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Stella's House
Via Montebello 99, Rome, RM

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7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 35 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 18 out of 136 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 136 reviews" "

7.8/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Panukorn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stella's House Review 02/10/19 - 05/10/19
I had a very pleasant time at Stella's house. I arrived quite late on Wednesday evening and the owners were very accommodating despite me waking them up. Perfect location in the centre of Rome, perfect if you are looking for a cheap but good location!
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019
Response from stella on 7 Oct,2019
many thanks a see you next time stella

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019
Response from stella on 30 Sept,2019
grazie

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Real Taste Of Italy
My stay at Stella's House was exactly what I wanted it to be. The building itself was traditional with shuttered windows, enormous carved wooden entry door, high ceilings, an old-fashioned pull-door elevator, stone floors and staircase etc. It has a fantastic location, being only a 10 minute walk to Roma Termini, the hub of transport in Rome, and within walking distance to many bus routes, cafes, shops and attractions including Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps. Stella's House itself occupies half of the 2nd floor and features include 4 guest rooms and a lovely terrace. Perhaps the priceless quality there is the homely atmosphere, which isn't surprising as it is indeed Stella's home. There was a slight problem with language (which only added to the authentic experience) but Stella is more like a mother /friend than a business owner. She was happy to help in any way she could and very appreciative of small gestures. If someone is after accommodation with all of the modern conveniences then Stella's House isn't for you (but it does have all you need)... however, if you want to feel welcome in Italy and 'live like an Italian' then I can't recommend Stella's House highly enough.
Stayed 6 nights in May 2019
Response from stella on 8 Jun,2019
many thanks

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in May 2019
Response from stella on 16 May,2019
thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stella house was great. If you like the nice jinky and comfortable native vibes. This place is for you. Stella was very helpful she prepared breakfast for you every morning if you requested it. I even got a chance to taste her home cooked lunch it was amazing! She is like family now glad I got to stay and enjoy her Lovely home. If our into architecture structures like myself then this house is like a unique travel back in time in a excellent way! She even let me help her pruning in her garden which most people wouldn’t allow!
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2019
Response from stella on 28 Apr,2019
thanks stella

6/10 Okay

William

Cheap is not always good
Good location for the Roma Termini but I pay cheap price I got what pay for I would Get other place next time in rome I found a better place close by for my last night in rome Virginia hotel is the place to go Stella she can spend some money like have tv in rooms 😞
Stayed 9 nights in Mar 2019
Response from stella on 10 Apr,2019
grazie

10/10 Excellent

Ehiti

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay
Stella and her daughter are very friendly, kind and sweet. The flat is located in a very good place, close to subway station and also train and bus station, connecting you everywhere in Rome.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2018
Response from stella on 9 Oct,2018
many thanks a see you next time

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Okey for the price
I guess you get what you pay for it,Stella the owner very nice person I like her. The room no AC and hard bed,outside of the hotel very dirty and noisy. I love Rome dont get me wrong,next time I will pay a little more to get more comfort. The good thing is close to everything specially the Termini station.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018
Response from stella on 9 Oct,2018
thanks

10/10 Excellent

ANTHONY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Time trip
Great place Stella was good host easy walk to all site seeing spots easy walk great restaurants around the guesthouse
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018
Response from stella on 30 Sept,2018
thank you

10/10 Excellent

Rossaria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stella's a Beautiful person and worth staying.
Stella's House is a good point for those who have never been to Rome. You can walk everywhere. You have others who stay there but you never run into anyone. I'll be staying there when i go back to Rome later this year. Stella's a beautiful person and understand the needs of the travel. Very helpful. My friends and i walked everywhere and we found our way home easily. Lots of embassies around. That area. Nice restaurants in the area. But if you stay there leave a bed for me.
Response from stella on 9 May,2018
hello Rossaria many thanks a see you next time a kiss stellahouse

10/10 Excellent

javier, Miami,fl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location
Great hostess.perfect location!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2018
Response from stella on 24 Apr,2018
thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Goodvalue for money
Nice homely environment.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Carl, uk

