The Gem Society Boutique Hotel in Athens

Great location (that is honestly the only positive thing about this hotel). When u stay in a « boutique » hotel for 4 nights and u pay ur room over 200Eur you’d expect to have at least a window in ur room. I’ve never been in my life in a room where u don’t have any natural light in the room as the window faces indoor staircases not the outside. So u must always have the lights on and curtains closed whether it’s 9am, 4pm or 3 am. Doesn’t matter. If you decide to open the curtains, every single person can see you when leaving their room. We have complained and the staff simply proposed to us the exact same room but just a bit further from ours… lights in the toilet didn’t work/ you could hear people leaving at 4 am to catch their flights/ the cleaning ladies every morning at 8 am shouting with the doors open/ breakfast: even included, u must pay for ur second coffee if u want one… honestly chocking for a 4* hotel. We had breakfast once there and preferred to go outside and enjoy Greek food. I do not recommend at all this hotel !! The only positive point is the location which allowed us to enjoy nice restaurants and bars in the area.

‎‏We stayed at this hotel for 5 nights.. we felt unsafe because the housekeeper lady came at our room while we were sleeping in the room.. we asked them a refund because the hotel is unsafe and they refused it ..then we decided to complete the stay .. later the housekeeper lady opened the room while we were IN THE ROOM !!! she said oh sorry I didn’t know that you are in the room “we but DND tag on the door” . At the checkout time we politely asked the hotel staff that we will be late for 30 minutes they told us that they may charge us, we said ok but after 15 minutes the housekeeper lady opened the room while we still in it, she said go out I want to clean!! it is your check out time!!! When we went to the checkout counter ,the lady who called her self as a manger asked us for a charge in disrespectful way, she said you were late I am going to charge you “with high voice note” then I told her that we were late only for 30 minutes it is unacceptable to charge for one night !! then she said ok go out then she opened the hotel door!!! .. if you want a pleasant experience in Athens please don’t choose this unsafe hotel because it is like half star hotel with disrespectful staff especially the manager, she is very unprofessional lady !! I advise her to stay at home and take care of her children because she will deal with you like she is in home not business