Rome Love
1-star hotel · Esquilino, Rome
Long Weekend score
Weak4 serious reports in 147 reviews: a physical hazard (4)
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in Rome are rated 9.0 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 3% of Rome hotels
- 70% of guest comments are praise
- 83% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 3% of Rome hotels. Compared with 7,758 hotels in Rome. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 70% of guest comments are praise. 176 praise, 76 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 83% of guest photos show no damage. 50 of 60 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- $163 a nighttypical for two, before tax · from $74
- 1 min walkto Vittorio Emanuele station
- 147 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 60 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- A station within walking distanceVittorio Emanuele is 68 m away
- Location66 praise · 2 complain
Against
- Guest photos show wear and dirt10 of the 60 photos guests took, and 0 of the hotel's 40
- Quiet at night20 complain · 4 praise
- Room conditioncomplaints rising: 5.6 in 100 a year ago, 10.5 now11 complain · 2 praise
- Unpleasant surroundingscomplaints falling: 17.8 in 100 a year ago, 5.3 now19 of 147 guests
- Problems in the bathroomcomplaints rising: 6.7 in 100 a year ago, 12.3 now13 of 147 guests
What guests reported
What guests say
147 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: location (66 guests). Weakest: quiet at night, where 20 of the 24 who mention it complain.
Location662Strength
Loved that it’s close to the metro and colleseum
Booking network, January 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Good value for money, location is a big advantage.
Google, July 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Staff399Mostly good
We stayed for four days and the service was fantastic for a one-star hotel.
Google, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I was pleasantly surprised by how kind and available the staff was, always ready to answer my questions or offer a hand.
Booking network, January 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
The staff is not helpful.
Booking network, October 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
Value174Mostly good
Excellent value for money
Tripadvisor, January 2025, rated 3/5 by this guest
It’s not exactly a bargain, and there are some things that could be improved, but it’s worth it overall.
Booking network, June 2025, rated 6/10 by this guest
Room is pricey for what you get
Booking network, November 2025, rated 4/10 by this guest
Beds103Mostly good
Locatie, goed bed, fijne douche
Booking network, January 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
The location is great, comfortable beds and friendly personnel.
Booking network, June 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
The pillows were a little uncomfortable, but that's nothing compared to everything else.
Google, September 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Cleanlinesscomplaints rising: 8.9 in 100 a year ago, 24.6 now3322Mostly good
Clean and comfortable room, friendly staff, and excellent value for money
Booking network, January 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Very convenient, comfortable clean room, accommodating reception, let me check in early.
Booking network, November 2025, rated 10/10 by this guest
A bit outdated, and dusty
Booking network, March 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Room size55Split
A modest accommodation with small rooms, especially the bathroom, but the staff were friendly, the cleanliness was excellent, and they were very thoughtful, providing a capsule coffee machine in the room, refilling the water daily, and even giving us slippers.
Google, July 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
The room was small, the place is bad lot homeless is sleeping near
Booking network, April 2025, rated 6/10 by this guest
Very small room, not very clean and without a bidet.
Google, April 2025, rated 2/5 by this guest
Quiet at night420Weak spot
Very noisy during the night, homeless people sleep outside the door, windows don’t close
Booking network, December 2025, rated 6/10 by this guest
We stayed 3 nights and each morning starting at 0630 there is banging and yelling amongst the staff.
Booking network, October 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
The walls are really thin and in general there are a lot of strange noises during the night.
Booking network, May 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
Room conditioncomplaints rising: 5.6 in 100 a year ago, 10.5 now211Weak spot
The most disturbing was the bathroom, I understand that it was old but theres a difference to old and dirty.
Booking network, March 2026, rated 2/10 by this guest
The hotel is located on the second floor of an old building.
Booking network, May 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
The apartment is very old and the lift is very bad.
Booking network, August 2025, rated 1/10 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: views, breakfast and food.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 227 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: unpleasant surroundings, in 19 of 147 reviews.
Unpleasant surroundingscomplaints falling: 17.8 in 100 a year ago, 5.3 now19 of 1471 in 8 reviews
On check-in I asked the clerk about area safety with the obvious filthy, unkept, surroundings of drunks and addicts sleeping it off his response was “So what” that summed it up perfectly!
Tripadvisor, October 2024, rated 1/5 by this guest
The neighborhood is not great, full of homeless people but its expected around the train station.
