We returned yesterday from a week in this hotel and I couldn't wait to get on here and leave a review.
Due to a mix-up at the airport, I needed to find a holiday, and quickly, as I was using an internet cafe. I found the Aldobrandeschi on Thomas Cook's website, and booked a week for myself and my husband, beginning the following day.
We shared a taxi shuttle from Fuimicino with another couple. The driver told us it was a long way away, not wrong there, it cost us 60 euros!
First impressions of the hotel, shabby from the outside but the reception area looked fine. We were given the key to our room on the 3rd floor and went straight up, after being told that the restaurant was only for breakfast and that meals could be arranged at a local restaurant, with a free shuttle. We went to our room and it smelt of rotten cabbage and the bed was solid, so we went back down to reception and asked for another. The room was on the 5th floor, no smell and the bed was a little softer.
Anyway, to cut this saga short:
Good points:
Clean rooms
Fresh towels daily
Bad points:
No free internet, internet was on computer in the lobby, 3 euros for half an hour
Decor very dated
No restaurant
Breakfast average but coffee foul
1 small Peroni and 1 Disaronno and lemonade in the bar = 12.50 euros
Miles from anywhere, 4 bus changes into the centre of Rome(or Metro which I hate)
Minibar wasn't stocked until we asked, then on checkout (after paying city tax) was charged 6 euros for 2 bottles of water
Invasions from coachloads of Chinese tourists every day - very loud and rude
Asked for 2 drinks to be brought to our room and was told there would be a 5 euro charge for this - 1 Peroni, 5 euros, I cappuccino, 2 euros, room service, 5 euros = 12 euros, no thanks!
This hotel was definitely not my idea of a 4 star hotel, and I think the rating needs urgently reviewing. Not a hotel to spend a week in, more like a stopover on the way to somewhere else. However, if you do stay here, make sure you ask the staff to book you a table at the local restaurant, fantastic service and wonderful food.
- Aldobrandeschi Hotel Rome
