Christina R.
Yelp
This stay was pleasant enough but I don't think it runs the way a hotel of this caliber should.
We came in through the backside from Roma Termini next door. Glad we did, because I would have had even more sour feelings if my first impression was the disgusting construction project in front of the hotel. I will warn you now, if you go that way, you will have hours before the horrendous smell of human urine leaves your nose. I actually witnessed people peeing there when we came back from a bar the first night. It's really bad.
We were waiting in line to check in and the guest relations person decided to jump in and help us, after coming up to us and saying that the guy in front of me didn't cut and we would be next. Super odd as we hadn't been waiting that long. She didn't have to do this because the desk was clear of all guests by the time we stepped up. I really couldn't tell if she was messing with me or if she was being nice. She kept saying that I must be "so special" for using American Express. I'd like to believe she was being nice, but again, I wasn't sure. She is not a front desk agent, so she had to keep asking someone for help and she also tried to charge us again for the pre-paid stay. I went down later in the evening when she was gone to correct it. The agent told me she should have never been helping and that she did make things harder for me.
Our room was "upgraded" and I wish they gave me the room I paid for. The bathroom was a nightmare. The shower was in a dark corner, with a trickle coming our of the dirty, clogged showerhead. The towel warmer is around the corner, above the bidet and I hit my head on the temp gauge. I had a bump on my head for two days. The light switches didn't work unless you slammed or pressed them for a very long time. And to top everything off, while we were packing our last night, around 1030pm, the bed broke. The wheels flew off when my husband put his hand down to adjust his seating. We had to change rooms and were given the same style of room I paid for. So much nicer!
Upon checking out, again more issues, them saying we had checked out the night before (when our room was changed) and that they couldn't do anything about the room being charged twice. That was not an answer I wanted to hear but she said she would "try" to fix it and send the receipt via email. Luckily, the pending charge did drop off but I never got a receipt.