Like most travelers who stay in Pireaus, we needed a room for one night before an early morning ferry. Ideal Hotel fit the bill. Relatively inexpensive, quiet, and a quick walk to the ferry terminals. The room was clean and of moderate size, the bed was comfortable, A/C worked perfect fine. That's really all we wanted! The area is a bit sketchy, but not unsafe. In addition to the strip club across the street, there are other hotels on each side of the Ideal.

If you are travelling to the Greek Islands from Pireus, and have an early ferry, this is a perfect choice. Yes, it's in a back street, but is only 10 minutes walk (or a 2 minute taxi transfer) to all the main embarkation gates and the airport bus stops just round the corner.

The rooms are clean and the airconditioning worked perfectly when we were there - despite the fact that it was incredibly hot and humid. Unusually for Greece, we had a shower with a separate foot tray - very useful, as opposed to everything draining across a marble floor and creating a trip hazard.

The only slight downside was the fact that the lift didn't go to the very top floor - but carrying bags up one flight of stairs was a miniscule problem when you consider the excellent value for money that this hotel represents.

The concierge couldn't have been more helpful, giving us restaurant and bar ideas to try out and providing maps so we didn't get lost. And that despite the fact that Pireus doesn't have a huge amount of nightlife to offer - we had a great meal just round the corner from the hotel.

All in all, superb value for money and a real find - perfect for island hoppers!

So, only stayed one night but I experienced enough in that one night to really regret our choosing the Hotel Ideal. So, we arrive at the hotel after a flight, a long bus ride and a mile-walk in the wrong direction only to discover the concierge on a private phone call in which she continues to talk for 3+ minutes while we wait, standing in front of the desk. She then continues to act like we interrupted her vacation while she checks us in and cannot even tell us if there is a good grocery nearby for us to buy food or inquire whether or not a good restaurant is still open at 5PM in the evening. Next, we ask her for help ordering food into our room, and she asks "do you need it right now?" as she continues to paint her nails. We answer "yes," and she hands us a menu for a pizza place, which was written in Greek, and when we asked if she could help us read it, she gives us not only more attitude but never ordered what we originally asked.
It got worse. After 3+ weeks in Europe, we thought air-conditioning was our friend, but in this hotel whatever was going on with that air-conditioner seriously messed up my sinuses and I ended up getting sick the next morning with a sore-throat and sinus problems. ALSO, PAPER-THIN walls. We could hear EVERYTHING coming from other floors floating up through the stairwell. Plus, the hotel room was on the street-side and right across the street is a topless bar & a night-club so we didn't sleep due to the noise coming from both sides of our room, through the window and the door.
Also, when we asked for the concierge (it was a man) to ring us a taxi to take us + our luggage to the docks where we would catch our boat, he said they would refuse and there is always traffic @ 6AM. There was no traffic, and lots of taxis dropping people off on the piers.
So not worth it. You would be better off staying somewhere else and getting a good nights sleep before you continue your travels the next day.

Clean hotel and rooms. Aircondition was working perfect, operated by a remote control. Free internet, PC in lobby, connection in rooms. Super location for shopping and close to the port, metro and airport bus. Several cafeterias located right outside with great local food.