The personnel was very friendly and helpful,due to some problems with the bathroom they arranged another hotel for me.
They even brought us to that hotel by car.

We had a very clean and simple double room with private bath. The hotel's 2 mins walk from the Tibertina metro, which takes u to Coloseum in 10 mins, or a little longer to Spanish Steps with a change at Termini. To find Vesta, just turn right at the McDonalds exit and walk along the street a few hundred metres past the API gas station. The hotel overlooks a flyover so there's plenty of traffic noise. We were in rome in october so it was ok to close window at night but could be problematic in high summer. The area's grotty but seems safe enough and becomes more residential as u move away from the metro/rail station. When u arrive just buzz on Vesta on the door entrance and when someone answers, give the door a good push! Otherwise, the apartment building is real busy with residents coming and going, so u should get in soon enough. Bring your own towel and soap, weren't provided. All in all, for EUR 44, Vesta is possibly the cheapest deal in Rome. You'll pay twice the price in the centre for similar accomm, so if you're on a budget, don't hesitate to stay there. Just don't expect the Ritz!

Having comfortably booked a double room in Vesta Residence through the internet before leaving on holidays, and being promised a place in the centre of Rome, we were quite surprised that the hotel was located in an uncheerful suburb next to a noisy highway. Having arrived at the indicated housenumber, there was no trace to be seen from a hotel. Thinking we got ripped-off (having been obliged to make an advance payment), a nice neighbour informed us there actually was a hotel and he helped us getting in (without that I don't know if we would have). A non-english speaking and quite rude girl made a fuss over our internetreservations, which appeared to have never got through. The girl disappeared for a considerable time and finally got back and grumpily said it was ok after all. We had to pay the rest of the money right away, and she showed us our room. The room was fine, simply furnished with ikea-stuff. But as one opened the window, one got almost blown away by the noise of the highway underneath the window. Sleeping was therefore difficult; with the Roman summer heat there is no way you sleep with the window shut. The strangest thing was that our key to the frontdoor didn't work. We asked for another one, and were being treated as if we asked for some extraordinarily big favor. In the end we got one.
Our conclusion about the hostel so far was very negative already, through the behaviour of the staff, the malfunctioning key, the noise and the location.
To finish it up we probably lost some of our clothes and a small backpack in here. Though we are not completely certain, we think they might have been stolen here. For as we checked out, we double-checked the room and there was nothing to be found. Then, when only afterwards we discovered the loss, we've send email and made telephone calls to the Vesta Residence. No answer so far...
Certainly a no-go place!!!

We shared a triple room with our son at the Vesta residence. It was easy to find and very close to Tiburtina railway and metro station. First impression was good and very pleasant young lady showed us to our room at the front of the building. The room appeared to be clean and well furnished and perfectly suitable for our needs. Unfortunately when retiring to bed that night the bed collapsed as I lay down. It was the slat type so after reassembling it we tried again with the same problem. I tried to contact the staff but no one was there only a mobile number to ring but I had no phone and did not want to go out to find one as the area was a bit dubious with lots of drunks hanging around. In the end we placed the mattress on the floor and spent the night ON THE TILES. Next morning we told the young lady what had occurred and she was very apologetic and moved us to another much better room right away. We shared a bathroom just across the corridor this was clean and well maintained but was in constant use in the morning so we had to wait our turn which was an inconvenince. The other downside was the room overlooked the main road at the front of the building so was too noisy to allow the window to be opened for fresh air to come in. The residence would probably not be suitable for anyone with mobility problems as there are quite a few steps to the first floor where the lift is. We did not bother with breakfast at the residence, so I can not rate it and none was actually offered. On leaving I asked about booking a room for our return trip through Rome and was surprised it would cost considerably more to book direct at the time than on the Net. All in all not a bad place to stay if you are travelling on a budget and just want to see the sights.