Philia Boutique Hotel Athens — Hotel in Athens

Great location and great staff. When I entered the room, I killed 3 mosquitoes within 1 hour. Not sure where they came from. I went to the front desk to let them know and apparently it's a problem they deal with every summer. Thankfully, the staff told me to plug in the insect repellent into the socket to drive mosquitoes away. It was located in the closet area. It is a bio-friendly solution to the problem. It emits a certain smell that mosquitoes hate. If I had not gone to front desk, I might not have known this and got bitten all night long. You just have to make sure the plug in has a fresh repellent mat, which lasts about 20 hours. If it runs out, it needs to be replaced. This was the only concern I had about my stay. I don't like mosquitoes, so this would have ruined my stay. I think they come in through a door in the hallway that is always open. Then, they get in the room because I never opened my balcony window or door. They must have already been in the room.

Other than that, the breakfast was nice, made to order. The hotel was clean. And the area is close enough to the main things going on but still privately tucked away so you can have peace and quiet. Good internet access. Close to...

We paid €360 for a suite, since it was the last night of our honeymoon. The room was small, the bathroom smelled of damp, the shower was not working properly and we couldn't get any sleep because of the very loud noise from the street until the early hours of the morning. The hotel is surrounded by night clubs and the noise is just unbearable. We had asked for a quiet room and this was not taken into account. Not only that: we had booked a taxi from the port to the hotel that never came (and when we called the hotel they said they had not been able to organise the transfer after all, despite us calling more than 24h in advance). When we tried to communicate our upset to management, nothing was done about it. We waited 40min in 30 degree (Celsius) heat, which was less than ideal with a 6 month bump. The receptionist put the transfer problem down to being a 'miscommunication', and he left without dealing with the noise issue that we had brought up. Since nothing was being done by the staff present, we emailed the address that we had been communicating with prior to arrival and there was no response. Just not good enough. Don't be deceived by the photos, the place is very...

We spent three nights and found the location excellent,however we were disappointed with the room.The quality of the fittings in the room is very good,however our room was situated at the rear of the hotel with access through the so called garden which is in fact a walkway and should not be called a garden.Our room was on the ground floor and had windows overlooking the “garden”.The windows had blinds for privacy but this made the bedroom very dark and depressing.The so called garden was certainly not a place to have breakfast as the view was of the air conditioning units serving the rooms.I would certainly not recommend this ground floor room.The reception and main inside breakfast area was delightful with character and a pleasant ambiance.|Breakfasts were adequate but nothing special with a very strange ordering system where you had to choose your breakfast the night before using a tick box piece of paper.We did not like this and had never experienced anything like this before.No replacement water in the room after the first night and a charge for another coffee capsule-very cheese pairing.Overall not the...