Custom House Hotel, London

My daughter ( L ) , my granddaughter ( S ) and myself recently stayed at the Custom House Hotel , Docklands , London as part of an overnight package which we had booked for the purpose of seeing the Phantom of the Opera on stage in the West End . Because we took a package deal the hotel was included , and we didnt have any alternative choices But having said that , had I made my own selection based purely on the rather attractive brochure photographs and brief description I may well have considered this hotel independently ,. My impression of Docklands , although I had never visited this area ... more

Today I feel like writing so I will give another review - this time about the London hotel Custom House Why did I choose this hotel? Tricky question because I didn't get to choose. I am from Germany but a Great Britain fanatic, so I come to England as often as I can. The cheapest way is to go with a tourist group that travels by bus and stays in a cheap hotel. The company I went with is called Rainbow Tours. They book the hotel shortly before the journey when they know for sure how many people are in the group and then they take the best offer a hotel makes. I have gone with them four times ... more

London is awash with hotels and B&B's. But having tried quite a lot of them - our capital city ought to be ashamed of many of them. The Custom House Hotel is one to be proud of, especially in the popular 3* sector of the market. 1 LOCATION = If you use the London Docklands Light Railway - DLR - then the Custom House stop is where to alight. You will see the hotel right beside the station entrance. And just in case that sounds like noisy, bad news, do not worry - I never heard a train all night.! This is a location right in the heartland of London's dockland renewal area. Within a short ... more