Athens Hotel Suites

So I was a bit skeptical about this place with all the negative reviews. I saw that people were mostly having issues with booking, which is really a personal issue due to mediocre planning, so we took a chance. Boy were we surprised at how pleasant this place turned out to be! The location is awesome and the prices are decent for being a block from the toyota center and the house of blues. We found over night parking in a lot at 1112 Clay Street parking garage for only $ 10! The owner greeted us and was professional throughout our stay. We felt very welcomed and taken care of generously.
The room was bigger than we were expecting! It had a comfy bed, small dining table, coffee maker, electric stove, mini-​fridge, cabinets, silverware, plates, cups, a big kitchen sink, iron, ironing board, safe, flat screen tv, dish network, and roku with netfilx! Our view on the second floor was beautiful with palms and skyscrapers in the distance. The carpet and entire room smelled super clean and was spotless! The shower had hot water and the bathroom had lots of room for beauty essentials. I am so glad that we took a chance and stayed here! It really beats paying upwards of $ 200 a night at any other hotel downtown. And the location is awesome for the price! I can’t wait to take another trip downtown and now we know exactly where we are staying! Anyone who says otherwise is really taking things for granted. Glad I could give my honest opinion and review of this place since its a hidden gem! Took lots of pics also to document and validate the legitimacy of our stay! Enjoy!

Gross. I just forfeited my money because I’d rather lose $ 125 than stay at this shit hole. RUN! Do not waste your time or money dealing with these low life’s!

SCAM. do not give them a credit card. Buy a tent and avoid this roach hotel at all costs. I am over 1000 in to charges for staying one night.
seriously gross and unethical.

I would give this a 0 star but the Unilocal system won’t let me.
I have stayed in many hotels before and this is the worst. I would never stay at this or another similar «motel» again.
I booked my plane ticket and reservation through Expedia ($ 1,070). It was a deal but quite expensive. When I arrived, they claimed to not have a record of me. Good thing I went a day before my conference, or it’s possible I would have arrived with no room for me and scramble for another hotel (or sleep in the streets if no other rooms were available???). They requested that I forward the email of my Expedia reservation/​payment, which I did. They showed me a copy of the Expedia email, which they printed out. After 2 days of stay, they locked me out of my room to force me to sign a bill, claiming that it’s standard procedure to charge me in case I incur additional costs due to damages. I asked for a copy of that bill, and they refused because they said giving me a copy of that receipt/​bill would nullify my Expedia reservation. I had stayed at many hotels, and no one operates like this, so it seemed fishy. When I checked on
, it seems like other people have had the same experience as me. I asked them several times to not double charge me because it is not fair, and they claimed they wouldn’t. I notified my credit card company right away, and they said if the $ 580 is officially charged, my Chase credit card company would back me up and block the charge. Indeed, I got officially charged, called my credit card company, and they plan to dispute and block this double charge (it appears this is a consistent problem as other customers have reported the same fraudulent activity by this same hotel on
). There was no need for me to notify Expedia or Athens, but I did anyway. Athens says there’s one person who deals with this, but after calling a few times and she’s not there, I discussed these issues with the owner/​manager, at which point he became defensive and my sister across the room could hear him yelling. There’s no point for me to argue except to inform him I am not stupid enough let him double charge me, that luckily my credit card backs me up, that Expedia will be informed, and the whole world on
will know this is a deceitful, fraudulent «business.»
By the way, small details but still worth noting, in the middle of the night, a man with a luggage came in while I was asleep, and he was incorrectly given my room. Not very trustworthy in terms of privacy or security in that sense.
Despite the proximity to the conference center, Toyota center, downtown, etc, I would not stay there again, and I would advocate the same for my family members. I would never support such a fraudulent motel, be wary all the time of deceitful issues during my stay, or go into the trouble of resolving these issues during and afterwards. Even if I have to pay more to stay at another or better hotel, it will be worth that money!

