I was really worried about this hotel having read previous reviews on TripAdvisor. However, I was pleasantly surprised by Hotel Max. Admittedly the common areas shared with other hotels were not the greatest, but the lift was in good working order and did not smell.

The rooms provided were clean and of a good size - one point though - four bedded rooms are not suitable for adults - there should be no more than three to a room. The bathrooms were good and clean towels provided every day.

Although the breakfasts were wholesome, they did become a little boring - I would have like a little more variety.

The staff were very friendly and extremely helpful.

If you are taking a group of undergraduates to Rome I would recommend Hotel Max.

Not as bad as a lot of the other reviews state. Room sizes are small, our shower room was also small. There was a lot of traffic noise but that was to be expected as it was so close to the Termini. Good location, easy to walk to the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain etc. Breakfast was not good, just a roll and jam, there are supermarkets just down the street though. Would reccomend for no frills, budget hotel.

We visit Rome in the middle of February ( 4 people) and stayed 3 night at MAX Hotel. The Hotel is a small one, at the 3rd floor of a building with several hotels. The stairs and the elevator is not 100% clean but that didn't bother us that much.

The location is perfect- near Termini Station and its easy to get anywhere :).

The hotel room was perfectly clean so was the toilet. There was a TV, fridge and personal safe in every room so you can leave your valuables there. The towels were changed every day.

The stuff was really nice to us. In the first day we arrived at the Hotel at 11:00 am and they give us our rooms (even though the check-in was at 1:00 pm ). Last day we had our plane at 10:00 pm and they let us live our luggage there all day long.

There is a bag thing though: the coffee at the Hotel is really bad. :)

PS: the hotel is not hard to find if you send 10 minutes on the internet before the trip to search for the location.

It was almost impossible to find the place. The stairs and the elevator were very dirty. The halls of the hotel smelled very bad because the staff bathroom was open and so near to our room. We booked one room for four persons and the just but four beds one really close to the other, I think it was a room for two adapted for four. I strongly discourage to don't book this place.