Phidias

Recent Reviews: 414

• User:Nelly S

  Trip type: Family

  Perfect location

  29 Oct 2025

  The location was perfect, very near metro station to get to and from airport. It was also within walking distance to Acropolis, Minastiraki, restaurants etc. The street turned lively at night with the little stalls selling souvenirs. The staffs were friendly. Aesthetically the room wasn’t the best and was quite small BUT it had everything we needed for 7 days trip.

• User:GoPlaces171862

  Trip type: Couples

  Terrible hotel, a nightmare!

  21 Oct 2025

  It was a very bad 1 night stay! we booked economy room for 2 people, 15 Sq. metres.We wer given a terrible room 2.2m x 2.7m = 5.94 (!)Sq. metres with a very noisy AC, not SOUNPROOFED as promised. There were no place to put our luggage at all, no closet, very outdated bathroom... the staff doesn't care at all...DON'T BOOK THIS SO CALLED HOTEL!!! SAVE YOUR NERVES, MONEY AND SELF ESTEEM!!!

• User:Cathy H

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  I recommend that you do not stay here as the staff is not responsive to customers safety needs or problems.

  17 Sept 2025

  We stayed one night in room 203 to be very disappointed. We saw that the shower had no doors and was broken. We informed the front desk, but they had no other rooms. I asked for towels to soak up the water that I anticipated being on the bathroom floor. The towels were not delivered. The front desk attendant Marella said it had been broken for three days. This room should never have been assigned to a guest. It was not safe. We went out for dinner and when we returned, there were still no towels. We asked again and there was still no towels delivered. My friend tried to be careful as she stepped out of the shower, but a large vinyl strip came off of the frame and she tripped on it and slid on the floor and fell hitting her hip on the edge of the shower. This posed serious problem for people stepping onto the slippery floor. The next morning when I spoke with the front desk, Maria said oh don’t worry Madame the technician will come and fix the shower. Well that’s too late for us. She was not at all sympathetic to the condition of the room. She asked me twice when my friend fell indicating that she had not listened to anything that I said. This bothered me greatly and I had another reservation checking in later that week. Because of the attitude and the lack of interest in the problem, I asked if we could cancel and she said no. She continued to assure me that the problem would be fixed, but it’s too late for us. We already experienced the inconvenience and my friend fell. Maria’s lack of understanding and customer service made me hesitant to trust the Hotel to make good decisions. In addition to the air air-conditioning shut off three times during the night and was very hot. I reported this to booking.com and they were very sympathetic. They apologized for the problem and contacted the property. They said the property would get back to me within 48 hours, but that did not happen. Then they said it would be five days. And that did not happen. It has been two weeks and I’ve never heard from the property. In addition, I asked for an invoice on checkout. Moriah was not able to produce it after 20 minutes. The breakfast was not good and was actually the worst. I’ve had in Athens and I am there at least four times a year. There are so many good properties in Athens. I would not recommend this hotel and I did not want to return. They need a staff that is more sensitive to the needs of its customers.

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• User:Quinn C

  Trip type: Friends getaway

  Great location, decent room

  26 Aug 2025

  The location was perfect! The staff was kind and helpful! Our only complaint would be that the shower didn’t have a door so the water got all over the floor. The AC didn’t work great, but we were there during extremely hot weather.

• User:tombanigan

  Trip type: Couples

  Avoid, at all costs.

  09 Jul 2025

  We have just returned from four nights at the Phidias and it was truly awful.I booked it in November 2024 for my wife's birthday. I contacted them and told them I wanted to book a double room with a veranda and a view of the Parthenon, we had stayed in 2006 and had a lovely holiday. They wrote back to me requesting a €125 deposit which I sent via bank transfer and they confirmed my booking in writing.When we arrived at the hotel, the young lady could find no trace of our booking, or our deposit. I showed her the booking which I had printed off and a copy of the bank transfer. For half an hour we stood while she tapped away at the computer. She then told us there was no booking, at that point another member of staff appeared, more discussion, she then offered me a room with no view, I pointed out we had booked and paid for a veranda room with Parthenon view, she then said they had changed our booking. More discussion, she then gave us a room that she said someone else had booked ( I didn't understand it either). Furthermore we were asked to pay the balance, in full and the price, miraculously, had gone up. In hindsight we should have written off the deposit and just gone to a different hotel, of which there are manyWhen we got to the room, the safe, which was tiny, didn’t work, another trip back to reception. We then went out to eat, determined not to let this spoil our holiday. We have been to Athens several times and will go again but never to this hotel.The next morning I was approached by another receptionist, asking if I had proof that we paid the deposit, again I showed her the written proof. At no time were we offered an apology for the inconvenience.The hotel itself was tired and dirty and it felt as if the staff had just given up. The breakfast was adequate but again, cleanliness was an issue. The rooms were neglected and barely clean, the towels were, well, I can't describe them so have attached pictures.Avoid this place at all costs, it's awful, the only good thing about it is it's location and it could be a lovely hotel, if the owners cared.

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