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A fairly large and very social hostel located 5 blocks from the train station. There is a nice sitting area with couches (and cool orange lighting), an internet computer area (free), and a large full kitchen. It's a social hostel but the mood of the place is chill and laidback. There are usually people hanging out or cooking and it's a good place to stay if you want to meet people.
The rooms have mostly bunkbeds, with a sink in the room. The bathrooms and showers range from ok to not too great depending on which bathroom you use. There are lockers in the hall but you need to bring your own lock. One warning, they're stricter than most hostels about the checkout time and they'll keep your deposit if you're late for checkout.
The rooms have mostly bunkbeds, with a sink in the room. The bathrooms and showers range from ok to not too great depending on which bathroom you use. There are lockers in the hall but you need to bring your own lock. One warning, they're stricter than most hostels about the checkout time and they'll keep your deposit if you're late for checkout.
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Hot and dirty. First of all, I have to mention that the pictures they display on their own website are so not true. They do not have fancy bedrooms as they say. The bedroom that I stayed, a seven-bed mixed room, was poor, the walls were cracking, most of the lockers were broke, and there was no air conditioning. We asked for a upgrade but they couldnt give us, and its physically impossible to sleep in Rome during summer in a room without air conditioning and six other people. The showers were just disgusting, there were three for the whole floor, I had to take a shower with my havaianas on, but honestly on some days I preferred not to take a shower, until we asked for our money back and went to a two-star hostel. — Maria Campos , Brazil (2009-07-19) Staff nice but if you plan to sleep go somewhere else. We didnt get a single hour of sleep in that place in three days -- rooms were noisy and cold, heaters caused blackouts, and in the last night, one of the heaters ignited a pillow so that the whole place was filled with smoke. No fire alarm went off! The rooms are rather overpriced, we paid around 30 quid for a night in a twelve-bed dorm. Another big disadvantage is the absence of a kitchen and their preventing you from bringing food or drinks to the dorms. We would not recommend the hostel to our friends. — Chris & Laura , GER (2009-01-04) Awesome as far as a really large hostel goes this place was great. the staff were really helpful, and one employee even allowed my friends to use their cell phone to text me that they had arrived since i got to rome earlier than them and was in a different hostel at the time. it's also located close to termini but not right on top of the station so the rooms are fairly quiet. they were really informative about which bus routes to take and other small things. the rooms themselves are pretty big with lots of storage space under the beds. the bathrooms were decent, and there was never a wait to shower however if more than 2 people showered at the same time no hot water would come out (this is typical in most of italy though). there's a bar below that is a little overpriced but convenient. the only downsides were the early morning cleaning services with the not so friendly cleaning staff who i'm pretty sure took great pleasure in waking us up, the internet is incredibly slow and there's only two computers (one of which has a messed up keyboard, however there are TONS of internet cafes that you can use for about 50 euro cents for an hour), and finally because it's such a large hostel it isn't terribly sociable, but we had an awesome time anyways with the two guys in our room so it all worked out. — natalie , USA (2008-04-21) Perfect!!! Amazing. You have to stay here. And do the pub crawl! I was traveling alone and met so many fun and interesting people. Everyone who worked there was friendly and accommodating and hysterical! I highly recommend staying here. No complaints. — Marian , USA (2007-11-02) This place was amazing. I hadn't been able to book online before arriving in Rome, and they wouldn't take a phone reservation for some reason (frustrating), but when I arrived for my 4-night stay in rome and found that they didn't have an opening, they CALLED EVERY HOSTEL IN ROME TO FIND ME A ROOM. How great is that. The place they put me in was bad, but after staying there for two nights I checked out the Yellow again and they had an opening for my last 2 nights. It was clean, the staff were friendly, and it was in a great location. Definitely try to get this place for your stay! — Haley , Canada (2007-04-10) I prefer hostels to be smaller, as smaller hostels tend to have a more sociable and friendly vibe. But my first choice of hostel was booked out so i ended up here. For a large hostel, however, Yellow was decent. The common areas were inviting and had a good atmosphere. The staff here were awesome -- better than many other hostels, because they were actually the same age/demographic as the people staying there -- they were all foreign travelers on an extended stay in Rome (they had good taste in music too, rockin' the common/reception area with some drum'n'bass and hip-hop). The dorm rooms were all on the floors above and were remarkably spacious for a hostel. There were plenty of showers/bathrooms on each floor too, so there was never a wait. The location was decent -- close enough to Termini, which is the main transit point for both local and (inter)national trains and buses. The neighborhood seems like a fifty-fifty mix of hostels/hotels and apartments, but not overtly touristy. I had a good time at Yellow, who also run a bar-crawl, which is a good way to meet fellow guests. Even the staff showed up after their shifts to catch the end of it -- good times! — Nick J.P. (2007-01-16) This is a great hostel. I found the staff helpful, and the general atmosphere good. The lounge is a great place to hang out; there is always someone to talk to. This is a very social hostel, so be prepared with earplugs if you like to go to bed early. The