In brief -
On arrival room was unready, we were told to return 4 hours later! This was not good with a young family.
Wish we hadn't returned as we had a room with broken air con and 4 beds crawling in bed bugs.
We were moved for our second night to a double room where they'd crammed 4 beds in, one being an inflatable bed and the other a camp bed! We were unable to use cupboards as the doors were jammed shut with the beds. We had to stack our luggage and could only get about by walking on the beds. We have travelled in Africa, Asia, S. America all in budget hotels and this is by far the worst!

For a two-star hotel I was actually expecting alot worse. I had to swap some bulbs around as the bedside lamp had blown and use my screwdriver to stop the showerhead falling off the wall, but otherwise this was a clean and comfortable stay. The thin walls can carry noise if other guests are being rowdy and you can forget sleeping in after 9am thanks to Rome's traffic. The wifi is up on the 5th floor, this hotel is on the 2nd floor, even if you get signal it's 5 euros for 5 hours.

It's in a pretty good spot, only a block from Termini (central station) so getting around is not a problem. Lots of cheap dodgy eats around, though if you walk to the other side of the train station the quality of restaurants improves immensely. Close to several internet cafes and laundrettes. Watch out if you go a few more blocks to the north-east, that seems like a potentially unsafe area. Stick to the regular tourist zones.

The check-in staff were accommodating if not a little abrupt, and the housekeepers were friendly and helpful. Despite the small problems the room had, I would stay here again.

++ excellent location..300 meters from the ROMA Termini (Main station and city center ).... comfortably you can come back from most of the tourist spots without a lot of walk..

+ Rooms are OK.. medium size....Bathroom was clean..

+/- Breakfast OK.. can not except much more in this price ...

I am struggling to determine if, in 40 years of international travel, I have ever had a worse experience. As of this moment, I cannot think of any.

The help was surly, argumentative and petty. The room had furniture that you could not give away. The Internet (5 Euros for 90 minutes) could not be received by our computers. You had to be buzzed-in past security glass to get in the place. It reminded me of places that "ladies of the night" utilize. You are greeted by graffiti and garbage in the elevator well. (I stayed only because they had my credit card number, I had been up for 30 hours without sleep, it was 11 p.m., and it was raining.) We had to trudge up two flights of stairs to a door in an elevator well that said "Hotel Rubino". To get in, you had to push a button on an intercom to get in the door.

When we were finally given our room, it was actually at the "Hotel Planet", in the same building, 3 floors up. They are apparently allowned by the same people, as the "help" (if you could call it that) seemed to work in several hotels simultaneously. Our "view" was of a garbage-filled alleyway between buildings.

We got a 4-bed room. It was actually a very small double room with two other beds wedged into the room. You almost had to step over beds to get to the bathroom. In the bathroom, there was a moldy water pitcher.

When we left in the morning (as soon as we could), there was another group arguing vociferously with the "help" about the cleanliness of their room. They had actually put large dust-balls in a plastic bag to prove how gross the room was. Yet, the "help" was arguing loudly! It was a black comedy!

Go to the other side of the Termini for rooms, preferably about 3 blocks. We found a room at the "Hotel Romantica", which was cheaper, clean, and attractive. Otherwise, unless it's raining, sleep on the ground inside the Termini. It's cleaner, and people are likely nicer.

Did I mention that one of the mattresses fell through the springs, and as we were leaving another bed frame collapsed on my wife's toes?