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Reviews of Hotel Exarchion

2 out of 5
Hotel Exarchion
55 Themistokleous St, Athens, Attiki

Reviews

7.4

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 58 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 120 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 120 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

luis

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
You get for what you pay 7 days and they never change towers and sheets on bed only collecting the rubbish out side every day and night. Police all over all wall on buildings full graffiti very nice restaurantes there I use couple off days This one atitamos very recommended this area not that bad I ll go there again whit different hotel

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Don't miss this hotel in Athens
The hotel was cozy and clean. It had a REAL balcony to place a table and two chairs to take tea, meal or wine. I really love its style!! It locates not very very very convenient to the traffic but in a district where the norms were living. 5 minutes on foot then reach the bus station where you can take the bus to Syntama Square in 20 minutes if no traffic jam. The breakfasts were good. Shops, bars, cafe and restaurants can be found in 1 to 4-minute on foot distance. I like this hotel so so much!
Cafe at ground floor.
From the balcony.
From the balcony.
Twin bed room.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Steve

Traveled with group
Clean and warm. Plenty of hot water but shower did not have holder so had to hold shower head while using it. Good value.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edwin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very welcoming and friendly staff. good location within easy walk of the main attractiosn in Athens.
Stayed 8 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

JUSTIN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean Hotel. Great for a stay in Athens
Room was clean & cosy. Served well by the hotel staff. Decent filling breakfast which included croissants, jams and butter, breadrolls with cheese and ham, boiled egg and fruit including coffee and fresh orange juice. To be honest the area is a bit shabby but will definitely suggest this for a weekend in Athens
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Its a two star hotel, you get what you pay for. Nights are a bit loud, but the location is great, you can walk to all the big tourist spots for the most part.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breakfast terrible, room terrible, man on the front desk a rude total scammer, everyone that walks through the front door “you need to pay €5 for breakfast” breakfast already included!! Overpriced hotel for Athens.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

FABRIZIO, scottsdale

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, good value , but extremely noisy all night from cafe / tavernas on the street .
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hanza

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were amazing ,friendly and welcoming.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

onisilos

Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location in one of the loveliest and liveliest areas in Athens city centre. I may be partial to this as I've spend the best days of my youth there, but still a great place in downtown Athens
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
excellent location, all city centre sights nearby, highly recommended
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Area around Hotel is perfeckt. Small bars whit food. Nice area for open mind people. But bathroom was too small.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really nice hotel with very friendly and helpful staff. The room was very clean and had everything we needed. Only negative would be it’s not in the best area but apart from that, everything was good!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

harry

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Convenient hotel in a poor neighbourhood
Convenient location for the centre but not the classiest area. the burning bins and presence of riot police on the first night was not very reassuring. The hotel was comfortable with reliable wifi and an adequate breakfast.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s a decent clean place to stay in the heart of Athens and very reasonably priced
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Liked the neighborhood
Look, this is a party spot. There are people gathering in the park next store daily. Some people might love this environment. Others might hate it. I had a great time at this hotel. Loved the location. There is late night food and bars and plenty of *eclectic* people in the park to hang with. I never felt insecure.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Location and Good Value for Money. Would stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Lana, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable stay
Nice hotel, comfortable stay. Close to the archaeological museum (about 7 min walk) which is the closest hop on-hop off bus stop. We had a nice view of Acropolis from our room, and also on the rooftop terrace, which is very nice to relax out on. The staff were great, and helped with directions and translations. A few gyros shops, cafes, and convenience stores on the street. Only downside is probably the rowdiness and noise of the location, although did not feel unsafe, had a lot of night activity and noise on the street.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

jim, perth, western australia.

