One of the last times I stayed at the GB was about 12 years ago. We were with another couple and we ( I) drove from the Peloponnese into Athens to the hotel. Needless to say it was a nightmare drive getting through the city. I arrived, harried, sweaty, and very tense. Although I was just a lowly Starwood Gold.... the front desk took one look at me and upgraded my husband and I to a coveted 6th floor terraced room overlooking the square. Subsequent stays were un-upgraded and not great rooms. We started staying at smaller boutique hotels in the Plaka.