Hotel in Detail:
The Novotel Excel provides contemporary style accommodation. Bedroom amenities include en-suite facilities (hairdryer, bath, radio shower), Air conditioning, direct dial phone with voicemail, minibar, flat screen TV with pay movies, radio, ironing facilities, tea/coffee facilities, laptop size safety deposit box, coffee machine, iPod dock and Wi-Fi high speed internet access. The door to each guest room features a dead bolt. Room service is 24 hours.The hotel features a spacious air-conditioned brassiere style restaurant called the Upper Deck Restaurant (open 6.00 am till midnight) and a licensed bar. Terrace dining overlooks the docks and water. Snacks are served in the chic bar area and the bar itself is open 110.00 till 01.00.
Also onsite is a fitness room with gym and sauna. There is also a Hammam.
There are 13 meeting rooms, all with natural light, and with a capacity for up to 90 delegates in the largest room. The hotel has WIFI internet access.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: DLR Station: Custom House 0.2 miles (0.3 km), Tube Station: North Greenwich 1 miles (1.6 km), Railway Station: Charlton 1.5 miles (2.4 km), Motorway: M11 Junction 4 6 miles (9.7 km).Novotel ExCel is located alongside the Royal Victoria Dock 100 yards from the ExCel Centre (opposite the West Entrance) and close to London City Airport (1.4 miles). The hotel shares the same building as the Ibis ExCel. Built at the end of 2003 this a new generation Novotel. Within a few minutes by road from Docklands/Canary Wharf this area gives access to east London as well as into the City of London itself via the dual carriageway that runs right through the Docklands towards Tower Bridge (Aspen Way, A1261). Notable places of interest in the surrounding areas include the O2 arena (Millennium Dome) (1.2 miles), Billingsgate Fish Market (1.7 miles), Gallions Reach Shopping Centre (2 miles) and the Museum of the Docklands (2.1 miles).
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.2 out of 5 by 5331 past guests
>>>Booking.com (average customer rating 4.4 out of 5 from 2492 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 254 of 1140 for Hotels in London and rated 4 out of 5 from 2839 reviews)
Parking:
Private parking is possible on site (reservation is not possible) and costs £18 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.More hotels from this chain
You may be thinking your only preferred choice is still going to be the Novotel chain your closest choices would be:
Novotel London Canary Wharf: is 2.0 miles (3.3 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 90% and rates start from about £101.
Novotel Greenwich: is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 82% and base rates begin at about £82.
Novotel London Tower Bridge: 4.3 miles (7.0 km), rated at 84% and with rates from around £165.
Novotel London City South Hotel: 5.1 miles (8.2 km), rated at 83% and with rates from around £129.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 84% by past guests. The London average is 79% and the average for 4 star hotels is 80%. Therefore this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole. Novotel Hotels across the chain average 84% so this hotel is rated as average when compared to other Novotel hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 274th from 865 London hotels, 7th of 15 Novotel Hotels, and 109th of 333 four star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A comparable type of hotel close by (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) would be the 4 star Crowne Plaza London Docklands,
with base rates beginning from £113 and which has an 84% guest satisfaction rating.
For somewhere with lower starting rates try the Crowne Plaza London Docklands. 0.1 miles
from here (0.2 km), gaining a satisfaction rating of 84%
from its past guests and the hotels starting rates begin at about £113. Howabout selecting an alternative hotel by its higher guest rating? In that case the 3 Star Premier Inn Docklands Excel may be one too look at, it's only 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from here. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 90%.
Local hotels analysed:
The fifty closest hotels from here (7 Western Gateway Royal Victoria Dock, E16 postcode) that we have data for cover a 2.9 miles (4.7 km) radius. The 50 consist of 3 five star hotels (average rating 91%), 17 four star hotels (average rating 84%), 18 three star hotels (average rating 82%), 9 two star hotels (average rating 74%) and 3 one star hotels (average rating 64%). Top 4 star hotel is Radisson Blu New Providence Wharf at 91%. Of these hotels the highest rated is Intercontinental London O2 Arena (5 star) at 92%.Base Rates: See how the area stacks up for low rates using base rates. We use published base rates but note these do not reflect special offers or short term discounts so remain a rough guide. We have calculated the average base rate for all the 50 nearby hotels at £76 per night. The low end of the scale shows rates from £34 at Ibis Hotel Barking (2 Star, 77%) to a high of £204 at Canary Riverside Plaza Hotel (5 Star, 90%). Rate averages for each star rating: Five Star average: £151, Four Star average: £85, Three Star average: £71, Two Star average: £52 and One Star average: £41.
Summary:
We rank hotels based on their guest rating but balanced for their influencing factors and we rank Novotel London Excel Hotel 17th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 9th (joint) for the 17 four star hotels in the area. Compared to the nearest alternative hotels this hotel is 46th of 50 (15th of 17 four star hotels.) for base rates. Balancing the hotels rates and user rating we rank the hotel 28th of 40 when judging the balance of price point to user rating (MOXY London Excel was top).
Parking: Available onsite
Bedroom Numbers: 257