Hotel in Detail:
First opened in December 2014. The modern and contemporary Premier Inn London City (Aldgate) hotel is a well placed budget option for tourists and business travellers alike. With self service check–in terminals in the lobby (but staff are on hand too) the hotel is a new generation style Premier Inn. The hotel has all the features you would expect from a Premier Inn. This means a Thyme restaurant serving a range of regional specialities for lunch and dinner, dishes are both traditional and contemporary and freshly made. Breakfast gives you the choice of cooked or continental. Options include crispy back bacon, sausages (including Quorn), eggs, hash browns, pan–fried mushrooms, baked pastries, cereal, fresh fruit, plus chilled juices, mini–muffins, grapefruit sections, tea and unlimited Costa Coffee. The bar serves a full range of drinks as well as snacks.Your guest room will be fully air–conditioned, have a 40 inch flat–screen satellite TV, Hypnos bed, tea and coffee making facilities, writing desk, ironing facilities and of course heating. All rooms come with their own bathroom which will have a bath or shower (with large head), free toiletries and a hairdryer.
Family rooms are big enough for 2 adults and 2 children. Accessible rooms also available.
Free WiFi is accessible from all areas of the Premier Inn London City Aldgate.
Other services include 24–hour front desk, luggage storage and lifts. Hotel is fully non–smoking and air–conditioned throughout.
No onsite parking but there are large car parks nearby (charges apply).
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Tube Station: Aldgate East 140 yards (128 metres), DLR Station: Tower Gateway 0.3 miles (0.5 km), Railway Station: London Fenchurch Street 0.4 miles (0.6 km), Motorway: M11 Junction 4 7.3 miles (11.7 km).The Premier Inn London City (Aldgate) pretty much sums up its location in its name. The City of London which is also known as the Square Mile is the area around Moorgate, Bishopsgate and Finsbury Square which is less than 0.5 miles from the hotel. The main financial district for London which is bustling during weekdays but quitter on weekends as many people leave the area to commute for the weekends. The hotel actually sits in Aldgate and is only 0.1 miles from Aldgate tube station with Aldgate East tube station just 0.15 miles away. Less than 0.5 miles from Liverpool Street Station, one of the big five stations in London with services to Stansted (Stansted Express) and out to the rest of the UK. A great plus to this location is the proximity to the River Thames and St Katherine Docks Yacht Harbour which is just 0.4 miles to the south. A really scenic location served by bars, restaurants and shops. Aldgate itself is a mix of commercial businesses, residential homes and served by lots of smaller style shops, restaurants and bars. The south west of Aldgate which takes in the area to the south of Bishopsgate and Fenchurch Street (well known if you play monopoly) and is home to a large number of insurance companies that include the Lloyds Register. Aldgate is also home to Bevis Marks Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the UK. Other places of note close by include Whitechapel Art Gallery 0.2 miles, Petticoat Lane Market 0.25 miles (400 year old street market), Tower of London 0.27 miles, Royal Armouries and Fusiliers Museum 0.4 miles, Old Spitalfields Market 0.4 miles, Bank of England 0.5 miles and The Monument 0.6 miles.
Bedroom Numbers: 250
Check-in: 12.00 noon
Check-out: 14.00 (2 pm)
This hotel has averaged a score of 4.5 out of 5 by 3549 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating n/a out of 5 from n/a reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 393 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 4.5 out of 5 from 3549 reviews)
Pets:
Pets are not allowed.Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 90% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 72%. Therefore this hotel is well above average for its sector (star rating) and for London as a whole. Premier Inn Hotels across the chain average 83% so this hotel is one of the better rated Premier Inn hotels.
A massive 18% above the average for 3 star hotels, 10% for Greater London and 7% above the average for the Premier Inn chain makes this a top pick and highly recommended hotel.
Milesfaster ranking: 62nd from 853 London hotels, 2nd of 64 Premier Inn Hotels, and 11th of 315 three star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
Also close by and a similar hotel (0.1 miles, 0.2 km) would be the 3 star Ibis London City Shoreditch,
whose lowest rates start at about £84 and which has an 80% guest satisfaction rating.
Looking for lower base rates? Then another option might be the Travelodge Aldgate East. 0.2 miles
from here (0.4 km), achieving a rating of 60%
by its past clients where rates start from approximately £48. Howabout an alternative hotel that has scores higher in guest reviews? Then the 4 Star The Clermont London, Charing Cross ticks many of the right boxes being 2.4 miles (3.8 km) from the Premier Inn London City (Aldgate). The Clermont London, Charing Cross has an extremely high guest rating of 95%, one of the best rated London hotels.
Local hotels analysed:
The fifty closest hotels from here (66 Alie Street, E1 postcode) that we have data for cover a 1.1 miles (1.8 km) radius. The 50 are made up of 17 five star hotels (average rating 87%), 19 four star hotels (average rating 84%), 12 three star hotels (average rating 81%) and 2 two star hotels (average rating 80%). Top 3 star hotels are Premier Inn London City (Aldgate), Premier Inn London City Tower Hill, Premier Inn London Bank (Tower) and Premier Inn Tower Bridge (all four with a score of 90%). Coming out as the top rated hotel is Cheval Three Quays Tower of London (5 star) at 99%.Base Rates: Using base rates we analyse average starting rates for the area. Useful as a guide but note they do not include special offers or short term deals.
For the nearest 50 hotels in the area we have base rate data on 49 of them. The average rate for all the 50 nearest hotels is £174 per night. Starting from £48 at Travelodge Aldgate East (3 Star, 60%) up to £562 at Four Seasons Hotel Trinity Square (5 Star, 91%). Averages by star rating: Five Star average: £258, Four Star average: £158, Three Star average: £84 and Two Star average: £64.
Summary:
We use a proprietary algorithm to rank hotels based on user reviews but adjusting for contributing factors. We rank Premier Inn London City (Aldgate) 5th (joint) of 50 nearby hotels and 1st (joint) for the 12 three star hotels in the area. In terms of lowest starting rates this hotel is 8th of 49 (6th of 11 three star hotels.). Analysing both the base rates and overall rating for the hotel we rank it 1st of 47 for sheer value for money. The hotel managed a terrific value for money ranking (no.1 ranking) and this was despite above average base rates thanks to a great guest rating score.
More hotels from this chain
You may be thinking your only preferred choice is still going to be the Premier Inn chain your closest choices would be:
Premier Inn London City Tower Hill: is 390 yards (356 metres) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 86% and rates start from about £106.
Premier Inn London Bank (Tower): is 0.6 miles (1.0 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 88% and base rates begin at about £100.
Premier Inn Tower Bridge: 1.1 miles (1.8 km), rated at 86% and with rates from around £113.
Premier Inn Southwark Borough Market: 1.1 miles (1.8 km), rated at 88% and with rates from around £111.