The hotel “Rio” was a good choice. The hotel was clean, quiet, and well-situated with easy access to the Metro. The staff was very helpful and English speaking. The breakfast was excellent and the choices were more than enough. The most important thing was that it was very QUIET. It is located right in the city center which made it very easy for us to get around. Overall - a good experience.

Stayed here in December 2008 with my two friends.
Delightful, extremely polite service, well worth the money, convenient shopping area and near metro station.
Location is close to the archaeological sites.
A wonderful hotel with great amenities. It was very clean and service was great.

Hotel bar/ restaurant are wonderful. Hotel employers are all very helpful.

Mai Tanaka, Tokyo, JP

We stayed at the Hotel Rio for five nights .The location is perfect. You are 5 to 10 minutes walking from everything. The location of the hotel was ideal for exploring Athens and was close to all major sites of interest. Near many shops and restaurants. The staff is warm and friendly. Nice breakfast room. If you are considering staying in Athens, this is the place to stay.

Good Points: Great location, very quiet and delightful hotel, delicious breakfast, clean rooms, multilingual stuff, friendly service, excellent cafe and restaurant with greek and italian dishes, Travel Agency with tickets to the greek islands and worldwide. Car parking.

General comments: The Hotel Rio Athens is a delightful hotel, well situated ...

Not a short walk to Plaka and tourist attractions that we thought. Area around hotel very dirty, lots of traffic, didn't feel safe to walk, construction noise immediately next to hotel starting at 8am every morning. Staff cordial but not friendly.

We stayed in the hotel in April 07 and after one night we left to find other accommodation.
The airconditioning does not work. The sheets and general cleanliness is more fitting to Calcutta. We stay in a lot of hotels and this was not worth the value at all. The noise from traffic, was too much, only one light was working and the television did not work.
My conclusion is deplorable.

Stayed 5 nights at the Hotel Rio Athens with my family at the end of February.
Our check in was fast and efficient. The breakfast was great.
Hotel location is convenient. Just 10 min. walk to the Acropolis, other archaeolgical sites and the nearest subway station was just a block away.
The rooms were comfortable and clean. The staff was helpful ...

I hated everything about it except the slippers left in the room were very comfortable. The cleanliness wasn't horrible either but it could be much! better! Also I hated the service. Even though a few of the servicemen weren't that bad looking....

We were on business last week in Athens . We checked online on Internet and chose to stay at the Hotel Rio Athens. The hotel was beautiful, the staff was extremely helpful, and the buffet breakfast was lovely. They had internet access.
The metro is just in the corner. It is located downtown and very close to the exhibition centre. Recommend it for business trips. We will stay there again on a regular basis.