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4 out of 5
Grand Hotel Dei Cesari
Via Mantova 3, Anzio, RM

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 33 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 69 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 44 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 176 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 14 out of 176 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Melissa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Air conditioner did not work very well. Stagnant smell in the hallways and the hotel keys are heavy like a paperweight
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Michael A.

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Be prepared to be nickled and dimed to death. You must pay per person in the room (which was 30/night, $60 total for 2 nights). Then $2 each person to go to the restaurant each visit. Its an old hotel (but its italy). Make sure you know what you want to eat before you sit because they do not show any menus and as you sit, theyre ready to take your order. I would not stay here again.

8/10 Good

Olayinka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The room was comfortable
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

mary-frances

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were excellent from cleaning personnel to front desk, in particular, Alessandra at the front desk. She was exceptional in her assistance with everything. We had a memorable experience with this hotel and would recommend it highly.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Pat

Stayed 10 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Bruce, Vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
All of the beach front rooms, the beach bar, and the restaurant were closed.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Kevin, Chicago

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Larry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

6/10 Okay

Romualdas

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Beth

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at this hotel have been so accommodating, pleasant, and friendly! Definitely the best service I’ve experienced in Italy so far. I was quite uncomfortable on the mattress (they are firm and springy mattresses, and for a petite 100lb woman, I need something plush), however, they were beyond accommodating and let me try the other mattresses in other rooms (they seem to be all the same) and gave me all the extra pillows I asked for. My roommate did not have a problem with the bed at all, so for them to accommodate me was really special. Further, we had lunch, dinner, and breakfast here and the staff in the dining room are very helpful, kind, so friendly, and well mannered! The hotel meals were honestly better than the restaurant downtown that was awarded a Michelin in 2018. I would totally come back here for the delicious meals and amazing staff!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Annette

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible stay and service
The airconditioner was not working, fridge was broken, safe was broken, had to pay to use their pool and staff was very unfriendly. Had to ask them to clean the bathroom, they took our dirty towels from the floor and hung some up again and left the rest on the floor. Didn’t have shower curtain, all the water went on the floor. When I complained about the dirty bathroom, they did not apologize but said that perhaps they could clean it the next day. Extremely disappointed.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

MARCELLA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
TWO DAYS
The people working there were amazing, no complain about them. It is well located hotel. The policies of the Hotel are not attractive. What took me by surprise is the fact that you need to pay €8.00 per day to use the pool. Another aspect that made me uncomfortable is that you cannot eat outside food and use their trash. This is the most ridiculous thing, you eat what you like, it is your free time, and to avoid problems, I took with me the trash. The wifi was very poor and the AC did not worked well.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

4/10 Poor

David

Business traveller
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Jonas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice location with great facilities.
Great hotel with super friendly staff, however it does feel a bit aged. Nevertheless, everything was clean and comfortable, and is a great spot if you want to hang out at the beach or at the hotel's own pool. Not a lot of other stuff in the immediate vicinity, but it's a nice town. About 1-1,5 hours drive from the airport, which is the reason we chose to stay here for our last night in Italy.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Silvia

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Roberto

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible experience at the restaurant flat bier no menu given basically people came with hotel.com Are treated differently from the other clients they said if I wanted a glass of wine I needed to buy a bottle so I got a bier , the bier was off flat ! As i wa starving and not menu was given I ask for a carbonara I paid 20 euros for that appalling very poor the manager finally was very apologetic and the. All of them very nice with me too late I am afraid
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

4/10 Poor

Phillip

Better Places
Hotel had rooms on the water side but this side was basically closed down for the season. Pool was also closed down. It did not have a view of the water as we thought we might have. Big Place if that is what you are looking for but very over decorated. Restaurant does not open till 8:00 pm for Supper. The beach which is actually across the street was dirty. Trash laying around and the sand seem to have a black film on it.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Samantha

