Other reviews on this website, don't give a very good impression, but for me and my girlfriend, we enjoyed it. The hostel was in a bit of a dark quiet area around the back of the main train station, didn't look impressive as we walked in, we went up the stairs, to which we were greeted by the friendly staff. Room was very impressive, nice big bed, bathroom was a strange layout but very new. Internet was free, SKY TV. Everything we needed for a 2 night stay in Rome. I would recommend if looking for a cheap hostel.

DO NOT BOTHER.
Walked in off the street and made a booking as the reception was very modern, and where told of great facilities,
Room photos looked great, was hopefull it was to be as great as it was made out to be,
Upon arrival, the staff were not friendly at all, rude, arrogant and not welcoming. They tried telling me I hadnt paid,and asked me to pay again. which was wrong, and this happened two more times over 24 hours when new staff had arrived. We were hassled every time we arrived, being asked who we were where we were from and had to check in every time via computer as my reciept was not enough evidence.
Rooms were disgusting, bathrooms were worse.showers are pathetic.Free breakfast was a joke. BAd vibe all round.
Never will I be seen near that hostel, I strongly advise you go elsewhere and save your time and money, mark my words!!!!
SAM

This was the worst experience of our 3-week trip in Italy. Be careful: appearances can be deceiving! While the rooms looked fantastic since they had recently been renovated nothing works and the staff was atrocious!

We came to at the M&J Hostel so we could spend our last night in Rome near the Train station. We were thrilled to see that the place had recently been renovated, but later found that nothing worked! We had booked a triple with a shared bath and when we arrived found that they double booked it and we had to stay in a room with a private bath for 35 Euros more! This should have been a red flag.

We then discovered that we had the only room in the place with a non-working TV and a broken AC! No one seemed to care that the AC was broken and they had no fans to offer us on the hottest night of the year! We had to try and sleep with the window open on one of the noisiest streets in Rome. We voiced our grievances at 3 different points during the evening with 3 different receptionist, but no one could help or offer a discount because the owner was no where to be found. Ridiculous to say the least.

Also, one of the receptionists was completely inappropriate with my sister. He kept touching her and saying very uncomfortable things.

Do not stay here! They are rude and dishonest!!!

This place scared the [--] out of me!
I needed a place to keep my laptop, they told me it'd be fine under the reception desk.
I came back later and the desk was vacant, and my laptop, and everyone else's stuff was there to be nicked.
A staff member was staying in my dorm and tried to pick a fight with me over the window! Eugene is it still too noisy?
Messy, filthy, dirty, unsafe, unclean. All but one off the staff will try to rip you off blind. Do not stay here. The only good thing was that there were some cool people also staying there.
One word Ewwwwwwwww