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant staff, very welcoming. Warm reception. Nice location for sight seeing. Safe and trustworthy.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

brandi, buffalo, ny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ALMOST perfect
On the up side, hotel was comfortable- large shower & bathrooms, large bedroom, fan in room, comfortable, & Stella was very nice. On the down side- she doesn't wake until 8:30 so we missed out on having the "continental breakfast" that was advertised and that we had paid for, and no one was home when we arrived during Their set check-in time.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
A small central tidy room with a great price to ma
A great central area and a tidy room. Stella was great and went out of her way to assist with basic English. Small bathroom but neat and tidy. The room was hot with a small fan provided this would not be an issue but the days while visiting Rome were all over 35 degrees.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Regan, ON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
It was fine
Clean enough and quiet but pretty inconvenient overall. Left waiting at door for 30 min at check in. Breakfast wasn't there ar 930am when I went to get it. Cleaned my room at 9pm at night as I was coming home after being out for 11 hours. Polite lady. There was a dog though so that was great.

2/10 Terrible

Traelaround, Intheworld

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I find very dispointing
I find it was misleaded. It is like living in someones home. Gota be like a B+B, a buseness place.The breadfast can not called the breadfast. Go and see other same leval the B+B hotel how to runing a buseness. Never recommand to anyone. I travel a lot, never seeing things like that .

6/10 Okay

Sara, Venezuela

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
close to the subway
This its not a hotel, you rent a room in a ladys house. I felt misguided because on the website it never said that, this wasnt a hotel but something like a pension, and it was very expensive more than real hotels, wich I later found out. The breakfast was really bad only some sweet croisant and jelly. The location its really good, close to the subway and to termini. There wasnt a staff for real its run by the owner of the house and her son and daugther. its very clean and the room was big and comfortable, but the bathroom its share. the building its nice with elevator. I felt so uncomfortable.

4/10 Poor

A, CAN

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We staid for two nights. First, it's not a hotel. And not even B&B how we understand it in US or Canada. It's just an apartment where 4 or 5 rooms are set to accommodate guests. Shared bathrooms (for all guests and owner). So, do not expect any amenities of a hotel. No air conditioning in a room. Bed/pillows are very basic and not comfortable. We didn't try TV (old and very small), but it looks very unpromising. "Free internet" didn't work ("limited connection"). Building is on a busy street, so be prepared that it will be very noisy at night (at least in 3 rooms). Oh, and at about 2 a.m. garbage track comes every night to pick up garbage from a bin, which is directly below windows. Do not expect anything from breakfast (coffee and some kind of small packaged croissant). We skipped it on a second day. The only positive thing is a location.

4/10 Poor

roxanna, houston tx

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
good location
good wifi very friendly but Sketchy at night an old man was following us and almost kidnapped my daughter, breakfast sucks it's a cheap bread and juice

4/10 Poor

Humphrey, Brazil

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not what I thought it would be!
Comfortable bed but no ceiling fan or air conditioning in warm climate Internet worked well but No TV The staff was friendly Next door to adult movie theater I was thankful for the bed. Breakfast was coffee and muffins pretty sparse! If you are expecting real food or any kind of spread at all. Only 7 minutes to bus/train station and good pizza down the street.

8/10 Good

justin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Noise is the problem
If you want to have a good night sleep, think again. The street outsides the apartment buiding (Stella's House) is very busy and noisy at night. You hear noise even with windows closed. but if you are a heavy sleeper, you are ok. Also, no air conditioner, I don't know if it's needed in Rome in the summer. Lastly, you probably need to buy your own breakfast even though they claim that breakfast is included. There's something to eat, just not enough.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Well placed, clean, spacious, friendly
Well placed, clean, spacious, friendly

10/10 Excellent

sid, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice option
the owner, stella, was very attentive and helpful. its a economical option and walking distance to everywhere. for sure i recommend

