We stayed here for three nights in February. The hotel is in an excellent location - within easy walking distance of restaurants and all the main attractions. Breakfast was included in the price and was OK but nothing wonderful. Our room (306) was small and too dark to read in comfortably and impossible to see in clearly to put on make up in the evening! The wallpaper was also peeling from some of the walls and the room had clearly seen better days. The wiring in the bathroom was interesting! The room was fairly quiet and there was not a lot of noise from traffic. Service was patchy. There was a very good young receptionist and an indifferent older one who, amongst other things, forgot to book our return taxi to the airport. Some of the staff who served at breakfast did not seem to understand any of the languages on offer from the guests, including Italian!

We recently stayed for two nights at the San Francesco. It's in a great (funky) Greenwich-Village type neighborhood loaded with terrific restaurants and local flavor. We loved the hotel - very clean, comfortable and a great spot. We had only two days and we were able to walk (a couple of miles) to the Vatican one day and the other day walked to the Coliseum, Forum and Palatine Hill. If you don't mind walking on those ancient cobblestone streets its a level walk, although you might find it a bit far to the Vatican, especially walking back! The breakfast at the hotel was lavish by any standard. And, free computer access in the lobby was very helpful. Overall, we'd highly recommend it.
Rooms on the back of the hotel open to a convent garden, which I would expect would be quite a bit quieter with the windows open. We were on the fourth floor and had quite a bit of traffic noise when the windows were open, but you're in a city, so what do you expect!?

Excellent, helpful staff.....the breakfast is lovely with many food item choices. The rooms are very clean. I especially thought the bathrooms were nice, clean, and larger than most. Great location to all the major sites.

We stayed at the Hotel SF on 2 different occasions during our trip to Italy. I found the comments on trip advisor to be very accurate (you never know). Good location, close walking distance to the major sites and numerous trattorias, friendly/helpful staff. The rooms while small by American standards were clean and comfortable and are in line with other hotels we stayed at during the trip.