Austria Hotel - Athens, Greece 

Stay Away if At All Possible!!!!
Posted: Sun, Apr 06 2008
This place was a last resort for me...I had to stay here because my family booked the hotel and paid for it so out of common courtesy i but my tounge and stayed anyway. my fisrt night i was in a room that had no telephone and the tv did not work either. The entire room was outdated and dirty! the bathroom was just plain discusting! it had a very uncomfortable shaped tub that forced you to sit down to shower. the ceiling had peiling paint and mildew and mold was growing on the walls. I finally was moved to the room next door since it had a working phone line. The room itself was a bit roomier and it had a nicer patio (allthough the view from the patio was terrible!) This bathroom was even worse! it had a small corner shower stall with mildew growing all over the shower curtain! water sprayed everywhere in the bathroom and soaked the entire floor after each shower. The toilet did not flush very well (i will leave your imagination to picture that) and the water tasted terrible!!! DO NOT DRINK THE WATER OR USE IT TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH, USE BOTTLED WATER ONLY!!! the safe did not work forcing my to load my suitcase and keep it locked everyday when i went out. they had wireless internet access in the lobby (could only get a signal in one corner of the lobby) but the signal was terribly weak! I was there for 5 nights and will never return! the room was 65 euros a night and for what i got was a ripoff!!

much better than we expected
Posted: Thu, Oct 18 2007
we considered this hotel intially, when planning in the States. But the reviews turned us off. Then we found ourselves at the bus station, needing a hotel for that night. With our other choices full, we remembered this one. The room decor was stylish, and clearly recently renovated. The bathroom however, was not renovated, as evident by the mold growing on the ceiling, wall, and shower walls. The location is very close to the acropolis. A great location for exploring that area and Plaka. Its also a simple walk to the metro, yet its all uphill, and up stairs. About ten minutes perhaps. Caution to those backpackers, who are not mountain climbers!

Give it a miss!
Posted: Mon, Sep 10 2007
I have travelled to many places, stayed in budget and expenisve hotels and I can honestly say that this is the 2nd worst that I have ever experienced! The price of 80 euros/night is not budget in my eyes as I have paid less for much, much more. The Room was extremely basic. The air conditioning unit would sometimes work, sometimes not and in heat at over 40c outside this is not what you want! The TV channels are very limiting, the bathroom was terrible, although clean. But the worst thing was the noise. The doors, floors and walls seem very thin as you can hear everything. And with there being no barriers between the corridoors and staircases then even though I was on the 2nd floor at the opposite end of the corridoor from the stairs I could still here everything including the phone ringing in the reception and people checking in at 4:30 in the morning! To make matters worse, the doors do not close very well so you have no choice but to slam them shut, which of course disturbs everybody on the floor because of the noise. I have not had a problem with the staff, but I would not say that they are over friendly. Even at a budget price, I would say give it a miss.