Britannia International Hotel

Hotel description

Next to Canary Wharf, Britannia International Hotel has spacious rooms and free Wi-Fi access in public areas. Just 600 metres from Canary Wharf Underground Station, the hotel has a leisure centre, restaurant and pizzeria.

The traditional rooms at Britannia International have private bathrooms, some with spa baths. All rooms have air conditioning, tea and coffee facilities and a work desk. Many have Docklands views.

Spindles Health and Fitness Centre features a swimming pool, spa bath, sauna and steam room. There is also a modern gym, with fitness classes and personal trainers available.

Jenny’s Restaurant serves traditional British cuisine and cooked breakfasts. The Pizzeria offers Italian cuisine, light lunches and snacks, and there is also a lively hotel bar and poolside café.

The Hotel Britannia International is a 10-minute drive from the O2 Arena, and Millwall is 15 minutes’ walk away. Greenwich can be reached in 15 minutes’ drive, and on-site parking is available.

• 5.8/10 Godfrey Young couple

  London, United Kingdom
  December 25, 2011

  The staff at the restaurant/where I had my breakfast were the worst I've ever seen,they seriously need training on how to deal/attend to their guest

  STAFF,the worst I,ve ever seen

• 7.9/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  France
  November 20, 2011

  Bathroom good. Near station of bus and metro.

  Not many shops/restaurant around the hotel.

• 5/10 Liz Mature couple

  St Albans, United Kingdom
  November 6, 2011

  The double bed was small, mattress was hard and pillows thin. The noisy air con kept us awake, but was ineffective. Despite being on the 10th floor the noise from the dlr was considerable, and trains started running very early in the morning. Consequently a poor nights sleep. Would not stay here again..

• 8.8/10 Guna Young couple

  london, United Kingdom
  October 28, 2011

  Design,luxury,comfort, jacuzzi.

• 10/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  Latvia
  September 7, 2011

  Big room, clean, fantastic view, complimentary tea/coffee

  Cotton pads were not available in the bathroom

• 8.8/10 Nelson Family with young children

  New Plymouth, New Zealand
  March 15, 2011

  Excellent views and great price from Bookings.Com

• 4.6/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  France
  May 28, 2011

  I booked a double room but when I arrived at the hotel no room were available for me!... I booked a room at 600GBP/night and I assume that at this price I should receive a 4 stars treatment! After a discussion with the reception staff they finally give me a penthouse double room... the room was overlooking the DLR and was very noisy!... I won't book again with this hotel as it doesn't worth its ranking of 4 stars hotel at all!! the furnitures and the lifts are very tired... Not happy at all with this stay at this hotel, I wont recommend it!!

• 8.3/10 Helen Mature couple

  Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  January 17, 2012

  Our 3rd stay..The staff are friendly, and with no prompt from us the room was upgraded. As always I found the hotel clean, tidy and a very relaxed place to be

  Everything was just fine as always

• 8.3/10 Krisztina Young couple

  Budapest, Hungary
  December 8, 2011

  It was a very very nice room at the 11th floor, with 3 elevators in the hall. Panoramic views to the Dockland's high buildings from the room's wide window. The buffet breakfast was tasteful, and luxury, all you can eat. (Tipical English breakfast foods, hot and cold meal, and fruits, salads, aromatic coffe, tee, milk etc. Every days room cleaning with new towels and refill the cofee and tee kit. Qween size comfortable double bed with good quality mattress. Flat screen tv, big mirror opposit the bed. Staff always smiling :) and helpful.

  We had to pay for parking, it was very expensive/day, and was a poor little garage under the building, without any pedestrian ramp or lift. Climate was not able to set manually, there was very hot in the room. The price of swimming pool and gim were not included, we had to pay extra.

• 5.4/10 Michele Mature couple

  Cliffsend, United Kingdom
  November 30, 2011

  Good location near to Canary Wharf and the dlr.

  I would not recommend anyone staying at this hotel. Single centrally controlled heating for the entire hotel means that no rooms can be controlled by the occupier. No air-conditioning at all and no opening windows. Thus, rooms at a stifling 25-28 degrees centigrade with no facility to cool down. Absolutely awful - made me feel ill the whole time I was in there. Hotel management or maintenance unable to do anything. "Cooling beams" not working with no expectation to complete the work. There is no way I would come here again as it was the most unpleasant stay at a hotel that I have ever had.

• 4.6/10 Rudi Mature couple

  Wokingham, United Kingdom
  November 29, 2011

  Large room. Good views.

  Staff very unfriendly, rude and inattentive. Furnishing very dated. Hotel did not have our booking under my name. I had to retrieve the booking.com e-mail to prove my booking. They were not very friendly about it.

