The best thing about this hotel is its location. The area is absolutely wonderful, lots of little cafes and restaurants. Overall we enjoyed our stay here with a few minor issues. If you are arriving late at night, be SURE to tell them in advance. We did, twice, and still there was no one there. Luckily we had a mobile phone, called them, and someone was there in 10 mins. Our room was small but comfortable. The only thing wrong was that the shower door was broken. We also found the staff to be very friendly.

I chose this place because of the location and the price. It worked out very well. The rooms are small but not horribly so and they are very clean and cozy. The front desk area is tiny but the guys that work there are very nice and helpful. There is no elevator and the stairs are a little steep but not horrible and the guys helped me with my bag. The location is really perfect - just a few minutes to the Colloseum and a couple of blocks to the bus that takes you to the Vatican. It is just a short walk to Termini station.

As other reviewers have stated, the breakfast is not great but I didn't choose the place for the breakfast. It was mostly some prepackaged items, juice, maybe some fruit and coffee from a machine. I walked down the street to get a great espresso for about 1 euro.

The only gripe I have, and it's not that much of one, is that the wi-fi was down for about half the time I was there.

We were there in June of 2011 and it was really hot! The room did not have air conditioning. We slept with the windows open and all night we heard scooters zooming through the streets. I slept with an eye mask on and ear plugs in!

The breakfast was so-so. The best thing was the chocolate muffin. The machines for drinks gave us a lot of options for drinks which was really nice.

Our room was very small. Luckily we each just had a backpack. There wouldn't be room for big suitcases.

The front desk closes at 7:00PM which we arrived at 7:05PM and no one was there! Luckily, he sent a friend who lives in the city to let us in. Our phones did not work when we tried to call the numbers that were left on the door for emergencies.

The room was walking distance to the Colosseum, Palatine Hill, and the Forum. We walked to the Vatican too, but it was about a 2 and 1/2 mile walk.

After staying here this past month, I can't really understand why it has a 3.5 rating. Maybe it's because the location is so great, because it definitely was....but this place left a lot to be desired.

It is located just a short walk from Termini train station (8 minutes maybe?), just far enough to where you're out of the immediate vicinity of the station which can be kind of shady. Go 8 minutes the other way and you're at the colosseum. So that's pretty fantastic.

Staff was...apathetic and not very interested in their guests (though the last day we finally had a friendly person).

Rooms were technically clean, but the building is so run down that the hallways and rooms look dirty-someone please paint this place! It would do wonders! The TV didn't work (which is OK because I didn't go to Rome to watch TV, but please don't offer a service and do nothing about it when you are told it isn't working)...the lid on the bathroom garbage can kept falling off, and the broken shower door fell on my foot while I was showering! (hello safety concern!) I overlooked all these things though because at the end of the day I had a bed to sleep in with wonderful AC to cool me off while I slept.

Not so sure I'd recommend the place, though...because they only have staff from 7a to 7p, and one night when we got back to our hotel, this poor south Korean couple had arrived during off hours and they told us they'd been trying to call the hotel staff for almost an hour so someone could let them in. It was midnight and they'd been stranded on the street as a result. There was a note on the door that read "will return in thirty minutes, please call this number if you need us" which had been there since 3 that afternoon, and the poor couple was saying to us "it says thirty minutes but we've been trying for an hour". Poor things. I hope they found shelter for the night.