We didn't expect much and that is exactly what we got. The hotel is inside an apartment like building, they just bought out the fourth floor. Above our room must have been a young family with a screaming baby and a bunch of toddlers racing around the room because all we heard were cries and stomping foot steps. The room we had was really..really...pink. The only saving grace was the air conditioning system that drowned out the reception desks television which we could hear through the walls. We did get a lot of excercise through going up and down 4 flights of stairs because we were too scared to use the elevator.

On arrival you are greeted with an iron cage lift that clanks its way down to you. Unfortunately that about as good as it gets.... The first room we were shown to was musty, grimy and unpleasant. The airconditioner was leaking water into the room and judging by the stains on the curtains had been doing so for quite some time. We were moved to another room which was cleaner but still in need of significant refurbishment. The shower door had to be held on by hand while you had a shower or risk being clouted on the head with it. We didn't realise upon check in that the 2nd room we were taken to was facing the very noisy street - even 4 floors up the traffic noise was terrible. Traffic noise was the least of our problems as it turned out - the Irish bar directly below the hotel stays open until 3am and has tables on the street. Noise from this establishment made it almost impossible to sleep. The breakfast provided is extremely light on, somewhat stale and basically unpleasant. At $150 Euros a night this hotel is having a laugh. The only positive thing I have to say about this hotel is that it is in walking distance to Roma Termini. Just say no!

We stayed in Rome last year and had 3 nights in the Hotel Martini, and it was somewhat disappointing.
The location is quite good, being on the Via Nazionale and just around the corner from the Termini Station. The rooms are tiny (although we expected that), but we weren’t expecting our bathroom to be so miniscule. The room was clean and the bed was comfortable, we had a room which did not front on to the street, so it was not noisy at all, (our friends did have a problem with a church bell tower on the other side of the building just outside their window – so ear plugs would be a good idea.).

Our main problems were with the staff who seemed at all times reluctant to commit to any type of customer service, and with the breakfast and the breakfast room itself.

The desk attendant spent most of his day smoking at the reception desk, and while I know you cannot expect Australian smoke free standards in another country, the smell of smoke all through the common areas was sometimes overwhelming. The smell hit you when you got out of the really fantastic old fashioned elevator and entered the foyer or whenever you opened the door to your room. Whenever we approached the desk attendant, he appeared to be in poor humour and never seemed to be in the mood to communicate or assist us (although he always did, he just didn’t appear to enjoy it).

Breakfast was a challenge with a tiny breakfast room where we had to take shifts because there is only 3 or 4 tables. The food itself was rather ordinary and composed mainly of coffee and not particularly fresh bread rolls and pastries. There was yoghurt on offer, and that was OK, and an acceptable option.

Overall I would say the accommodation was fair, and even though our experience wasn't wonderful, it did the job (although we could probably do just as well or better for the same or similar money elsewhere). We did get service from the staff although it was unenthusiastic and apathetic.

I would stay there again if I had to (although if I went back to Rome I would prefer to stay somewhere else as I like my holidays to be a happy experience, and not tainted by grumpy hotel staff). If I did go back, I would certainly find an alternate location for my breakfast.

Very good location, quiet and suffer area, near the public transport and many point of interesting.
Clean,warm room. Very pleasant stuff.