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just don't go. It's awful.
Do not choose this hotel. It's an absolute disaster. There aren't enough characters here to stress how bad it is. The facilities are what I would expect of a 20 dollar a night motel. Not a 100 pound a night "four star". It's a 30 minute walk from anywhere decent. The 1st room had brown water. The 2nd was a sauna with curtains falling off the walls and lights not working. the staff were so rude when we had the audacity to complain. By the 3rd I was too tired to switch again. The bathroom is so tiny that I have to sit on the toilet sideways to fit. I'm 169cm hardly a giant. The beds are hard enough to bruise your hips by the time you wake up. The beach beds are worse. Don't bother getting up in time for breakfast. Grey scrambled eggs and stale bread? No thanks. This hell hole of a place will not allow outside food. Now, I'm not talking about pulling out your own picnic in their dining room. I'm talking about eating potato chips in your own room. We were lectured by the hotel staff. This policy isn't on their website or the hotels.com site. So you get that nice surprise when you get here. I've stayed in hotels on 6 continents and never come across this garbage. It gets better. They don't serve food all day. Missed the garbage breakfast and want a snack at 11? No food for sale and you can't bring your own. The beach? It's a sanded balcony. Only accessible by a million stairs, no disabled access. I have never stayed in a place so terrible in my life.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Gerard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to chill
The bathroom was tiny and badly laid out. You had to squeeze past the bidet to get in shower and had about a square foot to step out onto. The bed was comfortable and the room large with plenty of storage. The narrow beach was unusual but there was always a few free sunbeds which were included in the price, The breakfast was average for Italy with lots of cakes, basic cereals, yogurt, fruit and bread ham, eggs and cheese. Only one restaurant and 2 cafes nearby. You have to drive15mins to Anzio which has lots.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great pool, beautifully located overlooking the sea and sparkling clean with handy bar and very reasonable prices. Very cute private beach with lounges and umbrellas. Nice lobby and restaurant with friendly service. Good buffet breakfast. Convenient free parking. Overall very nice and convenient. Room decor could be upgraded. It was ideal for our 3-day stay with 2 small children, 5 and 7.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Brendan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Worth the visit
Pool was great, and ability to swim in the sea a great choice. We did both. Restaurant had really good choices. Would happily stay there again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Valentina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice place close to the seaside. Comfortable room. fast check in and check out, friendly people at the dest.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Anzio
I wanted to visit the Anzio battlefield area-this was the perfect location. Great hotel with parking. It is clean and comfortable. Room was perfect. The staff were very helpful and friendly.

4/10 Poor

Kapil

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Kaitlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Find!
great find! Rooms a little out dated but still comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Janet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Anzio Colona train stop 10 minute walk!
Fuoco Lento meat restaurant nearby, delicious food, meat and service! Also, nice pizzeria 300 mts feom hotel, but pool restaurant was our fave, real beef, nice tonna panini, ice cream, kids loved it! Hotel has nice pool, this year beach a bit short, but okay for playing in sand, not the best beach area, but combine with hotel, pool, excellent breakfast, super nice staff, including our maid service in 306 and 308 on July 2-5, 2017, great stay!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Great pool, nice beach, rooms OK ...
I probably wouldn't recommend Anzio to most people, but we are on a long trip & wanted somewhere close to Rome (75 min to the airport!) where we could relax, enjoy a pool, the sea, and some good food. Driving to the hotel we had a bad feeling - not a pretty town. But once we'd checked in, what's right started adding up: good $$ deal through Hotels.ca, free parking, good sized room with a private balconey, decent bathroom, TV channels in several languages (including BBC & CNN). BUT really, if you're staying here it's all about a great pool kept at an excellent temperature, tons of loungers by the pool, on the sandy area below the pool, and right on the beach. The beach is shallow and safe for swimming. What you DO NOT want to do is walk from the hotel to the pretty harbour. Just NOT a pleasant walk. Drive the 5 minutes, pay your €1 per hour and enjoy the marina - list of nice restaurants, cafes, etc. We had good luck finding reasonable meals in the harbour area. From June 1st the hotel also has a snack bar just below the pool which we appreciated. Yes the rooms could use a little sprucing up, but we got a great rate & realllly enjoyed relaxing in the sun by pool & sea. If you don't want to pay for the hotel buffet breakfast, just two blocks away, by the train station there is a great bakery with lots of treats & great coffee. There was another cafe one block away but we didn't try it.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

Kevin, York, PA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel with elegance....but out of season.
The hotel is very nice and a certain taste of elegance, but our stay was off-season. The pool and beach facilities were not accessable, but we knew that. The free parking, staff, lobby and restaurant were all very good. We had some difficulty finding the hotel from the central part of Anzio.

