Athens Hotel & Suites 1308 Clay Street, Houston, TX 77002

"I went to Athens Hotel because I work in the area with Local 51 erecting stages and setting up shows for ballet and such. The Hotel is in a perfect location that enables an individual to easily access everything without a car. Very well priced and comfortable."

"AC didn't run even though I turned it on, bed seems to have bed bugs as I got rash on my body after 3 nights. Location wasn't good either but I guess that's understandable because it is in downtown."

"I had to be moved to 3 different rooms and each one had an issue. The first room had a roach in it. The second room had no heat that worked. The staff knew the rooms heat didn’t work. The third room had a roach in it as well. They refused me a refund and quite frankly are unprofessional. They had no front desk rep at 8am. The front desk people at night were making personal calls on speaker asking “for booty” at the front desk. I don’t recommend"

"Looks old and suspicious outside especially at night , but pretty decent for last minute. Pretty clean more than I expected . $20 extra for internet and other miscellaneous things he mentioned 154 +20 for one night ??? I don’t feel it’s worth it but..,.. we needed a place really close to Toyota center Owner is sweet and understanding, he took us in a late check in at 1130 which we appreciated (already had reservation)"

"I do recommend this hotel because of the staff. They are friendly, hard working and genuinely nice people. I am very happy that my stay supports their employment. Some staff only speaks basic English and I saw some other guests’ comments here complaining about the staff with disabilities, I think supporting employment to disadvantaged population greatly enhanced the meaning of my stay. I would recommend this hotel to people with good travel experience, flexibility in time, and critical demand about location. The rough part was that it is a bit over priced, the facilities are old (things can break off from walls) and rooms are a bit noisy. There might lacks things and you will need support from staff that only work in the day hour. There are stairs and room space is limited, not suitable for wheelchair or huge luggage. This hotel is probably the only cheap option in downtown, but if you are only here for visa application to the consulates, which only takes half a day and a Uber ride would easily make it, you might consider other locations like Chinatown which gives huge variety of food for good price. The food in downtown are overpriced, probably for boring business people who don’t have much other pursue."