Claridge Hotel

We stayed two nights at this hotel. We. Two 65 year old men) were on a cycling holiday in Greece for three weeks and were using budget accommodation. I can say that this hotel ( I use the term lightly) was the worst we stayed in. On arrival at 23.00 hrs we went to the reception which is manned 24/7. The only plus point. We were asked to pay and having booked via booking.com we thought we had paid and went to check via the app. The receptionist launched into a meltdown. Shouting at us that we needed to pay. We tried to explain we were just checking the app but he continued his verbal antics. Having seen we had only reserved the room we paid. NOT A GREAT START! We got our room and on entering was met with a pungent smell. Not nice. The room bared no resemblance to the photos of the rooms on booking.com. Dated ( stuck in the 80’s) and dirty. The air conditioning unit casing was open and filthy. The electricity unit you would normally put a card into to activate the electricity to the room was stuffed with folded card. I removed one of the pillowcases and the pillow was heavily stained. The lights on the walls didn’t look like they came from this century. The switches were very dated and I question whether they would pass testing in any other country. Due to my the time of night was stayed and the next day looked elsewhere. Avoid this hotel like the plague. It was located in a very rundown area. The streetlights should have been red. We saw two women pass through the reception on their way out. They looked like they were going to work.

The hotel is not 'new but has everything you need to visit the city. The reception is friendly and helpful, the location great, the cleanliness good, the presence of the receptiom 24 hours is important.I recommend to visit the city. You just have to watch out for the ill-intentioned on the street.

It is a well located hotel a few steps from Omonoia Square, but the rooms are claustrophobic, dirty, and the photos they show on booking pages, do not match the reality, the bathroom is small uncomfortable and without a screen that wets the entire bathroom when taking a shower. The only thing to highlight is the friendliness of the staff and the situation in the city.