We have stayed at Center 1 last time that we were in Rome, so we knew not to expect for much! The location is not graet, 7 minutes walking from the Termini station or half an hour by bus from the nearest piaaza. You can't control the aircondition by yourself (you need to ask the reception to do so for you), the breakfast is basic, and the staff sometimes pleasent and sometimes not.
And yet we are Disappointed.
It was poor! the toilet & the sink dripped, the noise was annoying, there was no place to put the shampoo & soap.
There is a club next door & it was noisy all night.
The Mattresses had better days & you can fill the Springs, there were 3 beds and it was uncomfortable to sleep together.

We stayed at the hotel centre 3 in april, its based on 3 hotels all within walking distance of each other, hotel centre 1, hotel centre 2 and hotel centre 3, we got hotel centre 3 and it is defo the worst one out of the lot, the other 2 looked realy nice.

The hotel is close to termini station and close to the metro aswell which is realy handy and we walked to the coliseum in 10 minutes so very central, rooms in the hotel were ok the bathroom looked like something from the 80's and i had to call reception twice to come and show us how the tv worked, aparently everytime you turn it on you have to pull the plug out of the freeview box then plug it back in, dont know if this is only are room but very strange, lots of channels though english, spanish etc.

We had breakfast every morning which was nice ham, cheese,bread, chocolate cakes etc only problem is ham was allways gone when we arrived which was sometimes 30 minutes after breakfast had started and when we asked the lady she just made a funny noise and 15 minutes later appeared with another tray of ham apart from that it was all good.

The neighbourhood round the hotel and termini seems to be where all the chinese and indian immigrants have settled but we felt safe and never had any problems walking round the neighbourhood at night and there are a few nice restaurants near the hotel aswell.

Overall hotels in rome are expensive but for the price we paid it was ok expecially as they trow in breakfast aswell and you proberly wont get better location for ya money ether.

I don't understand all the bad reviews!...Yes, the neighborhood is not the best but it certainly isn't the worst either. There are places here in nyc that make this one look almost suburban. The hotel was a good price, quiet, clean, and conveniently located near the rail station which is essential is you're moving around a lot. Our window was nice and large with view of pretty flowers. About a 10 minutes walk to nearest metro station and a 10 euro cab ride away from coliseum area. We were only there for 1 night but the breakfast served was also very good. Would recommend this hotel for short term stays as opposed to long term.

Please do not bother booking this hotel. I didnt even bother to take any pictures of the hotel which I should have. The lights in the hotel hallway that lead to our room are motion sensored and shutted off a couple of minutes later. The elevator only fits one person and their luggage. I could not even walk into my room with my luggage. The room is small, bathroom ceiling all MOLDED and not even brightly lit. It reminded me of a vacation horror movie gone bad. We REFUSED to stay overnight here!! My friends and I spent 2 hours calling around to all the nearby hotels then decided to cab around the local area to find another hotel which we stumbled onto Venetia Palace hotel. We booked this hotel with Alitalia vacations and was advised that we could not upgrade. Hotel Center cannot be listed as a 2 star hotel. I bet its worst than a hostel. Upon checking out the hotel clerk asked if something was wrong and we plainly told him we did not like the hotel. He was not accomodating. Four of my other friends was given an attic room. My other two friends was given a room that didnt lock and with 3 beds. HORRIBLE, DISGUSTING AND EWW...I really would not recommend staying here at all. The area is right next to chinatown in a shady part of town. Thank goodness its right around the corner from a busy street and down the block from Porta Maggiore Hotel. The only good outcome from this was the hotel clerk told us he'll reimburse us for the rest of the nights that was not used but he'll charge us for staying the hotel for 2 hrs.