Prior to arriving in London, my wife and I booked online a hotel (around the corner) and had a terrible experiece. We knew we would be returning to London the next week so we stopped in at the Athena to inquire about a room for the return. The staff was pleasant and showed us a room. We could see the... more

We arrived at 5.30 paid the full amount for the 2 rooms we booked, went upstairs see our rooms and god they are bad, our room was meant tobe a 3 bedded Non smoking room, we arrived and a ash tray and a cigerette buts were all outside, the room smelt damp, but as so hot we went and had... more

RECOMMENDED!! I booked this hotel from the internet for a one night stay prior to arrival online by Credit card. Reading your reviews had me scared, the website of the hotel showed all facilities i wanted. But your reviews were so bad... So I just booked online by credit card for only one night. In case it turned out to... more

We arrived at 2.30pm to find our room was not ready. They had 'lost' the housekeeping keys and wanted us to depart without our room keys, leaving our possesions behind. We got back around 10.30pm to find we couldn't get to our room the way we'd been shown as there was a wedding going on. We were told to go... more

Decadent,unpleasant,filthy,with personnel accurately uninterested in customers. The room we got, number 3 at the ground floor, was so tiny we could barely move.The wallpaper was peeling off the wall,the heater stincked,the carpet full of dirt.Noisy for something that seemed to us the underground passage of trains or something similar. We had no shower soap, so I asked the receptionist for... more

I am a regular traveller to London , I have to say , this is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. The rooms smelt fusty and were dirty. There were dirty stains up the wallpaper and on the outer bedding. Sash Windows did not fully close , heating did not work. Very noisy and cold all night. We... more

Made unexpected arrival at reception, we were only staying for one night and wanted to drop our overnight bags, whilst we went out for lunch then on to the theatre. The receptionist made us very welcome and checked on availability, the room was ready so we checked in immediately. We paid £99 for the room which we thought reasonable for... more

We stayed only for one night and paid 150 pound! The room was in the basement - not very clean. The lady at the reception terrible. I had the feeling that she felt disturbed in reading her book. The breakfast was horrible. We then changed the hotel and got a much better one for 71 pound. THIS "Athena Hotel" is... more

We stayed at the Athena hotel for 5 nights in a family room at a very reasonable rate. We were more than happy with this nice, clean hotel. The breakfast was very good (English breakfast) and was included in the price of the room. The staff were very kind and helpful. This hotel is located in Sussex Gardens, a pleasant... more