This hotel's net value was perfect - a key area of Rome, right next to the train station, and from where you can go anywhere in Rome or even Italy (the city and touristic buses leave from the station as well.) If you're looking for luxury or a good social scene this isn't it...even though i met some really awesome people in the same room as i was in.
The staff were really nice and helpful too, (of course that could be because I am charming and speak Italian), but they speak English as well.. Next time I'm in Rome, I will be here.

As other reviews have said, this is basic accomodation for the budget traveller.

Pros:-

1. cheap

2. clean

3. convenient for bus and train station

4. security - 3 locked doors between you and outside (room, property entrance, main street entrance)


Cons:-

1. location is not great
- there are a number of dodgy looking characters around, although we never felt threatened.
- lack of good restaurants in area
- not really in the heart of Rome

2. our room rate was not so cheap that a few extras would have gone amiss - TV, shampoo, 2 reading lights instead of 1...

3. no AC - would make this hotel probably a bit uncomfortable in July and August, although we did have a fan.

We've arrived around 8:00am and got the keys immediately which was good.
We had a double room with a private bathroom
The room was very simple, as espected from a 1-star hotel, but there were a few disappointing features:
The room was dark and the light was very dim;
There was nowhere to hang the towel in the shower;
The towels were not changed at all during our stay.
All in all it was okay for a budget traveller but no more than that.

We arrived at Cressy at 1:30 am due to flight times and we found Roberto waiting to show us to our room and to give us advice about sightseeing, pizzerias and pickpockets - very helpful! (I had emailed and called in advance to inform them of our arrival time because it was so late).

The hotel occupies the fifth floor of a fairly grotty looking building. However, we were pleasantly surprised when the door to Cressy opened to reveal a fresh and clean reception area. There is a lift but you have to make sure that you shut both sets of doors or the lift won't move. We only had one day where somebody had left one door open so we had to walk down rather than use the lift.

We paid for our stay upon arrival (we could have paid afterwards if we'd liked) in cash (no choice about that).

We were a group of three friends who stayed in a room with a private bathroom. I would advise people travelling in groups to pay a bit extra for a private bathroom so that they could be up and out before the heat made it uncomfortable to go walking.

Our room was larger than expected, clean and behind 3 locked doors (door to building, door to Cressy and then room door). This fully met all of our requirements as the purpose of our holiday was to explore Rome, see the sights and then sleep in a hotel room that was safe and relatively quiet. The only noise we had was the traffic. We slept with the window open on the first night but the traffic noise was horrific so we resorted to closing the window and having the fan on.

Location is fantastic! We walked everywhere apart from to the Vatican (we walked back from there) and saw all the sights we wanted to in the 5 days we were in Rome.

We would definitely stay there again if we return to Rome.