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Vibrant area.
As a lone traveller I found it gave me contact with the real people of Athens.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andreas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Good location fot Athens night life.
Good location for local bars. Good value for money. Main disadvantage: very noisy surrounding, hard to sleep during night.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Gregory

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
do not stay here!!!!!!!
this is he worst ever do not stay here the city has given this area to the antiracist we watched a riot from our balcony fire shooting two stories called the police and fire Dept they refused to come,scary
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Does the trick
Decent room and location but shower curtain isn't the right length so water ends up everywhere.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We love this area!!!! Tourists can. W frightened of the Exarchia area at first visits. However, if anyone wants to experience the socio-political side of Athens, this is the epi-center. Exharchia hotel is a perfect lil hotel, always clean and always welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Abrie, China

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Good location, nice room
The location is great, all the main attractions are within a reasonable walking distance. The area has some bars and clubs, for me the noise was noticeable but definitely not too bad, I guess it depends on how sensitive you are. The room has good wifi and a mini fridge and a large bed and a balcony, overall nice and comfortable. The front desk staff were nice and friendly, unfortunately the cleaning lady was always rude and seemed angry, otherwise I would have given the hotel a higher rating.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Liane, singapore

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very basic with unfriendly staff
Reception staff was not friendly at all. When asked if we could get a kettle to boil water in the room, we were told to bring a glass to the cafe next door to get hot water! When we asked if a taxi can be called for us to the airport, we were told to walk to the street to hail one ourselves!!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Joe

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
WORST HOTEL EVER
Across the street from the Hotel was a OPEN AIR ROOFTOP NIGHT CLUB WITH A BAND Very VERY HIGH VOLUME till 3:30 in the morning (so much so that Management offered EAR PLUGS) To make it worse we were on the 6th (top Floor) and the concrete roof had metal tables and chairs witch were being dragged around till very late, because of the concrete echoed through the room.
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

aspassia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Helpful staff
I was unable to use the bathroom in my room. When I reported this they immediately offered me another room. Also, when my wallet containing money was stolen on the Metro the receptionist was very helpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

christina, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
City center hotel
A very affordable Hotel right in the heart of Athens. Friendly, helpful staff.

8/10 Good

Brandon, NYC

Liked: Cleanliness
Affordable, near some great restaurants.
Hotel Exarchion was affordable and near some great restaurants. The restaurant Atitamos is just around the corner and I had a great dinner there. The included breakfast was pretty decent hostel-style food. The shower was not glamorous, but it's functional. The bed was clean and comfortable. My favorite part was having a balcony with a view of the plaza. I put my chair out on the balcony to read in the afternoon/evening. The worst part was that the hotel lobby and hallway smelled like cigarettes, which was gross, but the room smelled fine. Aside from the lobby smell, the room was really decent for the price, and the location is pretty good.

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gloomy and unfriendly.
This hotel was unfriendly. The area was almost hostile.Because of youth unemployment in Athens there is crime, drugs,prostitution and homelessness on the streets.I never felt safe during this stay.I was also cautioned by a restaurant manager about the crime.The local area is the home of a wonderful archeological museum but I do not think anyone should be staying in Athens at this time.Athena is sick and needs to get better!

6/10 Okay

Andreas

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Conveniently located budget hotel
Very conveniently located budget hotel. Standard continental breakfast. Clean rooms and bathrooms.Efficient heating unit. Polite personnel I will stay again and I will recommend it to others who wish to visit central Athens on a budget.

8/10 Good

Hannelore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful roofterrace, but not to recommend for people who do not like noise.

4/10 Poor

Colin

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Nice area but basic place
Pros: Lots of good restaurants and bars in the area. Cons: Room was basic enough, beds are hard and bathroom pretty small. Staff at reception were not very welcoming and nothing in the way of maps or guides about the area.

10/10 Excellent

noel, riverhead, new york

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel close to bars/cafes
I loved this hotel. I stayed for 4 nights and i loved it. Its surrounded by so many bars and cafes. the room was always clean and always smelt good. The breakfast was nothing big but you get what you pay for. It was right in the heart of a younger noisy crowd. If you don't like noise do not stay at this hotel. Noise doe snot bother me so i didn't mind it.

8/10 Good

david, nyc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bare bones but clean and a great location.
I'd stay here again. It was spotless and the front desk folks were super helpful. It's no ritz- but it's a great value. And an amazing location.

