We stayed at Aran Park hotel for 1 night in June 2008. We liked the hotel room but the service was absolutely PATHETIC.

One particular incident that I would like to recall: We had dinner at the restaurant located on the 7th floor. We were very annoyed at the attitude of the restaurant manager. He is the most rude person I have met in the hotel industry. He had absolutely no manners. Since we had reached 5 minutes before the opening time, he very rudely asked us to leave. When we came back, he was again very rude in allocating a table to us. When my wife told him that we are vegetarians and so if he could recommend any dishes, he insulted us for being vegetarians. It was none of his business hurting our sentiments on dietary constraints.

Moreover, the hotel is located in the middle of nowhere so commuting is a big challenge. Highly avoidable.

We stayed for six nights at Aran Park Hotel while my husband attended a conference at Nuova Fiera di Roma convention centre. The hotel is a LONG way from the convention centre. You need to catch a bus-metro-train-bus to get there. The hotel is too far from Rome if you are a tourist. You need to catch a bus to get to the metro (I had to wait 45 min for a bus) and then take the metro to central Rome.
The staff at the front desk were neither helpful nor friendly. No tourist information was on offer, not a single leaflet in the entire hotel and nobody could inform you about a tourist office.
The beds were very uncomfortable and the bathroom looked tired and not very clean.
This is NOT a hotel for anybody who wants to visit Rome and enjoy the sights.

My family and I stayed here due to my husband's company
convention. This was possibly the worst hotel I have ever stayed in! The beds were hard and uncomfortable, there was no shower curtain (which is commom in Europe). The hotel maids
left our room door OPEN all day after they cleaned! Thankfully,
nothing was stolen. The front desk personnel were not professional at all. We were told by one man that the shuttle that
goes to the train and bus station were available all day, and all you had to do was call them. We found out that this was not the case at all-as told to us by two very rude front desk women. And
if that were not enough negatives-the breakfast buffet, which was
ample, was next to open windows which allowed birds to fly in and over the food area! The servers were fully aware of it and seem very unconcerned. Needless to say, we could not leave
fast enough! Hope this helps a future traveler.

husband and I stayed here as part of a trafalgar tour in sept 2007.
I do NOT recommend this hotel to tourists. Location was extremely out of the way. Front desk service in evening was nonexistent. no shower curtain.

We did not purchase all of the Rome optionals on our tour so we navigated the public transit by ourselves without speaking any Italian (we had a GPS). To get to the nearest metro station you had to take a bus, it is not within walking distance.

Pros:
hotel was clean and furnishings look newer
that's about it.

Cons: these far outweigh pros so I do NOT recommend this hotel to any tourist

VERY BAD location, have to take bus to get to train station, then take subway into Rome tourist areas/attractions. train station appears a bit rough with all the graffiti etc though we came back in the dark and didn't get mugged

Bad front desk service in evening, the man did not want to even speak to you. Answer to every question was, "No." He was reading and appeared to be upset I was even there.
front desk during day was ok though.

No shower curtain, as other reviewers noted. No way to avoid water all over floor of bathroom.

buffet breakfast total chaos to find an avail seat and get food, long lines, too many people at once. only thing worth eating were the croissants.