The Tower A Guoman Hotel - London, United Kingdom 

"Enjoyable Stay"
Posted: Mon, Nov 23 2009
We spent a night at the Tower Hotel as part of a Dirty Dancing Theatre break. We found checkin to be very quick and our room to be just what we wanted for our stay in London. Great view of the Tower Bridge and the Thames. Breakfast was self service buffet style but there was plenty of it. Our package included continental breakfast but we could have had a cooked breakfast and paid the extra. All in all we had a good stay and for a very busy hotel we couldn't really find anything to complain about. Infact we have stayed in several hotels in London over the years but I would certainly put this one as one that we would return to for a night or two in London.

"views from the rooms are fantastic!!!"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
The Tower Hotel resturant was lovely, XI bar has great positioning over the river.. the views from the rooms are fantastic!!! The bed was appallingly hard, very noisy from nearby pub, the room smelt and was generally of a poor standard of cleanliness. The corridors are dark and were lined with dirty plates and trays.

"Don't believe everything you read!"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
Having accepted an invitation to a Friday night business function in the City of London, my wife and I thought we'd make a romantic weekend of it, being the sort of thing we'd do perhaps only once a year, living in Worcestershire. So, having had a good experience last year of booking a hotel on-line through a booking agency I adopted the same game plan and spent a couple of hours trawling through sites like London Town, Hotel Doorman and Lastminute.com. Eventually I decided on The Tower, which looked the perfect venue- 4 stars, on-site parking and a great riverside location overlooking Tower Bridge and close to our function venue. Surprisingly, the best price I could find for a Deluxe room was with the hotel direct, but upon calling them 2 days before our visit they said there were no rooms whatsoever available (remember this later!). In desperation I revisited Lastminute.com, who were offering details of hotel prices "so good the hotels won't allow themselves to be named". I don't normally buy that kind of sales line, but from the description given I was pretty sure it was the Tower (and was right), so booked a Standard room with English breakfast, 1 night for £79. Disappointed only Standard rooms available, but at least I'd got the venue I wanted. The night before we were due to travel I looked up a location map on Google, found this review site by accident and was completely gutted to see that just about every reviewer totally slated the place- "don't touch with a bargepole" being the general concensus of numerous reviewers. By this time it was too late to cancel, so hoped for the best, deciding to ask on arrival if any remote chance of a room upgrade . To cut to the chase, upon arrival first impressions were great, we were told at reception that we had been given a free upgrade as hotel was not full (excuse me?), the room was lovely (Deluxe) overlooking Tower Bridge, and we were very impressed with both the customer service and the riverside views from both the XI bar and the Brasserie where an excellent English Breakfast was served. We felt that the quality of accomodation and location was exactly what we were hoping for, and would definitely stay here again and recommend to others.

"Great views and v nice 4 star hotel"
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
I was staying at the Tower on business in April 2007, and was pleasantly surprised just how good I found it. Initial impressions were favourable – nice lobby, effective check in and friendly concierge. As I had a standard room (room 369), I wasn’t expecting much. However, I was amazed to find a really large room with stunning views of the Thames and Tower Bridge! Even more amazing was a window which actually opened (a real rareity in London). I ordered room service after coming back in late, and it arrived promptly with no fuss. Bedspread was a bit worn and thin, but the bed itself was extremely comfortable. As I didn’t book the room myself, I’m not sure how much it cost. However, based on my experience and expectations of similar hotels in London, I’d be happy to pay £120 - £130 night for that size of room, and probably more for those views. One of the best 4 star hotels in London, I’d say.

Good Value
Posted: Wed, Dec 31 1969
Myself and a colleague stayed here on 3 occasions throughout Jan, Feb & March 2009 on business. On our first visit we were upgraded to a beautiful room overlooking Tower Bridge and the Thames. The view was FANTASTIC but on the down side, the main restraunt was closed for refurb and the carvery was a big let down. On the other 2 visits we were in corner rooms that were not as sophisticated but were comfortable, clean and had good facilities. The Food in the restraunt was excellent, good value, and the staff very attentive without being intrusive. I would recommend this hotel to anyone as good value in the City, and indeed I am returning in September with my husband to celebrate our Anniversary....so it MUST be good!!!