Don't stay here! They have bed bugs and the place is really dirty. I booked September 23-28 here and I could only stay one night because it was really gross and I got bitten by bed bugs. When I arrived the person who greeted me was drunk as well and they don't speak very good english. They also didn't give me my money back, I paid for September 23-28 and I only stayed for a night so simple math would state that they owe me money, but they didn't give my money back.

we booked Astro but were moved to Cherry hostel across the street. Poor English of the staff, charged us with Roman local tax (2 euros per person per night!). Luckily we stayed only one night and it was close to Termini (10 min walk). Room very hot, no air conditioning but clean sheets and towels.

I was on a school trip to Rome. When we arrived at Astro Hostel, there was nobody to help us. We had to wait for half an hour. After that, we were told that they overbooked, we were sent to a flat on 5-high. The persons who showed us the rooms said he had nothing to do with this and knew very little English. His favourite words were 'I don't know'. The room I was shown was not cleaned after the last inhabitants. The basket was still full of waste, the toilet was very dirty. But the most awful moment was when I lifted the bed blanket: There were bloodstains on my sheet. I asked for another one and he gave me a new blanket. Unfortunately, this new blanket had really large brown stains on it, like it had lain on the ground for ages. Taking a shower was not easy since it overflowed within minutes. Breakfast is very, very easy: just some toast and a jar of chocolate paste, some cookies, coffee, tea. Sometimes we had the luxury of marmalade and milk. The plates in the cabinet were all very sticky and had the food of the former users still on it. I tried the plastic cups, but when I found a dead bug in it I've put it back. When I got home I discovered red, itchy patches on my skin. I informed and the people whom I travelled with had it too. We have done some research and discovered this were marks left by bed bugs. Well, the only positive thing I can tell about this hostel is that it is very close to Termini so you can escape very easily.

Do NOT stay here!!!! They try to charge you a hostel tax fee, which does NOT exist in Rome for HOSTELS! It exists for Bed and Breakfasts, campsites, nicer hotels, but NOT for hostels! They will charge you 2 more euros every night for every person who stays there. Which is clearly a scam!

They WILL overbook, and if that is the case you will be sent to their other hostels Sunny Guest House (where I ended up staying because they overbooked) and Cherry Hostel. One night they even overbooked so much, a poor American guy had to sleep on the dirty couch in the common room, and they still wanted him to pay!

It was incredibly dirty, I came back to visit after I had checked out, and when they were checking in new people, and they still had not changed the sheets from when I stayed there. Makes you wonder if they have ever cleaned or changed the sheets!

Horrible experience, worst hostel I have ever been to, even for the price (I have seen better hostels for cheaper in Rome).