Excel, 2 Festoon Way, Royal Victoria Dock, Newham, London, E16 1RH, United Kingdom
#415 of 1,072 hotels in London
Guests' ChoiceBased on 4461 hotel reviews
8.2Cleanliness
8.7
Comfort
8.7
Location
8.2
Facilities
8.4
Staff
8.8
Value for money
8.0
Free Wifi
8.3
Real Bookers. Real stays. Real opinions.
Read more– opens a dialog boxEach review score is between 1 and 10. To get the overall score you see, we add up all the review scores we’ve received and divide that total by the number of them. We use a weighted review system, which means the more recent the review, the bigger the impact on the total review score calculation. Guests can also give separate “subscores” in crucial areas like location, cleanliness, staff, comfort, facilities, value, and free Wifi. Note that guests submit their subscores and overall scores independently, so there’s no direct link between them.
You can review an accommodation that you booked through our platform if you stayed there, or if you got to the property but didn’t actually stay there. To edit a review you’ve already submitted, contact our Customer Service team.
We have people and automated systems that specialize in detecting fake reviews submitted to our platform. If we find any, we delete them and, if necessary, take action against whoever is responsible.
Anyone who spots something suspicious can always report it to our Customer Service team so that our fraud team can investigate.
Ideally, we'd publish every review we get, positive and negative. However, we won’t display any reviews that include or refer to (among other things):
To make sure reviews are relevant, we may only accept reviews that are submitted within 3 months of checking out. We may stop showing reviews once they’re 36 months old, or if the accommodation has a change of ownership.
An accommodation can reply to a review.
When you see multiple reviews, the most recent ones will be at the top, subject to a few other factors (e.g. language, whether it’s just a rating or contains comments as well, etc.). You can sort and/or filter them by time of year, review score, and more.
Sometimes we show external review scores from other well-known travel websites, but make it clear when we do this.
These guidelines and standards aim to keep the content on Booking.com relevant and family-friendly, without limiting expression or strong opinions. They're also applicable regardless of the comment's tone.
Contributions should be travel related. The most helpful contributions are detailed and help others make better decisions. Please don’t include personal, political, ethical, or religious commentary. Promotional content will be removed and issues concerning Booking.com’s services should be routed to our Customer Service or Accommodation Service teams.
Contributions should be appropriate for a global audience. Please avoid using profanity or attempts to approximate profanity with creative spelling, in any language. Comments and media that include hate speech, discriminatory remarks, threats, sexually explicit remarks, violence, or the promotion of illegal activity are not permitted.
All content should be genuine and unique to the guest. Reviews are most valuable when they are original and unbiased. Your contribution should be yours. Booking.com property partners should not post on behalf of guests or offer incentives in exchange for reviews. Attempts to bring down the rating of a competitor by submitting a negative review will not be tolerated.
Respect the privacy of others. Booking.com will make an effort to obscure email addresses, telephone numbers, website addresses, social media accounts, and other similar details.
The opinions expressed in contributions are those of Booking.com customers and properties, and not of Booking.com. Booking.com does not accept responsibility or liability for any reviews or responses. Booking.com is a distributor (without any obligation to verify) and not a publisher of these comments and responses.
By default, reviews are sorted based on the date of the review and on additional criteria to display the most relevant reviews, including but not limited to: your language, reviews with text, and non-anonymous reviews. Additional sorting options might be available (by type of traveler, by score, etc...).
This service may contain translations powered by Google. Google disclaims all warranties related to the translations, express or implied, including any warranties of accuracy, reliability, and any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
End of dialog contentReviewed: January 13, 2025
Marie
United KingdomEntrance was a bit strange to locate as not well Signposted from main road.
Fantastic location for The Excel with great transport links. Hotel facilities were comprehensive, breakfast offered a wide variety of hot and cold items, it was good value for money. Room was large and bright.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: January 13, 2025
Louise
United KingdomNothing
Location to the excel, clean, comfortable room
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 13, 2025
Marcel
United KingdomNo fridge in the room although there was a space for one shower Luke warm but they did try to sort it out, no where in room to hang coats, When we booked it said deluxe twin room with water front view but wouldn't say it was deluxe and definitely not a room with a water front view
Very good location for the excel venue and staff very friendly breakfast was nice and not to over priced clean and tidy
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 12, 2025
Ashley
MartiniquePoor tv quality and not being able to have at least Netflix cause 3 people also asked us if our tv as anything else other than just poor quality classic tv’s
Very comfy, warm and inviting
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 8, 2025
Johan
United KingdomSpacious room with amazing view, everything we needed
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: January 8, 2025
Ewan
United KingdomNot much room for improvement. Very good all round.
Friendly and helpful staff. Room service were fantastic. Good breakfast.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 7, 2025
Faniran
United KingdomEnjoyed my stay, home away from home 🏡
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 6, 2025
Divyesh
United KingdomTelevision in the room was really poor - it looked quite modern but no channel worked without stuttering, it wasn't connected to the wifi and we couldn't screen cast to it.
