very relaxing, good social atmosphere around the bar, the staff are friendly and I'm always greated as a friend returning.
Rooms may seem a bit dark for some.
I have stayed there many times over the past 5 years.

The hotel is nicely located in a quiet area and near the stop of the local bus which goes to Venice and back (takes about 15 minutes to travel each way). The rooms were pretty clean, however due to all of the decorations in the rooms they felt "too old" (not in a good way), just like every other area in the hotel (seems like the hotel was not renovated for too many years). The TV sets were extremely small with a very poor choice of available programs and the available wi-fi internet was pretty expensive.

My husband, 3 year old daughter and I simply walked in and asked if they had a room for 1 or 2 nights. (Our cruise from Venice was cancelled due to the ship hitting a reef, so we had to find accommodation until our new cruise left!) We found this hotel after almost giving up hope when turned down by almost 10 hotels. There was a huge art festival in the city and everyone was booked out. It was our luck then to get a 4 star hotel at half price for the night! It was a very modern hotel with a bath and was a very quiet room- double glazed windows. Don't let the busy road nearby scare you- we heard nothing! The breakfast was typical, however, we found the croissants were freshly baked. (We were becoming experts on breakfast by now!)
I would definately recommend this hotel, particularly if you can get it for a great price!

This was my second and last visit to the hotel. This is a typical older italian hotel. The property is conveniently located about 12-15 minutes by bus to Venice. The hotel location is close the the Mestre town squre which provides nice walking and eating opportunities. There is no gym or room service (contrary to what they say.) The breakfast is adequate. The rooms are nicely decorated but small. I am not a smoker and was given a smoking room as it was the only one available. Normally cigarette smoke doesn't bother my but it somehow got in the room (through the heat ducts?) and was quite obnoxious. We moved to the Marriot Courtyard by the Venice Airport and for the same money got a much nicer new hotel with gym with excellent food and service. Wireless internet at Michelangelo is very expensive.

Summary: there are better hotels and values in the area.