We stayed here for 4 nights in early January 2007. Got a very good deal on HRS and (despite there being no previous reviews on TripAdvisor) decided to give the Osimar Hotel a try.

Overall, this is a pretty good hotel - fine for anyone looking for good, basic, clean accommodation in Rome for a reasonable price.

The Hotel Osimar is fairly new (it opened apx 6 months before), and this shows in the quality and cleanliness of the rooms, etc. It is located somewhat outside of the city centre, just to the northeast of Termini Station (our cab driver had some trouble finding it initially). However, once we arrived the location was not a problem from then on. Although it is abit outside of the city centre and away from the main sights, the hotel is within easy walking distance (apx 10 minutes) of the Bologna Metro Station. Rome is so large that you will almost certainly have to make use of the city’s public transit system for sightseeing – so staying a short distance outside of the centre is not a big deal (and, as in this case, usually allows you to get a better hotel rate). We got a good deal (on HRS) and stayed for apx 65 euro / night.

The hotel was clean and comfortable. Staff very friendly and helpful. The breakfast is nothing to get too excited about, but is a typical “continental” type offering.

The only complaint that we would note relates to noise. As is the case in other hotels we stayed in in the region - the combination of tile floors / thin coverings + seemingly very thin walls made it quite noisy. We stayed on the first floor – and were awoken on various occasions by conversations, footsteps, drawers / chairs sliding, and other movements in rooms on either side of and above ours. We are not usually “fussy” travelers or hotel guests – but this was a problem here. Alot probably depends on one’s neighbours – so it may help to request a top floor room with vacancies on either side, etc.

Despite this one issue, overall the Hotel Osimar met our needs - and strikes a good balance between price, location + amenities, etc.