Reviews of Alessandro Downtown Hostel

06 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Free pizza night.

Disliked: Dirty and was a young woman in a room full of middle-aged men. It was weird.

02 May 2011 Amy would recommend this property

Liked: The rooms were big and clean, the bathrooms were clean. The breakfast and dinner was free. The location was great.. There was access to computers with internet and it wasn't too expensive

Disliked: Reception wasn't actually able to provide any tourist information at the time but since it's so close to Termini, that wasn't too much of a problem.

01 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very close to Termini

Disliked: not many common areas

23 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location very close to the train station, large clean rooms, free breakfast and free pasta dinner are great! Small portions, but hey, it's free. The dinners are a great place to meet people.

Disliked: The neighborhood wasn't great. The showers often flooded.

18 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Free pasta at dinner... they have maps, and are helpful with turistic information... I could let my luggage there during the day before going away

Disliked: For the price they have a terrible breakfast.. The bread was green (moldy)... The internet connection is bad, and we need to pay 1 euro per hour. The first hour was free.

05 April 2011 Lynton would recommend this property

Liked: Great location, right next to the train station. Breakfast and free pasta is sweet.

Disliked: Room got flooded twice by a faulty pipe.

30 March 2011

Liked: location is good, and that's all.

Disliked: I got worms on my bed, the blanket was dirty!

29 March 2011

Liked: it was close to the train station, termini, making it easy to get around.

Disliked: they only give you one sheet, so you have to sleep on the dirty mattress pad. normal locks don't fit on their lockers and they sell two types of locks for 5 euro that dont work either. i woke up in the morning with 5 random bites on my back. they did not turn out to be bed bugs, but it still ruined that day for me. the bathrooms are kind of like campground bathrooms. breakfast is a piece of stale bread. wouldn't reccommend this place.

29 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Clean place, everything you need they have

Disliked: The receptionist sometimes isn't very friendly.

25 March 2011 Vittorio would recommend this property

Liked: the position, near termini train station

Disliked: the beds are not clean enough and some are noisy

23 March 2011 John would recommend this property

Liked: good all round facilities, and close to the trains, buses and metro. Cheap eating places close at hand.

Disliked: the first floor showers and toilets are one unit so if someone had a shower you ended up using a toilet with a very slippery floor and a wet toilet seat. People kept using these to smoke in! Dreadful for non smokers. And Mixed Dorms is NOT a good idea.

19 March 2011

Liked: nothing

Disliked: horrible breakfast, unfriendly staff

10 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The free breakfast was good, and the location (very close to Termini for train, metro and bus, walking distance to Colosseum, and close to plenty of shops) was great - though the area looked like it might be dodgy at night.

Disliked: One of the things that made me book was the free pasta every night - but they didn't give much. The card keys were temperamental and I got locked out of my room three times on my first night and day.

08 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: There was actually hot water in the showers - very important and good that it was there!

Disliked: Internet connection was extremely annoying however - they only give you 1 hr free internet for the entire stay and the connection was slow.

05 March 2011 Lilian would recommend this property

Liked: Free breakfast and pasta on weeknights was really good. The staff were also really helpful and directed us to a nice viewpoint where we could wander when we enquired.

Disliked: Nothing

03 March 2011 Adiyatma would recommend this property

Liked: they gave us great pasta for dinner, recommended budget hostel!!

Disliked: none

22 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Breakfast is good. Location is ok, very closed to the train station.

Disliked: Internet was very slow and you have just 30 minutes free per day. After this time you have to pay.

17 February 2011

Liked: It is clean. Has free pasta for dinner. Near train station. Most staffs are friendly and very helpful.

Disliked: Free wifi always down. I stayed for 3 nights only had 1 night with wifi. Had to pay for additional usage or queue for the limited computer at another level. One of the staff an Indian dude was very rude and unfriendly. One of my roommate's valuables was stolen when a stranger entered the room (no idea how) in the morning. On another occasion I overheard someone reporting loss of his valuables in his room to the counter staff. It is fine if you have a lock that fits their locker. Most common locks wouldn't fit but you can rent it from the counter.

14 February 2011 Jeremy would recommend this property

Liked: I like the staff they were really helpful in answering all my questions

Disliked: The showers were luke warm but still mostly cold

12 February 2011

Liked: close to central station

Disliked: too croweded by groups... mostly spanish who did not talk english...

08 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Free Wi-fi and Free Breakfast and Pasta Awesome.

Disliked: The code for wi-fi didn't always work but you just have to ask for a new code that was all.

03 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Localisation is very convenient to visit Roma. Staff is very hehpful and give us some tips about the city. The rooms are spacious and clean.

Disliked: It's difficult to meet people. There are no activities during the weekend.

31 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very worth while for the price, good location,

Disliked: none

23 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great Location. Beautiful building. The staff were nice and I felt safe. 24 hours reception was great since we were out sightseeing until very late.

Disliked: Breakfast was not very good. There are no locks on the lockers in the rooms.

22 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Huge common area, spacious rooms, big kitchen, free breaky, good vibe!

Disliked: Bit awkward to get changed after getting out of the shower, the free internet is limited to 30mins - I guess in such a big hostel that might be necessary though.