This is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. The hotel staff were the most unfriendly, rude and useless people I have ever come across. We requested a cot with several months notice and when we arrived there was no cot to be seen. When a cot eventually arrived it was unsuitable for an animal to sleep in nevermind our 18month old son. We didn't risk having breakfast after seeing the state of the breakfast room and felt like we were risking our lives everytime we used the ancient lift. To top the whole experience off when we disputed our bill at the end of our stay the hotel manager said it wasn't his problem and went ahead and took the money from my credit card without my authorisation!

rude staff. no air conditioning. shower broken. scarily dangerous lift. no security, anyone can access the rooms/corridors from street. i dont know how this hotel got a 3 star rating. awful. stay away!!!

The location is basically the only good thing about this hotel. Lots of shopping, cafes & grocery store on the same street. There's a McDonalds right next door. That's where we had breakfast mostly since the hotel's looked gross.

The room was a decent size with a nice little balcony. There was an awful smell coming from the bathroom... it smelled like sewage. We had to go buy a can of air freshner since and it helped a little. But we had to used it every hour it was so bad. The bathroom towels were so weird. They were oversized dish towels. So thin and small compared to a regular bath towel.

The worst part is they have several teenage groups stay here pretty much unsupervised. The yelling and slamming of doors etc... went on ALL night long. We complained several times and even asked them to be quiet, but that made it worse. I don't know how these kids can go all day & night with no sleep. It only got quiet after 8am when they all left on their field trips.

If stinky rooms and loud teenagers don't bother you, then it you'll love it here.

I'm glad I didn't read all these horrible reviews before my trip to Rome or we wouldn't have stayed here. We arrived in Rome with a list of hotels and no reservations. After walking around past numerous hotels that were either sold out or over 200 euros, we stumbled on Hotel Republica. We asked to see the room before accepting and was a little put off by the hardness of the bed but choose to stay here as we were tired of searching. We really had no problems whatsoever with our stay. The "hard" bed was actually fine to sleep on - not uncomfortable surprisingly. The room was huge (we had a triple) with high (15 foot plus ceilings). Decor was a little dated but room and bathroom were very clean. There is some noise from outdoors but after a busy day in Rome, we had no trouble falling asleep. Breakfast was a variety of pastries and meats, cereal and yogurt - actually a better assortment than most hotels we stayed at during our two weeks in Italy. All-in-all this was a pretty good deal for the price (150 euro) in a city know for expensive hotels. Hotels was also right on the main bus (64) route to St. Peters and within a couple blocks of the Trevi Fountain. Victor Emmanuel building can be seen from Via Nazionale which runs in front of hotel and Forum and Colosseum a short walk down that street also. Overall I would recommend this hotel to anyone who wants a clean cheap hotel and is not looking for anything fancy.