Buyer Beware! Our tour coordinator for a soccer trip (4 Tors Sports Tours) booked us into this hotel. Clearly it doesn't take much to earn a 3-star rating in Italy. There are only three positive points I can make about this hotel: the cappucino in the coffe bar next door is good; the bathroom in my room was ok (but one of my fellow travelers had only drops of water coming from the shower); the subway station is a short, scary walk away. The negative points are legion so I'll just give you a few: one of our tour members had to take a cab to this hotel and had a hard time finding a driver that would take him there; the carpets in the common areas are filthy and stained; the mattresses on the single beds are ancient (I would guess that they date from the 50's). If I had been by myself instead of with a large group, I would not have felt safe here at all and would have moved to a different hotel immediately.

If iou'e going to Hotel Cinecitta don't be put off by the reviews- they are OTT.
Yes , the hotel is run down and a little tired and struggles to live up to its three stars, but it does not approach the levels stated in the reviews. It is fairly clean, basic but comfortable, the atmosphere is friendly and the staff are helpful. The Metro station is only five minute's walk away, and although the area is not attractive, neither is it intimidating.
Some people are not happy unless they are complaining.

The worst hotel I have ever stayed at in my whole life is called Cinecitta in Rome. This hotel ruined my trip, b/c I basically went without sleep for 5 days. Of course, a place like Rome gives new meeting to a city that does not sleep, but after 12-hour days in the city, scouring museums, churches and other tourist destinations, the last thing you want to find is a shower that is so small that you can't bend over ( I showed alone) and the obnoxious hotel management does not even turn on AC until the month of July. I was there in May of 2005, and it was increadibly HOT. The coffee tastes like @$$, the beds are too old, the mattresses were also from hell. If you have back problems, stay away from here. Heck, if you have an ounce of common sense, stay away.

Stay well clear of this dreadful hole!

We had three rooms there for the family and it is truly awful - filthy dirty, marks all over the walls and 'ladies of the night' hanging around after dark and obviously using the hotel for business transactions!

The area is nowhere near central Rome and is located in a poor neighbourhood in the suburbs.

I am a very frequent traveller and have put up with poor hotels but this one is a real dump.

Mr Howard
London, UK