8/10 Good

JHFoo, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly Stella
The location of the B&B was great, as it was near to two of the metro stations and lots of dining option. Stella was very friendly, although she not very fluent in English but she tried her best to answer all our questions. She even provided us with a map, marked all the tourist attractions and even try to explain to us. Within the house, there were two bathrooms. The smaller heater seem to have some problem. Sometime the warm/hot water will twitched to cold for a short while before getting warm/hot again. The bigger toilet work perfectly fine. The room that we were in were sufficient for us, as it is still cooling (single digit in Celsius during the night) for us but do wonder how one will feel during the summer as there is no air con in it except a fan. Some commented that there was a cinema directly beside the house that showed adult movie, but we find it perfectly fine as we do not really see anyone walking in or out of it during our stay at Stella's house. The house provide wifi but once in awhile, the signal might drop and you just need to go reset the TPlink (additional wireless router) along the walkway and it will work fine. If given a chance to visit Rome, we will stay there again.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

6/10 Okay

Libby, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice enough for the price
Found the decorating cute but was not overly comfortable. Brkfast may have been better if I'd gotten up earlier but for late starters it was just a packet crossaint. Area was close to where I wanted to go though and felt pretty safe. Landlord lives in the hotel and is nice. Not sure if anyone else was actually staying there when I was. Wifi not in room but in kitchen and bathroom! Both bathrooms had broken shower heads

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely b&b will go back
Stella is lovely. Her house is so close to a lot of attractions in Rome.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not a bed and breakfast a small family apartment
Stella's was not a bed and breakfast it was a bed with a plastic wrapped croissant and no coffee next to a sexy cinema and across from a sexy disco. Some of these reviews are misleading. Stella is a yeller. She will not let you do laundry or drive you anywhere. The accommodations are awkward. It's like an uncomfortable sleepover when your friends mom begrudges your presence. The bathrooms had Stella's personal effects. There was no designated guest bathroom. Bad wifi connection. However the location was convenient and it was super cheap.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rome Stella House ... a family room
Stella House location is around 15-20 min from Rome termini, room is good, a warm family feeling, but cannot card pay by credit card.

4/10 Poor

jef

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Really, I wanted to Like this Place
I wanted to like this place—family-run, conveniently located near the train station, and including breakfast. In the end, however, it's hard to recommend Stella's House. The family is nice enough and the location is good, being easy walking distance from the train station (with its own connections to airports). Here is the breakdown of “however”: Stella's House is actually a couple separate residences, in which members of the family live, so you are not getting a hotel room, but a room in a family's house. Although this, in itself, need not be a bad thing, we were led to the sister's house, where (as of Nov, 2011 at least) a toddler with some healthy lungs happens to live. We were woken up both our nights there by the kid screaming, followed each time by his mom screaming back at him. So there this noise factor. Also, there is a second room let out to tourists, and you will be sharing a bathroom with them or, if they have been sold a “private bathroom,” you'll share with the mother and boisterous kid. Both bathrooms are not cleaned with any frequency or gusto. There's mold in showers and around sinks, and toilets are . . . well, we cleaned it before using it. Towels are so old & starched as to be abrasive—nice if you want to exfoliate yourself; also, of the two we were given, we only ended up using one for bathing purposes because the other stink, stank, stunk. We'd innocently dried our hands with it after washing them, and it left our hands smelling of mildew. Don't worry, we did wash our hands again. There is no TV (yeah, that's what you came to Rome to do—sit in front of the Lobotomy Box), and no internet; this latter item was odd only because the brother told us that there was wireless access in the room and that no password was required and we hadn't even asked about internet. They may have decided that both TV and internet would be silly superfluous amenities, given the fact that there is a Triple-X movie theater immediately adjacent to Stella's House. Breakfast is coffee and a couple of cheap, bland, packaged croissants. So, if you have earplugs or don't mind familial yelling, can take a little mold, dirty toilets and mildew-ridden, sandpaper-like towels, you have found your place.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cheap and convenient
Single room was small but price was cheap. Good local street restaurants close by. Near bus routes and short walk to Termini station.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Well priced

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Studio room in Stella's house
A nice clean room for the price. It was a small studio room but clean suited my purpose of a place to sleep and story my clothing while I went sight seeing. The owner Setlla was wonderful and very helpful figuring out my way around even though we didn't speak the same language.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stellas daughters house
We went to stellas house to be picked up by her older daughter. It wasn't a problem at all. In fact it was even closer to the sites! The room was big and nice. We had a fan to use at night and it was good enough to cool us down. The street out side the window is loud but after you close the windows you can't hear a thing. In fact when we walked out side the first morning and there was a huge fea market set up. I was shocked that I didn't hear them set up or even the people shopping outside. Stellas daughters kids are fun and not a problem. I would stay here again if I couldn't find a cheaper place first.

