Hotel Lido

Arrived at hotel lido at about 1am and were immediately warned by our taxi driver to be extremely cautious at all times in this area as it is not nice and people can be extremely dangerous and unpredictable. We walked in to check in and were met by one of the rudest men I've met in my life. He barely spoke to us, more spoke in grunts and barely acknowledged our existence. Didn't give us any information on check out or rules ect. The noise outside was as if the hotel was in the middle of a night club with people shouting and music blaring. We got into the room and it was for lack of a better description a dodgy, sweat box. We did not get a double bed, just the two singles which was okay as we seen that it was part of our confirmation that they would try give us a double if possible. My partners bed after she lifted the sheets to get in seen a massive burn hole through the sheet onto the mattress which was not a pleasant sight to see. The next morning we got up to head down to the acropolis and as we were walking to the door when another receptionist, this time a woman, demanded our keys saying angrily and rudely that we cannot leave the hotel with the keys, obviously me confused at the situation, never having to leave keys before when staying in a hotel anywhere in Europe and the rest of the world, I been questioned it. She just continued angrily saying give me the keys now holding out her hand as if to summon the keys and pointing at a sign, saying leave keys at reception, which to any other person would mean for check-out, especially when you were not given any information the night before checking in that that was a rule. Also when we came back to the room the cleaner who had just "cleaned" our room was just standing outside our door smoking a cigarette, which for two non smokers was just disgusting and dirty. The shower was in nice terms a dog bath which we were both disgusted by and didn't use for fear of our own health and safety. It was pretty much a tap on the wall with no divider or curtain that if used would most definitely flood the entire room. The toilet seat was cracked there was no soaps or amenities provided in the bathroom and bugs crawling around the bathroom floor. Overall this place is a dump, horrible staff, horrible area, horrible hotel. Stay away and do more research than we did and you will enjoy your stay in Athens a lot more than us. There is a lot of false reviews out there but I promise when I say that, this is a horrible place and a place to avoid especially for female travellers even if you are with other people.

For the price it was ok, I had what I needed, it was clean, had the basics. Overall happy with my stay