Ionis Hotel Athens

PLUSES - Centrally located & convenient for access to more 'touristy' parts of the city such as Syntagma Square, Plaka, Monastiraki & Acropolis. Good breakfast. Friendly & helpful staff. Good level of cleanliness throughout. Price: just under 18 euros per night - a major plus. MINUSES - Poor air-conditioning in room, so room felt like a greenhouse even with air-con at high setting. No proper fridge in room to keep drinks, etc cool. Poor noise insulation. Generally 'seedy' part of town, although I never felt unsafe. Poor view.

Staff are the best,they help. Mr.Banayoti and Mr. Costa are very pleasant men and helpful. Location being very close to Omonia can be worrying to some alone female or older persons,i had no such thing,police presence is heavy in groups of five very helpful protecting and friendly,they gave me advice and guidance.Free fast internet at lobby,very decent choices tasty breakfast.It was a nice stay at a real low cost.I was saddened by the passing of Mr.Mihkailidis the owner.i offered my condolences to very sad staff,Rip Mr.Mikhail.

The Ionis is remember, a budget hotel. Bearing this in mind, I cannot criticize the overall quality of the hotel. The first impressions of the building were quite pleasing. A glass facade, large reception area complete with two computors for the use of guests (free) and free WiFi throughout the hotel. I had a room over the front street which was roomy and reasonably clean albeit a bit tired. Any noise from the front street caused me no problem when the door was closed, and the view from the balcony gave me a good overview of the seedy street corner night life. Maid service everyday was good with friendly and helpfull staff. The `American` breakfast was fried eggs ( I believe sunny side up), and some sort of fried frankfurter sausage (horrible), plus the usual toast and jam, cereal, cake and cooked meat and cheese. The area itself was very seedy, but I never felt threatened at night when I went out. Very handy for getting about, Omonia Metro station very near, 5mins. with routes to everywhere. Me, a pensioner could travell anywhere exept the Airport for 0.70 Euro. Overall, remembering that this is a BUDGET Hotel, worth the money, and I would certainly use it again. Don`t forget to visit the Helenic Motor Museum, 10 mins. walk.

friendly stall especially the reciptionist staff clean room furnished very well located in city centre nice location near omonia metro nice breakfast nice ac and tv channels sellected valuable in price affordable hotel 3 stars like 4 stars hotel in athens many restaurants and cafes nearby the hotel highly recommended hotel i have bee there more than 13 times before within the latest 4 years

friendly staff , located in city centre neatby all the attractions , great amenities in the hotel great restaurant free wifi in everywhere in the hotel free of charge short walk to syntagama , plaka , victoria , monastiraki

freidnly staff , furnished very well , free and strong wifi network , free parking , free breakfast , nice bar , located nearby all the attractions in athens , a lot of free tv channels , nice AC

comfortable furnished very well like 4 stars hotels in athens great amenities located in city centre just few mins walking to most attractive attractions in athens highly recommended friendly staff especially the reciptionist

located at city centre just 4 mins walking to omonia metro station amazing amenities and high standard 3 stars hotel furnished very well comfortable safety and clean you will get all of these profits in low rate very reasonable price

Although this hotel is set in the Omonia section of Athens - many people had written it was so bad. Well, we didn't think it was that bad. Actually, we found it rather outside the tourist area so prices for other products weren't as much and it was easy to get around. The breakfast was super great ... so good in fact we only ate two meals a day. The hotel rooms are older and our toilet titled ... but really - how long do you spend in the room? They were clean and that's what counts. The staff arranged a private car to take us where our feet could not during the transportation strike. Though the staff could have done a better job pointing out "interesting" things to do - it wasn't that big of a deal because there are several travel agencies near by ready to help if you want to make your own plans. I must say we weren't scared like several sites wrote about the area --- everyone just went on about their business.

although the location is near the metro station and walking distance to acropolis.. there are prostitutes, cockroaches, transvestites and all kinds of filthy stuff near this hotel that just ruins your day even during the short walk.. also the towels inside the hotel look like they haven't been changed for a decade.. it's not only black dirty it has holes and cotton coming off of it... also inside the room it's very noise at nights due to street noise from bars and honking cars.. will never stay here again, you'd be better off paying more and not ruining your holiday...