A very nice hotel with a very good restaurant. The room was clean, quiet, and nicely air conditioned. The breakfast was what you would expect with a good selection. All the staff spoke good English and were friendly and helpful. Free WIFI is available and the city centre is a pleasant 10-15minute walk away although if that is a bit far Toto's pizzeria is just around the corner and is highly recommended.

If arriving by car then there is a secure car park beneath the hotel however the hotel does not own it and while there is ample space it is expensive, I paid 60 euros for 3 nights which even for the piece of mind was still a bit steep however as stated this is nothing to do with the hotel but worth knowing about in advance. Street parking is available but is limited and will require a permit which can be obtained from the hotel.

Large uninteresting bedroom, with peeling wallpaper. Promised Tea facility only on request. Staff not very friendly. Breakfast coffee and juice powdered. The large breakfst area was only sparsely filled, empty bread basket and cheapest bread for toast.

This hotel is located in the NW quadrant of the Bologna city centre, at walking distance (<15 min) from Piazza Maggiore. The closest stop of the bus from the airport (Aerobus) is "Via Ugo Bassi" (<10 min walking).

The hotel is in good shape, rooms are clean and quiet and the service is professional.
There are some things that I have appreciated most of this hotel: instead of investing in super-luxury (and pretty useless for the average traveller!) rooms, they opted for providing
1. A very good breakfast (mainly based on cakes and pastries as in the best Italian tradition)
2. Free unlimited wi-fi internet in the rooms
3. Free bikes (Bologna is best visited by bike, the center being quite small and flat).
4. Honest price (I booked directly on their web-site)

The next time that I need to go to Bologna I will undoubtedly choose Hotel Re Enzo again.

Before concluding, there is a review from another visitor that I cannot avoid to comment on:
>This hotel is located about 20 min away from the city centre,
>in a run down area which is completely full of graffitti and dog poo,
>in the evening/ night it is very intimidating

The hotel is *in* the city centre, which (as most of the city in the region) is delimited by a polygon of avenues called "viali".
Safety: Bologna's economy has one of its main assets in the university: you can see thousands of students everywhere and anytime. The neighbourhood where this hotel is located is *super-safe* and colorful: seeing hundreds of 20 y.o. boys and girls laughing, eating and drinking in one of the many bars and trattorias of the neighbourhood is **far** from something that could be described as "intimidating". I really don't understand this complain. Guess who draws graffiti?! (horrible practice of course, but unfortunately rather common in Italy).
Can't comment on the dog-poo: in 3 days I didn't see any.

Beautiful design, comfortable, friendly English speaking staff, average breakfast buffet