This is very much a no-frills place to stay. The staff is not helpful at all. The owner showed us to our rooms without even offering to help us carry our bags or provide any sort of help. Breakfast is not really as bad as some may say here but be aware that is all prepacked stuff. You'd be better off buying something from a bakery or corner shop.

This hotel is also not on Venice Island, it is on Murano. If you're arriving from Santa Lucia train station, buy a ferry pass for how ever many days that you are visiting Venice for. Living on Murano, a ferry pass is a must have. Take the DM ferry direct to Murano and get off at the Museo stop. Take your first right alleyway and right again when you get to the courtyard. There are no signs pointing you to the hotel at all.

The rooms are not very wide and the TV is ridiculously tiny, especially because the screen was about the size of an A4 piece of paper and is set up across the room (length-ways). The mini-bar had expired chocolate bars in it (over a year old) and the shower was plain awful. It would stay hot for 5 seconds and then go freezing cold for 5 seconds.

On the island of Murano, far from the madding crowd, you can stay in the nicely decorated Locanda Conterie. This is not a no frills hotel by Venice standards, where a closet makes a room... even in the most prestigious hotels. Each bedroom is decorated in its own Venitian style, with a Murano glass chandelier, a very clean, modern shower room. Have a look at their site and get great discounts on Hotels.com.
A great alternative.

We experienced an onslaught of bed bugs at this hotel. The owners refused to deal with us, so we had to leave and stay elsewhere. The owners still put through a charge on our credit card even though we cancelled our stay. The owners are difficult to deal with, are not willing to co-operate and should not be allowed to be in service while they have an epidemic of bed bugs.,

I have been to Venice several times and I was looking for an inexpensive room for the night before joining a cruise and Locanda Conterie fit the bill as I got a unbelievable rate. A bit hard to find from the Colnia stop from the airport but two locals helped me find it even though I speak no Italian and they spoke little English. Yes there are lots of stairs but room was very pleasant. I was at the top with exposed wooden beams which was lovely. I skipped breakfast as it looked uninspiring. Instead I walked around the island before all the tourists came over from Venice. It was lovely. I arrived after 8 and was able to find a few restaurants that were serving dinner on Friday night.