I can't blame the Alassia hotel for its location. After all, Omonia was the chic center of Athens some twenty five years ago. This was before it became a magnet to tens of thousands of the squalid, homeless, prostitutes and drug users. I can, however, blame the hotel for the total lack of maintenance in all its rooms. Features like air conditioning and high speed internet do not automatically render a hotel "luxurious". The quality of renovation (especially in the bathrooms) is appalling. I stayed in 4 different rooms during my 12 day stay and they were all depressing. There is not enough lights in the rooms. The lights are of different colors. All rooms are noisy - those that face the main road suffer from car noise, those facing the courtyards from the air conditioners in other rooms.
Housekeeping is very efficient - it takes the ladies 7 minutes to clean and it shows - the windows in all rooms were filthy as the cleaning ladies have no material to clean them.
Breakfast is ok but the breakfast room is as inspiring as the rooms are.
The hotel uses photo shop methods in its website to make the rooms look better. None of the rooms have a carpet. The carpet in the hall hasn't been cleaned for many years. The only two good point about this hotel are the reception staff who are friendly and the fair prices. I paid 56 Euros per night after bargaining.

Hotel is lovely. Close to the station but the surrounding is not too pleasant. There is a derelict building right opposite. Thought this didn't bother us you have to be a little careful at night. Breakfast at hotel was nice. Lots of variety. The bar in the lobby is fantastic. Very clean hotel, and spacious rooms. Great value for money.

I stayed here twice as part of a Greek Island Hopping package. The hotel is around the corner from Omonia Square and we had no problems walking around at night. Our room was small and well appointed. The reception were friendly and helpful they even found my hat that I had left behind on checking out the first time. Breakfast was OK.