This appears to be an older hotel with suite-style rooms. Be sure you ask for a renovated room, which is what I had. The suites are huge, with two desks, a dresser, large sofa, end tables, coffee table, and large flat screen TV in the "living room" area. The sleeping area, which is down four steps, has a huge bed and another large flat screen TV. Unfortunately both TVs conked out the last night of my stay, as the hotel lost their Comcast signal. The furniture style is dark, big, and old fashioned looking... the sofa was big, but not very comfortable. Also included with my suite (924) were a huge jacuzzi bathtub and decent sized bathroom/shower. Bath amenities are by Gilchrist & Soames, for whatever that's worth to you. Room service for dinner was acceptable. However, the hotel is located right in Greektown, so there are many places to eat within an easy walk. No car is needed. Hotel staff was generally accommodating and nice - no complaints. The conference center staff seemed to go out of their way to take care of our large group of 50 or 60 - much appreciated. We were in the ballroom, which was a big, nice facility. My rating of Neutral/average isn't intended to convey anything bad about this hotel. I tend to rate on the tough side, I guess, and the older style furniture didn't appeal to me much. Overall, the hotel is fine.

Traveled with a family of 5 to Detroit for baseball games at Comerica park and some sightseeing. Needed a lot of space for all of us, so the Atheneum seemed attractive. Got a great deal on Expedia for a 2 bed queen suite for $195 per night! Upon arrival, we were pleasantly surprised at how spacious the room was. There was a huge living area with a big flat screen tv, couch (not pull out) and desk in the front area. This living area is separated by a door from the sleeping area. The bathroom was large (however, we were in a handicapped accessible suite so the bathroom may have been smaller in regular suites) and the beds were extremely comfortable. There was another large flat screen tv in the sleeping area, along with plenty of closet and drawer space. All decor was EXTREMELY sleek and modern - it looks like we were in a newly renovated room. There is a free breakfast at the hotel which ends at 9 every morning. We slept too late to take advantage of it, but it was nice to know it was offered. However, the location of the hotel made it super easy to walk to grab a bite to eat at any time. You are around the block from Greektown (which is really just one block long). Its a lively little area. We got pastries each morning from the Astoria Pastry Shop - which were to DIE for. We also got a late night pizza from Pizza Papalis which is right next door to the pastry shop (both on the Greektown block, a 2 minute walk from the hotel). The pizza was AMAZING chicago style pizza, which made us happy being from Chicago :) Fishbone's is a restaurant attached to the hotel. We tried this one night and the atmosphere is very nice (they have bands playing on Friday and Saturday). You can get seafood, steak or sushi here, and the prices are moderate to high (my scallop dinner with $24). The one complaint we have about Fishbone's is that a bug crawled out of my brother's salad. The waitress quickly took the salad away and offered to bring my brother another dish. We waited 20 minutes for his new dish (a hamburger) and when the bill came, only the salad was removed from the bill. I have never had an experience like this happen to me before, and I'm not sure what the standard thing to do is, but we felt that we shouldn't have been charged for that hamburger, which delayed us a good 20 minutes at dinner. therefore, I cannot highly recommend Fishbone's even though everyone else in my party had no problems. our main reason for staying here was baseball at Comerica park, and the location could not have been more perfect. We walked about 4 blocks and were right at Comerica park - a very delightful and easy walk. The hotel has a free shuttle that will take you anywhere within 5 miles, but we didnt utilize this. The people mover is around the corner as well, but we didn't use it. The other excursion we made was to The Henry Ford, which we HIGHLY recommend. We spent about 3.5 hours there and didnt even see everything. It's kind of expensive, but very worth it in our opinion. Entertaining and educational. We drove about 25 minutes to get to the Henry Ford. Lots of construction happening in Detroit, so make sure you check your route with hotel staff, who were very friendly and accomodating! Hotel is also across from Greektown casino, which we checked out one night. It was crowded for a Wednesday night, but we enjoyed ourselves. It is 2 stories and provided us with a lot of fun, even though we didnt win. Overall we enjoyed our stay. The hotel was modern and sleek looking on the inside and everyone was friendly. Location was perfect for us. The hotel caters to more of a business crowd - and we did not see one child (except for those in our own party ) the whole time we were there. There is no pool or anything, so younger kids may be a little bored if they were to stay here. However the spacious suites are worth it, in our opinion. We did not like the $20 fee for valet parking , even though the valets were very friendly and helpful. There are also a lot of one way streets around the hotel, so driving to and from the hotel can get confusing. The breakfast ended too early for us, and there was no pool to entertain the children in our group. All things considered, we highly recommend the Atheneum for a downtown Detroit hotel choice!

My stay at The Atheneum in Greektown was a great expierence. The rooms were large and in charge, kinda looked like a room you'd see on Miami Vice. So i guess thats a good thing. The location was stupendous for bumping around the bars, restaurants, and casino in the area. We were there with about seven guys and only paid to have two and no one questioned us or beefed about the noise. So that is a plus for the younger crowd. I would say this is the prime time spot in the Greektown area to stay at.

We very much enjoyed our stay at this property based on the rate we paid for the room. We stayed one evening here and saw the Rob Zombie concert (awesome) figuring we did not want to drive all the way home after the concert. My husband booked the room for $139 directly with the hotel and they upgraded us to a suite when we arrived. For the price - very pleased. Had I paid the rack rates, I would have been dissapointed. Very nice property, lobby is stunning and the check in service was exceptional. Suite was much larger than I expected with an awesome deep soaking tub, which we very much enjoyed. Room was dated, both in appearance and amenities - but again, very pleased for the price. Perfect location if it's cold out to be sure. We parked in the Greektown Hotel garage (free) took the walkway across the street to Greektown casion - took the walkway to the hotel. Very nice. Fishbones restaurant is attached through the hotel lobby. Great place to have a few drinks. Food is average. Agree with other reviews Fishbones has gone very much downhill since the last time I was there. Overall satisfied with no complaints about the property. No raves either though.