Hi to all who intend to stay at the Romulus,

I agree with all the above comments regarding this Hotel. We could have kicked ourselves for not looking at this web page before going to Rome.The Hotel was miles away from the centre and the journey into the centre took forever between dodging traffic and prostitutes. Service was diabolical as we ate in the restuarant on one occassion and all our dishes arrive at the table at the same time. The Hotel also claimed to have luxurious gardens and when we requested to use the garden we were refused and the receptionist would not explain why.

But the main comment I have is to be very careful on the metro as I was pickpocketed just as I was boarding the train. I am convinced that there was one accomplice in front of me and this held me up for a few seconds while the other stole the money that was in my back pocket.

we have just returned from 4 days as sight seeing tourists. If you are like us DO NOT STAY THERE. it is a contractors/worker hotel for employees who are sent to Rome to carry out tasks. In this respect it is ok notwithstanding a dire dining room and staff. (Mrs Overall <Acorn Antiques> is alive and well and working here!) As a tourist hotel it is useless. 10k and a bus+metro ride from Rome. You will also run the gauntlet of prostitutes and their tools of the trade! on the flyover from the bus stop. Rooms and rception staff were fine and the hotel is well appointed. But do not trust the dining room - you have been warned.

I agree with the previous review. There is a bus stop down the road into the bus terminal, but you have to stand on the main road which is well risky as the traffic just flies past, the bus takes you about an hour, then from that bus terminal a train into the centre which is another half hour into the main termini. This hotel is miles away from the centre of Rome. And there are prostitutes plying their trade just down from the hotel every evening. Breakfast is a dry bun and dinner is a very small menu. At dinner i was the only girl in the restaurant which is a bit disconcerting. I generally get the feeling that this hotel is a "gentlemens" hotel. The ice machine was broken also. Considering this place is supposed to be 3* i was dissapointed, the pink padded walls in the room were really outdated, the bedroom furniture had no handles on it either. The only thing i will say is that it is really clean. This hotel needs to get a shuttle bus big time - never again, thinking i was saving on a cheaper hotel, i made up for it in transport - pants!

We arrived in Rome in March of this year for a 3 night stay. One piece of advice-- Read the guidebooks before visiting Rome - it's all true, the good, the bad & the ugly. (Especially watch the hours of the major attractions - see everything before 3 pm, that's when everything seemed to close). And speaking of ugly, let's talk about Hotel Romulus. Their motto seemed to be "es impossibly". The hotel is deceptively far from the city & is situated along a very busy major road. We arrived at 3:30 in the afternoon & after checking in, we asked about perhaps getting some food - "es impossibly". The restaurant was closed for lunch & wouldn't open again till 7:30. This was fine as it is normal for Rome. However, There are no other eateries within walking distance. In fact, the only thing within walking distance were the hookers. There was a large group of them plying their trade just down the street. However, at times it seemed they were the only friendly people in Rome! So, as there was no food to be found in the area, we asked about perhaps having something delivered. Even though there were places in the area who would deliver, "es impossibly". The girl at the front desk wasn't allowed to give us the number. No food was allowed in the rooms, in the lobby, not even in the parking lot! She wouldn't even give us the number so we could have it delivered to the parking lot next door (perhaps the hookers would have gone in halfsies with us?). So, we called a cab (on the one day the cabs weren't on strike) and had to spend 20 euros roundtrip to eat at... McDonalds! When we did try to eat in the Hotel restaurant, it took (and I am not kidding) 2 1/2 hours to order, receive, consume & pay for a single plate of pasta. The room itself looked like something out of a seedy Barbie dream house. However, although you couldn't eat in the room, you could smoke-- as was evident by the 50+ burn holes in the blankets (the maid smoked constantly while changing the sheets, so that may be part of the reason for that). At breakfast, they were very serious about it ending at 9:30. Guests were fighting each other off for stale bread & glazed croissants. When more croissants were requested the answer was the ever present "es impossibly". Please take this review to heart. Do not stay at this hotel. If possible, stay closer to the city - it will save you $$ in the long run. The buses you want never run & the subways are crowded (the American girl in front of us on the subway was pick-pursed by 2 young girls - watch your belongings closely!!). Good luck! Hopefully your vacation will turn out better than ours!