Yes, all the recent posts are true. This hotel was exactly as recent posters have written. The entrance is through the huge doors on Via Genova, yes the lift is tiny, but who cares. The hotel is comfy, the rooms were spotless, the staff very very helpful. The location is excellent as its a 2 minute walk to Via Nazionale which has the bus line 64 which runs pretty centrally all the way to the Vatican. As a tip, rather take the 40, which is the express route of the 64.

We enjoyed our stay at Galatea - you can pay much more in Rome for much less. The hotel is surrounded by restaurants and good shopping on the Via Nazionale. There is a Spar grocery store across the road on Nazionale, a metro stop about 8 mins walk and the most fantastic pizza cafe (daytime only) for a real authentic roman treat. Stay here if you want clean no fuss accommodation away from Terminio.

My only minor critisisms were the lack of a mini fridge which would have been nice to store a cold water and no English language TV channel. All the other places we stayed at had either Sky news, CNN or BBC. It would have been nice to catch some news, but all up, not a problem. Oh yes, one other thing - the breakfast coffee was terrible but the rest was good!!

My husband and I stayed five nights last September in hotel Galatea. We chose this hotel based on the reviews because of its location and we weren't disappointed. Walking distance to Colosseum, to the Termini station (for train and metro), two blocks from the bus stop, close to good restaurants. The room was very clean and modern and the shower was great. It also had a safe that they don't charge extra. The staff was very friendly and spoke English. One of the cons was the breakfast. Just a few options, so after a few days we started having breakfast in the café downstairs to vary a little bit (good and cheap). Also, as other hotels in Europe, the bed was a little bit too hard, so after a few nights our backs started complaining. The TV had only Italian channels which for us wasn't a big deal because we could understand but it would be nice if they had cable to have some international channels. But overall was a nice stay.

My wife and I stayed in Hotel Galatea over a weekend in September. We had a great experience. The staff were warm, friendly and informative. The location was great...quiet area, with a local feel, but still close to all the tourist spots. There were some great restaurants nearby too. The rooms were fairly sized, very clean and modern. The building where the hotel is located is very local...you feel like you live in Rome when you walk through the building courtyard and into the stairwell. All very genuine.
We would definitely recommended to friends (and already have!).

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