I was on a longish holiday, staying in various types of accommodation around Europe. The Elide was the low point on my trip, and the only positive about it was that everywhere else seemed great in comparison.

The room was clean enough, and it DID have its own bathroom. But...

I was placed in the ST room. This room was so small that it would not have fitted a double bed. I could sit on the bed with my back against one wall, and easily rest my feet on the opposite wall. There was a table, but this was the only place I could place my luggage, so essentially the room was taken up with a single bed, my single bag, and the bar fridge with the TV sitting on it. There WERE a set of draws in the room, but they sat under the table, with no room to roll them out for use. Kinda pointless.

There were pipes running from the window into the bathroom, where I discovered a large water heater taking up so much room that you could not sit on the toilet normally. This water heater (I can only assume that is what it was!) would click on and off throughout the night and hum loudly enough as it did so that I would shut the bathroom door to try to muffle the noise.

The TV had a remote control that was A) covered in something, and B) not in any way compatible with the TV. It wasn't even the same brand! Luckily the room was so small that the TV was rarely out of arms reach.

The hotel lobby is on the 1st floor, so each time you want to enter the hotel you have to buzz up and wait to be buzzed in.

The staff in the hotel were mixed. I asked one to recommend a place to eat and a laundromat, and he obliged and provided a map. The other just looked blankly at me, and tried to add mystery 'snacks from the mini bar' to my bill when I went to pay.

The window opened up into a dirty.. courtyard? There was constant noise from this area, including construction noise. If you angled yourself at the bottom of the window and look up as high as you can, it is just possible to see if there is blue skies or not. I wanted to shut the windows at night to reduce the noise, but the heat of the water-heater meant that this was not feasible.

With so many other hotels in Rome, I cannot see a reason to possibly recommend this place, and would not go back.

I stayed at the Elide Hotel for 2 nights. Of course in the beginning i was a bit ... how to put it 'cautious' as of where i was going to stay. I didnt want a 4star hotel but i wanted clean.
This hotel was perfect! Good value for money and more - PERFECT LOCATION!!
We stayed in room 26, very spacious but i will tell you that the bathroom was a bit smelly, a bit old. Other than that, very clean and excellent staff at the reception. It really made our stay wonderful.
The receptionist told us that by january all the rooms will be redone, painted etc so it will even better.
A big 9/10 for the hotel. The breakfast is not included but if you're in Italy mind as well live the city like the roman right??
Enjoy your stay and the wonderful city ;-)

Absolutely terrible. Power kept tripping out and rooms poorly maintained. Location good, and that's all that's good about this place. Only if nothing else is available!!!

My girlfriend and I stayed at this hotel expecting value, but were very disappointed indeed. For €80 you don't get much at all, other than a SHARED moldy bathroom. The bed was clean, but generally the level was not worth the price. We guessed the hotel had not been invested in since 1980. The location was okay, but we had to wonder long and hard about why it is a 2* hotel. (It turns out Italy changed its system so there is no longer any 1* hotel, so 2* is the worst. Fantastic logic!) Anyway, we still wonder why it had a star at all. The service was peculiar/shady, and they insisted their credit card machine was broken when we left, so we had to pay in cash. They even tried getting more from us at first! Anyway, we know there are much better deals in Rome! Don't make the mistake we made!