Expert reviews
“Hostelling just got a whole lot smarter in Rome thanks to this designer hostel which, quite frankly, is more uber-cool hotel in mood – 72% of the 174 beds here languish in bright white private rooms with sharp bathrooms, and dorms max out at four beds.”
“Rome’s first ‘poshtel’ is a chic, boutique accommodation with a youthful vibe and a contemporary-meets-retro décor. The location is slightly out of the way, but nevertheless close to the city’s lively Monti neighbourhood and with excellent transport links at nearby Termini Station.”
What guests liked
- Train station
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
- Great location
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
This hospitality center offers dorm-like room options for tourists and travelers in the city. The hotel is located on 257 Via Principe Amedeo in the Central Station area of Rome where it provides easy access to some of the most widely used transport systems. The Generator Hostel is even more attractive to guests in the city looking to visit landmarks and places of interest as a result of the closeness to accessible bus and metro links.
The Generator Hostel Rome is the ideal departure spot for guests looking for adventure and excitement in Rome.
The hotel offers room and accommodation options such as Single Room with Bathroom, Double or Twin Room with Private Bathroom and Triple Room with Private Bathroom. Other room options available in the hotel include a Quadruple Room with Bathroom and a 6-Bed Mixed Dorm Room.
The hotel rooms are fitted with needed standard amenities as well as modern facilities.
The hotel is just a 10-minute walk away from the popular Termini Central Station, the Vittorio Emanuele is about a 7-minute walk away, and the Basilica of Santa Maria is just right around the corner.
The lounge/bar area is the ideal place for guests to relax and enjoy a drink after a long day.
The on-site hotel restaurant offers a wide variety of local and international cuisines, prepared from fresh ingredients and served exquisitely in a stylish and refreshing setting.
The hotel provides other services and facilities such as luggage storage, 24-hour front desk, airport shuttle, daily maid service and room service.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
20 February 2025
Fabulous
Great location , nice room and bathroom insuite type ... Breakfast is extra to pay... Man on reception is super friendly and give me good tip about attractions and metro transportation ...
There is no kitchen to prepare snack to dinner, and not allowed to bring food and drinks in
20 February 2025
Recommending for short trips for solo travelers
I liked that there was dryer for clothes in the bathroom. That was very comfortable to dry some small clothes. Also that a working mood was accompanied by the working atmosphere in the Generator Hostel. The personal were very professional, nice and friendly
15 February 2025
Ok hostel. Careful with location
Nice room and facilities
Not very well located. Dark and dangerous at night
11 February 2025
Very good
The cleanliness is good, super convenient
No access to the roof top by there in the pictures. The area is a little sketchy.
11 February 2025
Very good
The customer service was very good, and the lobby area was very nice with a bar as well.
Coming back in the night, the shared rooms were pitch black. More night lights would be helpful
5 February 2025
Amazing
Great staff, great time spent there
4 February 2025
The entire stay was decent, will definitely consider staying here again if I’m looking for a hostel in Rome.
- The rooms are kept very clean and tidy, beds aren’t squeaky. - Staffs are extremely friendly & helpful. - Public areas are spacious and nice to chill in.
- The door doesn’t unlock right away after you insert the key card, have to insert it 2-3 times until it does (happened to all roommates). - The shower’s drain was clogged and there were many small flies in both the toilet and shower rooms. - The hostel is in an area filled with many immigrants and most times many men gather outside buildings in day and night time (don’t know for what reason), so it can be a bit scary for solo female travellers.
3 February 2025
Fabulous
Very good hostel, every time I come to Rome I stay here. Close to Termini Station, nice rooms, clean bathrooms and friendly staff. They have lockers to leave your luggage for a fee.
3 February 2025
Very good
The staff was amazing and always ready to help. The room was always clean and the access was very easy.
The only bad aspect for me was the location. The access is very easy but not that safe at night. Near the train station.
1 February 2025
Good value friendly hostel close to Termini train station
Friendly reception. Friendly environment. Easy to speak with other guests. Clean and comfortable bed. Nice shared space with access to a refrigerator. Clean bathroom in each room.
Nothing to note
29 January 2025
Decent, not too far from the colosseum
The beds were fairly comfy and self contained so you still could have personal light , though could do with curtains for some privacy and light issue when people wake up at different times and leave lights on.
The air con in the room didn’t work. I was originally in a room with all boys as I had booked mixed dorm. Though you cannot guarantee other girls in the room, I believe staff should not have made me pay for an upgrade to go to the female due to safety. The rooftop wasn’t open which was a shame during warmer weather, and so just had to sit inside in my room and seating area downstairs as there aren’t many places to go
29 January 2025
Good
Staff were friendly Room was clean Good location
The pillows weren't the comfiest, but wasn't a deal breaker
28 January 2025
A good value hostel in a great location
The room was good value with comfortable beds..nice bathrooms..metro and train station around the corner
26 January 2025
Very good
Almost everything, I will come back if I'm going back to Roma
22 January 2025
Fabulous
Clean, comfortable, modern, staff and metro location
Location is a bit sketchy, heating
21 January 2025
Good hostel for a airport long connection.
Clean room, no issues, lockers (you need to bring the lock), Dependable bathroom, not much space, but still good. The room itself is spacious.
I missed some details, as the pillow wasn't the most comfortable.
15 January 2025
Generator Ro Ro Roma
Amazing staff.... Wana is helpful and kind I'm also amazed at how Filipinos work. Accessibility to everything and the location was awesome Hostel is incredibly good I will definitely recommend it to my friends
N/A
14 January 2025
Good place to stay
Close to city centre and go to airport .clean and smile stuffy
Nothing to complain
10 January 2025
Good
Location
The toilet shower is static! That isn't nice as not everyone intends to have their hair/heads wet!
