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Reviews of BV Oly Hotel

4 out of 5
BV Oly Hotel
Via Santuario Regina degli Apostoli, 36, Rome, RM

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 150 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 66 out of 150 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 29 out of 150 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 150 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 150 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Work traveller
The room was small and the curtains and floor all had stains on them. The bedding also had red stains on the duvet cover. The room was very warm and the air con didn't seem to work. The bathroom fan would not switch off so that ran all night. There was no plug for the bath and the bath tap didn't work. Service in the restaurant was very slow on the first night and the fish was pretty horrible. Service was much quicker on the second night though and I just ordered chips but they were good!
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Doug

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Hotel was dated, but everything was clean and staff was helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Florentina, QUEENS

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Bed sheets were clean, room and bathroom not so much. Door to balcony didn’t close, AC was very weird
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Luigi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The property was clean, staff friendly and had parking.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

sabir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Heather

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Breakfast and staff were lovely!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

Angel

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service
The carpet smell, did not feel or smell clean. The bathroom 1/2 permanent glass curtain was not seal and there was water coming out when taking a shower. The was only my room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Lisa

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andre, Santa Monica

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Whitney

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

eleni

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
TV did not work, room looks old and run down.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Laura

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Limited dining Areas. No carpet, very noisy.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Angela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property is in walking distance to the Metro, but, the terrain isn't great for those with mobility issues. Staff were pleasant and helpful :)
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

MARY

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This affordable hotel was a good choice for Rome. It is a good 15 minute walk to the metro but doable. The staff was helpful in directing us to local resources like a preflight covid test etc. I would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

Amr

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Non Friendly Staff. Hot Water was not working at one point of time. Location is terrible and a very steep walk way to reach the hotel from the metro station, couldn't bear with a stroller and luggage.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad experience
Our experience is not pleasant. We booked for 2 days but on the first day after roaming around the city when we got back our safety deposit box inside our room will not open with the code we inputed. And so we called the reception & told us they will handle it the next day. They did open but how is it that the code we inputed cannot be open anymore? Is there a hocus pocus or an inside job? Because when they open it the arrangement is different & i lost $500 US?? For me this hotel sucks in terms of service, lost money, not good breakfast choices no teapots, iron & definitely not a 4 star hotel. Bad
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Response from DCiappa on Jan 7, 2020
Dear Sir/Madame, First of all, we are really sorry about this review and at the same time we would help you into this matter but we don't have any elements where to investigate.. The opening of the safes is strictly controlled by the Hotel management and promptly noted at the Customer's explicit request. However, we remain at your disposal for any other clarification you may need with our best regards.

10/10 Excellent

Aws

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a very poor standard for what is advertised as a “4Star hotel” hotel. I stayed 4 nights. No Tea/coffee facilities in the room/ not able to adjust room temperature, no iron or ironing board and no housekeeping available before 7am to bring you anything. Restaurant advertises breakfast to commence 7am but the staff arrive at 7am so breakfast doesn’t commence then. Breakfast buffet very limited and basic. No fresh fruit behind apples. No staff willing to do something for customers outside of what is there on display. EG getting a pot of tea is a mission and no top for the pot. Some staff speak some English but many do not. Housekeeping only made the bed. No other cleaning done in 4 days of my stay. Really needs to be described as a 3 star- at least then guests would know what to expect.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Debao

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is in a very quite place, 5 minute working to the nearest Metro station. It has restricition for accessing certain web sites though such as gaming...
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Sebastian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

MURTALA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent service
I love the hotel and the location (few metres from at least 3 bus stop. Service and food was great too. The only thing I didn't like was that they gave me room with a twin beds instead of double bed that I booked for.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Theo, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A pleasant and friendly hotel. Excellent staff
The staff were particularly helpful and supportive and the facilities were very good. I also enjoyed using the restaurant in the hotel which served good food. Generally an excellent hotel.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It is a tad bit old hotel, full of mosquitos and no air-condition in July?
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2018
Response from edo on Dec 11, 2018
Grazie per aver soggiornato da noi e per la lusinghiera valutazione. Speriamo di poterla accogliere nuovamente all'Oly Hotel.

