It's a nice place but a bit dirty. They used to have free "pasta" at night, but it's just rubbish food. The breakfast is really poor too. Italian bread way too hard to chew. However sheets and bed were fine.

Alessandro was a huge relief after the 2 less-than-perfect ones we had stayed in before. The staff was friendly and more than happy to help us plan our days in Rome. The facilities were clean/spacious and there was plenty of hot water, bedding, storage, bathrooms, and laundry units to go around. We had all the extra amenities we needed to refresh ourselves and continue on our trip. If you need ANYTHING at all (condoms, toothpaste, t-shirts, playing cards, wine, etc) they probably have it in a vending machine somewhere on the premises. They even had special pizza/pasta nights and free breakfast.....but get there early, you will have a lot of competition from your fellow guests. My only complaint was the shower/toilet combos and the clogged drains, but overall this place was better than many of the hotels we stayed in in Europe. It may not have been as personal of an experience as some of our other hostels, but made up for it in other ways.

The hostel was clean, secure and very well located - within a 10-15 minute walk of the Coliseum. We got to the hostel before check in and were able to dump our bags in there storage room. The guys on reception were friendly and helpful - they gave us a map, directions to the places we wanted to go after arriving and a good restaurant recommendation (and a discount!). The room was clean and the beds comfortable, not the best hostel I've stayed in but definitely very good (especially for Rome!).

I don't expect massive service when I get to a hostel but the service here was useless to say the least. We arrived at 2.40 and were told check in was at 3 on the dot so we had to wait - while we did so we used the hour internet your allowed each a night (don't get me started, oh and they say the internet works all over the hostel it doesn't)

In a city like Rome you expect a small introduction - here is a map here are where the main sites are what do you want to see etc not at Alessandro. We had to ask for the map. Fortunately we'd been to Rome recently so knew what to do

We also had a very early flight out and were trying to organise how to get out to the airport. This proved impossible for their staff, aside from recommending the bus service they sell tickets for (and presumably get commission) which arrived too late for us they were stuck telling me I had to get a taxi. Wrong - the lady at the information desk down the road sorted me out in no time.

This place was overpriced and definitely not worth the time wouldn't recommend at all.