6 January 2025
Good Location
Very close to the main train station, so that I can catch an early morning train.
4 January 2025
A good Hostel stay
Facilities, Staff, Ambience and Cleanliness.
Location
1 January 2025
Great Staff but overall it is really different from others generators
nice and helpful staff, fancy bar with tasty menu everyday
strange people hanging around outside the hostel and made me feel stressful. unexpected stricted hostel rule compared with other generators' hostel
1 January 2025
Very good
Nicely maintained and clean
31 December 2024
Pleasant
Walking distance to the main attractions in the city. Comfortable bed, staff are friendly and facilities are clean.
31 December 2024
Good
The location wasn't ideal
30 December 2024
Fabulous
Had a good stay here, location is convenient and the bed was comfortable. Little pricy, but it’s Rome.
28 December 2024
Fabulous
I was pleasantly surprised! The hostel was very nice and clean, offering many more facilities than a 4-star hotel, and it was well-maintained. Its location provided easy access to Termini Station (the main station in Rome) and Emanuel Station, situated in a vibrant area of the city. I highly recommend it for both long and short stays, especially for female solo travelers.
Very nice... nothing!
23 December 2024
Fabulous
Supportive staff, Cleanliness
20 December 2024
Normal hostel.
decent lobby. clean and simple rooms. it was fine.
I'm 6'4. so the bed was a bit small.
19 December 2024
Well thought-through hostel-chain
It's international Professional The best hostel-beds, just like in other Generator-Hostels Well thought-through beds with privacy wall for the head And lockers which make use of the space under the bed The beds made out of metal. So no grinding noises in the night The ladder at the foot-end, welded to the bed. So here too, no noises in anyone's face Would be nice if Generator would make long-term-hostels or something like that. So that you can actually really live there for years Would be the end of the housing-crisis...
Nothing really
17 December 2024
Affordable accommodation close to the central station
Room was spacious and had two bathrooms, the living room area downstairs was nice, beds were comfortable, everything was clean. The hostel is very close to the central station. You get a welcome drink.
No kitchen area so you can't prepare your own meal (they didn't even have mugs or cutlery). The area around the hostel was kinda shady.
11 December 2024
Friendly staff and clean stay
The staff is really nice and the hostel rooms are pretty spacious and clean. It is near the termini station and other tourist attractions.
Nothing actually.
10 December 2024
Very good
Price and facilities in general. The neighborhood seems a bit unsafe, but it is near the main train station and restorants, actually, just by walking a bit you can arrive to "trattoria vecchia roma" very good restorant.
Just the toilets wasn't that comfortable and clean, it could be a bit better. Although I also think it's a bit of guests fault.
4 December 2024
Overall Good Experience. I will consider again to stay.
The Staffs are friendly. I took the private room, which was very comfortable for a short business trip. It is close to the Termini, making it comfortable to catch any transport to other parts of the city.
28 November 2024
Would stay again.
Facilities.
26 November 2024
Pleasant
Nice location close to Termini station. Quite spacious and reasonably clean rooms with bathrooms.
The staff was not very friendly. The roof terrace was closed (please open it, the view should be good from there!)
25 November 2024
Fabulous
location
I could not find
24 November 2024
Fabulous
If travel plan changes or has to be changed, refund should be allowed
23 November 2024
Very good
Bathrooms
Rooms
19 November 2024
Pleasant
No towel provided
Location
15 November 2024
Very good
The shared dorms were really spacious and clean.
Virtually no social atmosphere.
14 November 2024
Pleasant
Staff was VERY friendly. Room was well equipped and VERY clean. Location was extremely convenient to Termini Station and affordable places to eat. 24hr staff was great. Easy entrance/exit system. I enjoyed my stay.
Storage Locker system did NOT work, ate my money and left me with no locker to store my heavy backpack (prior to check-in.) Very bad. Also, the bunk beds had some sort of mesh on the bottom that was very noisy every time someone got in/out of bed, or turned in bed. Disruptive to sleep. Location was in a slightly less desireable neighborhood, though I never felt unsafe.
10 November 2024
Good location, the rest not as much
Good location. Nice interiror design on the main floor.
The bathrooms are in the room. The room smelled of urine. I could barely sleep. Breakfast not worth the money.
10 November 2024
Nice hostal
Really nice place to stay
5 November 2024
Good location.
Not far from the train station.
Could not bring food and drinks from other establishments.
4 November 2024
Good value for money
Perfect location. Clean
Shared room beds do not have curtains
1 November 2024
Very good
I think the staff were very helpful and kind. I mistakenly booked a mixed room but since I am a Muslim I can't share a room with guys. But the staff really handled the situation professionally because I went there alone and if they just kicked me out Idk where to go. haaha
I just dislike that others use slippers in the room. I didn't know that and I didn't bring a slipper with me. I think the administrator needs to prepare room slippers to avoid dirt on the floor.
30 October 2024
Pleasant
Basic cleanness and comfort
Everything was basic and we couldn't ask for changes
29 October 2024
Lively accommodation with very friendly staff
The property was nice and we had a big room and balcony
The price was too high
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Coffee house on site
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage (additional charge)
- - ATM/cash machine on site
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Airport shuttle (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Transport
- - Airport pick up (additional charge)
- - Airport drop off (additional charge)
Activities
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Access to health care professionals
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
23 February 2025
It's okay