We spent 3 nights here, and felt very welcome and comfortable. it was a little out of the way, but with easy directions from the friendly staff, we were easily able to get a bus and a metro into the old city. the restaurant next door is fantastic, and the breakfast were lovely.

The main attractive feature of this hotel is a restaurant! Full of locals, with one menu in English only it's still wonderful. I guess we faced the real Italy there.

Location: It's a kind of dormitory area but it was interesting to see another side of Rome. It's quiet and (it looks) safe place. It takes about 15 minutes by bus to get to the metro (S.Paolo Basilica). Bus stop about few minutes out the hotel.
Hotel: Nothing special but the room was clear, bad was ok and there was a hot water in a shower. That's enough. Staff is ok.
We are going to visit Rome again and planning to live in this hotel again.

I have just returned from a 3 night stay. I picked this Hotel mainly due to the goor reviews of the restaurant and quiet location. The hotel itself offers good basic accommodation which in our case was clean reasonably sized double room. The bathroom was fine, clean and modern but there was only a shower. A soak in the bath after a days sightseeing would have been welcome. The other wierd thing was that the hotel bar was shut. It was used for the breakfast service, which by the way was excellent, but its not used other than in the summer. So the one night we got back before the restaurant was open we could not get a drink which would have been good.

The ocation is out of the way. It took us two days before we really knew how to get into the city quickly, about 20 mins by bus and metro (1 euro each way !!) but its not noisy so its worth considering.

The restaurant is fantastic. It was full every night not just by hotel guests but locals. A good meal with wine was 35 to 50 euro's and the portions have to be seen. Just fantastic rustic Italian food and one of the best pizzas I have ever had.

Again though, once your meal is over there is nowhere to sit for a nightcap and as the hotel is in a residential area there is nowhere to walk to. There is a commercial shopping centre about 5 mins walk away but that shuts early and there is nothing else withing walking distance.

Hotel staff were very helpfull and its well worth considering. But if you want to be close to all the attractions this is not the place for you.

I spent three nights here whilst attending a business meeting in the suburbs of Rome. I elected to stay at the Orto di Roma since it received the best Tripadvisor reviews of those in the area. As others have said, the entry is unimposing, down a short lane off a suburban street. The signs advertise a large pizzeria/ristorante of the same name which occupies the ground floor of the main building and much of the area to one side.

My room was certainly small. The furnishings (a small working table, a chair, a small wardrobe, and a further small table bearing a television which received only Italian stations) were basic but adequate. It reminded me of some of the better student rooms I once occupied. It took me a while to get the air conditioning working but once switched on (with a remote control), it was very effective. The small single bed was sufficiently comfortable. The fully-equipped (but again cramped) "en-suite" bathroom was clean, basic toiletries were provided, and the towels were of good quality.

A very attractive breakfast spread was available for self-service from 0700, complemented by good fresh espresso, and could be taken either in a pleasant room indoors or outdoors on a small verandah amongst the various semi-rural buildings that make up the accommodation. The staff were extremely friendly. Nothing seemed to be too much trouble. WiFi was available throughout the hotel, although the staff struggled a little with the technology when I asked for their help in using it. After some fiddling, it worked once I changed the DNS entry to point to a known service instead of the auto-found option.

I wasn't at all impressed by the pizzeria, but it is not clear whether this business is connected to the hotel as we had to leave one entrance and walk all the way round the building to get into it. Service was incredibly slow, waiters were uninterested and unhelpful, the main meal I requested (pasta carbonara) was stone cold when it eventually arrived, and the bill we received was only vaguely related to what we had ordered. Unfortunately, this seemed to be the only option for an evening meal in the immediate vicinity.

A frequent bus service along the Via di Grotta Perfetta links to the Metro system, but i takes at least half an hour to get to central locations at other than very quiet times. Transit tickets are available from hotel reception.

Overall, a decent budget option as long as the out-of-town location is acceptable.