after reading the reviews on tripadvisor before booking i was comfortable with booking this hotel. The worst thing about the hotel were the 2 young girls on the reception during the day they new absolutely nothing about rome and were quiet rude and unhelpful.this seemed strange as there was nothing but praise for the staff in previous reviews on here.i think they must be about the older gentlemen on the door at night.he was extremely helpful.
the hotel itself is in a pretty seedy area .the area is quiet dirty .but we walked around at midnight back from bus station many times and had no problems. the room itself is ok the wet floor bathroom takes a bit of getting used to but the water pressure is good. the air conditioning can only be controlled(temp,on/off) from the reception and after a scorching day in rome to come back to a stinking hot room is not real good.they must turn it off the minute you walk out the door.
the location is quiet good .the metro is a 10 minute walk were you can get the metro or buses pretty much everywhere . there is another bus stop pretty much around the corner from hotel which will take you to vatican city in 10 mins .
there is a great salad restaurant around corner from hotel with a huge choice of different stuff. there is also a great gelato place ( turn left at burger king,walk down under the bridge and its on the left after the 1 st cafe you come to) which are made onsite daily.he was making gelato as we entered shop and wanted us to try nearly every flavour before we bought anything .it was really really nice fresh gelato
the breakfast........well we only made it to breakfast once in 4 days due to our desire to get out early and get some great photos without 1000 tourists in the way.imagine a photo in front of trevi fountain with no one else but myself and girlfriend in it !!! getting back to the breakfast we had it on our last day and it was horrible we didnt even bother to eat it. the bread rolls were stale and that was at 630am
so all in all you get what you pay for .