Express By Holiday Inn London Limehouse

Limehouse HIE was a pleasant experience. Rooms were normal HIE standard, very clean, well maintained. Best part as ever was the complimentary buffet breakfast. Very slight complaint was the fact the TV list was slightly wrong! (No Sky Sports News as advertised).

Please avoid staying at Holday Inn Express - London Limehouse. It has terrible service.. The indifferent staff makes the experience of stay horryfying. Not only are staff rude but also the house-keeping is poor. Owned by Splendid hotels, this property should be avoided at all cost. It does not fit to be an Intercontinental prpoerty..

For little more than 40 GBP (including breakfast for two) this is a gem of a find (we booked through Hotwire). Typical Holiday Inn Express features, including an excellent breakfast, though it was somewhet marred by a TV set tuned to Sky News. The location is well to the east of central London but reachable very quickly by rail, or even the trusty number 15 bus which makes its stately way right through the city and west end for the price of 1GBP (with your obligatory oyster card).

Service came with a smile, and everything was as it should be for a HIE.

Yes, it's right next to a cement works, but that was no big deal. More importantly the hotel is handy for public transport, and there are many restaurant choices nearby - try Brick Lane for curries, or a fine old historic pub, The Grapes.

Limehouse itself is an old east end community which has seen a lot of upheavals since the demise of the docks, so here you will find a mix of old and new - it's not the most genteel of neighbourhoods, but it's fine for those who want to get a feel for the real London as well as tourist London.