Casa Olmata, Rome, Italy - Reviews and Hotel Information

Don't look to their website if you are interested in knowing what this hostel is like. They are VERY misleading on their website. The rooftop terrace looks nothing like the pictures on their website. The rooftop terrace is nice, but not classy like they make it seem. Its basically a rooftop with backyard (plastic for the most part) furniture. You can go up another set of very shady and shaky steps to get even higher on the roof. They say you can see the Colosseum from the rooftop terrace, and you can, but not the way you think. Although the roof doesn't look that great and wasn't what I was expecting, it was still a nice common area to hang out and meet people. They also have an indoor common area for people to eat, hang out, and watch TV right next to the rooftop terrace. They have a common kitchen which was nice because then I didn't have to spend a ton on food. Breakfast is served at a cafe about a 3 minute walk away, a croissant and cappucino (or another drink). The croissant is very tasty, I suggest bianca chocolate (white chocolate), they let you choose. The staff is a family originally from Romania, the sons are much friendlier/leniant with the pretty girls. The mother is super nice. You have to pay one Euro if you want to store your luggage and you can only store it until 19:30. I would recommend it because for 20 Euro/night, it isn't bad. It is centrally located, between the train station and the Colosseum and the breakfast was tasty. They also gave me a waterbottle on the day I arrived and a little snack pack the day I left. They advertise a pasta party, but don't ever have one. They make a lot of excuses for what they advertise and don't have. I heard that if you don't arrive when reception is open, even if you call and let them know you can't make it, you cannot check in later. They are pretty strict in that respect. But overall, I would recommend it again. It's worth it for the price and the location. And I met a lot of cool people in the hostel.

The rooftop terrace has a nice view of Rome, but its not what they advertise. They say you can see The Colosseum, and you can, but just the very top of the non broken side. I wouldn't have recognized it if someone didn't point it out. However, I hung out up there 2 nights of my 3 night stay and it was nice. One night, I got to see 2 fireworks shows in the distance, that was neat. My roommates (who I met there) and I took full advanatage of the kitchen. We had huge roommate dinners. It was really nice. They come and clean the rooms every day. They make your bed for you and everything. Sometimes they even change the sheets, even if you are staying another night. It is very clean. The bathroom in my room (room 34) had some issues flushing, but it would eventually flush. It is cool also because within one room, there are different kinds of accomodations available, for instance, there was a married couple staying in my room with me. They had a double bed for them, which I thought was neat.

Casa Olmata, Rome

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