We were here with a Globus Tour and found the hotel to be very modern in design, clean and elegant. The staff was helpful. I do wish I had read the previous review about them not mailing post cards...I gave them some to mail (they were stamped) so hopefully they will arrive...
Breakfast was generally good with many options. Like the other hotels we stayed in in Italy, their scrambled eggs were not very good and even though we were the first in for breakfast, were less than lukewarm, not good. Stay with the hard boiled eggs. You do have to walk a ways to find restaurants and food stores but there is a pastry shop with wifi a block away. After our tour ended one day we stayed in town and use bus 63 to get back, just be sure to ask the hotel staff to tell you where to get off on the way back.

Went thru Carnival to stay in Rome an extra day to enjoy more sites. The hotel was very clean and pleasant and breakfast was wonderful. One problem is that they had stated that they were close to the Spanish Steps. They were not close to anything. We did take a taxi and then was close to everything. Be truthful. The other and main problem we had (and to me this is a biggie) is that both our friends that we traveled with and us took an hour of our vacation time to write at least 10 postcards each to loved ones and friends and gave them 1 Euro a piece to have the front desk mail them for us. Which was the price that they said they charged to mail for their guests. NONE OF THESE AT LEAST 20 CARDS WERE EVER RECEIVED. Of course we can't go back and get our money that they bilked the poor unsuspecting tourists out of. They never answered my email asking why and they just told my friend in an email that of course they were mailed. This really was a huge disappointment.

The Hotel Albani was the second stop on my honeymoon in July 08. Overall, we were very pleased with the hotel - the decor was fun and bright, the rooms were immaculate and comfortable and the hotel bar was fun and comfortable.

If there was a negative to the hotel, it was its distance from the main sites of Rome. It was a pretty significant walk to get to anything... about 30 minutes to the Spanish Steps, for instance. My wife and I didn't mind - just used public transportation a lot, and got to walk around the city a lot, which I find helps you really get to know a city.

Might not be a good choice for older visitors or families with children, who don't want to have to expend so much effort navigating around the city.

Overall, the hotel is definitely recommended. We'd stay there again in a heartbeat.

Great location and excellent hotel!
The view of the balcony was great and the room was very large with a great bathroom.
The breakfast was good but not excellent.