As you would expect from an Intercontinental, this is a great hotel.
We were lucky enough to get a room on the club floor, so we had access to the club lounge for breakfast, afternoon tea, and evening drinks and canapés, and because of this, I have no idea what the other bars and restaurants are like!
The hotel location is great - a taxi to Leicester Square costs about £8, and the underground is a 5- minute walk (Piccadilly Line, providing easy access to Heathrow and the city centre). Buckingham Palace is only a few minutes walk, and in 30 minutes, you can walk into Soho and Theatreland.
The hotel is closed for renovations in October 2005 for 4 months or so, and presuming the staff does not change too much, in 2006, it should be even better.