8/10 Good

Martino

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall very good
Very good overall stay. I was there for a business trip so didn't try local restaurants but a few cafes and restaurants are around. Metro is 15 mins walk., Friendly staff.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Holiday in Rome
On a recent trip I had a very pleasant stay at the Oly Hotel. The staff is very polite and helpful. The facilities are clean and comfortable. Though the location is out of the center tourist spot it is close to the metro making it easy to get in and out of the old part of Rome.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Andrea

Fair
room was ok but wi-fi was down on late evening for several hours

10/10 Excellent

Neal R.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I had one of the best political conversations with my trip with the staff the week of trumps election. A four star Hotel doesn't work without a four star staff!

6/10 Okay

Tim, Canada

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Poor WiFi, no gym or pool, despite being listed as available amenities. Hotel was about 9 min walk to Sao Paulo metro station, which was convenient. Would recommend only if trying to save.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Neighbourhood feel !
Not a touristy area, I love the feel ! People and shops in the area was nice Nothing glitzy but shopping was cheap as food but good quality Hotel staff were great and cleanliness For the price it is unbeatable Metro is a quick walk

8/10 Good

Ramesh, Troy, MI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel, professional staff and decent location
It was a very positive experience. The staff were friendly and professional. The breakfast is decent. The location is decent though a bit far and not very remarkable. The closest Metro station is a couple of kilometers away - could be a but of challenge to walk with luggages. There are a few good options for restaurants close by. Surroundings is clean and quiet. Ideal for business visits

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Went for business there. I mainly chose the hotel cause I was looking a one with a good gym. It turned out that access to the gym was not included with hotel booking, but a 12 Eur cover was asked. Room was spacious and clean though.

4/10 Poor

James, USA

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not that great
Not that great - air conditioning did not work. Asked for a wake up call that never came. 10-15 minute walk to metro (which these days can be very crowded) - there are other hotels much closer to center of town. The reason I booked this hotel is because it was advertised it had an indoor swimming pool, which my kids like. But the pool, bottom floor of hotel, is connected to a gym, for which you have to pay 12 Euros per person (swimming cap required, which I had to buy as well), and the swimming hours are perhaps 1 or 2 specific hours each day; presumably there would equally be a separate cost for those wanting to use the exercise machine sin the gym. The staff were nice. I should note however that one staff member indicated we should take a bus to certain sites (Piazza Navona), but we missed our guided tour because we had to wait 45 minutes at the bus stop. So, use the metro to get as close as possible to your siteseeing. Staff - nice; Hotel facilities - generally pretty good; hotel room - good, but we were put on the first floor and loud people knocking on several doors on our floor, including ours in the middle of the night; hand towels in bathroom are more like cloth napkins you would find at your table in a nice restaurant; beds were OK, could have used a couple more pillows; finally, while there were many TV stations, don't expect more than a couple in English.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Why would you book anyone into a hotel out here .
We had to walk about thirty mins to get the metro, then another thirty min into city centre, then same back at night, so could not go back to hotel and chill and change to go out to dinner,once out that was us for the day,hated all of it, will never recommend Rome to my friends, was so looking forward to it.bad management from cruise company

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel very near the university
A modern, comfortable hotel with quite a spacious room near the University Tre where I was attending a conference. My only minor complaint is that I couldn't find an English channel on the television.

8/10 Good

MARCIN, Hull

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice hotel and staff
Good value for money, close to metro and bus stop. Very good breakfast. Reception response immediately to our queries such as: iron, kettle. Very clean rooms and bathroom. Swimming pool under repaires. Generally I can come back to this hotel.

8/10 Good

Emma, Montreal, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel
The hotel room was very nice. A/C worked very well. The breakfast was okay. The staff were great. The only downside was the location, a bit of a walk from the metro station, especially after walking all day long in Rome, then you have a 10 minute walk up hill. Besides that, the hotel was great.

