We had minimal needs: a clean, comfortable, low-cost place to sleep from which we can easily and conveniently reach the sights. This place provided just that, no luxuries, no frills (but with free wifi).
The place is an apartment with several rooms, two shared bathrooms and a kitchen. Each room has a key so you can lock your doors. Our room had a computer, I don't think all of them do but there is free wifi (ask the hostess for the password). The place is clean, the hostess is very nice, very friendly. A simple breakfast is provided. The Inn is identified only by a small plaque by the intercom, you need to know where to look for it. You enter from the street into a courtyard, the entrance is in the back on the left of the courtyard.
The Inn is in a residential neighborhood with many immigrants, a quick walk from the the Termini - the central train station, a subway station and bus stations from which all the sights can be reached quite easily. There aren't really any bars, cafes or restaurants in the immediate surroundings. It's less than a 20 minute walk to the Coliseum, there is a supermarket nearby as well as a large market which was the perfect place to buy fresh produce and basic ingredients. You can get dry pasta, olive oil, Italian chocolates at much lower prices than you find in shops around tourist locations. Highly recommended: we bought fresh ingredients from the market, took them with us, found a nice spot to have picnic and made sandwiches for a fun, romantic and low-cost lunch.
We would leave the Inn early in the morning, come back at the end of the day just to sleep (and check email). That's all we needed, for that it was perfect.
