We needed a place to stay for 1 night as we were arriving late into Rome and had to be at the Roma Termini early the following morning. We just needed a convenient place to sleep. After reading the reviews on tripadvisor, we were confident that the hotel would be clean. WRONG! This place is a DIVE! Definitely SHOULD NOT be rated a 3 Star hotel. The hotel is run-down and felt more like a 1Star hotel... I think some of the Motel 6's in the US are in better condition! Another review commented on the elevator being small! They were right, the elevator barely fits 2 Large suitcases along with 2 people... but at the time of booking we were not concerned with the elevator as we just wanted a nice place to sleep and since the other reviews claimed the hotel was "clean and spotless" we booked this hotel. BAD IDEA!

The reception area smelled damp and musky... and the man at the desk was not very friendly... we checked in at around 1am and were tired... so we didn't realize that he had kept our passports until the next morning. If you are not comfortable with this, MAKE SURE TO ASK FOR IT BACK. They are not very secure as the passports are siply kept in a cubbyhole and can be easily stolen.

The carpets in the hallway were extremely dirty and worn down. The room itself definitely needed updating. The room was very dark, not very good lighting. The bed comforter has hairs that weren't ours! It was obvious it had not been cleaned... The sheets themselves were crisp and clean thought (or at least appeared to be). The wallpaper in out room was worn and areas of it had started peeling....

The washroom floor has not been cleaned properly as it still had hairs and dust in the corners.... the worse part was that there was a pubic hair on the wondow ledge next to the toilet! That was disgusting! But we were too tired to complain and it didnt seem like the man at the reception would have offered much help anyways and we were too tired to request a room change... we figured we would onlt be sleeping for 6 hours then keaveing anyways...

The location is very good though. Extremely convenient as it is only a 5 minute walk from Roma Termini. I definitely would not recomment staying here for more than 1 night.... but if you just need a place to stay, like we did, the location is great.

If you're here on honeymoon or looking for a romantic place to stay, THIS IS NOT IT!! It is merely a place to sleep that is in a convenient location.

When we returned to Rome 3 days later, we booked at Hotel YES, which is also classified as 3 Star and the same price..... it is only another block down... if you can book the Hotel YES instead! It is the same price.. but FAR BETTER quality and the staff at the front desk are super friendly and helpful. Compared to the Hotel RImini, the Yes Hotel is a far better value.

Hope this helps... cause I find that a lot of the earlier reviews did not honestly reflect the poor condition on the Hotel Rimini....

My hubsband and I were in Rome at the end of September 08, and stayed at the Rimini for 3 days. I booked the Rimini because of the good critics from Tripadvisor and I do not regret it at all! It was a reasonable price and a 5 minutes walk from the Termini with heavy luggage was also a big plus. If I do remember well we were on the 5th floor. Not a huge room but very clean, we even had a balcony (but who has time to stay in their room in Rome?) The breakfast was also very nice, it really had everything. Not a cheap continental breakfast here! We did talk a couple of time to man at the front desk and he was always very courteous and helpful. The best thing about this hotel is really its proximity to the Termini. From there you can go anywhere very easily (Vatican, Subway, train station, Airport, etc). Would I go back to that hotel? I would say yes in a heartbeat!

me and my wife visited rome and stayed in RIMINI hotel on dec 2008.clean hotel,nice stuff,good breakfast,very good location(few steps from TERMINI station)
best place to stay in ROME.

Good budget accomodation. Bedrooms were clean and a nice decor with air conditioning but unfortunately the bathroom we had could have done with some modernisation although we did not find this a problem. The 6 floors of the hotel are served by an old fashioned lift which is like something out of a department store. It is meant to hold three people, yeah right, that will be without bags! The buffet breakfast was good and suitable for this star rating with various cooked eggs, hams, cheeses, bread, fruit and croissants. The hotel could not have been handier for transport links of train, metro and buses. Rome is not really a udget city for accomodation but Rimini was a good standard at this price all things considered. If i returned to Rome, this would certainly be the first hotel i would look at for accomodation.