Good price, GREAT location to get into London or to go to City Airport (about 15 min walk), very comfy bed and clean room with a lovely view out to the docks.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 5, 2025
Horswell
United KingdomLower bedsheets not tucked in as not long enough and no head board
Excellent breakfast and liked the welcome warm cookie
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 5, 2025
Robert
United KingdomPrices have crept up quite alot over past few years. Breakfast can be a bit chaotic, as not much room in food area
Great location for what we needed, 4th year that we've stayed there. Service at the hotel was excellent as always.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: January 4, 2025
Andrew
United KingdomDry bread rolls at breakfast, plates and cutlery taken from table when still in use only part way into sitting.
Location, security inside (pass key for lifts) (patrol cars outside) ease of parking and electrical hook up for car. 7 min walk to 3 different stations (DLR) to city. Would definitely come again. Thames Barrier and IFS cloud cable car to O2 easy walk to.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 4, 2025
John
United KingdomThe bed was a little too hard for me and I do prefer a farm bed
Great location for where I was attending. Staff were very friendly, rooms very spacious, clean and well stocked.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 3, 2025
Fazeel
United KingdomParking fee
The rooms and environment
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 3, 2025
John
United KingdomLocation long trek into city centre
Comfortable modern hotel
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: January 1, 2025
Bryn
United KingdomUnfortunately, we had an adjoining room playing extremely loud music and shouting down the hallway. Whilst this is not the fault of the hotel or staff, it does show that there is sound travel between the rooms and staff need to pay better attention to noise disturbances within the hotel and resolve in a timely manner. The onsite restaurant and bar were very good with decent food options, however, they did lack sufficient allergen information for the breakfast in particular, and improvements could be made.
The room was spacious, clean and comfortable, with the reception staff very welcoming. The hotel was good value for money.
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 1, 2025
Taylor
AustriaThere was nothing we did not like. Everything was great and we did not have anything to complain about. Would recommend this hotel to anyone who has to stay for a few nights in east London.
The room was very nice and cozy. Breakfast was also really nice, there are lots of options to eat. The location is alright, about 20-25 minutes away from the city center by car and it's really close to a tram station.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: December 31, 2024
Abolore
United KingdomNothing
Great
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 30, 2024
I
United KingdomRoom service was poor.AC noise high and control thermostat old tech doesn't allow to control temperature or fan speed level..Noise level should check by hotel.management to.make sure it will meet with standard.. Permitted should allow gust to reduce fan level ...
Room was clean and good size
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 30, 2024
Pete
United KingdomOnly issue was the building works outside the window but don’t let it be a distraction! .
Property , was comfy and comfortable. Nice facilities and the staff were excellent.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 30, 2024
Bernadette
United KingdomNot easy to get to from tube / DLR, lots of changes Large hotel with only two lifts, one was out of order so spent more time than should have waiting for the lift
Close to Excel
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 29, 2024
Ann
United KingdomRooms very comfortable
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 29, 2024
C
United KingdomBed mattress
Staff
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 28, 2024
John
United KingdomThe heating fan so noisy, unable to turn it down, only auto or off. Once off still could hear others in another room. Hallway was freezing 🥶 No windows that open, so no fresh air. Lights in room, all on or nothing on. Not even bedside lights or reading lamps. Switch lights off, nothing. Had to use the lamp on desk so room wasn't so bright and put it by the bed. Solution found, but surely bed side lamps should have a separate switch from main light switch.
Lovely clean hotel, room nice and roomy. Perfect spot for our needs. Breakfast was good. Very friendly staff.
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 28, 2024
Mohammed
United Arab EmiratesBroken roads near car park.
Nice hotel, clean, decent location, staff were great
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: December 28, 2024
Holly
United KingdomDinner in the bar was very basic for the price.
Warm cookie on check in was very much appreciated. Our room was quiet and comfortable. Great buffet breakfast in very nice surroundings. Staff were helpful and friendly. Very convenient for the Excel arena.
Stayed in December 2024
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Rettenberg, Germany
Sedgefield, South Africa
Puerto Villamil, Ecuador
New Delhi, India
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Neve Zohar, Israel
Lima, Peru
Booking.com is part of Booking Holdings Inc., the world leader in online travel and related services.
We have more than 70 million property reviews, all from real, verified guests.
1
The only way to leave a review is to first make a booking. That's how we know our reviews come from real guests who have stayed at the property.
2
When guests stay at the property, they check out how quiet the room is, how friendly the staff is, and more.
3
After their trip, guests tell us about their stay. We check for naughty words and verify the authenticity of all guest reviews before adding them to our site.
If you booked through us and want to leave a review, please sign in first.
End of dialog content