I was in AVA during a business trip for about 6/8 months alone and with my family
During my business in Athens I was also in other 8/10 hotes but there is only one where I should return!

The service at this hotel was beyond excellent-the staff was the best I've met in years. We had 12 people in our group. At every moment the employees suggested great places to dine, which sites we should see and met our every expectation. One day a member of our group had his birthday - the staff even delivered us a beautiful birthday cake! This hotel has the ideal location of being in the center of Platka (for shopping). We stayed in a suite on the top floor, we sat on our deck as often as we could with exquisite views of the Acropolis. I was offered a less expensive rate at the King George and Bretagne, but from all we ever heard the AVA Hotel Athens was the place to stay ... and I will recommend this hotel to all my friends who go to Athens.

We stayed at this lovely small hotel when in Athens for a conference recently. The conference venue was a few stops away on the fantastic new metro built for the Olympics - its a winner - clean, efficient, safe and cheap and the nearest station just a short walk from the hotel! This hotel is just under the Acropolis, and all the historic areas and archaeological sites are within comfortable walking distance. The area is mostly pedestrianised, and full of tourist shops and tavernas, but still very pleasant to wander around.
The hotel itself is very comfortable, and the staff and service excellent. They are planning to redecorate soon, which will make it even better, although we had no complaints about the furnishings in our executive suite. It had a functional kitchenette, large living area and very comfortable king size bed. From our balcony we looked up to the Acropolis, and down to Hadrian's gate and the temple of Zeus. Nice touches were sparkling wine on arrival in an ice bucket, and a gift box of baclava to apologise for some minor noise relating to decoration of a nearby suite. Breakfast was not included but very reasonable at 12 euros
We chose this hotel on the basis of other tripadvisor reviews, and once again, we agree with other travellers that this is a lovely place to stay and enjoy Athens.

This was my second stay at this Hotel. My previous stay was in Nov 2008, right during the week of the riots. The hotel staff remembered me and made me feel at home since the moment I arrived until the moment I left. This time I traveled with a colleague and he was also very well impressed with their warmth, friendliness, and professionalism. The location is simply excellent, in a very quiet street, in the Plaka District, right next to the Handrian's Arch, and within walking distance from the Acropolis Metro Station, the Acropolis itself, restaurant, shops, etc, etc.

The standard rooms are very spacious, and include the bed, sofa, TV, kitchenette and a dinning table with two chairs. The bed and the rest of the furniture is comfortable. The suites are huge, and from the terraces you can see the Acropolis. For my needs (solo traveler) the standard room was more than enough, and it faced a patio between buildings, which made it very quiet.

There's a nice size desk and high speed internet access (ethernet wire) included in the price of the room, and they tell me that they are planning to add WiFi in the near future. If you need a longer ethernet wire and/or a splice they will lend you one at the front desk.

Best Regards to all the Staff of the AVA Hotel Athens.
I look forward to going back and to seeing you as soon as my trips take me to Athens. Keep up the good work.

I have just returned from a business trip in Athens and I stayed at the AVA Hotel. The Hotel has an excellent location and the service is personalised. On a walking distance from downtown Athens and fro the business center. Also well located if you need to go to Piraeus and close to the metro station.
It is not a big Hotel, so it is quiet and has a devoted personel, which makes your business stay very enjoyables.

Finally I can say for once this is a place to recommend with no hesitation or condition. Truly what excellent accomodation ought to be, in one of Athen's best neighbourhoods.
Great location, very decent room size, impeccable cleanliness, but above all, a friendly, efficient and professional staff quite hard to find these days.

Last year I stayed for several months at the Ava hotel as a permanent guest. The team of Ava makes you really feel at home. They're friendly and helpful with all kind of tips and requests. After a hard day of work it felt if I was coming home in stead of going to a hotel. The hotel is very pleasant, the rooms are spacious and very clean with all possible facilities. The location of the hotel couldn't be more perfect: right in the middle of the old centre of Athens Plaka; with nice restaurants and bars just around the corner and a magnificent view of the Acropolis, the Hadrian Arch and the Temple of Zeus. What do you need more for a pleasant stay in Athens?!?! I highly recommend Ava hotel to any guest, whether you are a tourist for a couple of days or a permanent guest for a longer time.

I would first like to thank the staff of the AVA Hotel for their above 5 star hospitality. I could of not asked for anything more. I was at the AVA for almost 3 months for work. I can tell you that at the end of the day I always looked forward to coming to my hotel knowing that I would always be taken care of, from room service to any problems that I needed fixed or solved, especially when it came to assistance with recommendations of restaurants and tourist attractions. The AVA also offered gigantic rooms, which also included
breakfast every morning. And when it came to breakfast it included hoteggs, bacon, and sausage, which you will be hard pressed to find in any other hotel (of course you can get these things at other hotels but at exorbant costs). Maria, thanks for the special omlette!!! Location, location, location: The Plaka is right there, the Acropolis is 100 yards out, Monastaraki is less than half a mile out, Syntagma Square is a quarter mile out, the Acropoli Metro Station is only 75 yards out, and endless amounts of restaurants in close proximity of the hotel. You even have a Snack/Newpaper Kiosk sitting 20 yards outside the hotel with an ATM right next to it. The Acropli Metro Station will take you anywhere in the city ( for the non-walkers). Trust me, I am not a big walker at 300 Lbs (140 Kilos), but access to the above locations seemed to be just right there. The rooms were impressive, especially for the person who is staying longer. The kitchenette, which included a fridge, microwave, dishes, sink, ect. came in handy for those nights that I just wanted to stay in and relax. You will not get that at the Grand Betagne or the Hilton, especially at that cost!!!! Believe me when I say this, the AVA Hotel is the best deal in town and to me it is the best kept secret in town. Oh, did I mention the view of the Acropolis from the balcony hotel, yeah its pretty amazing. If I go back the AVA will be my choice again. Thanks!!! Dante

