Athena Hotel

This property claims to be a 4-star hotel but delivers a 1-star experience. Extremely disappointing. My recent stay was unsatisfactory for the following reasons: 1.I had booked a premium room with a balcony, but was instead given a standard room. After repeated arguments, the issue was addressed only with a ₹500 discount, which was inadequate. 2.The room cleanliness was poor. The bedsheets and pillow covers were dirty at check-in and had to be changed upon request. 3.The bathroom had a strong foul smell, requiring additional cleaning after check-in. 4.The electrical fittings were faulty, and an electrician had to be called to fix the power connection. 5.There were serious issues with hotel management. While the staff were polite and tried their best within their limitations, major problems remained unresolved. 6.The rooms had a severe mosquito problem, making it uncomfortable to stay. 7.The food quality was good, which was the only positive aspect of the stay. Overall, this hotel does not meet 4-star standards and needs significant improvement in management, hygiene, and maintenance.

It is around 4km from Rajagopuram though it is far I still recommend for those coming by own car because you do not get car parking facility near to temple hotels. They arrange auto on demand when needed and they charge Rs 200 to go temple and return they charge around Rs 250-300. Coming to food, breakfast is complimentary with too many options, lunch is chargeable and only alacarte, dinner is chargeable with only buffet option and price is reasonable. Car parking there is enough space and can be parked comfortable. Rooms are good and only towels are little old and they need to improve on this part, they provided dental kit, shower cap, plastic bag, shaving kit, etc. Staff is very friendly. Finally I highly recommend to stay here especially with family.

Staffs are very kind enough. Food is reasonable price and quality is ok. Night only buffet with limited varieties. Rooms average comfortable. Extra bed cost is 900 is much pricy. Other hotels are charging 800 only. Even some hotels providing free of cost. Bed spreads are not felt that much freshness. Enough parking is available. We took premier room 4000 + tax is not worth for the money. If you open the door mosquito easily can enter and disturbing. No mosquito control facilities outside the room.

Excellent hotel in the temple town of thiruvannamalai, located in a serene and silent location. They do have all amenities like yoga room, swimming pool, gym and also support girivalam trip. Rooms were clean,Staff were very courteous and the complimentary breakfast was very nice.Must visit location if you choose to stay in Tiruvannamalai.

I am not satisfied mainly with the rooms, I stayed in the ground floor in a twin sharing standard room for a night, I was unable to lock the door as there was an issue with the door handle, though the staff tried it didn't get resolved. It has a Good parking space and a restaurant. I felt the price I paid for this is little bit high.

Following the good reviews on booking.com and Tripadvisor, together with having spent a week at Athena in 2019, I was absolutely disappointed with how run down the hotel currently is. |Firstly, I must admit that I had a most wonderful experience at Athena in 2019. The proprietor was on duty daily and went beyond the call of duty to make our stay an awesome experience. It was also very clean and welcoming.|Currently, the good Proprietor has left management of the hotel to someone else. So the professionalism and warm welcome previously received is now lacking. We were assured that we would be given the best garden facing room since we couldn’t be reached to confirm our arrival time for the mountain facing room which we had booked. This was then allocated to someone else.|Secondly, the room floors were clean with clean carpets, however the condition of the towels and bed linen leave much to be desired. Once white, they now show signs of pathetic ageing with being very discoloured and torn in some places.|The bathroom doesn’t meet any standard of cleanliness. The foul odour was immediately offensive. The bathroom is badly designed to keep parts dry which has failed in all intentions. The washbasin area, and the toilet are separated by a closed double door shower, meaning that the shower opens from the washbasin side and opens out to the toilet side. This double sliding doors are poorly constructed and allows water to run towards the toilet and washbasin areas, therefore failing miserably at keeping the bathroom dry. And you have already guessed correctly, one has to cross a wet shower to get to the toilet. Hazardous planning.The wall tiles in the bathroom haven’t been scrubbed in ages. Lime scale on the stainless steel fittings make the fittings look dirty and repulsive to touch. |Cushions and runners on the bed were dirty. The hot water ran more cold than hot. |After spending about nine hours on the road, we were very tired and hungry. The dining area was dead. There was no buffet service and we were left unattended for 30 minutes. We were forced to leave the hotel and seek an alternative restaurant. |The driveway leading to the hotel has monstrous potholes and creates a very bad first impression. |There seemed to be no guest rules enforced regarding noise levels way past 11pm. |I was also disappointed not to see fish in the pond . We immediately decided that we couldn’t spend another night there. |Please restore Athena to its previous glory.

ATHENA ...I would say A BEAUTIFUL HOME IN THE FORM OF A HOTEL Where you receive the warmth and care like family.. It's Mountain acing rooms have got a pectacular view of APPA ARUNACHALA..The restaurant has a homely feel here all the dishes are cooked as per our customized taste buds..It also has a outdoor sitting garden space where we can sip our coffee in peace ..The Management is open to feedback and is constantly improving their services and giving us a better and new experience every time I stay there... The pool is rightly lit and the room I stayed was well equipped with all the modern amenities one needs ..OVERALL IN A TEMPLE TOWN HAVING SUCH A PLACE WHERE WE CAN MINDFULLY ENJOY OUR STAY AND SOULFULLY EXPERIENCE ARUNACHALA IS A BONUS

On 9th Aug 2025, We visited Tiruvannamalai with family and took room in Hotel Athena. The room was very specious, cleanliness is excellent. In the center of the hotel there is a nice restaurant, the food quality is very good. Afternoon there will be buffet lunch(Vegetarian - Soup, rice, millet upma, sambar, paneer, curd, rasam, papad ... etc.) with reasonable price) and dinner Idli, Dhosa Chapathi, Fried rice, Ghee rice, Jeera rice, Daal tarka, paneer etc options are available. And morning complementary breakfast (Idli, Dhosa, Bread-Butter, Poori, Upma, Pongal, Juice etc ...) At evening 6 PM, I and my wife left for the Girivalam (Parikrama) and we left our small daughter and my mother in the hotel room. From the restaurant food was delivered to the room for our daughter and mother for dinner. There is a swimming pool for kids and adult, but no water in the kids pool, my daughter and I enjoyed in the same pool. Very friendly staff and receptionist, we like the location of the hotel. It is in very peaceful area, Annamalai hill view balcony.