8/10 Good

Craig, Sweden

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet Area, Private Beach
It was a little tricky to get to from the airport (we got a taxi to Torricola to get the train, instead of going all the way to Rome Termini). Hotel staff didn't really communicate the fact there was a private beach so we spent two days (and some money hiring chairs and beach umbrellas) before we asked about the pool, since it wasn't sign posted anywhere. They also didn't communicate that we had free WiFi, instead giving us information saying we had to pay for it until the second last day, so we wasted a bunch of money on mobile internet too. Other than that, really great place if you want a relaxing break, almost no tourists, but also not much to do. Not a great selection of restaurants but the few were all pretty good. I've already recommended the place to friends! I would suggest booking a hotel in Rome for a day, if you plan to visit, instead of getting up really early to try to beat queues :)

2/10 Terrible

A, n

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Accommadations were deplorable
We moved to 3 rooms in 6 days. The first had a broken toilet and had a high tub we could not use. All the rooms had no air conditioning till June 15th and they were hot rooms. The second room had a toilet jammed up to feet first into the shower. The toilet was loose and hard to get on and off without banging your knees. The third room smelled of mildew. The shower leaked out to the whole floor.

6/10 Okay

Jan, Lucca, Italt

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nice price
It's a very old fashioned hotel and hasn't been updated in awhile. Customer service was great. Right across the street from the beach.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Private beach
This place is all about the private beach and the beautiful pool! Wonderful, relaxing place! The décor of the hotel is very dated, but who cares when you have a beach and pool area like this!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Value Hotel
The hotel met my expecations and provided good value. Access to private beach was the big plus.

10/10 Excellent

Alison, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Beach Hotel
We stayed here the night before to get the ferry to Ponza. The hotel is right on the beach and has a nice pool. The staff is friendly and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Gleb, Finland

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay for 1 day
On my vacation to Rome and Sorrento/Amalfi coast we decided to take 1 night in Anzio because of its close location to Fiumicino airport by car. Pluses: 50min by car to Leonardo da Vinci airport in the morning Minuses: stayed in the hotel room by the sea ( 3 star hotel, not 4 as mentioned). Old TV, bad picture quality. Conditioner working just and just to your face if you sleep by the window, unfortunately. Interferance in the room in poor, not 4 stars. Recommend this hotel only if wish to stay for 1 night for transit vacation, not for durable vacation at all

4/10 Poor

john, california

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No internet. Told it was broke for three nights .
Front desk was excellent. No internet. When checking in they tell you your room is not good and you should upgrade to more expensive. All Americans should avoid this hotel. No way is it four star.fr

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Visiting Antzio near the Rome
For 4 star hotel this hotel was not very grand, rooms were oldish, hair dryer did not work and beds were like a stone. Access to the beach was nice, but do not expect anything fab. Neighborhood was not nice - good thing were the restaurants near the beach... We also went to the Antzio museum - which is worth visiting if you are interested in 2nd world war..

8/10 Good

I, Staplefield, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very good for the price!
Nice and clean, friendly, helpful staff. The sauna and pool were non-operational which was a shame, but the staff gave me 2 free passes for the fitness centre - which was tatty, but well equipped! A bit disappointed that the fitness centre wasn't included in the cost - not clear at all!! As I was under the impression that these facilities are normally included in a "4 Star" facility?! Overall though a pleasant stay!

10/10 Excellent

John, Rhode Island

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Hotel!
This is a beautiful hotel, very comfortable. Great location, across the street from the beach and great food! People at the front desk were extremely helpful with directions etc...

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old hotel
smelly and sticky rooms, rude receptionists, we traveled with an 8 month old baby and not even a hand to carry a luggage or at least asked if we needed help. The stop was on the way to Ponza as we missed the ferry due to a flight delay

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

6/10 Okay

claudio, rome

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel!
Good hotel with sea view, I recommend it for a vacation for young couple.

6/10 Okay

Sam, Czech Republic

Liked: Cleanliness
Do not come there out of season
The hotel was totally empty when we came - it was out of season, on 23 Dec 2010 The services were the bear minimum - no heating in the room... Recommend to close it totally out of season

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

4/10 Poor

Samet

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

domenico, Gladys

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023