8/10 Good

Martin, Hereford UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Sightseeing Hotel
We spent four nights at the Oly Hotel to give us 3 days sight seeing in Rome. It proved an excellent base for this if you are ok with a 10 minute walk to the tube station. This gives you access to all of the centre of Rome for 1.50 euro per trip and meant we could leave the car parked up for the duration - plenty of parking on site - real plus if you have a car. Breakfast was a very good buffet but use of the indoor pool was restricted at the times we wanted to use it i.e. after getting back from a hot days walking! It was being used for classes every evening we were there and then closed at 5:30. Very nice cafes between the tube and hotel and the pizzeria/trattoria about 5 minutes walk is very good value. We not have an evening meal in the hotel. Room was excellent but not too good a view from the back of the hotel. Quite a steep walk back up to the hotel which is ok for the able bodied but proved a struggle for my elderly Mum. All in all we would use this as a base again.

6/10 Okay

Cedric, London

Liked: Room comfort
Hotel Oly
Great trip all in all. Hotel did its job as a glorified B&B as most of our time was spent away from the hotel.

4/10 Poor

ange, melbourne

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not stay in summer
Do not stay here in summer, we stayed here for 3 nights and the air conditioner would turn off every 8 minutes, the shower head was not working properly and we had left with a million Mosquitoes bites.

10/10 Excellent

Lina, Cyprus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing
A lovely stay

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would look at a 4 star next time
We were on a short stay in Rome, having come from a fantastic experience in Venice. The hotel lobby and room were dated, the carpet needed cleaning and the furniture in the room was banged up. The mini-bar was empty but for water. The room cramped but clean. The maid service was great and the front desk helpful. Free breakfast was available and fine - nothing stellar. It is a 10 minute walk to the metro and 30 minutes cab ride anywhere. The neighborhood was nice at night though - safe and friendly.

8/10 Good

Brianf, Northampton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Go for the Great Service and Value not the Pool
I must commend the brilliant and friendly staff at the hotel. We arrived really early in the morning but within 10 minutes they had our room early nearly 2 hours before the allocated check in time. The room was actually a suite with one bedroom off a lounge area with a sofa bed. The bathroom was also a good size with a shower over the bath. Both rooms had a large LCD TV although the only UK channel was BBC News with around 20 other Italian channels. The room decor is okay albeit beginning to date slightly. There is plenty of car parking on site. The hotel is in a quiet residential area about 7 minutes walk away from the nearest metro which takes you into central Rome in 10 minutes. The walk takes you parallel to the Metro line which is covered in graffiti and whilst I can understand other reviewers comments about not feeling safe in the neighbourhood at night I did not see any other issues. The basement pool is a huge let down - an above ground affair only open until 2pm on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. We were also not able to try the Fitness suite as it is closed on Sundays. The continental buffet with pastries, cereals, boiled eggs, processed ham and cheese along with the ubiquitous hot and cold drinks dispensers was also fine. Great value overall.

8/10 Good

william, northern ireland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is a Good hotel for family visit to rome
This hotel has friendly and informative staff. It is very clean and tidy in all areas. The rooms are well equipped with Tv, safe and fridge. The beds are firm but comfortable, bathrooms are large and fully equipped also. There is free wifi and runs 24 hours a day in room. There is a vending machine and coffee machine on one floor which is full of many snacks and drinks. The breakfast is varied with most things available. They have a large secure car park well lit at night and the hotel grounds are covered with a camera system. On the down side the hotel is away from any real restaurants or shops. There is no bars or clubs nearby and the hotel bar is also the restaurant with no buz. The pool has limited opening for residents and you need the speedo and swim cap for access (weekend is worst times). If eating in hotel the food is ok but it's something you would only do once. It is a ten minute walk to the metro which is then 5 mins from the centre. the walk is fine during the day but wouldn't be sure of the area at nite.

8/10 Good

Hayden, Nz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
The place was nice but the area put me off, we didn't feel safe walking at night, but hotel was clean and service was good

6/10 Okay

Namita, SWEDEN

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Oly Hotel - Rome 10-15 minutes walk uphill
Pros: Breakfast was nice. Internet was free. Clean and hygenic room. Helps with maps and advices about city tour. 1 min walk to bus stop. In a residential area so kind of safe to walk at night. Close to super market, where you can buy stuff at cheaper rates. Cons: There was no air-cooling during April. Reception could not help with the bus timings. Room not very spacious. 10-15 mins walk UPHILL from Basilica San Paolo Metro station.