We stay at the Corallo whenever we are in Rome and have never been disappointed with our room or the service. The staff is always very friendly and greets us like old friends. The room that we usually get is across the hall from the reception area. It ihas always been very clean and well maintained. We especially enjoy the little terrace. The terrace is tiny --only big enough for a table and chairs but In early September it is screened with vines and has flowers to add to the privacy . In the evening before dinner we have enjoyed our wine and cheese while listening to a neighbor's beautiful Italian music coming from an open window somewhere in the building. The room is not overly large and lacks the frills of a luxury hotel but has all the amenities you need to be comfortable. We have never had a problem with noise as we stay in the back of the hotel. They do have rooms that face the street but we usually ask for the rooms in the back with a terrace. The location is excellent-- a short walk from Termini and quick transportation to the airport or to the historic sites. There are great little restaurants right in the neighborhood that are reasonable and serve excellent food. The pizza shop on the corner is excellent as is the Leoni di Abruzzi across the street. We have recommended this hotel to travelers we meet on our trips, as well as to our friends who are visiting Rome. I would recommend it to anyone who want a safe, clean and reasonable hotel close to all the historic sites.

We choosed the hotel because we were short of time and the location looked OK. Is near Termini station and at 10 minutes by foot from another metro station, Pza. Republica.The area, were many other hotels are located,is OK for tourists, well connected to the city attractions. The surroundings were safe even in the night when we got back. There are many small and cheap restaurants in this area and just at the next corner a pizzeria with very good and cheap pizza. The hotel is on the 6 floor of a building but the small elevator worked fine. The room was just like in the picture but smaller :), however the good thing was that the room was clean. For example, you can hardly put two people in the bathroom. We had the window to a backyard so it was not noisy from this point of view but we heard the cleaning lady every morning from the hall. Breakfast is continental, just some coffee and a croissant but I heard in Italy is not so unusual.The breakfast room is in the same room with the reception with four small tables. We prefered to go there just to take the food to our room.The people from the desk are OK, not so helpfull but not bad.If you ask they will answer but not expect too much.Personally I think that it is a fair hotel but not for what we payed. We spend around 120 Euro/night and this is too much for what the hotel offered. We stayed at this price in Spain and even in Italy (Florence) but much better than here.If you can get a better price and don't expect too much is OK. The city makes all the money, many attractions and monuments very well preserved.

We stayed for 4 nights In June 2005. I was informed when I booked online that the rates included air con. When I told the old man at reception he then gave me the remote control for the air con. Later that day he then said he checked with the company I booked with that it doesn't include air con and it will be an extra 10 Euro a day! Wasn't happy about that. Also when we checked out he forgot to give us back our passports because he was too engrossed with the soccer on tv!
Otherwise it's a nice hotel, clean rooms and great location.

First of all, this hotel is not a hostel, and it has nothing to do with Yellow Hostel ( as I saw some other reviews and was confused about that).
Hotel Corallo is on the 6th floor of the building, and Yellow Hostel is in different part of the building, on other floors.

Rooms are clean, quiet, but there is no airconditioning in standard rooms neither hair drier ( and they don't have any on the front desk )
If you going to stay there my advice is to bring your own bathtowel, because the ones they have more like table cloth than a towel.
The location is perfect, few blocks from Termini train station which is very convinient, and close to other sites and attractions. A lot of restaurants in the area, and they're are all good and not expensive.
The area itself is safe, a lot of people on the streets even late in evening.

In general our stay there was good, the price for room was very reasonable.
Another advice, if you want to book room there, go directly to their wesite:
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They would give you better price if you would book directly with them than through some websites like (---)