In a 5 week vacation, the Red Rose was the worst accommodations we had. The room was very smokey and the owners would smoke in the kitchen, making all the hallways and lobby area very smokey as well. The shared bathroom was clean, but the shower lacked a curtain and was awkward. Also, the breakfast started out fine, but got worse day by day with fewer options until by the last day there was no breakfast. The bed was uncomfortable and the furnishings were outdated (like staying at grandma's) and a little odd.

The location of this B&B was pretty great - the forums, and colloseum were just down the street, and there was a metro stop just five minutes away. The owner, Lucca, was very hospitable, and the breakfast lady told entertaining stories (in Italian), while we ate. The room was huge, and looked out on a monestary. Peaceful, except we seemed to also be right over an auto garage, and heard grinders during the day (and animated conversations into the night.) This didn't take away from our enjoyment of the stay, however, since you can't really ask for central location and dead quiet all at once. Breakfast was average, and a little quirky - all the people staying there sit around a table together. There is a grocery store and several good restaurants just down via Cavour from the place, and a laundromat just up the same road. I'd reccommend it.

My daughter and I planned a week in Rome basically at the spur of the moment. We chose the Red Rose off the Hostelworld website. At the time of our booking Lucas the owner of the B&B emailed me detailed maps and good directions as to how to get to the B&B from the Termini Station. We found the rooms to be clean, lots of clean towels, a basic breakfast of rolls, crossants, tea, coffee, jam and sometimes yogurt.

The rooms themselves were a "little tired" but the rooms had high ceiling and were very spaceous.

We were within walking distance for most of the sites in Rome, the Vatican was a short bus ride over the river.

Anna Rosa and Lucianna did there best to make us feel comfortable and I really enjoyed getting to know them both, the communication got better as the week progressed. My italian and their english.

Considering the very expensive rates for hotels proper in Rome, I felt we got what we paid for. Clean rooms, safe area, walking distance to most sites, quiet at night, bite in the mornings, and I really liked that I had a fridge to use for a cold beer in the evening.
Carol, Northern Ireland, Kate, Canada

Like the other reviews, this place was adequate but definitely different than the pictures listed on the website. It is a bargain find, for lack of a better description. It was clean, and convenient to the metro stop, and not too far from tourist sites.