I really enjoyed this hotel overall and would stay again if I need a hotel in Rome. The location is great and the value for the room is near unbeatable. We stayed in the main building, on the second floor. The staff was always nice and spoke English pretty well. They were also able to give suggestions for places in the area like bars, restaurants and places to get laundry done. They also called a cab for us when we needed to go to the train station. The hotel itself also has a cozy bar, but we never saw anyone there and we never used it either. The only reason we didn't go to it was because we had a packed schedule all day and wanted to sleep right when we got back.
The breakfast in the morning offered a good selection and felt like an Americanized Italian breakfast. They had scrambled eggs and bacon, but they also had sliced meats and cheese available in addition to yogurt, bread/toast with Nutella and jelly, pastries and other sweets. The only bad thing about the breakfast is that it seems like they don't restock any of the items, so the earlier you get there the better. There were always items available that I wanted, but I took the last of the eggs one of the mornings and there was still about an hour left of breakfast. Also the breakfast room was under the ruins of the Pompey theater, which was a very cool way to start each morning.
The rooms were very nice. They were pretty spacious for this price in Rome. The furniture and decor had a vintage feel without feeling like everything was just old and not maintained. The room was always made clean and tidy by the staff by the time we returned each day. The "remote" for the TV was built into the night stand, which was interesting, but it didn't seem to work so I had to manually go up to the TV if I wanted to adjust the channel or volume. But hey, it's Rome so you really don't need TV; we had it on for all of 5 minutes just to test it out. The beds were not very comfortable. We could feel the springs a bit, but it was definitely better than sleeping on the floor. At the end of a long day, it didn't really matter and we had no trouble sleeping. The bathroom was fine, though the door was a little difficult to close. The shower was definitely small, but just enough room for one person. The water pressure was good and there was never a shortage of hot water. There was very little room on the sink to put any of our toiletries on, but it was manageable. Our windows in the room opened up to the inside of the hotel, so no courtyard view for us but there are rooms that have this.
There was free wifi, but when in our room there were times it would disconnect or go slowly. When in the lobby there was no issue with the wifi. But when eating breakfast, since it's under the ruins, there was no wifi signal at all. read more