This is a clean, safe and comfortable hotel in an absolutely great location. The staff was wonderfully gracious, helpful, professional and friendly. The rooms are quaint, well maintained and quite nice. I cannot understand all of the negative reviews I am seeing. Maybe they were expecting something super fancy? I don't know, but it was fine for me. I don't spend thousands of dollars on a trip to sit around in my hotel room. It was the perfect place to sleep for the night and then spend the day seeing all of the wonderful sites of Rome. Being so close to the Spanish Steps was also helpful for me as far as finding my way around and having a big landmark to find my way back to the hotel. There was a nice selection for breakfast as well. I would definitely stay there again.

I do not agree with the very negative reviews below. This hotel was truly reasonable for the price we paid and the location was absolutely perfect (1 minute away from the Spanish Steps/Piazza di Spagna). Do not expect to eat there as it only offers a simple continental breakfast in the morning. It must be said that the bathroom was not perfect, definitely not very clean, but we always had fresh towels and never found it to be a health hazard. Staid in a triple room (double bed + single) with my brother and father and never found reason to complain - Via Sistina doesn't really get noisy at night. In summer, the air conditioning can be a little too loud. However, we were very fluent in Italian which might be a great asset for dealing with the staff, which were friendly and obliging. For those who are not picky about their hotel and who only require it for bedding and washing, this is just fine. Being Italian or fluent in Italian would also benefit you - otherwise try finding a more tourist oriented hotel.

Don’t be seduced by this hotel's location (not far from the Spanish Steps). There are numerous hotels of a comparable price in the area that are sure to offer better value for money. We spent 4 dreadful nights in a dusty room that presented to the noisy street beyond. On our first night (Wednesday), the air conditioner dripped heavily onto the old timber floor boards below. We were greeted the following morning with a huge pooling of water across the room. We then requested the air conditioner be fixed, which reception agreed to. We returned in the afternoon to discover the drip had been resolved, but the air conditioner still wasn’t operating. This was unacceptable given the humidity both outside and in). I reported the problem to reception who advised that I could change rooms the following morning, or that the air con unit would again be fixed. The next day we were unable to change rooms due to a ‘full house’. So we had to endure 4 nights in the wretched hot box that was supposed to be a 3 star room. Not ideal when you require a bit of energy to see the many sites of Rome. On the Saturday, we noticed that the hot water wasn’t working. The cold water too was but a trickle. I again reported this to reception. I was initially advised that others in the hotel were probably using the hot water and that I’d have to wait. I did, but to no avail. We were essentially without water both Saturday and Sunday, as were others who at this stage were lining up to complain. Upon departure, I complained about the lack of water and air conditioning. I was met with an obnoxious response from the receptionist who told me she ‘just works there’ and that she is ‘not the manager’. I reminded her that I had to complain to somebody and unfortunately it could only be her. She also said that ‘these things happen’ and that if there were plumbing issues on Friday, there was nothing they could do until Monday. That’s right- this is a ‘hotel’ that expects its guests to go without hot water (and tolerate a dribble from the cold tap) for a weekend, because management is not prepared to pay an after-hours plumbing service to fix what is clearly an urgent problem. I told them that we would enjoy a better service from a youth hostel and that I simply do not understand how the hotel achieved a 3 star rating. The receptionist replied, ‘stars have nothing to do with water’. Well if that’s the case, I’m still at a loss where 2 of their stars came from. If a hotel is rated according to its decor and furnishings, I give this hovel absolutely no stars. Similarly, it deserves no stars for its service, its meagre breakfast, or for its security (we had to leave our bags in a common corridor upon arrival, accessible to all and guarded by nobody). In addition the section of door panel around our lock had been carved away allowing anybody to easily manipulate the lock beyond. I insisted that I wasn’t going to pay the full fee for our stay, which was enormous given the state of the place. The hotel did agree to a tokenistic discount, but the little euro saved hardly made up for the truly disappointing experience.

I am writing in the name of my travel agency in order to warn everybody about this hotel.
On 02/06/11 we have booked 5 rooms for the period 06.06.11-11.06.11 and paid 3.000,00 € in advance by bank transfer. Uppon arrival the hotel my clients have established following problems in the rooms:
a) insuficcient towels and toilet paper
b) fungi in the bathroom – so many fungi that we where affraid for their health
c) photos on website are something different then what they have found in the hotel.
They have called me and have talked to the receptionist. The receptionist have given them towels and toilet paper but could not do anything with room bathrooms. Client decide to leave the hotel and book another hotel beacuse they where really affraid for their health and did not want to stay in that hotel for even 1 night.
I have written complaint asking hotel for their reply about this complaint. Tommorrow I called them and receptionist told me that they beleive that the hotel we refund all nights except first one. No one has replied to me at all .
I keep calling the hotel and always- the owner is not in the hotel, they did not decide..etc...
No one even dared to make courtesy to reply to my e-mails.
On 16/06 the only reply coming from the hotel is they offer me discount on another reservation and will not pay me anything back according to their rules on Internet.
I have make reservation trough email not trough Internet software they have - and no one have ever told me that offer is non- refundable or anything like that which I have e-mails for proof.
Other thing is that they did not answerd to my complaint – not even a word, not even to say we apologize or we are sorry..noo! They have just decided not to give us our money back.

I am sorry to say that my client did not take the photos about the condition in the hotel - but now I can see that there are many others with similir experience.