Hotel in Detail:
This is a modern hotel built in 2003.The contemporary style bedrooms have air conditioning, en-suite facilities with toiletries, individually controlled air-conditioning, separate hanging closet, iron and ironing board, coffee/tea maker, WIFI internet access, power-shower, direct dial telephone with voicemail, double glazed windows that open, Electronic message display and bill view, modem points, work desk with lamp, and satellite television with pay movies.
Room configurations include twins and doubles. Six rooms have been adapted for accessibility. There's a daily housekeeping service. All bedrooms are non smoking. Free morning paper delivered to room.
The hotels breakfast room is called the 'Great Room' and here each morning continental breakfast is served. There's a good menu to choose from such as fruit juices, cereals, yogurts, freshly baked rolls, croissants and unlimited tea & coffee. An area is seta side for vending machines.
On the ground floor is the hotel Bar & lounge where guests can relax with a drink. lounge can be accessed 24 hours.
There are several restaurants in the local area.
Holiday Inn Express Limehouse services include dry cleaning and laundry (Monday till Friday) and a 24 hour front reception with safety deposit box facilities. Business facilities are offered with a computer that has internet access along copy and fax services. (charges apply). The hotels public areas are air-conditioned and have WIFI internet access (charge).
The hotel has four meeting rooms that can accommodate up to 65 people reception style and have WIFI internet access and air-conditioning. Three of the rooms have the benefit of natural daylight. Supplied equipment includes 35mm Slide Projector, Digital Projector, Flip Chart and Markers, LCD Projector, Microphone, Overhead Projector, VCR and Whiteboard.
Hotel Vicinity:
Nearest: Railway Station: Limehouse 0.2 miles (0.3 km), DLR Station: Limehouse 0.2 miles (0.3 km), Tube Station: Shadwell 0.6 miles (0.9 km), Motorway: M11 Junction 4 6.8 miles (10.9 km).The Holiday Inn Express Limehouse London is located just before the entrance into the Docklands underpass known as the Limehouse Link Tunnel. Ideal for access to both the Docklands or the City of London which are either side of The Highway (the road on which the hotel is located). The exhibition centre of Excel is 3.7 miles from here on the far side of the Docklands while City Airport is an easy ride along the A1203 at 4 miles. Though there's not much other than residential housing on this road, the parallel Commercial Road does have shops and bars. However you'll really want to head to central London for the traditional tourist facilities. One spot worth visiting nearby is St Katherine's Dock which is less than one mile along the Highway to the West. Here you can sit and joy the yacht harbour which is part of the River Thames, browse the shops, bars and restaurants or visit the Tower of London which is adjacent. Nearest local attractions include The Design Museum (0.8 miles), HMS Belfast (1.2 miles), London Dungeon (1.4 miles), Monument (1.5 miles) and the Museum of the Docklands (1.5 miles).
Bedroom Numbers: 150 / 7 floors
Check-in: 14.00 (2 pm)
Check-out: 12.00 noon
History: £500,000 pound refurbishment of all bedrooms during 2016 in-line with the Holiday Inn Express New Generation standards.
This hotel has averaged a score of 3.9 out of 5 by 7568 past guests
Booking. com (average customer rating 3.9 out of 5 from 6283 reviews)
>>>Tripadvisor (ranked 526 of 1162 for hotels in London and rated 3.9 out of 5 from 1285 reviews)
Parking:
Public parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed) and costs £20 per day.Internet:
WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.Pets:
Pets are not allowed.More hotels from this chain
If your first and only choice is for the Holiday Inn Express chain your options for the same brand nearby are:
Holiday Inn Express London City: is 2.0 miles (3.3 km) away, has a guest satisfaction score of 72%.
Holiday Inn Express Royal Docks/Docklands: is 2.4 miles (3.8 km) from here, earns a customer rating of 79% and base rates begin at about £98.
Holiday Inn Express Stratford: 2.4 miles (3.9 km), rated at 85% and with rates from around £70.
Holiday Inn Express Southwark: 2.5 miles (4.1 km), rated at 80% and with rates from around £139.
Compared to other London hotels: This hotel has been rated 78% by past guests. The London average is 80% and the average for 3 star hotels is 72%. Therefore while the hotel is below the overall London average you should note that this hotel is above average for its sector (star rating) . Holiday Inn Express Hotels across the chain average 79% so this hotel is slightly below the guest rating for most Holiday Inn Express hotels.
Milesfaster ranking: 544th from 853 London hotels, 19th of 30 Holiday Inn Express Hotels, and 165th of 315 three star rated hotels.
Another to Consider:
A similar hotel nearby (1.1 miles, 1.8 km) would be the 3 star The Corner London City,
where rates start from £89 and which has an 84% guest satisfaction rating.
For somewhere with lower starting rates try the Travelodge Aldgate East. 1.1 miles
from here (1.8 km), gaining a satisfaction rating of 60%
from its past guests and the hotels starting rates begin at about £48. Would you prefer to go with something that has scored higher in guest satisfaction ratings? If that is what your after then the 3 Star Premier Inn London City (Aldgate) seems like a possible option being 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the Holiday Inn Express Limehouse. A highly rated hotel with a guest score of 90%.
Local hotels analysed:
The closest fifty hotels around this area (469-475 The Highway, E1 postcode) that are listed on this website cover a 1.8 miles (2.9 km) radius. The star rating breakdown shows 12 five star hotels (average rating 89%), 21 four star hotels (average rating 83%), 14 three star hotels (average rating 81%) and 3 two star hotels (average rating 60%). 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%). Top rated of the local hotels is Cheval Three Quays Tower of London (5 star) at 99%.Base Rates: Here we breakdown the starting rates (base rates) by overall average and by star rating. However base rates do not take account of special offers and one off deals so are just a guide. Looking at all the base rates of the 50 local hotels the average rate is £142 per night. Rates range from £48 at Travelodge Aldgate East (3 Star, 60%) and the highest rates top out at £562 at Four Seasons Hotel Trinity Square (5 Star, 91%). The following are the rate averages per star level: Five Star average: £248, Four Star average: £137, Three Star average: £78 and Two Star average: £58.
Summary:
Using our in-house algorithm we rank hotels based on guest ratings and weighted for related factors we rank Holiday Inn Express Limehouse 44th (joint) of 50 area hotels and 12th (joint) for the 14 three star hotels in the area. We rank the hotel 10th of 50 (6th of 14 three star hotels.) for base rates. We rank this hotel based on rates and also review scores to place it 12th of 48 of all the closest hotels in terms of value for money (Travelodge London Docklands Central was top).