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Reviews of Athens Backpackers

12 Makri Street, Makrigianni, Athens, 11742, Greece

#317 of 491 hotels in Athens

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Review score

Based on 1194 hostel reviews

8.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.3

  • Comfort

    8.3

  • Location

    9.6

  • Facilities

    8.1

  • Staff

    8.6

  • Value for money

    8.6

  • Free WiFi

    8.9

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  • Reviewed: 30 August 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A few tweaks: Women's dorm room could use a waste receptacle in the room and a shelf in the bathroom (no place to put cosmetics except on toilet seat). Also, in the room, a shelf or a stool would help where you could put stuff as you're getting dressed or getting organized to go out. If you're on a top bunk, it's hard to manoeuvre to say put on your lace up shoes...(sit on a dirty floor or put your stuff on a dirty floor?). Perhaps a mirror in the room, so someone could be in the bathroom and someone else in the room itself putting their face on!

    Staff were great, breakfast had healthy and good quality options, location great. Squeegee in the bathroom is a really good way for guests to keep the bathroom clean.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    First night aircon wasn't working, but they got it fixed. Elevator might need an upgrade soon.

    Great location! Roof top bar with view of Acropolis is a huge part of the ambiance. Friendly staff

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 16 August 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The location was great! The staffs are very friendly!

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 16 August 2025

    7.0
    Good location good property to stay for a short stay and a reasonable breakfast
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Bit difficult to climb the upper beds

    Location

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 August 2025

    9.0
    Location was ideal.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 8 nights

    Wasn’t thrilled that the roof top bar was cashless. Not a huge fan of using the card while traveling for a bunch of small purchases. And seems a little counter intuive with the coin operated laundry offered on site.

    The location was fantastic. Right off a metro line, very central, but quite at night. Easy to navigate to and from. Lite includes breakfast was helpful too.

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2025

    9.0
    Fantastic! Definitely recommend
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Breakfast

    Rooftop bar and great staff

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2025

    8.0
    Great location, would stay again
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Motion sensor lights in bathrooms were annoying and would come on at night if people left the door open.

    Very close to everything, acropolis museum/subway literally round the corner.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 July 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Clean and comfortable room, great location and good breakfast for the price. Would stay again.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 July 2025

    8.0
    Great value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The top bunk was so high up and hard to climb up and down

    Great atmosphere and fantastic staff

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 July 2025

    9.0
    Very welcoming, good people, good times
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I really enjoyed the rooftop terrasse/bar and the staff was very welcoming, it's clean and iv'e met a bunch of people from other countries. Close to everything by walking distance.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 July 2025

    9.0
    Amazing location and friendly staff
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The beds were rock hard.

    The location was prime. The rooftop bar had amazing views of the acrópolis and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 July 2025

    7.0
    I was happy with the stay. Location, cleanliness, views. Great value for money at the time o was there which was mid Apr
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The light kept turning off in the bathroom. When I was having a shower. Perhaps more options for breakfast. Vegan friendly.

    Easy to find. Great location. Cleaned shared bathroom everyday. Great view of Athens on rooftop bar.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 June 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The breakfast starts at 8am, so if your have an early tour or flight, it’s good to keep that in mind.

    Thoughtful staff, comfortable rooms and amazing location.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 27 June 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hostel is not good as on the photos (maybe photos was taken at the opening)

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2025

    9.0
    I would definitely recommend and come back.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The shower works but there was a whole in the hose that makes the floors outside the shower wet. The elevator was weird and the breakfast was just adequate and no lactose free milk

    Location is really at the heart of the city. Staff were friendly and helpful. Rooftop with the view of the Parthenon was amazing!

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2025

    8.0
    Amazing location for the area! Could not be better
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bigger kitchen facilities for making food and more use of outside area would be great!

    Absolutely loved the location of this place, could not get you any closer to the acropolis if you wanted to! I can imagine this place gets busy during summer aswell. The rooms were nicely arranged with automatics locks which were committed to the reception door, a new bathroom and great facilities, our room had a balcony to look to the surroundings aswell as the endless amount of orange trees around. Staff were friendly, felt like a nice place to chill out after a long day, bar was central and taking up a lot of space in reception so outside room facilities didn’t really exist. However thought it kept up its reputation with the location & room offerings!

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 June 2025

    8.0
    Simple and sweet hostel!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No common room with lounges etc

    Rooftop bar was a bonus for drinks Heaps of storage space for luggage in rooms Decent bathroom!

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 22 June 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great location. Very nice staff. Cool people. And nice breakfast

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 21 June 2025

    9.0
    Friendly staff and great location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not fond of that automatic air refresher in the lobby. Get rid of that and your place would be even better.

    Super friendly staff and lovely fellow travelers! The social scene at breakfast alone was worth it.❤️ Also great location.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2025

    8.0
    Awesome :)
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The ladder was tricky getting out of bed

    Great location, fabulous rooftop, comfortable and enjoyed the morning breakfast

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    They allowed late checkin as oppose to tblisi. I arrived around 1am but was allowed to check in of course had paid for the night. Hostel has good location

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 June 2025

    7.0
    Good place to hang on Athens
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Snarky staff

    The rooftop bar.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 June 2025

    8.0
    Overall nice.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathroom is a bit small.

    Good location. Good mixed-gender rooms.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 14 June 2025

    7.0
    great location
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    the rooftop bar was only open from five pm - the lift was really small and sometimes had to wait if the door wasnt shut when the person exited

    the location was great and the staff were friendly and accommodating - the rooftop bar - the area was great location and easily walkable to other areas - or close to transport such as buses and metro and there was an amazing vegan place close by

    Stayed in May 2025

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