The location is very close to the city center, you can walk to most iconic places, which is great.
The area is not served by public sanitation, and one of the two bathrooms was out of service and emitting a faint smell while we were visiting. The other bathroom was working fine.
The bedrooms and working bathrooms are upstairs of a very steep and narrow staircase. Nothing too bad if you are reasonably fit, but we had with us two senior people and they found it very uncomfortable.
In conclusion, this is a place for young people who want to have a taste of the real Palermo (if you want to go out at night, there are many lovely places within 5 minutes walk, including a really brilliant Jazz theatre).