1 st Dec 2007.
Just returned from a 5 day, 4 night break in Rome. The Hotel Patrizi is in an ideal location just outside the city walls in an area which contains a large number of Embassies and Italian Goverment Buildings. Very handy for the metro - Policlinico or 40 minute easy walk to the centre of Rome. Hotel provides room and breakfast only. No restaurant or bar facilities in hotel but plenty within a few minutes walk. Hotel comfortably furnished but does not come up to it's 4 star rating in terms of the small size of rooms, the bathroom fixtures and fittings are beginning to look tired, and if you have the misfortune to end up on the 2nd floor - rooms 301, 302 etc ,you may experience the overheating problem that required us to have the windows permanently open. The air conditioning did not work. We asked for a room change and were moved from 304 to 302 only to find the problems to be identical. It appears to us that if you are on a deal as we were, 4 nights for the price of three, then you get the sauna. The buffet breakfast was adequate but not that of a 4 star hotel.

We stayed at Villa Patrizi for 4 nights. I had some reservations after reading some of the reviews here but was pleasantly surprised, we arrived several hours earlier than expected and they were able to accommodate us even though the hotel was solidly booked. I can not speak highly enough about the staff at this hotel. This was the tail end of our European Holiday and the staff treated us like family. In particular Ricardo and Nichola were very attentative and made us feel very welcomed. I'm from Australia and can speak Italian. They spoke English well enough to understand. We got a triple room with a decent bathroom. We knew in advance that the breakfast would only be continental, so I don't know why people complain about this fact. The location is in a more quieter section of central Rome Near the English Embassy and is only 2 stops from Termini (Central Rome). Pleanty of shops and restaurants nearby. Would stay here again.

We had a lovely room with a pleasant balcony, nicely decorated and spotlessly clean although rooms are small. The bathroom was tiny but perfectly functional and the shower was good. There is no bath - shower only, although this did not concern us. Breakfast is a basic continental selection but what more do you require when on holiday? Staff spoke varying degrees of English but those with good english were more than helpful. Overall we had a very pleasant stay and despite reading several poor reviews of this hotel we found our experience much more positive.

We finished our 2 week stay in Italy with 3 nights at Patrizi. First, the good: The hotel is just a couple of blocks from the subway, & even closer to the trolley and the room and hotel was clean and in a quiet part of the city with plenty of parking near the hotel. Now for the bad: The rooms are very small and thanks to other reviewers we knew room 201 was an especially bad one and we refused it when the clerk attempted to give us that room upon check in. Our room, though small was slightly bigger. That said, the bathroom dimensions were 3.5ft by 7.5ft and they have crammed a shower, bidet, toilet and sink into that space. The shower is only about 2ft by 2.5ft making it difficult to get in, turn around or lift your arms without making contact with something. The air conditioning did not work, although the room had french doors leading to a patio and when kept opened would cool the room. That trick may not work during the summer. The TV was altered so the volume couldnt be set higher than halfway although there were many chanels including English (although harder to hear with french doors open).
The hotel is located in the far right hand corner of most central Rome maps away from most attractions. Breakfast was very substandard with undercooked hard boiled eggs as the only hot item. None of this at all consistant with a 4 star hotel. So why did I stay? Because I booked with hotwire (you dont know the hotel name until you buy) which claimed this was a $300+ hotel available for only $189. I requested a partial refund when I showed them the room was available on Venere.com for $147 and they agreed.