Premier Inn London Docklands (Excel)

All good services

Access to this hotel was close to St.Regent's station, although a bit hindered by the building work going on. The room was simple and clean but the bedding felt cheap. There were no shops or restaurants nearby and I was told to book a table if I wanted to have dinner at the hotel, which was a little inconvenient. My booking said I wouldn't have air con in the room but I was in fact giving an aircon room...and you needed it! It's quite noisy in the early evening and from 7am, because you can hear the aircraft taking off and landing into London City Airport. I didn't think the hotel was particularly good value for money.

This hotel restored my faith in Premier Inns. Following my last review of the Premier Inn in Chiswick which was filthy this hotel more than made up for it. The staff were lovely. The room was spotless as was the bathroom. The bed was really comfy. We walked from the Excel Arena and it took 15 minutes or so but was 2 minutes from the DLR. Would absolutely stay here again.

I like Premier Inns. They always have nice bathrooms (this one did) and nice beds (this one did), nice pillows (this one did) and you usually are sure of having a nice rest (I did). Super price, lovely clean rooms and ideal location. What more could you want? Check in was a mess because of the massive State of Trance dance event over the water which meant the poor woman on reception was hopelessly overrun with barely-capable-of-speech space cadets (and me) all wanting their bags from the storage room, all complaining that the vending machines were not working (they were) and me wanting to check in. But the rooms were great and I'd 100% stay here again for an early morning LCY departure. Uber to LCY was a fiver and took six minutes. Ideal.