Safestay Athens Monastiraki

The accommodation itself is OK if you're staying for a night or two, the rooms have AC and a bathroom. The internet connection is subpar. However, DO NOT BUY BREAKFAST - it's not worth the price in any way, shape or form. The choices are few and poor. There is no regular bread (just toast bread), jam is in those tiny plastic containers you buy in bulk, the watermelon is warm, there's no butter (just margarine), no eggs. See photo. Also if you're here by car, the hotel doesn't offer any parking space. The nearest parking is 5 minutes away and is priced at 20 € a night.

I stayed in a private room with a balcony for 3 nights solo. I was arrive at ~3am from the airport so I wanted somewhere that felt safe. The street was very well lit and there is a 24 hour reception. The room was great, had aircon that worked well and an ensuite. The hostel bar has a nice view of the acropolis although when I was there the bar was pretty empty. Great location though to all the archeology sites as well as safe walking distance to the shops and restaurants. Never had to walk longer than 15 minutes to get anywhere.

We wanted to go to a roof top bar in Athens that was suitable for a family and not too pretentious or expensive. The Safestay roof top bar was just perfect for us. Super friendly staff, great food and an incredible view of not just The Acropolis but the sunset side too. A real gem.

Very near to metro station, walkable to main attractions in Athens and staff are very helpful. However, the room with attached bath that we stayed in across from the main building was fitted with a king size bed, that occupied practically all the space, leaving minimal room for movement; 2 very small bedside tables, and we had to constantly re position a folding chair that we used to sit on & which doubled up as luggage holder. The bathroom was clean, but the shower basin was too shallow & the shower curtain too short, resulting in water overflowing onto the bathroom floor and into the room, every time we showered. There was a small safe in the room, within a wardrobe, but it is very old and unreliable. Housekeeping sometimes opens the windows and leaves them open to air, but forgets to close them, resulting in the aircon not working unless you close the windows again.

They allow refugees and homeless people to stay in. Regardless of the multiple complaints they keep them in to collect 12 euros a night the change they make the homeless by begging in the nearby streets. There is a creepy short barman from Cyprus in his late 30s who is preying on younger female backpackers and often he groups with his friends to harass and intimidate. There is a negative vibe and most of the genuine travellers they are choosing to leave earlier. The hostel is seriously underperforming because the manager of the hostel is ignoring the complaints and employs friends and family with catastrophic results. Safestay is an English company but they have no representative at all and no control over what is happening at the greek branch.

Ir was very clean and a great location however there were a few things that made me wish I’d stayed somewhere else… The staff was very unfriendly and every time I asked a question I felt like my presence was a major inconvenience. Not only that, but some had quite an attitude. They were also very stingy with the air conditioning in the rooms and it would come on for 30 mins every few hours, which doesn’t matter until it’s the summer and no one in the room can sleep because it’s too hot. It a nice rooftop, but since there are so many hostel options in Athens I wouldn’t choose to stay there again.

The location is perfect for exploring Athens, its right next to the Metro station and in the heart of all the bustle. It feels like a safe location even to wander at night. The roof top bar has amazing views and a good buffet style breakfast for 5€. The locker charge is a bit annoying and it cost 3.50€ but when i put in 4€ it did not give me any change. The rooms are quite small and a bit hard to maneuver with 6 people inside. The air con was okay. Its super noisy at night with people partying outside the rooms in the street. Make sure you bring ear buds. You can buy them at the front desk.

Amazing location,not fancy property but it did the job. I will recommend this place to my friends

Pretty standard hostel. Breakfast is a little expensive but good (bread, tea and coffee, Greek yogurt, muesli/cereal, hard boiled eggs, cheeses and meats, tomatoes and cucumbers). The rooms have big lockers and a decent bathroom, but are a little noisy and the bunk beds are creaky/unstable. No soap in the bathrooms but relatively clean. Wifi is good. Location is excellent, being just around the corner from Monastiraki Station and across the street from the square, which has a great view of the Acropolis. You can quite easily get here from the airport via the metro. Though there's an elevator to the rooms, the laundry and storage facilities are *not* accessible. Though I don't have any mobility issues, I've been travelling long-term and my bag is over 50lbs (25kg) so it was extremely difficult going up and down a narrow spiral staircase with no railing multiple times. The laundry isn't self-serve and is a little pricey (5 euro for washing, 2 euro for drying) — and in typical European style the dryers leave your clothes soggy. If you want to do your own laundry there's a laundromat quite literally right around the corner which is slightly cheaper if you already have soap (5 euros for washing but 1 euro for drying). It's fast and their dryers work well. I stayed only two nights here but enjoyed both nights. Reception was friendly and so were my roommates. If you're travelling light and don't have mobility issues you won't have any issue here — it's a great hostel and I wish I had checked out the rooftop bar while I was there!