6/10 Okay

Jake, Edwardsville, IL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Not bad, but not great
Stella and her family were very nice people, but the bnb was not the exactly the nicest place. For the price, it wasn't bad, but it was just like living in someone elses house, which was a little strange, especially since they didn't speak the best english. The "breakfast" was a store bought croissant and coffee or juice, which is a joke, but its better than nothing. Bathroom were awkwardly small, but that seems to be common all over Europe. The location for this place is good if you are traveling by train, as it is easily a walkable distance from there, as well as less than a 30 min walk to everything except the Vatican. If you are travelling on a budget and want a little more security than a hostel, this is your place, but personally, I would rather save a little more next time to stay at a decent hotel.

6/10 Okay

Mark, San Francisco Bay area

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good for budget concious travelers.
I have been to Stella's house before and went back this year again. This time the room was rather loud due to outside noice and the location of the room right by the main entrance to this quaint B&B. Stella is awesome and very committed to take care of her guests. The noise from outside this room was some mechanical system that ran all night. Also, her family stops by and can have loud conversations during the day, which isn't bad if you are out seeing the sights. But, don't plan on napping during the day. :-)

4/10 Poor

Deann, Seymour, Tennessee

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not impressed
The linens made us feel like we were visiting poor kinfolk. The air conditioner did not work. Breakfast was coffee or tea and croissant. New arrivals were greeted and processed within hearing distance which made it hard to sleep. If you want cheap and close to the train station this could work for you. We did not like it. And though my paperwork from Expedia said all taxes and fees were included I was charged an additional city tax of 2 Euro per person each night.

2/10 Terrible

Max, Moscow

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Below average
Note that there is no private bathroom as advertised! The smell in the room was aufull. Never again! Better hotels are available at similar rates in Rome!

8/10 Good

Greassed Shadow, New Hampshire

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Be family at stella's B&B
Stella's B&B is very small and we were treated as family- along with a number of her children and grandchildren who visited. The special treat was getting a ride to the Rome airport with Stella and two of her girlfriends by her son Allesssandro. Stella was travelling to NYC at the exact time we were going to Boston!. Towels and some amenities need upgrading. Breakfast was packaged croissants and fine espresso. Inexpensive.

8/10 Good

KALINA, BOSTON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DECENT PLACE NEAR TERMINI EASY TO FIND
The place is close to Termini train station. Not hard to find the address but once we found it we were confused. This was actually on the third floor of a building. Inside was like a grandma's apartment but it was clean. The towels were quite old and small. There were two shared bathrooms which were very clean and recently updated. The bathroom was the best part of the place. Walking inside I felt like I walked into my grandmother's place. Stella was kind enough to call us a taxi in the morning. We are completely satisfied with the place. For the money we paid the location was great. This is what we needed,

8/10 Good

Nina, Freiburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Ältere Wohnung mit viel Italienischen Scharm.Badezimmer ist gewöhnungsbedürftig. Sonst für das Geld finde ich ganz o. k.
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from stella on 22 Jul,2019
grazie

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Gentilezza della proprietaria. La struttura ha poca aria e dubbia igiene della biancheria.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from stella on 13 Jul,2019
grazie

4/10 Poor

Gyal

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2019
Response from stella on 13 Jul,2019
grazie

8/10 Good

Noemi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fue complicada al principio nos drsencontramos con la Sra. Pero luego todo muy bien, acorde al precio
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Stella on 4 Jun,2019
muchas gracias thanks

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
ottima posizione, la proprietaria è una persona genuina e spontanea con cui ho avuto il piacere di fare due chiacchiere durante la colazione.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from stella on 16 May,2019
grazie mille

10/10 Excellent

GAEON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019
Response from stella on 18 May,2019
thanks