We chose this hotel on advice from Ruth who has written about Jordan in Jordanjubilee. It is located a few minutes walk from Madaba centre where there are shops and the attraction of St George's church.
The hotel was very clean and comfortable to stay in, with good service, a simple but effective restaurant, and a clean swimming pool. Internet is available as is satellite TV, office staff are courteous and helpful.
It is worth knowing that you are 30km SW of Amman, so trips north to say Jerash will be more costly; but the hotel arranges (commission free) private taxi services to many sites of interest at reasonable rates.
Scott and Liz, South Australia

Very good hotel. Staff very friendly. Rooms are nice. The hotel can organize a taxi for a wide range of sightseeing places. The best hotel I had in Jordan.

I would stay in Madaba as an alternative to Amman and this hotel is a great choice.
Attractive, clean and friendly place with everything you need:
internet, pool, tv, restaurant, transport, phones, helpful staff. Stores right across the street for munchies, liquor, laundry.

The hotel is a quick five minute safe walk to the center of town, with a number of excellent shwarma/falafel/pastry shops along the way. Pig out for under 3JD !

It's a work in progress: they are adding floors to the hotel. As of Nov 07 there are four floors. Construction work starts at about 7.30am.
The pump or compressor filling the large cisterns on the roof can be heard from room 428. It might be less annoying from a lower floor.
I highly recommend staying here at the Mariam.

We spend one night in this hotel in November 2007.

Pros:
- Very friendly staff
- Very good located, close to the city center
- Free parking
- Nice, very clean room
- Outdoor pool (the weather was too cold though ;-)

Cons:
- Smelly bathroom although it looked very clean
- Loud water pipes running close to my bed (this problem might be limited to a few rooms)
- Several signs saying that hotel would charge you for any beverages you brought from outside of the hotel ... a rather strange policy for a budget hotel