We were forced to stay here due to Hurricane Irene. We concur with all of the other reviews, the good and the bad. Then again, it saved us several hundred dollars by accepting Alitalia's offer to stay here rather than going somewhere else on our own.

The hotel is only 10 minutes from a decent beach, several restaurants and cafes are close by, the train to Rome is a 15 minute walk. The hotel is dated, but the service is acceptable.

The big issue I had with the hotel was that they took our passports at check-in and when I went back later to retrieve them, the clerk simply handed them to me without verifyin whether or not they were our passports. I asked for the passports for Room 128 and he gave me all of them without opening one of them. Later, when our room key stopped working, I walked up and asked for a new key. They asked which room, I said 128, and they punched in the code and away I went. Essentially, anybody could have taken our passports and anybody could gain access to any room without question. Not a good system with hundreds of travelers coming and going each day.

Got stranded on Rome and carrier placed over 200 tired passengers on this hotel. It's not really a place you would choose if you get the chance, and judging from the reviews many guests are unlucky flight passenger. And even if they are a hotel that provides such service for airline carriers, they still should meet the demand with proper number of employees.

Room was very worn with bad air, not really a relaxed night after hours of waiting at airport. Our room was at the bottom floor facing the yard with junks of bird feces to welcome us.

Our carrier provided us a dinner which started and ended rather chaotic as about 200 hundred people were served by two or three waitress (it was buffet though). Same happened with breakfast.

Good thing is that it's within walking distance from Ostia's beach and bars. Also train station is nearby if you feel like taking a trip to downtown Rome.

Staff is helpful and speak English well. Humid rooms, mold, wet carpets. Mosquitoes, broken air con (loud whirring fan) even after repairman tried to fix it. Shabby decor, lumpy beds, $25 internet that doesn't work, very far from airport and downtown Rome.

Avoid.

yes, we got held hostage here after our plane was cancelled. after 9 glorious days in italy we got stuck in this dark, musty god forsaken place. Thank you alitalia. The service was horrible and it bordered on vindictive. we asked for directions to chuch and the direction they sent us felt like we were walking into the "hood". The room looked and felt like it had not been updated since the 60s and when you laid in the bed, you began to itch just thinking about the place.

If you get stuck, take a train back to rome and stay there.