Athena Guest House

The room was huge, the bed was comfy, the shower was hot, there was coffee. We were at the back of the building and it was quiet. Totally fine for a night, very close to the O2. Would absolutely stay here again

I can't rate this highly because I arrived at the guest house to have to wait for the host to meet me there. They told me I wasn't staying there but about 400m down the road. This turned out to be a down-at-heel converted house. The room was ramshackle and a bit of a mess.BUT it was perfectly clean, and only £50. And there was a kettle, fridge, tea, milk sachets and biscuits.

Was going to be generous and give two stars, but saw my friend got a bug bite from staying there. Shower had slow drain and some mildew. Sink had one tap with scalding water and one tap with freezing water. Toilet had very low water pressure. Barking puppy next door with no sound isolation.

I was a bit worried after looking at some of these reviews, but it was completely fine.The room was nice and clean. It might be due repainting some time, as there were one or two marks on the walls. The cupboards and shelves looked like they were pretty budget, but nothing at all wrong with them.It looked like good (and clean) hostel-standard-ish accommodation. I don't know what some people are expecting. The price was good.I wonder if one or two problems might stem from that English is not the owner's first language. Differences in background can make it seem that responses are a bit different to what we expect. If you have spent any time travelling you will know this. The owner was not unfriendly.I would stay again.

Dirty and smelled like weed. Owner was unprofessional. Way overpriced for what was essentially a hostel

The hardest bouncy bed I have ever slept on, they have slapped paint on everything, the towels are in tatters, the showers are mouldy, there was blood on one of the lamp shades and the pillows are wafer thin. Worst hotel ever....But it's cheap and in the centre of OxfordAlso the tried to mask off the things they were trying not to get paint on, with double sided sticky tape, so I left them a shrine for their troubles.

Dire! The most dire hotel I have ever stayed in! Dirty, stained bedding, uncomfortable bed, filthy shower with black showerhead and grouting, discarded half used toiletries in shower, kettle wouldn't turn off unless manually done, dust on skirting boards and electrical socket that was so thick it was fluffy, dog in back yard barking into the small hours of the night, TV didn't work, no hot tub as advertised, vy vy noisy area etc etc etc.

It was fantastic!! Sure there wasn't a hot tub like they said, no breakfast, no kitchen like they said, and the room was pretty random but a big TV, a fridge to keep the beer, an iron, a comfy sofa the beds were alright big room with plenty of windows and a fan, a radio as well which didnt work but we had one. A random photo of a frog holding a sunflower also a random desk chair in the middle of the room. I mean sure the toilet wouldn't flush properly the shower was shockingly bad and the shower door bad a male shift handle to open it but i think it was brilliant!Only a 20 min walk from city center loads of restaurants and puns on the way (banging pub right opposite as well expensive pool though £1.50 a game be warned!) The owner was very leniant when me and the boys were turning up at different and random times without a key at 4am drunk off our minds, also left my car unlocked in the same spot for two days and only one person broke into it and all he did was clean the inside of my car for me. And to top it off they came in made our beds gave us fresh biscuits and tea and didn't complain about the anount of empty beer bottles and mess in the room.For the price it is FANTASTIC me and the boys will definitely be returning!!

The room was in a house some way away from the main guest house, the room was shabby and in need of updating. The tv would not change the channel, but the wifi worked fine.The ensuite bathroom was clean but needed replacing.The venue was excellent for going to the O2. There was a kettle in the room with tea, coffee, hot chocolate sachets,biscuits, and milk. One night was enough.