We stayed a week in oct 06 at this wonderful hotel. It is small but has big rooms/apartments and a very capable and friendly staff. Everything is clean and rather new and you can not wish for a better location. We based our decision to choose this hotel on the good reviews of earlier visitors and they are 100% right.I would certainly recommend this hotel when you go to Athens which is a wonderful, clean and safe city with very nice people.

I have stayed in Hotel AVA more than 10 times in the last 3 years. I strongly recommend the hotel too all who are interested in -
a. Excellent homely service.
b. Clean spacious room.
c. Great location.
d. Excellent internet access.

This is one of the best hotels I have stayed in. Would strongly recommend it to both the business traveller and the Tourist.

Business with pleasure at AVA Hotel.

We had our yearly meeting in Athens this year. As our spouses were to join us in Athens, we had to find a good location and hotel to make this combination work. When we as management team had to work, our spouses should be able to entertain themselves. But also we wanted to see as much of Athens as possible in the limited free time we had!
We found that the AVA Hotel was a fantastic choice. The Hotel is centrally located, in Plaka. For our spouses ideal, as they wandered around the small streets in Plaka, went shopping in Ermoustreet and Monastiraki. But also for us ‘hard workers’, we managed to see a lot of the city in very limited time.

We used one of the suites for our meetings. This suite had free multiple internet access and had a huge veranda, where we were able to sit during our break. The view was great, to the right the Acropolis and to the left the Zeus Temple and the Hadrian Arch. Especially at night, with all the lights lit on, it was magical.
All our other apartments and suites were spacious, comfortable and clean. The front ones had the same nice view; the back ones were facing a backyard and other buildings.

The staff was efficient and friendly. They seemed honestly to care about us, and kept asking if everything was to our wishes, if we needed anything else, etc.
The tea and coffee service which we requested for the meeting, was a real surprise to us, as it was not accompanied with just slices of cake, but with typical Greek sweets, e.g. baklavas.
For our lunches and dinners we had asked the hotel for suggestions and we also asked them to make the arrangements. We enjoyed especially our dinner at Orizontes, on top of Lycabettus Hill, this is a more formal restaurant. But also at Dionysos, opposite the entrance of the Acropolis, not so formal, the food was ok. We had our lunches at some typical Greek, very informal, tavernas in Plaka.

As our time for sightseeing was limited, the hotel had made a suggestion what to do and see in Athens. They had provided us with maps, guide books and a personal guide!
Some of us had been to Athens more than 20 years ago, and were pleasantly surprised with the changes in Athens. Some of us only remembered a smelly and noisy city. To our surprise, we did not have the feeling that we were in the middle of a big city, especially when we walked around the quiet (on the back) streets of Plaka and around all the historical monuments, they seemed to be all connected by pedestrian roads, no cars around!

We are thinking of fixing our yearly meeting in AVA Hotel in Athens.
Our sincere thanks to AVA Management and staff for making our stay so memorable.

Just back yesterday (April 3) and must say that the AVA Hotel proved to be a perfect 'home away from home'. The suites are large, clean and comfortable. The staff went out of their way to be helpful, and breakfast every morning was good quality and plentiful. I especially appreciated the high-speed Internet connection included in the room rate - the first hotel that I haven't had to pay an extra fee. And on top of all this, a perfect location in Plaka convenient to the sites and the Metro.

No question about it, I'll be staying at the AVA on my next trip to Athens.

we stayed in the ava hotel from 10th dec to the 10th jan whilst we where in athens on business. all the staff where brilliant, nothing was a problem. the room was a good size and having the kitchen was a great bounus for us. but all the best places to eat are no more than a 5 min walk away. we recommend this hotel to anybody traveling to athens , business or pleasure.
GREAT STAFF
GREAT LOCATION
GREAT HOTEL.

Our association with AVA dates back to more than a year and even now we have a refreshing relationship.
All our colleagues have their initial stay in Athens in the most comfortable "Home away from home", AVA hotel. Its location is a very big advantage to any new comers to the city, JUST IN THE CENTRE, all round 360 degree there is something or the other to see, its awesome you know! Have to accept the fact that the hospitality shown by the frontdesk staff is just great.. above all standards...Especially our need is in such a way that we would be booking apartments in an adhoc manner depending on our business needs and VISA availability and believe it or not its just too adhoc....But to our greatest surprise we have the extremely extended support from the entire staff when it comes to booking even amidst the peak season. We are much grateful for that. When it comes to the rooms and stay, its a pleasant experience through out. And at this point i cant forget to mention about the breakfast served daily.. Wow its just delicious and have a wide variety ! No one should miss it ! So all through the period, we were so comfortable that seldom reminds that we are in a foreign land!
Thanks AVA !!!(And again special thanks to frontdesk staff for all your directions and help ...Efaristo Sas)....