Residenza di Ripetta

Things we liked about the Residenza – The staff were all very pleasant and helpful. The lobby area was effectively air conditioned, and the guys working at the bar/café were always happy to come serve drinks or coffee in the comfort of the properly AC’d lobby room with white couches. The bathroom in our room looked recently updated, and the shower head was awesome! Unfortunately our positive experience ended with the above-mentioned items. I’m not writing this with the intent of bashing the Residenza. It was truly a pleasant enough hotel. That said, it is guilty of grossly stretching the truth in its advertising, and I know that we would not have stayed there had we been presented with a remotely accurate accounting of the hotel’s services and facilities. The rest of the review is meant more to give an idea of what to expect at the Residenza. We had a basic room on the first floor. The “Air Conditioner� could not be adjusted. At its lowest it was about 24.6 degrees C and on average it was at about 25.6. Our room was routinely 80 degrees Fahrenheit (or very close). The hotel provided a fan for us that didn’t do much other than half-heartedly move the hot humid air around our room in a decent imitation of a stranger breathing on your neck in the cramped and un-air conditioned confines of the Vatican Museum’s tapestry room. My fiancé and I stayed at the Residenza in August 2017 during a sweltering heat wave – It topped 100 degrees all 3 days we were there. The AC situation was so dire that we used hotel tonight to find another (cheaper) option for our second night that actually offered AC. The room itself was sorely in need of some attention. The scuff marks on the walls were ubiquitous (it looked like someone had massaged each wall with the back of a chair), the batteries on the “thermostat� were held in place with electrical tape, and it generally looked nothing like the pictures. That said, it is undeniable that the Residenza has a wonderful magici… I mean cameraman. Those pictures are outstanding. The Residenza also advertises Free WIFI which is fair albeit a bit laughable. Like the “AC,� the WIFI does technically exist, if only in a severely handicapped state – Think late 90’s dial up speeds. A phone can easily connect to it, but once connected you can’t do much outside of wonder why it is the hotel and by extension your phone, with its little WIFI icon in the corner, would choose to mock you like this. If you’re not accustomed to sleeping in a room in that magical band between about 65 and 72 degrees and you’re not worried about WIFI then the Residenza is pretty solid. If you need AC then you need to find another option.

Stayed 3 nights. Nothing special about the rooms and the cooked buffet breakfast was atrocious. Cooked meats and eggs were left to go cold and greasy in unheated Bain Marie. (No power outlets in the dinning room???) Waiting staff more concerned with their own company. Coffee and front desk service was excellent.

Residence di Ripetta is greatly located hotel with a decent garden for a coffee, nice reception and nice, big room, at least our 105, was. it would not be a luxury of a lifetime, but higher level in that direction would cost almost twice. On the other hand, it is clean , well maintained, friendly and helpful front desk in the middle of everything you gonna need. A lot of breakfast options around hotel.

The lobby looks great, the front desk staff are very good and the hotel is in a good location, but that is where the hotel standards unfortunately stop. A dirty room with scuff marks from luggage and shoes on walls, worn carpets, an internet that constantly drops out, an air conditioner that barely works and struggles to keep the room temperature below 27 degrees Celsius, and lukewarm showers with intermittent hot water. Not worth the 4 stars and the high fees.

Residenza di Ripetta was an awesome find from Tripadvisor. The location can't get any better, in the heart of Rome yet a lane away from the noise and chaos. A 5-10 mins walk to Spanish steps, Via Del Corso, the metro, bus stops and a stones throw away from shopping and the eateries. We stayed in a 2 bedroom family suite and it was very comfortable and I loved the old town, english look and feel. Not a cookie cutter hotel, you have to enjoy the experience of this place. The staff was extremely warm, professional and helpful. Do not miss the exotic and elaborate buffet breakfast