Niki Hotel - Athens, Greece     

pictures can be very deceiving... we got to the hotel, which was located in a little alley, and we not greeted at all by the man at the desk. He was very unhelpful, and probably too old to be working. The rooms were very small, no air conditioning ( which is important in the hot summer months). Room was too small for two people, the shower was literally a 12'' by 12'' square. Better off staying at a hostile. Very unprofessional, the other man working at the desk was all tattooed up, not very nice, and not clean looking. Breakfast room was very dark, great look of a tiny alley, and not alot of food options. Cold meats and yogurt. Could not help with booking tours We walked around the corner, to a 4 star hotel (the amalia hotel) and got a room for 5 euro more a night. Staff there was great and professional, great breakfast, big room, there is a tour group that meets right outside of the hotel, and they were very helpful with booking tours/suggesting restaurants and places to go. Air conditioning, mini bar, turn down service and right in the center of town.

The best thing about this hotel was the location. It was within walking distance to everything. We had a room on the street side with two twin beds- not our request. The beds were very hard. But we were tired. Small room and modern. Clean room. Only stayed one night and it very noisy. Throughout the hallways and the rooms the flooring is loud and noisy-pergo. The doors are paper thin and you can hear the tv and conversations in the next room. They need to replace them with thicker doors. You can hear everyone walking by in the hallway and at 3 in the morning the deliveries/garbage trucks came by. Not your Four Seasons but the price points were reasonable. The bathroom shower had mold in the corners and it smelled- they need a deep clean in the bathrooms but they were modern. There was not a shower curtain but it really was not a problem. The cafe is cute and trendy.