kitchen is nice and clean, the showers could be a little better, but at least the water is nice and hot with good shower pressure. I found the location to be great, its very close to Termini and a metro stop on the blue line. The neighborhood wasn't scary at all. The pub crawl is a lot of fun, so definitely take advantage of that opportunity. The only thing that would have made this perfect would have been breakfast. — Mandy (2006-12-07) My favorite hostel. Plenty of showers and hot water, very clean, large kitchen. Fun staff! Don't go if you just want to curl up with a book every night! They have really fun pub crawls and reception can get crazy at night. — K (2006-11-09) The Yellow is great! This was my first hostel and it spoiled me a little bit. The rooms are all very clean, all of the guys at the reception are friendly and helpful, the internet is free, the area is safe, but interesting. I was a little nervous being a solo female traveler, but it was not a problem at all. Plus, this is a nice place to meet people. Go on the pub crawl. Seriously. If you come back late at night and are a little shy, simply walking into the bar/reception is a little intimidating, but the pub crawl is great. I actually met all of the people in my room and there was a lot of room 21 love. Plus, the map they give you is really helpful. And it is so nice to be able to have a shower and toilet in the room. — Megan (2006-11-09) Good choice of hostels, very efficient and helpful staff. Clientele was young, and we're middle age, but that's to be expected when hosteling. Only drawback was the VERY SMALL bathroom in our 6 bed suite. Had to undress in the shower itself, but clean and well maintained. — Bodner, OHIO, USA (2006-10-26) This hostel was great, nice social vibe. The tours advertised at the hostel were good as well. It was clean and there was always something going on at night. I would suggest going to some less American type bars on the pub crawls but just my two cents. Bill and Alesha were great, as was the rest of the staff. — Truelove (2006-10-16) This hostel was a fun place to stay due to its very social atmosphere. There were lots of travelers from all over the world I met in the kitchen or waiting in line for the internet. They also showed some nice movies in the internet/common room. There was also a bar/reception space, decorated in cool colors. The location was all right, five minutes' walk from Termini station, which is convenient, if you arrive from Da Vinci airport by the train express. It felt pretty safe walking from the train station at night. It felt not that safe walking from the bus station -- choose "main" roads on your way back. Get a small map showing all the bus routes at the hostel, for the main line of metro (A) for some reason closes at 9 pm (the other line, B, is open til midnight), so you have to use buses to get back to hostel after 9. All the pretty piazzas like Piazza Navona, Spanish Steps, where you can spend your evening, are not too far from line A, so make sure you know the number of the bus that will take you back to Termini. Luckily, Rome has a really good public transportation system. I also know that the hostel offers its own tours of Vatican or the city. If you miss those, you can always try to get one from the Enjoy Rome office, which is two blocks away on your way to the metro. During my six-day stay the internet was down for two days, and sometimes the elevator did not work either. The staff was not very friendly (with the exception of one), for some reason. Although, I have to admit, all the guys at the reception were really really cute. They were not unfriendly either, they just kept ignoring me. Maybe because I did not go to the pub crawl, or had my own agenda. They did not really give any advice on good places to eat around the place. When I booked this hostel, I was under the impression that breakfast was included. Well, it is not anymore. So some good advice on cheap places to eat would be nice, with some kind of apology instead of "oh, we changed that on the web-site, no more free breakfast." They did not have alarm clocks to rent/borrow or any kind of "wake-up" service, so make sure you bring your own, if you have to leave early. A couple of people in my room had overslept and missed their flight. The towels were not free, you had to pay 10 euro deposit to get them. I rented the room with shower inside, which was a very wise idea, especially in the 33 C (88 F) heat. The shower is really tiny, and the temperature control is sometimes off, but it's there, and you feel like a normal person at least twice a day thanks to it. There was never a line to the shower in our six-people room. The walls are so thin that you can hear people in the next room, though. Take your earplugs, and you will sleep just fine. Overall, I think it's the people who chose this hostel who made it a very fun place to stay. I will miss these conversations at the kitchen. — Julia (2006-10-04) this hostel was probably the best hostel i stayed at on my eurotrip this summer. great facitilies (although there were a couple of blackouts that messed the internet up a bit -- not a problem cause there are a lot of cheap internet cafes nearby). the highlight of the hostel was definitely its fun atmosphere. it's a very social hostel and all the people i met while i was there were very friendly. the staff was awesome -- they know how to party and are also incredibly helpful and knowledgeable about the city. go to the yellow and enjoy your stay in rome! — Daniela (2006-07-31) This hostel was alright by my standards. The staff were really friendly and the common room was a pretty good social scene. Our first day in Rome my friend and I took a walking tour -- offered through the hostel. best decision as we learned thousands of years worth of history and all about Rome's ancient buildings from someone who made it quite captivating. I can recite some of the tour to you now -- it remains in my memory! — Whitney (2006-06-22) Overall this place was great. Rooms are clean, there is a nice kitchen/common room, internet access, and the breakfast is fantastic. Only downside is that the staff definitely seem to have a bit of an attitude. — Anon (2006-05-20)