We have stayed here on three separate occasions and each time it has been a delight. A small boutique hotel, with just 6 rooms in all! No breakfast room as such but who needs it when you can have a breakfast tray loaded with goodies brought to your room and eat your breakfast in the comfort of your PJs!! A bowl of fresh fruit and flowers await you. The staff have always been very helpful and friendly and the complimentary Prosecco is welcome at the end of a day's sight seeing. We have arrived early and very late in the day and the welcome has always been warm.

Located along the famous Via Condotti, one of the most famous avenues of Rome that is 'Label Heaven" You will find clothes, shoes and jewelry boutiques from the most famous Italian and other designers, such as Armani, Gucci, Bulgari, Cartier, Ferragamo, Max Mara, , on Via Condotti, not to mention more Botox and plastic surgery than I have ever seen :-)

Location, Location, Location! You can walk to all of the main Rome sights from here the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, Castel Sant Angelo and the Colosseum,or take the frequent trams or underground which runs close by. Glorious restaurants and cafes in the surrounding streets - you are in true Rome.

The rooms are very comfortable and spacious, elegantly furnished - bathrooms very clean with showers (no baths) and lots of fluffy towels and good toiletries.

If you want a huge hotel with all the attendant staff to carry your bags, etc then this is clearly not for you. If however you want small, elegant, superb location and friendly hotel then this IS the hotel for you in Rome.

My wife and I stayed at Via Condoti 29 for 7 days for our honeymoon in 2004, and it was absolutely wonderful! We loved how it was an out-of-the-way place to stay in a quaint atmosphere, off the beaten path while still in the middle of everything. We couldn't have picked a better place. It was centrally located, so really easy to get to all the sites, and had a very relaxing jacuzzi tub which was great for 2 after a long day of walking. The breakfast-in-bed service was great too, and made for a relaxing morning before a long day of site seeing. The staff was super friendly, and would offer us a glass of wine on our return from a day of site seeing. We plan on returning to Italy in 06, and wouldn't think of staying anywhere else.

As a professional hotel critic, I've stayed in hundreds of hotels ranging from exemplary to awful. My experience at the Condotti, however, was literally *the* worst.

A while back I had an overnighter in Rome, and since I needed a reasonably priced, but still five-star, hotel in the central area of the city -- keeping in mind that many places were already fully booked -- I made a reservation at the Condotti. Upon arrival at the hotel, I buzzed the front door, surprised that the facility had no lobby. I was met at the door by a woman who called herself the manager, who informed me that the hotel had to be closed due to an emergency. She said that they had lost their water supply due to construction going on outside the hotel (some road repair people accidentally cracked the water main, she said) and that they had booked me a room at another hotel outside of the city. It indeed looked like there was construction going on outside the hotel, so I bought the story; however, I decided not to stay at the place where she had rebooked me. I couldn't find it in any of my guide books, plus it was located a considerable distance from the city center, so I ended up getting a last-minute room at the Hassler, at considerable additional expense, instead.

Upon returning to the States, I discovered on my AmEx statement that I had been charged in full for the Condotti room, which is where the problems started. I immediately disputed the charge, and a few months later I heard back from AmEx. Not only did the Condotti manager deny in a letter to AmEx (they sent me a copy of it) that she had told me the hotel was closed due to a water main interruption, she claimed that I had entered the hotel, declared it "unfit," and stormed off!! Naturally, since I was a "no show" under this "policy," they were "forced" to retain a one-night deposit of $255.

Thankfully, being a professional travel writer, I had considerable leverage with my booking agency, and they refunded my credit card in full. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the Condotti pulled from the GDS (global hotel reservation system) - in other to keep other people from being scammed -- but believe me, I tried. In sum, this was the *worst* hotel experience I've had in my entire life, and I advise you to avoid this place like the plague!!

My husband and I stayed at this hotel in May 2003. As many of the reviews state, the location is terrific - -truly just a stones throw from the Spanish Steps - -but there is no real service provided. The hotel (think "Inn" by U.S. standards) is located on the upper floor of a commercial building with retail shops at street level. We had to drag our bags up the steps and into the tiny lift to the hotel. There, we were "greeted" by a rude young woman who seemed bothered by our arrival. That said, our room was small (although not all that small by European standards) but lovely. It was one of the rooms on the street. Some might be bothered by the noise, but we enjoyed opening the windows and watching the crowds below. The bathroom was bright, clean and modern. However, throughout our stay, all of the workers seemed put out by the tiniest request for the services that are advertised as included in the $220 per night charge -- breakfast, wine, etc.. They also overcharged us for phone calls like the other folks who have posted to this site. For the right price, I would stay here again because of the room and the location - -but I would have very low expectations about the level of service.