Cecil Hotel

Ok stay. Nothing special.

The room was clean and nice. The breakfast was basic, but good enough for one night transit. We liked the location and the old style hotel building.

The Cecil Hotel has small rooms and a laughably small bathroom; you literally cannot go to the bathroom without having your feet in the shower. There is a creaky old elevator, no room in the lobby, and a complementary breakfast that is the same every morning. Still, it's a fine place to stay. The staff were helpful, check-in and check-out were easy. The rooms were clean and well cleaned every day. The location couldn't be better, if you ask me. It's just a block or two away from the central market, and the fine restaurants of the Psyrri neighborhood are just a few minutes away by foot. Our room had a view of the Acropolis (well, if you opened the window and leaned over), and it was both close enough to, and far away from, some of the main city attractions that they were easy to reach, but without some of the noise and traffic. We could walk to the Acropolis and the Acropolis museum, the Archaeology Museum, the Roman complex near Monastiraki, the cathedral, Syntagma Square, and more. If you don't mind the front desk people dressing in T-shirts and smoking, and you are not claustrophobic, I would recommend it.

I stay 2 nights and it was great. Exit via monastraki metro's athinas exit and walk for 5mins. It is easy to find. Staffs are welcoming and checkin was fast. Room is clean. Bathroom is small and obstructed by the door. But it is okay for quick shower. Breakfast was sufficient and delicious. Only small problem is the noise from other guests when they get to their rooms. It has a great top floor for snapping pics of arcopolis. There is also an old style lift for getting to other floors. You could store your lugguge before its time for airport. I enjoy my stay and will be back, if I visit greece.

I stayed here for a total of 5 nights in Febuary 2019. Location: Location is good as the Cecil Hotel occupies a beautiful neo-classical building in the heart of old Athens,close to the Ancient Market and the New City Market. Its is smack in the centre between the metro station of Monastiraki and metro station of Omonia. Breakfast: Simple. Very basic. Corn flakes MIXED with coco crunch in the same dispenser(how lazy can one get ?!), hardboiled eggs, cake, ham and cheese slices, greek yogurt, bread and apple. The staff: Breakfast staff doubles as the chambermaid too. Don't expect any hello or "good morning" at breakfast from her or anyone hotel guest at breakfast for that matter in Greece, unlike the rest of Europe. You cant but feel that this hotel has much potential but they dont care or is just lazy. The staircase walls could use with a good coat of fresh paint to accentuate the very beautiful spiral staircase. The dead lightbulbs in the lobby needs replacing. The wobbly tables in the breakfast room have folded paper underneathe the legs to keep the table steady. The shower stand in my bathroom is broken so I have to hold the shower head and bodysoap at the same time when I soap my body in that already very small shower area and trying hard not to wet the bathroom floor at the same time. Would I stay here again ? Probably not, as I think I would try other hotels in the area.