The Mariano Hotel is a three-star hotel near Termini Train Station. Perfect location for those arriving and departing by public transport. As others have described, the rooms are small, clean, and quiet and the bathroom relatively nice. Breakfast is basic, but fine. The desk staff ranged from incredibly helpful to not helpful at all. We booked through Venere.com and were quoted a price significantly less than on the hotel's own website. I was a bit worried about this, but there was no problem at check in or check out. There is a lovely historic building across the street with the added benefit of a small park. The area is of mixed ethnicities and, while not the most elegant in Rome, feels quite safe--even late in the evening. There are several historic sites near by and the Coliseum is easily walkable. As other reviewers have noted, all subways and many bus routes pass through Termini, so it is easy to move around the city and end up close to the hotel. An excellent budget choice.

We were told the Termini area was seedy but we found it OK and the fact that all the buses trams underground stopped/started there made the location perfect.
The hotel was clean, quiet and the staff were very friendly. Breakfast was fine.
All in all the right spot for a long weekend sightseeing.

we stayed at the Hotel Mariano from the 20th-27th dec '08 and found the hotel brilliant, room was lovely,clean the only way they could improve would be to have tea,coffee facilities in room cos us brits love a cuppa at the end of the night! bed very comfy ,room cleaned every day. Breakfast was continetal buffet and was lovely! all the staff were friendly and very helpful and we really liked Giovanni he was so lovely and helpful was a pleasure to meet him and were very grateful for his help and advise! a very good base to explore the city and very close to train,metro and bus station.

This hotel is about 2 blocks away from the main train station and is very easy to get to. We were booked into a corner room, which I think was larger than most of the others. The room was normal to slightly above average in size for Europe, however, the bathroom was well above average, and it even had a bathtub. That was greatly needed to soak feet after walking so much in the city. We felt safe in the location, even walking around at night. About 3 blocks away was a very busy area with shopping and restaurants. The bed was comfortable, staff very friendly and spoke 5 languages. Breakfast was of breads, juices, yogurt, but no meats. Cheese was in the triangle foil type. The staff provided maps, suggestions, and an accurate wake up call. The hotel does have an elevator, which was useful. I would stay here again, especially for the price and location.