Unicum Roma Suites

Misleading photography and description. Don’t expect a quiet natural ambience like depicted in the pictures, all showcased greenery is fenced of. The ‘included breakfast’ is a 3 euro voucher for a coffee and a croissant in a random bar in the same street, so breakfast is definitely not what you see in the pictures and what is written in description. All in all: overpriced and misleading.

Adding my TripAdvisor review here, as this hotel deservingly needs a better rating here and seems like they've been trolled a couple of times! My partner and I have recently visited Rome (May 2022) and stayed at Unicum Roma Suites. What can I say? We had a superb stay at Unicum. The hotel is situated within a residential building in a safe, pretty, quiet, urban district of Rome, just over an hour's walk from the centre. Check-in was swift, all done online, very modern. A couple of days prior to our arrival, we were contacted by Davide (the 'receptionist' - sorry, not sure what their official title was!) via WhatsApp who explained the self-check in process to us. Once we got to the hotel, entering the building and getting our key was super easy and fast. Our room was spotless, we had our own modern en-suite (had shampoo, conditioner, soap, shower caps, hairdryer), a huge double bed (mattress was SO comfortable - best night sleep in a hotel for me!), a TV, a safe, a kettle with teas & coffee, a minibar, and a balcony with a great view of public gardens (or was it part of the tennis club next door...?). Our room was cleaned every day, and even though our mini bar wasn't working (staff were hugely apologetic - we didn't need to use the mini bar tho :) ), there was a communal kitchen with a large fridge which we were told we could use. There was also a coffee station in the kitchen which we used a couple of times. Getting to the hotel was super easy - on our first day reaching the hotel, we decided to get the metro from Termini to Baglio Degli Ubaldi. We then walked through Villa Pamphili, which was absolutely gorgeous. This walk was about 30 mins long. For the rest of our trip, we used the tram. It was super convenient to use this mode of transport, as the tram stop (Casaletto) was less than 5 minutes away (walking) from the hotel, which was also the last stop of the tram line into town. It cost 1.50 euros for a one-way ticket (easily bought at nearby cafe DreamsWorld or tobacco shop), and the tram heading to Piazza Venezia got you to the Altare de la Patria in about 30 mins, then it was 10 min walk to the Colosseum. Being the first/last stop in the tram route, we always had seats on the tram (I had a leg injury so this was a lifesaver). Conclusion - hotel was in a GREAT location with amazing travel connections into town. Trastevere is - in our opinion - the best district for food & drinks, and was only a few stops away from the hotel. Davide was super fast in responding to any of our questions via WhatsApp, made sure we were comfortable, replaced any bathroom amenities we'd run out ASAP, and was great in giving us recommendations for travel and nearby grub. We weren't able to visit Trattoria de Cesare (was closed on our visit), but we did visit nearby seafood restaurant Bolina 157 which was decently priced (for us Brits) and made the best seafood dishes I've ever had in my life! My partner doesn't eat seafood, so they whacked up an amazing Carbonara for him. Unicum gave us breakfast tokens for a nearby coffee bar, which we really appreciated, but we left the hotel so early every day - we didn't end up using them. Was nice coming to the hotel every night and seeing new tokens on our desk every day - nice thought! Anyways, thank you so much for accommodating us Unicum! We shall come again!!