Just returned from staying at this hotel (May 29-31, 2007) and felt the need to post this review. First, we did not let this hotel experience ruin our wonderful time in Rome. However, we would not recommend this hotel to anyone! The front desk employees (except for Michaela) were rude, unwelcoming, always on the computer, etc. We were reprimanded upon our arrival because the number of people staying in the rooms versus the number of people our travel agent had booked did not match. Our room was not clean, there was an odor (sewer smell) in the bathroom, the bathtub had mold growing around the caulking. We always felt like we were bothering them if we needed to ask questions or had requests for extra towels, directions, etc.

Overall, this was a horrible experience.

We stayed as a party of 10 at the Paris for 3 nights in March07
The hotel oganised transfers to and from the airport - worked well.
The staff were all excellent in manner and helpfullness.
Rooms were clean and tidy - everything worked!
Breakfast was good

All in all excellent value for money and if I return to Rome I would use again

Room was very, very small. Unable to unpack suitcase as there was noplace to put all our clothes. Reception was very unfriendly and didn't understand English very well and made no effort to answer our questions. Had to sit on edge of bed to watch TV and then CNN was the only English channel and did not have good reception. Shower in the bathroom kept falling apart. Doors fell off and one wall fell down. had to put it together eachtime we took showers. Hallways were very dark. Air conditioning was not working and the room was very warm. would not recommend this hotel.

Due to a late booking, rooms in Rome were difficult to obtain. Now I know why this hotel was available. It is described as having an elevator, but one must walk up stairs to get to it. It is described as having air conditioning, but this is available at only certain hours of the day. Even though the hours of operation, including nighttime hours are posted on the controls, the A/C was not available at night. The explanation was after September 15 no air conditioning would be provided at night. However it was still very warm and opening the window only let in noise from a very busy street below. Between the heat and the noise sleeping was difficult.
The staff was not helpful. Nice glass ice buckets are provided, but to get ice one must ask the desk agent. In our situation, a small amount of ice was provided from a regular ice cube tray from a kitchen refrigerator.
Rooms are small which is not unexpected but seemed smaller because of the heat. Cleanliness acceptable.
Our reservations were actually for 2 nights, but we arrived in the morning rather than the previous night. I expected to pay for the full 2 days reservations but when I asked the manager to waive the minibar fees (2 waters and a beer) because of our inconvenience with the A/C he refused.
My impression that the hotel's policy is to maximize income and minimize convenience.