Stayed in the Hotel Cambridge in Rome April 2008 on a personal recommendation . The hotel is in a great location for the Tour Buses and Metro, also is only 5 minutes from the main rail terminal. The room was spotless and looked as though it had been recently decorated. The bathroom was more than adequate with a great multifunctional massaging shower.The staff were all very helpful, friendly and cheerful. If the breakfast room is full there is no extra charge for room service which is very prompt. The hotel bar is 'on demand' .
The immediate area has lots of economical restaurants and the area is also on the quieter side of the rail terminal. I would not hesitate to recommend the Cambridge to travellers.
Incidentally Trip Advisor , my review keeps coming up as Venice for some reason but this review is for the Hotel Cambridge in Rome.

Stayed in this hotel with my Italian partner for two nights over New Year's Eve after booking online and reading the reviews. I think there must be another part of the hotel which is ok because otherwise I can't believe anyone would write a good review of it. The only good points were that the hotel is in a quiet central location and it was kept as clean as possible, with the beds made and fresh towels provided on the second day. However the room was shabby and reminded me of cheap hotels in North Africa. (the only difference being that it would not cost 100 euro a night in Tunisia or Egypt). There was no way that this was a 3 star hotel and I realised that I had been naive in believing the star rating). The toilet was shared, which would have been fine if they had not been in two smelly cubicles which were shared with showers. The staff were reasonably polite but clearly bored and incompetent and were unable to provide hot water, despite my partner's constant phone calls to the reception to tell them that the shower was cold. We were constantly told that we should "wait ten minutes" while people went up step ladders to fiddle with the water tank, but only we only managed to have one shower each in lukewarm water over the course of our two-day stay. We came home in need of a proper wash, which is unacceptable considering the price we paid. Finally, the radiator in the room did not work. Overall, I was shocked at the quality of this hotel for the price, even considering the time of year (which meant that we couldn't go elsewhere). There is a big difference between a basic hotel (such as the ETAP chain where I stayed in Paris the previous year for half the price) and a squalid one!

It's a 2 star hotel first of all! (shown from the booklet by the hotel itself) We paid 130 euro for one night staying and I do not see the value of money. The room is way too noisy both from the street and the corridor. The wall seemed to be made of thin wood board and we could easily hear our neighbors talking. When somebody flushes the toilet, it's like an earthquake especially in mid-night.

The persons were nice and helpful, however. But thinking about the price and having a feeling that we were fooled by the star rating of the hotel, I didn't have a nice time.

I stayed at this hotel last year. Even though I am Italian, it was my first time in Rome and I choose this hotel because of the reasonable price and its location, within walking distance from the main train station. I have to say that my room was clean and the bed large, but they looked old and not very attractive, and so was the bathroom. The lounge was really kitsch, filled with cheap items, probably bought at a five-and-ten store. The staff was far from being friendly, apart from the ageing man of the night shift who was a nice person. Breakfast was basic, not bad, but they seemed to save money on it, and you always had to ask if you want something more. However, I rarely spend much time in a hotel when in another city, so this place did not spoil my stay in lovely Rome.