2008-10-15
From AM - USA

Excellent hotel with great location.

2008-08-29
From Marjorie Perry - USA

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2008-08-20
From Steinar Torp - Norway

The breakfest could have more fruit and some coarse-grained bread would be appreciated by people from the Northern part of Europe (Norway). I think the hotel caters to middle-class og upper middle-class people like us.

2008-06-18
From SB - Italy

The staff was wonderful! I have travelled a lot and yes, the rooms were small, but normally, I don't spend much time in the room. The colazione was execellent and the staff was very accomodating! We had gone topside for drinks and the view was incredible! Again, great staff! Overall, an excellent staff, great location. Would recommend the Mecenate Restaurant/Pizzeria, great staff, food and location.

2008-05-31
From Ken Gilbreth - USA

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2008-03-08
From CF - Italy

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2008-02-16
From Danny Daniels - Belgium

great hotel super deal for Rome

2008-01-04
From CHO SE YOUNG - South Korea

very nice to have a good trip

2006-12-18
From CF - Italy

clean room, beautiful interior, very beautiful view from the restaurant, unfortunately too hot in the room

2006-11-06
From Romeo Farinella - Italy

It is not possible to pay 190 € for a very little room without table for a write a letter. The courtesy as often it happens in Rome is to the limit of the decency.

2006-11-06
From EC - United Kingdom

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2006-09-25
From Tommy O'Neill - Ireland

Great room, super location very close to Termini station.

2006-07-15
From Michael Lanzetta - USA

First time to Europe (US residents) with my wife and 10 and 13 y.o. daughters. We stayed 2 nights at Mecenate, then went on a cruise, then came back for 3 more nights. Would recommend Mecenate! The place has an old world charm, with modern updates you come to expect from a nice hotel. The rooms were clean and modern. The bathrooms were huge (and private - you read a lot about public baths in Italy). All in all, an excellent place to stay, and would return. I rated down in a few areas. They did not have anything more than a double available, so I had to rent 2 rooms, which made the stay much more expensive. Further, our first 2 nites, the rooms were 200 euro per nite each. On our return, they were 120, and they were bigger rooms. Not sure why. I don't like that the rates can change so much. Breakfast was great - simple but free. Always a very nice start to your day. Rooms were very quiet, and the windows opened up to the busy noisy street below. All front staff spoke English (and even tolerated my bad Italian), and all but one were pleasant and very helpful (goodbye, Mr. Grumpy). They arranged for all of our transfers to the airport and seaport (in Civitavechia). The surroundings were ok, typical Roman street, with all the great ambience and dirt. Always felt safe. Easy walk to the Colosseum. Do not miss Santa Maria Maggiore across the street! I too recommend La Vecchia Concha - make sure you tell them Mecenate sent you, you will get better service. Avoid the Gelato restaurant on the corner 2 doors down. They will rip you off. Walk another 100 feet to any of a dozen other places.

2006-06-12
From Michael Arons - USA

Everything about the hotel was fine, except the room and bed were incredibly small.

2006-05-14
From Davinder Bhachu - United Kingdom

My husband and I got married in Rome and stayed at the Mecenate Palace on our wedding night and for a further two nights after that. The hotel is certainly very clean and nicely decorated but I do feel that it is slightly overpriced with regards to the service we received. Firstly, the staff at the hotel knew that we were a honeymoon couple yet they didn't leave any complimentary wine or fruit in our room upon our arrival as many 4 or 5 star establishments would which was slightly disappointing. Tea and coffee in the room was limited to a couple of sachets of each and only two mini plastic tubs of milk a day. The staff were generally friendly but on our last night in Rome we had planned on meeting a couple of family members for dinner and had asked them to meet us at the hotel. When we invited them up to our room for just a couple of minutes whilst we finished getting ready, they had been told by the front desk they had to show their passports before they were allowed up, which isn't exactly something you have to go to dinner with! I don't know if this is standard procedure in every hotel but I thought it was very strange. I wouldn't say that I would never stay at this hotel again. As I said before it is nice and comfortable and very conveniently located for all the major tourist attractions in Rome. I don't think it should be rated as a 4 star establishment though. It is perhaps at the most the equivalent of 3.5 stars for the money you pay. It certainly isn't the place for you if you are on a romantic break or, like us, on your honeymoon and are expecting something that bit more special!