THIS HOTEL IS A DUMP!!! Don't belive the pictures on the internet, these pictures are from a long time ago, the hotel is very run down. Mold in the sheetrock & shower, TV did not work. Counter person did not speak much English and would not take respnsibility for anything. No phone. We asked for more towels, the TV to be replace & the mold in the shower to be cleaned, nothing was done at the end of the day. The continential breakfast is nothing and the place where you eat is very dirty and run down also. I went there with an open mind, I really did, but had to book a hotel down the street for the second & third night at the Medici, the clerk there said they get alot of people who book a room there because the Hotel Sallustio is soooo gross. Very run down and not willing to work with you on the price when you try & leave. Really I'm not kidding, don't stay there you will be sorry!!!!

Firstly, finding this hotel from Termini Station was quite easy using the instructions I had found on the net. I booked this hotel over the internet and was a little apprehensive regarding the room size. Upon arriving we were greated by a lovely man who spoke perfect English. Finding our room initially was a little confusing as the hotel is actually a consortium of 3 or 4 hotels owned by the same person. The rooms have recently been renovated and are tastefully done although they are not very large. The size of the room does not actually bother me as long as it is neat and comfortable with enough room to move around! There was an LCD TV, airconditioning (which was nice and cold during Rome's Summer heat!) and the bathrooms were very nicely done in modern white ceramic and chrome, however they were a litlle unpractical. The shower was only just big enough for me to fit in let alone try to move around! The basin was the largest I have ever seen and used up all of the bench space so there was not much room for toiletries but you got used to it. The Breakfast was interesting with toast, jams, coffee and tea however I could not determine what flavour the juice was meant to be! The breakfast room is quiet small and can become easy crowded but it was enough. The location is deemed Central Rome but after attempting to walk around in the first day we decided to use the Bus system, especially with the heat! This Hotel is only about 10 minutes walk from Termini Station where most of the buses go to so it is convenient from that perspective.

We did not choose this hotel, we settled for it because of the price, so our expectations were not too high.
The room, while very small indeed (no more than 1m fringe around the bed and that's it!), was clean and almost cosy. The closet design (high up way above) made it impossible for me to use it without my tall husband's help.
There were no unpleasant smells in the room and no noise at night, although the cleaning staff in the morning made every possible effort to wake up every guest by yelling out to each other and slamming the doors with the maximum force (probably in order to have all the rooms vacated and available for cleaning as early as possible).
The bathroom was OK with the exception of the unmovable huge showerhead rigth in the middle of the showercabin, which made it impossible to take a shower without getting your hair washed as well (women will appreciate the inconvenience of this).
The biggest problem was that while the hotel description features air-conditioning, there was nearly none. The temperature in our tiny room rose to 27 at night and to all our pleas the reception clerk replied that the air-conditioning does, indeed, work and is set at an appropriate level (by the way, the unit directed at his desk was blowing at full force).
The other unpleasantness was the breakfast room - it stank, was very unwelcoming, and the breakfast was crap. After the first morning we never even approached it (although we could smell it from afar).

All in all, I would not recommend this hotel and would not return.

The cost of this hotel was almost $200 USD or 160 Euro per night. For the same money you can find a room in the city of Rome with better amenities. First of all the 'hotel' is actually only the 3rd floor of a building that has separate 'hotels' on each floor. The room we had was spacious but the beds and furniture were old. The shower was the size of a small phone booth. The only plus was that the hotel was located next to a bank and near the Piazza Republica where you can catch the underground metro around the city. The staff was nice and helpful too.