Reviews from guests who stayed at this hotel, shared by our hotel supplier. Score based on the latest 200 reviews.
millomite
Group of friends · March 2026
“Noise, no hot water or electricity, no bar, no mini bar, no 24 hour reception”
+This hotel was selected for a number of reasons. Firstly its location then facilities and finally price. It is situated on the west side of the Tiber, close to the Vatican, but also a short distance from a bridge across the river. You can easily walk into the main centre and find tourist attractions like the Piazza Navona, Pantheon and Trevi fountain. If you want to get to, for example, the Colosseum or Forum then the Metro is close by and taxis are not too expensive if there are four in your group (like us). I’d suggest using the Freeform app to book one not Uber. In the immediate area there are plenty of cafes, restaurants (not too touristy) and little bars. The shops are many and varied if that’s what you want. Now the interesting part, the hotel. It is not very big and has a 24 hour reception although the one time we needed to contact reception from our room outside of normal hours they never answered the phone! When I went down to see what was the problem the receptionist was sat reading her phone. I asked her if the phone was working and she looked sheepish and checked it. It was apparently! Forget room service because they obviously don’t have any. You can’t even get a bottl
T528LXsarab
Couple · March 2026
“A good trip”
+Great location. Enjoyed being on this side of Rome. Lovely in the evening. Good restaurants and bars nearby - great atmosphere. The hotel is fairly basic but clean. The staff at reception were very polite, cheerful and helpful. Breakfast was adequate. There was nothing to complain about. It did the job.
626andreaw
Couple · March 2026
“Not a 4 star hotel. Disappointing.”
+No way is this a 4 star hotel. It's a 3 if I'm being generous! The rooms are basic. Our room had the curtains half hanging off the rail. Room was clean enough and the towels changed daily. The beds were hard and the pillows , of which we only got 1 each ,weren't much better. The bar that is advertised on the booking sites , wasn't open at all during our entire stay. No irons available at the hotel. Rooms are very noisy with street traffic until around midnight. On the plus side it was a nice location. 5 minutes walk to the Vatican. 5 minutes walk to the metro system, which puts you within easy access anywhere in the city. Lots of nice restaurants and a couple of nice bars nearby.
J2053AOamyl
Couple · March 2026
“Some good points....some bad points”
+Let's start with the good - good location and friendly knowledgeable staff. Unfortunately that's all I can say about the good. Bad points - tired, dated, noisy hotel (absolutely no sound proofing) with a basic continental breakfast. We had a standard double which was very small and consisted of what I can only describe as camp beds with very hard thin mattresses. The bathroom was small and had an odd smell. There are no toiletries or coffee making facilities. On our first night we had a group of school children screaming, running, banging on doors in our corridor. Eventually by 2am we couldn't take anymore and told them to be quiet and go back to their rooms. We went down to reception to complain....of course no-one was there, however the teachers responsible for these children were having a lovely time down there, even though they could quite clearly hear the children running wild. They very quickly went to sort them out! The next morning we complained to the staff and they immediately changed our room and gave us a bottle of wine as an apology. Our next room was much better but once again basic and the smell from the bathroom was worse than the room before. The hotel building is
654januszb
Family · December 2025
“Great very friendly staff. Great food. Absolutely 5 star”
+Great location 5 mins from Vatican. Close to centre of Rome 2 minutes to bus and underground. Lots of shops around and great restaurants.
986DMFL
Group of friends · December 2025
“Extremely disappointing stay”
+I shared a twin room at the Grand Olympic Hotel in Rome in November 2025 for one night and was extremely disappointed with my experience. This property is advertised as a four-star hotel, but the room assigned (Room 56, ground floor) didn’t meet even the most basic standards of cleanliness or maintenance. There was a heavy grill on the outside of the window which was immoveable and could not be adjusted. There were no window coverings at all on the inside of the window and we had to rely on this grill for any and all privacy. By morning we found out the metal grill restricted 95% of all natural daylight in the room with a terrible view through the slats of a storage/rubbish area outside. On realising the grill was fixed I did wonder what would happen in the event of a fire as the grill operated as a permanent obstruction which is very unusual to find on the ground floor of any hotel as it creates a potential entrapment space in the room if a fire occurred. On searching I found absolutely no guest evacuation instructions in the room at all which I would suggest is a compliance issue under health and safety regulations. On the inside of the room entrance door was a no smoking sign po
MattoftheSpurs
Couple · October 2025
“A very good hotel with excellent staff and a great location.”
+My Wife and I stayed at the Grand Olympic from the 15th to the 18th of October 2025. The hotel was under going some renovations to the reception area during this time (to which we were informed that should be finished by the end of the month) but these renovations did not impact on our stay at all and will provide a beautiful uplift to the reception area plus a lovely looking new bar. Our room was on the 2nd floor and was accessed either by the stairs or a lift. The room itself, which contained a king size bed and a standard double bed was very good and very clean. There was a 32 inch curved television screen (which could only access Italian television which we did not mind at all because we were here to see Rome and not watch TV). The bathroom was excellent with toilet, sink, bidet and a very serviceable shower. Storage within the room was very good and plentiful for our three night/four day stay. The location is excellent with many fine restaurants and shops in the area and is serviced with a Metro station just a seven minute walk away. It is also very close to Vatican City, a seven minute walk away, which was perfect. What makes this hotel very special is the quality of it's sta
Jerome
Family · October 2025
+When I was there they were remodeling the lobby and the bar area and making upgrades to a lot of things, once the remodeling is finished it will be beautiful, the hotel is in walking distance to everything had such a nice stay & vacation 👍
Luz Daniela
Family · October 2025
+Excelente servicio, se recomienda tener una rampa para subir las maletas de la calle al lobby
+Good location, nice hotel but breakfast was a bit limit.