• 7/10 Gill Mature couple

  Crawley, United Kingdom
  November 29, 2011

  The rooms where far too hot 29.5 degrees managed to get it down to 25.5 degrees. Went to reception and asked for th e tempreture to be turned down they sent a man to open the window, which was ok but far too much niose to be able to sleep

• 5.4/10 Rebecca Solo traveller

  Seattle, U.S.A.
  November 26, 2011

  Concierge was quite knowledgeable

  Big rips in the wall paper, the hot and cold labels were taken off the taps, exposing the screws, and the heating never worked. I called housekeeping one day, and was told "The heat is turned off after 9:00am". I asserted the heat had never been on at all. No response. Next night, I called the desk and explained the problem- was told 'someone would come look at it'. The never did. My stay was in late November.

• 9.6/10 Grzegorz Young couple

  Olsztyn, Poland
  November 15, 2011

  The size of the room, the size of bathroom

  Everything was perfect

• 6.3/10 Anonymous Young couple

  United Kingdom
  November 9, 2011

  We were upgraded to an executive room. The spa bath was excellent! Staff were very polite but I get the impression they constantly had to appease their guests due to the steady stream of complaints. Stunning view from our room though!

  The hotel claims to have spa facilities. Complete fabrication! The facilities are in a different site across the road! Steam room did not work properly. Lack of choice for breakfast. I'm not vegetarian but I felt sorry for anyone who was. Cold toast is just left in a container for guests to help themselves (Is that normal?) Very average dinner options.

• 7.9/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  Netherlands
  November 2, 2011

  Decor of rooms attractive - expected something very modern and functional so pleasantly surprised. Availability of pool, jacuzzi and sauna.

  Couldn't get a/c in room cool enough. No fresh air in rooms. Nickel and diming with pool charges, £4 to use, extra pound if don'r bring hotel towel.

• 5/10 Konstantinos Solo traveller

  ATHENS, Greece
  November 2, 2011

  Good price

  The whole hotel has a distinctive smell. They advertised WiFi but it was not working in the room (poor signal)

• 6.3/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  India
  November 2, 2011

  Hotel is just ok, good housekeeping, good location, room size is good.

  Restaurants dont offer a good variety but thats not such an issue in London. I wasnt able to locate a folded suit cover and when I reported that to the hotel, the duty manager was very rude in his response. I can't believe they have appointed such a person in the hospitality industry. It is for this reason that I would neither get back to this hotel again nor would recommend this to anyone.

• 7.1/10 Peter Solo traveller

  Greenlawn, U.S.A.
  October 30, 2011

  The temperature in the room was a bit warm and I couldn't cool it down. The wifi in the room was not usable.

• 7.9/10 Sharon Solo traveller

  Hove, United Kingdom
  October 3, 2011

  The location of this hotel is perfect if you are visiting central London, as the tube station is within walking distance. The views from the bar over Canary Wharf are second to none. The rooms are spacious.

  Bed was particularly uncomfortable and as room was at the back of the building, the early morning tubes rumbled past, creating a lot of noise. Noise is not a problem from rooms located at the front of the building however, as we have stayed in those previously and it is particularly quiet.

• 7.5/10 Anonymous Mature couple

  Switzerland
  January 31, 2012

  Good location if you are going to Canary Wharf. Good view. Free wifi

  Expensive and Poor Car Park... Old style room which can be improve in cleanless.... Esp in washroom...

• 8.5/10 Elaine Mature couple

  hornchurch essex, United Kingdom
  January 30, 2012

  Once again a fab stay at the Britannia, many thanks x

• 7.5/10 David Solo traveller

  Haywards Heath, United Kingdom
  January 30, 2012

  great price, big room, nice view of docklands.

• 7.1/10 Anonymous Solo traveller

  Netherlands
  January 30, 2012

  Staff is very helpful. If there's something wrong with the room, you might get a free upgrade to a room of better class for free! (I got it 3 times!) Location will be good for those, who work at Canary Wharf.

  All furniture is ancient. All rooms are equipped with glass-covered tables, on which computer mouse doesn't work. (but you might get a mouse pad from reception, if you ask nicely:)) By default they will fill your room with bad smelling cheap air-freshener. You need to ask staff not to do it! The WiFi quality is very random. In some rooms it's good, in some it's very weak. You might change a couple of rooms before you get a good WiFi. The windows can not be opened or closed without calling staff. In some rooms even the staff can not open them, because they are sealed. Conditioner only works for heat, making room temperature raise incredibly hot! I was placed in a room with facilities for disabled people (although I didn't need such facilities), which made me feel sad every time I looked at these facilities. If staying for business, I would not recommend this hotel, as it is impossible to work in the room. If staying for city trip, it's very far from the city center, so I would not recommend it either.

• 7.9/10 Martin Solo traveller

  Cessy, France
  January 28, 2012

  Location, "ambience", fitness centre

  Limited in room menu; could do with some renovation