magdalena bennett
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The Good:
- Location: Great central location to walk almost anywhere. It’s near nice restaurants and bars, making it very convenient.
- Rooms: The room was clean, and had all the amenities needed for a comfortable stay (including AC, which saved us from a really hot Roman August). They’re on the smaller side (even with the upgrade to the superior room), but overall, comfortable.
- Cleaning and breakfast staff: Very kind and helpful.
The Bad:
- The noise: I think they have tried to soundproof as well as they can, but during some nights, the noise is a lot (e.g. when drummers play on the piazza until late at night). If you are a light sleeper or like to go to bed early, this is not the place.
- The wifi: Spotty at best. We had issues with the connection throughout our stay, and weren’t able to even get internet on our laptops.
- The check-in: This is the main reason I wouldn’t recommend this hotel. Reception is open between 8am and 4pm, so we had to self check-in when we arrived at 5pm. It wasn’t an issue, but we were told to complete the check in the next morning when front desk was open. I went down at 8.10am and waited until 8.30am for someone, but no one was there. We couldn’t wait any longer because we had tickets to the Colosseum, and planned on coming back around 3pm (which was already very inconvenient). During the morning, I received multiple messages from the front desk saying they were waiting for us downstairs for check-in, and were told that for some reason, 3pm was too late and check in should be done earlier. At no point we were offered an explanation for (i) why finishing the check in at 3pm was “too late”, (ii) why no one was there at least until 8.35am, and (iii) offered any accommodations for clearly interrupting and inconveniencing us because of the late opening of the front desk. I’ll attribute the shortness in tone of the messages to a language barrier, but overall, I’d expect a front desk person to try to make things easier for guests, and not more complicated, especially when the fault is on the hotel side. We finished the check-in at 2pm, when we came back, and everything was fine..
Overall, I’d recommend the neighborhood, but maybe pass on this hotel.