reading the other reviews I almost feel like I stayed at a different hotel. My experience at the golden tulip Bellambriana was very enjoyable. First of all I had just come from traveling in eastern Europe and to get to my room and see the enormous size of my kind size bed was only the beginning! The staff were very friendly and helpful, I don't speak Italian really, but everyone seemed to get by with English. They gave me a map and explained how I could get to the city, where was good for shopping, eating etc. The city center is only a short bus or metro ride away and the public transportation in Rome is very clean and easily accessible. The bus stop is literally right outside the hotel entrance. There is a beautiful pool and outside area to lay under and relax. The breakfast was good, what you would expect, cereals, toast, cold cuts and fresh espresso. Overall this hotel helped my experience in Rome be a wonderful one that I will never forget. I definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a nice place to stay slightly outside of the city bustle.

When we arrived, seeing the burned out car in the parking lot was scary. The rude girl at the desk assured us that the car had been there for a year, for whatever that's worth. She also told us the restaurant on premise was open, We went right down and it was closed. However a cool guy named Johnny got us some mozzerella, bread and prosciutto and some wine. Johnny was the best thing about this hotel. The rude girl also told us the bus to get there runs 24 hours a day. When we were trying to get back from the Coliseum at midnight, we found out that she was wrong. The cab cost us 20 euros. The complimentary toothpaste tubes were all dried out. I tried to get a new one and the rude girl informed me that they are all dried out. We put a twenty euro deposit down for a keyboard to check e-mails. There is a cost of course on top of the keyboard deposit and no instructions come with the keyboard. I called to the desk, three visits later from the bellhops and seven euros worth of tipping and none of them could make it work. We called to tell them that the shower leaks and water was all over the bathroom floor. They said that's OK, they know. The Turkish Baths were not open supposedly. Breakfast was very good.
Do not stay here unless you get a killer deal. It was not worth the $360 we paid for a Saturday and a Sunday.

We stayed at this hotel for 2 nights and it was more than enough, We couldn't wait to get out of there. The staff are not a bit helpful, especially at the reception desk, very rude and not a bit polite.REceptionist couldn't recommend a single restaurant aprt from their own to dine at & she also refused to give us change for the bus. they do have a shuttle bus but it only takes 8 people at a time and you have to book it in advance. It stops at 6.30pm and doesnt' run on saturdays!
The walls in our room were all dirty and looked as if they hadn't been painted in a while.
As for the location, it is really far from the city and in a run-down area. You have to get a train and a bus and its not a safe area so you could not go for a walk in the area. There was a burnt out car on the road outside the hotel.
The restaurant food is not very nice, I had steak fillet but it was just a lump of fatty meat served with 5 french fries and the fries alone were €8.00!
I booked this hotel because it looked nice on the internet, it was cheap and it was suppose to be in the vatican area. Would definately not return there even if there was no charge!!

My wife and I stayed here for 6 nights in June while I attended a conference. The hotel is located in a suburban area outside of Rome, nowhere near the city attractions. The buses are unreliable, it's a 25 minute walk to the metro stop, and the cab drivers can't find it. The people at the front desk should be doing anything other than dealing with people. They make no attempt at being friendly or helpful. This is where it gets good. When we went to check out, the guy at the front desk informed me that I had the room booked for one more night. I showed him my reservation confirmation, showing the check out for that day and a reservation for another hotel in northern Italy for that night and his response was: "you have the room booked for one more night and you have to pay." He could not show me any papers indicating that I had the room for one more night. After a heated discussion, my wife and I left and walked to the bus stop with our luggage. About 5 minutes later, 2 guys drive up and tell me to get back to the hotel. I refused to get in the car so one of them "escorted" me back to the hotel on foot, leaving my wife and the luggage at the bus stop. I was taken to a room behind the front desk where I argued with 4 characters for about 20 minutes. Then the police showed up. To make a long story short, a discussion in Italian ensued and after another 15 minutes or so, a policeman asked for my confirmation paper. He looked at it and let me go. I walked back to the bus stop, where my shaken wife was waiting. If you are going to Rome, get a hotel in the city.