioning, food ok (we only had breakfast but could fill up for the day!), swimming pool was clean. Staff were very helpful + pleasant.
A lot of comments stating how far it was from the Vatican + central Rome but taxi was fairly cheap + the Metro was quick + efficient. The nearest metro station is about 15 mins walk but if you buy your ticket (small shop behind the first petrol station you see) this includes bus travel to metro (only about 3 stops).
We found it a cheap alternative to the city centre hotels + was fine.

I stayed in this hotel for 2 nights as part of a package tour to Rome this month. Facilities were clean and comfortable, not at all like I was led to believe by the reviews I read on this website. What more do you need? Rome is busy and exhausting, so there was no problem sleeping, and if all you need the room for is a place to shower and sleep, as long as cleanliness and comfort are there, the rest doesn't matter. Breakfast was adequate, and we were able to take enough from the buffet table to make a picnic lunch. This is a clean, decent hotel, at reasonable rates. You will pay much more closer to the centre.