Having booked the hotel,then reading the reviews I would agree with the review about first impressions arriving outside.
Once up to the hotel via the old style lift it was completely different.
The staff were helpful.room clean with good A/C,the bed appears to be solid cement but is surprisingly comfortable.
All in all excellent alround

We booked this hotel on www.venere.com, an excellent website to use when booking hotels in Italy that has great discounted rates. The location of the hotel is good, it's walking distance to the train station, Tivoli fountain, Coliseum, Opera house, internet cafe, shopping, etc.

Our room was very clean, it had a good sized bathroom. The elevator is tiny but we were grateful there was one. The entrance to the hotel is not completely apparent, but once you find it, it's sort of novel how you walk through large wooden doorways into an inner courtyard.

The staff were excellent, they gave us terrific recommendations for restaurants, they were friendly, they spoke English and they were attentive to our needs.

Breakfast had a good variety of cold cuts, a selection of pastries, juice and espresso/capuccino.

All the good reviews you read about this hotel are true - I'm glad we researched on tripadvisor before booking a hotel in Rome. Location, rooms, staff ... everything very fine. I warmly recommend this hotel!

Nice Hotel once you get in. The outside of the building is not good, but once you go through the small elevator and get to the 3rd floor, is like you are in a whole different building. The inside is very modern, rooms and bathrooms are nice and clean. Front desk personel is kind and helpful. Location is good. You can walk to the Roma termini station altough we were tired of carring lugage and got a taxi for 9 euros(worth it). You can also walk to all major sites. The Vatican city is a bit far and we took the subway, but walked the way back. Breakfast is the worst part of the hotel. Only a coffe/cappuccino machine and some bread and juice. Doesn't even have any kind of ham. Other than that we had a very pleasent time at Galatea Rome. I would go there again.