Booking network, March 2025, rated 7/10 by this guest
Problems in the bathroomcomplaints rising: 6.7 in 100 a year ago, 12.3 now13 of 1471 in 11 reviews
Bathroom was a nightmare, and smelly, the cleaning was not done appropriate for the room itself
Booking network, January 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
On 3 out of 7 days, we had no water in the morning, and someone had to fix it.
Google, June 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
A booking not honouredcomplaints falling: 11.1 in 100 a year ago, 3.5 now12 of 1471 in 12 reviews
Terrible experience, dangerous neighborhood, the next day they moved us to another hotel because it wasn't authorized, the rooms are divided by plastic walls you can hear everything, smell in the bathrooms, the worst experience I've ever had.
Google, November 2024, rated 1/5 by this guest
They send you a booking confirmation, but when you arrive, they tell you it’s been cancelled and you’re left scrambling to find a room last minute.
Google, September 2025, rated 1/5 by this guest
Complaints the hotel left unresolvedcomplaints rising: 4.4 in 100 a year ago, 12.3 now11 of 1471 in 13 reviews
The heater broken and the very time I asked a position about it, they gave me a lame excuse.
Booking network, December 2025, rated 4/10 by this guest
Bathroom with leak from the box to the outside (it was reported to the manager, but he replied that it would only be resolved after our departure), clogged ralo and with fetish odor, plus mold on the ceiling.
Tripadvisor, February 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
A slow check-in10 of 1471 in 15 reviews
Waited 3 hours from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM just to be kicked out.
Google, November 2025, rated 1/5 by this guest
It took us a long time to be buzzed-in.
Booking network, November 2025, rated 8/10 by this guest
Serious reports
4 in 147 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
A physical hazard4 of 147 reviews
Also, back in the room, due to the humidity the roof of the bathroom literally collapsed.
Tripadvisor, July 2025, rated 1/5 by this guest
One outlet sparked at me, 2 outlets wouldn't charge our stuff and 1 outlet just overheated everything.
Booking network, August 2025, rated 2/10 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
10 of the 60 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (17%).
Guest photos showing damage or dirt10 of 6017%
Of 60 guest photos, 10 show damage or dirt: peeling paint or cracks in 4, stains in 3, dirty surfaces in 3 and exposed wiring in 3, and some photos show more than one. Of the hotel's own 40, 0 do.
The hotel says it has no swimming pool, spa, gym or hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
$163 is a typical night, from 273 dates checked in the coming year.
Weekends cost 14% more than weekdays
A typical night, month by month
Cheapest month: Nov 2026, $97Dearest month: May 2027, $252
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Vittorio Emanuele station is 68 m away by road, about 1 minute on foot.
- Nearest shop: Rose alimentari1 min walk60 m by road
- Nearest station: Vittorio Emanuele1 min walk68 m by road
- The Colosseum18 min walk1.3 km by road
- The Trevi Fountain29 min walk2.1 km by road
- The Pantheon2.8 km
- St. Peter's Basilica4.9 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
9 room types, from 16 to 25 m².
- Standard Twin Room16 m²Sleeps 2No view
- Standard Double Room16 m²Sleeps 2No view
- Classic Double Or Twin Room, 1 Double Or 2 Twin Beds16 m²Sleeps 3
- Double Room With Private Bathroom16 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Double Or Twin Room With Shower16 m²Sleeps 2Balcony
- Triple Room22 m²Sleeps 33 Single bed
The other 3 room types
- Standard Triple Room24 m²Sleeps 33 Twin bed
- Classic Triple Room25 m²Sleeps 4Not stated
- Standard RoomNot statedSleeps 21 Queen Bed
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 7.5 out of 10. Only 3% of the 7,758 hotels in Rome are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 9.0.
Every review site, out of 100
15 Google reviewers ticked "Quiet", yet 20 guests complain about noise.
Tripadvisor rates it 68 out of 100 and Booking network rates it 75. Booking network only takes reviews from people who booked and stayed, while Tripadvisor takes them from anyone.
If room condition matters to you
Here, 11 of the 13 guests who mention room condition complain. These nearby hotels do better on it.
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How we know
147 reviews counted · 100 photos checked · updated 11 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 900 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 147 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 120 older, 292 in other languages and 341 with a score but no words.
- The hotel replied to 0 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 1 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 3 reviews mention a free upgrade, a cake or a gift.
- We looked at 100 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 60 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.