We never had a chance to meet Dario, but his father was friendly and was there to check us in and out. The room was as shown, quite spacious, and clean. The location was also great - only a 10 minute walk to Mestre train station which is only a 10 minute train ride to the main sights of Venice. Of course an inconvenience was that the bathroom was shared, but the price made it worth it, and it also appeared newly renovated. We would stay here again!