The saga (BS) continues!!! I check my cc statement & they charged me for the room I couldn’t even stay in!!! And each time I call I’m given a different name/​time to call back! BBB here I come…

Avoid at all costs!
If you are attending an event at the Toyota Center, stay somewhere else. The «hotel» is very close but not worth the trouble. They’ll either lose, can’t find your reservations paid or otherwise and try to get your credit card info. Don’t give it to them because they charge you twice. You have to PAY to park at their lot 3 blocks away and it’s unsafe/​unsecured. Better off stay with a legit outfit and driving to the venue and pay for parking… there’s plenty close by and reasonably priced for the event. Plus the place is dated and dirty. Unfriendly staff and quite creepy. Anyone that states otherwise on the reviews is either so cheap they overlook it or work at the «motel». Wouldn’t call it a hotel and it’s certainly NOT 4 star quality. Terrible «breakfast», better off at a Motel 6. Thought I’d have to call local law enforcement to check out. Owner/​GM comes across as a con man. Slick or so he thinks. Well never go back EVER! Only reason it gets one star is for closeness to arena. Stay away!
Just in case the management or readers think that I’m cheap or not understanding.
I realize that all «legit» motels/​hotels require a credit card upon check in to cover any incidentals that may arise. I would have been just fine with the manager asking for that when we arrived. BUT he insisted that the room had NOT been paid for which was WRONG! It had been booked AND paid in FULL with no refunds. I was not about to give that con man my credit card number and be charged again. Sorry, I was born at night but not last night. He even implied that i wasn’t who I claimed to be after getting a copy of my driver’s license and confirmation paperwork from
.
UNBELIEVABLE!

The Athens Hotel is a close location to the convention center and area venues. The staff is pleasant, However: When I arrived at the hotel the gentlemen at the desk first comment was, «IF you have any problems please let me know», He must know there is a lot of problems. I was given a room key and when I arrived at my room, the beds were a mess it was obvious no one had cleaned it. I slowly backed out and went to let them know. They then sent me to another room. I entered this room and found a yellow stain on the bed, hair in the sink, soda rubbed all over the picture frame, trash behind tables. I needed to rest so I attempted to shut the shutters on the windows but the rods were missing so I had to use an end table to reach the top so I could crank the window shutters to shut. Finally I can rest, I turn on the TV which requires two remotes (old school) one for the satellite and one for the TV, I had to wait 7 minutes while the SAT synced with the TV. Feeling frustrated I just went to bed, in my clothes because of the stains in the bed. When I awoke, I went to make coffee. Of course more problems, the coffee pot had coffee still had some coffee in it from the last guest. The shower was great, springing from the shower I still need to Iron my shirt, I pull the Ironing board out and discover, 3 chocolate stains on the cover.
It is obvious this place lacks management oversight and customer focus, These are symptoms of a greater issue.
Just my thoughts.

DO NOT STAY HERE I booked on travelocity and bow I find out they double charged my CC THE HOTEL NOT TRAVELOCITY THE HOTEL its been 5 days and now I’m still disputing charges this place is a MOTEL smelly rooms NO ELEVETOR no ice bucket worst service ever I am so disappointed I was in Houston for 8 working days and the worst case experience ever. I will file a complaint with travelocity

DO NOT STAY HERE!!! My husband stayed here due to his job booking it on Travelocity because of location & cost. When my husband got to the hotel he found there was no elevator He found out that the owner has been known to charge the Travelocity customer and the actual person who stays in the hotel therefore double charging for the same stay. My husband said he was extremely unhappy with his stay. Do not stay here!!!

There aren’t any ice buckets, which would have been nice to have. The owner was a little scary. The room was nice and the kitchenette was a nice added touch with all the cookware we needed and everything functioned properly. Dish soap and a sponge was included. The water pressure in the shower was great although the temperature tended to be on the hot side. I had to keep turning down the temperature until it was almost on the coldest setting but it was still hot. For the price it was a great deal, and I would probably stay here again.

