Catania Vibes

Very nice and helpful owner. He came specially to check documents and informed me about events. Great lcation, close to the centrum and sea.

The good things were having a room in a decent location, not much else.

Staff couldn't speak English or didn't explain properly how things worked, the bed wasn't great, I could hear everything in my room, so if people were using the kitchen downstairs at 11 o'clock at night or coming into their rooms at past midnight, which they did every night, it woke me up. This is just a budget place so expect what you get for that price I suppose.

It is nice on the inside and clean

The location isn’t the best but it is close to the bus station

I liked the self check in and had a perfect communication with the owner, who was always immediately available. The room was basic but at a lower price too. Good A/C, nice bathroom and always hot water. Very quiet day and night.

The location is not great. It is near the railway station and a metro station but not really near anything else. On the way to the historic centre you go through a sex working district, which did not bother me at all but might not be to everyone's taste. The room was is three flights of stairs up, so a bit of extra workout. Inside the room is small, very low ceiling and felt a bit tight. It certainly is not for tall people. There is a window, but looks to a depressing ventilation shaft. The shower hose needs replacing and the shower door needs attention. Small leaks from the shower onto the floor. The bed is rather small and the bamboo headboard could do with a better cleaning. The shared fridge in the kitchen needs a good cleaning.

The room was small but it has basic things I needed like private bathroom and communal kitchen. The location is perfect, 300 metres to the train station and the was surrounded by shops and eateries. The owner was prompt in responding to any request.

Nothing

The room was spotlessly clean.

Would have liked to have had the instructions to enter the building, find the door/Key, etc beforehand, so that I wasn't struggling in the dark alone at night. Travelling as a solo female, this is important. The single room is not the one shown in pictures which was disappointing. It's like an attic room with no natural light and low ceiling. If you're tall, you're going to have a bad time. I'm 5ft 2 and even I felt claustrophobic. Nowhere to hang clothes (there is a drawer) but if you have anything to hang, there's no place. The pillow has barely any form. I had to use a blanket and a cushion under it. The WiFi signal was also very weak in the room and often cut off entirely. The location is convenient for the station but it's not a nice area.

Location very close to the bus and train station (which is the main reason we booked)

We only booked for a night to catch a bus early next morning as the hotel is super close to the station. The street on which the hotel is located is not very clean and it's a bit distant from the main centre. The stairs leading up to the room are very narrow and difficult to climb with a suitcase. The room itself was dark, suffocating and full of mosquitoes making it hard to relax and have a good sleep. The shower was so small that it was very hard to fit in it or move around. Okay for a one night cheap stay if you want to be close to the station!

Good location if you are going to use the train or bus station

There was an "unpleasant feeling" with the price, when together with the city tax the amount of 20 € for cleaning appeared. Perhaps this method of luring customers works, but it was very unpleasant. Breakfast - according to the description on site, but after booking it turned out that it was in a cafe half a kilometer away. In the room you will find a coupon stating that you will get coffee, food and a small amount of water there. But in the cafe they did not know about the water and asked me to pay for it ☹️

The room was miserable, very stincky because of the humidity and there was a lot of mold on the walls. The reality is far away of what you see on Booking.com. I do not recommend. The neighbourhood is shady and very dirty with a lot of trash on the streets. The building is very old and it stays to collapse because the walls are cracked. The room was actually in a garret and the ceiling was very low (I have 1.8m height and I had to lean over. Staff was very rude and said these are normal conditions in Italy and did not want to offer us another room nor a refund. They wanted to give us a free breakfast in they so called "kitchen" that was also very miserable. We canceled our booking and they (and Booking) refuse to refund the money even if the conditions were harmful and unhealthy.