3.5
In time, the neighborhood will catch up to the hotel. And when it does, the hotel will step up its game. Relative to other hotels, however, Yes Hotel is quite fine... but there are better out there. There's nothing wrong -- at all -- with the hotel and for the money you get a lot. I don't know that I would rush back to stay here but I wouldn't have a Veruca Salt meltdown if I did.
As it was, I just needed a place to rest my head before spending 29 hours (ahh, points) to get back to Nashville. I made the reservation back when I thought I was heading back to Rome from Florence. I was looking for a relatively inexpensive hotel close to the train station. That's just what I got. My room didn't look exactly like the pictures (that's some expert lighting) but it was close enough. My upgraded family (queen and two doubles) was huge! For a quick second, I felt a twinge of guilt for taking up so much space as a singleton, but that quickly passed. I was at the end of my European adventure. It was time to let the American out. Gimmegimmegimme!!! The design of the room is modern European: high ceilings, low-to-the-floor beds, a large television, clean lines, large tile floor, big windows that open out to the street, a lot of white, nice-sized bathroom (very clean), a refrigerator, and a desk... The cleaning staff was on their game. In a room of so much white, I didn't find so much as an errant hair. The lighting was pretty low throughout the hotel (in the lobby, bar and breakfast area, too) which led to a gloomy feel. Fix the lighting and, I think, things improve immediately. Wifi was 2 euros a day or 5 euros for the whole stay.
Termini is no Prati. This is a working neighborhood. People work here. They commute. They go home. There's some nice, local flavor but I wouldn't suggest it for day tripping. This will, likely, change in the future. See New York City. But, for now, the neighborhood's not the best. The hotel is an outlier but it stands alone (for the most part). Know this. Once the neighborhood catches up to the hotel, I'm confident that my estimation of the venue will change. I am also confident that the price will go up. If heading to the Eternal City on a budget, you could do far far worse. read more