Alessandro Palace & Bar

Poor
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Shower smelled like sewage
  : Shower smelled like sewage

Disappointing
Traveller Type: solo traveller

Wonderful
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : There's a rooftop bar where everyone hangs out every night and it’s a great place to meet other travellers. The place was really clean. There’s a kitchen and an AC lounge area.
  : The hostel is far from the club area and there’s no transport available late in the evening. There is a bar nearby called yellow where you can go, but if you really want to go clubbing this is probably not for you unless you want toget an Uber every night.

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller

Pleasant
Traveller Type: solo traveller

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Conveniently located close to the central train station. They also have a nice rooftop bar and another lounge to socialize. It isn’t a huge party hostel but it is easy to meet people in a more low key setting.
  : The bathrooms were kind of gross because, at least in my room, the toilets were literally in the shower space. The curtain doesn’t even separate you from the toilet which is 2 feet away when you’re showering. They also will only sell you disposable towels for 3 euros which are basically large paper towels that start to break down after a couple uses. Other hostels I stayed at will rent you a real towel for cheaper. One other thing that bothered me was one of the receptionists was pretty rude and generally unhelpful. Example: When I was checking in, a group of guys asked where they could go get lunch. Her reply was simply “everything is closed on Sunday.” No further elaboration. I had just walked from the train station after eating lunch a block from the hotel and encountered at least 4 other places open on that street. Hard to believe that I bad been in Rome for 45 minutes and had a better grip on the food scene in the area than a woman who works in the tourist industry and part of whose job is supposed to be to recommend restaurants to guests. The rest of the staff were cool though.