8/10 Good

Onur, Istanbul

Liked: Cleanliness
Interesting Experience
The hotel is in Exarchia region. This region inhabited by socialists, hippies, bohemians etc. Everybody is free and respectful. If you have a motorbike, you can easily find a park place :)

6/10 Okay

Wil, Dallas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Noisy room but good location
Nice hotel and great location: 12 min walk to Omonia (closest subway station). In all honesty my ONLY complain is the noisy in the rooms. If you are a light sleeper like I am you will not be able to sleep here. My room was on the third floor facing the street and it was bad! Busy street AND there is a bar across the street that plays music up until 6am. Hotel would benefit a look from sound proof windows. With that being said, this is the only reason why I wouldn't recommend this hotel

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Decent hotel in a nice Neighbourhood
Decent hotel at a great price

6/10 Okay

R., UK

Liked: Cleanliness
Close to the transport
The hotel not bad but only the annoying sounds which coming frim the street !!!! But every thing was ok for a short trip

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
For the 24/7 type of adventurer.
The staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. Breakfast was limited in scope and the coffee a filtered brew but nice and strong. There is a bar downstairs if you feel like hanging out in the hotel - but there are so many food options, bars and shops in this area that you will more likely be overwhelmed by options. The wall mounted A/C was icy cold and having the balcony made the room a pleasant place to hang out. Housekeeping was stellar. Still, this neighborhood is for the expert traveler who does not need any special treatment. There are two spots in front of the hotel for parking and parking on the busy street is really your only convenient option in this area that is very crowded with pedestrians at all times. Practically every building in this area is covered in graffiti and there is a lot of live music at night. It's a short walk to the metro and just a couple stops to the Acropolis. I had an incredibly great time during my stay and would not hesitate to go back.

6/10 Okay

seri, london

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Convenient but noisy
Checked in after midnight and the reception on night duty gave us a room on the first floor. The music from the bar across the road and road traffic noise was blaring into the room. Avoid room 104 at all costs. We tried to change rooms at 2am but the receptionist didn't seem to care about our situation and said that it's like that. The following morning, we tried our luck again and thankfully the day reception gave us a room on level 6. The road noise was faint, but the music was still quite loud, and the walls are paper thin. Also, the WiFi connection was super slow, and the floor hadn't been cleaned, probably why they give complimentary slippers.

8/10 Good

funkdfyed, philadelphia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Value in Great Neighborhood
I loved the Exarchion - i came back for a second stay, actually. For the price, you can't beat this place's comfort or location in Athens. Exarcheia is a fabulous neighborhood, with great cafes and bars, excellent proximity to main sites. The hotel itself is older, but the rooms were recently renovated and exquisitely clean, with comfortable beds, a desk, and considerable space for 2. Most if not all rooms have balconies facing on to the park. House keeping staff did a great job; desk staff was 24hr, friendly and courteous. When i checked in, they couldn't find my reservation initially, but the nice man took me at my word, gave me a key and sent me on up to my room while he continued looking through his records. Wifi's fine.

2/10 Terrible

Jessica, Los Angeles

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So bad we had to leave and find another hotel.
This was a complete shock to arrive to. I'd booked it for me and my three friends to stay our last night in Athens after a beautiful trip to the greek isles where we'd found great hotels through this same website. We arrived and were shocked to find this hotel has been rated 5/5 on hotels.com. The neighborhood is covered in graffiti and falling apart at the seams. The old elevator in the hotel's lobby is so small it was too terrifying to get in and we were forced to walk to our sixth floor room. Then the rooms themselves were beyond shoddy and darkly lit. The A/C barely worked and it looked like nothing had been touched or updated in 15 years. It honestly reminded me of the cheap hostels/pensions I'd stayed in when I went to Europe as a teenager straight out of high school. After one of my travel mates looked online to reviews and saw that someone had recently spotted bed bugs at the hotel (within the last two weeks), we actually packed our belongings back up immediately and returned to the lobby. It's unfortunate that with this website you pay in advance because it meant that we took a loss on the night but we HAD to leave after reading the reviews and seeing the rooms. It would maybe work for young travelers looking to spend little to no money on hot, cramped rooms but my travel mates and I couldn't fathom staying the night. Unfortunate overall.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location
If you want to be in the centre of the most liveliest area of Athens (Exarchia) Hotel Exarchion is an ideal place to stay. They were friendly and helpful.