Hotel Mari 1

The bathroom was the worst part and made us question how clean the rooms could be. There was black mold along the windows and in cracks in the shower, peeling paint, and rotting floorboards. Water damage also extended to the hallway walls. The rooms were barely bigger than two single beds with only a 2-3' aisle around them. The hotel was dirty and cramped, with poor service and eight flights of marble steps to reach the rooms, a difficult haul even with our lightly packed carry-ons. We wouldn't have stayed the night if we hadn't paid in advance. Mari 1 also seems to have made itself look much better on websites, including through its supposedly 'nicer' sister property, Mari 2. That second property is dingy, hidden at the back of a hard-to-find alley, and didn't look promising beyond the narrow entrance room where the bigger buffet breakfast is supposedly served. The manager was surly, and his older female assistant was unkind and barely helpful when we got locked out of our room. The door locks automatically when it closes. Don't stay here unless there's no other way to spend the night in Rome. Bring a sleepsack and serious flip flops if this is the last room you can find.