Do not stay here. Our peephole was turned around so you could see into the room. NOT A JOKE. We reported it.
Our room was double booked, and when we finally got a new room it wasn’t cleaned for 40 min while we waited in the lobby among a line of 5 aggravated guests.
The staff was very unprofessional. They were bickering, huffing and puffing, and saying rude comments under their breath about each other.
Parking was 2 blocks away and cost $ 20.
Our linens were not clean since there was a stain and a hair on the pillow (we slept on towels we brought), a wall light fixture was falling off the wall, and the list goes on…

Do not make any attempt to stay at this hotel. The place is dirty, inaccurate to provide services for their customers. The room often is not clean or prepared, and unsafe. I was charged 72 hours cancellation fee because I was unhappy staying there and paid additional money to be at the hilton. The staff made excuses for the way they provided non services for their customers. This places should be shut down. They went as far to blamed me for not going along with they craziness. When I asked for my bed to be made everyday, needed towels, and soaps they acted like it was a crime. They made me feel like I should provide them with these things. I was insulted by a staff named Eric while the manager sat there conducting business in order to promote more customers. It is not worth staying at this dump.

It’s definitely not the Four Seasons. Nor is it even the Hilton. But I found it to be totally adequate — clean, safe, comfortable new mattress, nothing crazy. There are some idiosyncrasies to the place for sure. But the staff are very friendly and accommodating, and it worked fine for me (in part because everything else in town was booked or super expensive due to a major conference).

Just some background…
I had to book a trip to Houston for my Aunt and Niece to attend a convention at the George Brown Convention center and of course every hotel within 15 miles was either booked or $ 400+ a night.
I found Athens hotel from a Google search and decided to give them a try. Maria the manger said all her rooms were booked but they had a tiny spare room for emergencies. Although this wasn’t ideal, I was desperate. I’ve read the other reviews on Unilocal and Trip Adviser, so I knew it was a crap shoot.
I told Maria that my Aunt and Niece speak very little English and that they would need extra care. Maria didn’t hesitate to reassure me that she would do her best and she was not being kidding around. She said the tiny room was available for the first night and that she had a deluxe room that she could move her in for the 2^nd nite AND she charged us only the cheaper rate for both nights.
On the day of check-​in, Maria was more than accommodating. She not only let my aunt and niece check in at 5:30 AM (flight arrived at 5 AM) she was able to put them in the deluxe room for both nights. The deluxe room was a little dated but beds were clean, had a kitchen and fridge and included breakfast in the morning. My aunt said that Maria was very nice and very fun.
The hotel is within walking distance to the convention center, parks, shops and my aunt said she felt safe.
Although this hotel has had a storied past, they are really putting the extra effort in the hotel service they provide. It’s not the Hilton, but for the price, you get a super convenient location in down town, great customer service and a not so bad room.
Thank you Maria for bailing me and my aunt and niece out when we needed it. Next time I’m in the area I will definitely be booking with them again.
Sincerely,
Satisfied Customer

What a dump! Pay an extra hunk ‘o change and stay at the Hilton – it’s worth the peace of mind. Parking due to «special event» pricing (during basketball games) is a joke and the hotel attendant really couldn’t be less helpful. They fumbled over an Orbitz reservation and were swarmed by homeless people. Trifecta! Avoid.

After having some difficulties making the reservations online (due to a computer problem on their end), after multiple phone calls and emails with the hotel I had my reservations 7 months prior to the trip. I did call the hotel to confirm and was assured that I’m all set. Three months later (3!!!) I received an email that they overbooked and that I don’t have a reservation anymore. Three months! I can understand a computer problem and even overbooking, but not the 3 months delay in telling me this. I guess I should be grateful that I was informed at all. This hotel is cheap and location is good, but your peace of mind is worth something too, and you won’t have it with this hotel.

At least it’s clean. And presumably inexpensive – this was the only hotel that my work travel booking system would give me. And let me tell you, it’s for a reason. The alarm clock couldn’t be set, just blink. There was an in-​room coffee maker, but it didn’t work. There was a window in my room, but it looked directly into the «patio,» which is really an outdoor smoking area with some tables. Since it was on the same level (i.e., I could step out my window into this area) I effectively had no window because I needed to keep the blind shut. The closet had one hanger, a wire one someone left behind. The room had a kitchenette, a fairly nice one really, but the bed was basically IN the kitchen; literally, I could put my foot in the sink while lying on the bed.
On the plus side, the bed was comfortable, the room really was clean, and the location is convenient to downtown Houston. They put out nice dishes on a side table in case I’d wanted to cook something. But overall, I think I need to have a chat with the travel office… the place was not appropriate for a work trip. It wouldn’t be romantic, either, I should add. Only come here if you just need a clean place to sleep.