Name: Athena Hotel
Address: W2 1ua, London
Telephone: (888) 608-6346
Rating: 4

Great budget hotel, clean &...

Liked: Great location within 5 min walk of Paddington and 20 mins of Oxford street

Great place to stay for...

Liked: The location was great, close to Paddington Station, nearby restaurants and bars. Our room was on the 4th floor but there is a lift so not an issue. We had a double bed and a single and it was fine for a couple of nights, it was very hot while we were there, no air con but they did provide us with a fan.
Disliked: n/a

Perfect spot with everything we...

Liked: Very clean and quaint.
Disliked: The staff is nice and helpful.

Superb

Liked: Small row house type hotel on relatively quiet shaded street in a near park like setting yet convenient to Paddington station. Family run with helpful attentive staff. Clean throughout. Only downside is no room air conditioning for those sultry summer nights. A small room fan is provided but you’ll want to ask for another more powerful fan if you want to be relatively comfortable. Lobby is air conditioned.If you need a cab, ask the staff to book a black cab, not the private cab service that the staff suggests. I had a very bad experience with that company — bad enough to file a complaint with the Transport For London government agency — which ought to suspend their taxi operator license, in my opinion.This was my second stay and I would return again, despite the above comments.

Good

Liked: Good decent stay. Had a basement room but it did have a window to let in some light. Well equipped room, air conditioning, nice shower.

I really enjoyed the time...

Liked: The breakfast is simply but good enough for me and the people who serve the breakfast are friendly and polite. The peoples who work in the reception are friendly, welcoming and helpful!
Disliked: The room and bathroom are small.

Very good

Close to

Liked: Good quiet location with train, tube and bus within a short walk. Twin room had a decent private bathroom.
Disliked: Twin room: noisy ventilation outside.No shelf to put soap bottles on in shower.Bathroom vanity drawers forgotten by staff?

Poor

Liked: Location is good near Paddington station
Disliked: - We ordered a triple room. In the pictures it showed 3 dingle beds. in reality we got a room with one single bed snd one 1.5 single, not enough for two people.- The hotel does not have A/C in the rooms. They provided a small fan that was not enough. The was hot weather during our stay.- They did not clean the room everyday, saying they "lack of personnel"...Therefore, in order to get clean towels we needed to bring the dirty ones to the lobby ourselves.In total, this hotel is not recommended.

Pleasant staff, but the facilities...

Liked: the staff was vey pleasant. The bed mattress was is as I like it - medium firm, quite comfy. it was fairly clean. it helps to have a lift, a lot of these old victorian buildings do not have lifts.
Disliked: There is no A-C, but that was a known fact. The fact that the sash window only had a 15cm opening range was something I did not expect. It wasn´t completely quiet with the window open, I head other buildings AC noise and surprisingly a few seagulls who woke me up early in the morning. There are no curtains - just one Persiana/Jalousie - at 6am I was stark awake from light. The room is not 12m3, that is a gross misrepresentation. I measured the room - possibly 9.5 to 10m2, and that INCLUDED the shower. As a 1 person stay, it was palatable, I had to jump over my luggage to go to the bathroom. For 2 people and 2 suitcases, it´s cramped - you would be falling over... I am not upset at the size, I am upset at what booking.com had said the size was, otherwise I wouldn´t have booked. There is no power outlet in the bathroom - for razor or toothbrush. there were a few tiny pillows, not at least one firm pillow. there is no foot towel mat in the shower, I had to use a face towel for that. No fridge, no card "clean/do not disturb"... unfortunately, other guests rated it as a good reliable WIFI hotel, but in this instance it wasn´t working. Wifi was something I wanted, I had to check out earlier than I intended to go to a coffee shop to do my emails. I didn´t think it met a 3-star expectation, there is room for improvement. It is what it is, I just wish Booking.com were honest re: what to expect.... I wouldn´t be complaining as much if it were rated a 2-star... I left feeling it wasn´t worth the price I paid for the stay.