My wife and me stayed for 10 days in June 2010 at the Bed & Breakfast „A Testaccio da Max“ and it was the best choice we could do.
The B&B is located near the center of Rome, with a bus stop around the corner (cheap bus connections every 10 minutes all day!) and even within walking distance to Piazza Venezia and all the great monuments (20 minutes to walk).
The pension has three rooms on the 4th floor of a typical and clean Roman house. Room „Giulia“ is the biggest room, with a balcony and view to the street and some old ruins. It is furnished very tasteful, and it has air-condition and new noise-reduction windows like the other rooms, too. Room „Livia“ is next door and smaller, and it has it’s private bathroom outside in the lobby. Room „Massimo“ looks to the quiet courtyard.
Max is a very good host and will help you with every question you might have to ask. His English is good, and every morning you’ll get a really splendid breakfast with Italian coffee, juice and yoghurt (even at your own choice), sandwichs with ham or jam (at your coice), delicious cakes – he changes the menue every day a little.
We did enjoy our stay very much and if you are looking for a fine place to stay near the center of that pitturesque city, this B&B is really one of the best places you can find.

We stayed for three nights in October 2008, booking via a site called venere.com. We paid euros 80 per night including breakfast. About a week before the trip Massimiliano (the proprietor) called me to check if we were still coming and to advise on payment (cash only). He gave good advice on how to reach him. The day before he called again to advise us there was a transport strike, which was nice of him. We stayed in one of the two en suite rooms (the one facing onto the street). It was largish, clean and bright, with a balcony. It had air con, which you'd want in the summer. Breakfast was pastries, coffee and juice in the little kitchen. The B&B itself is in a residential block, but only 100 yards from the centre of Testaccio, which has a number of great pizzerias, restaurants and (less so) bars. We’d previously stayed in Trastevere, but preferred Testaccio much more. Without wanting to be precious about “undiscovered” places, you didn’t hear many foreign voices in the restaurants, and that was quite nice, and when we did spend a night in Trastevere, it seemed like a circus in comparison with its plethora of tourist oriented bars and restaurants. You can jump on a bus 50 yards from the door to B&B Max into central Rome (about 2Km to Piazza Venezia I’d say, so you could walk if you felt energetic). All in all we were very enthusiastic about the location, and the B&B was everything we needed, and I would stay again.

A Testaccio da Max B&B is a great place to stay in Rome! We stayed for one week in April 2008 - and loved it. Location is great, the atmosphere is typically Roman, and we felt very welcome. The room was nice and clean. There's a lot more charm to this place than to many hotels, and we will definitely stay at this B & B again if/when we come back to Rome!

We stayed in A Testaccio da Max for ten nights. It is on the fourth floor of an apartment building. Now there are two large rooms in the front and a smaller in the back. We stayed in this room, Massimo, with bathroom inside (excellent shower) and view on an inner court. We had tv and a good working air-conditioning. The place is very clean and quiet. No traffic noise at all!
Owner Massimiliano is very nice and helpful. He speaks a little bit English. He doesn’t live in the apartment, but you can always reach him by SMS. Every morning he comes to make breakfast: fruit juice, good coffee and cake or croissant.
Just around the corner bus 170 takes you to Piazza Venezia in about 8 minutes. It’s 15 minutes walk to metrostation Piramide. Next-door is a little restaurant where you can have a good and cheap meal. No music and only local people.
We can highly recommend this place.
Website: www.domusmax.it